ObeseToBeast123's Journal, 03 Oct 23

Yes you can 😁 

I know you can do it! 

You can do it. Good luck 

I'm barely getting 0.6lbs/week and it feels like no muscle. I have gained belly fat and it looks 10x worse since my stomach and intestines are always full and pushing the belly out further.  

You can do it!! If I tried to do that it would all go to my belly.  

I have no doubt that you got this! 👍💪💪 

do it up! 💪 

🏋️‍♀️ You got this 

You got this! Same with Red Porch Lady, I feel like bulking would all go straight to my belly! 

You've got this! Remember, you are Wolverine! 😁 

Thanks everyone these numbers might be totally unattainable and I'm ready ti make adjustments along the way but need to have some sort of intial goal to push for. Last bulk I was so scared of gaining body fat that I fought myself the whole time. I also way over did the lifting and didn't allow enough recovery ignoring my watch data showing my resting heart rate rising my heart rate variability tanking my stress levels and sleep being impacted. Anyway I'm ready to attempt eveything right this time. All cardio is put on hold, I'm doing 300 calorie surplus a day , keeping an eye on my watch data regarding recovery and giving myself adequate rest days. I want to end my cut between 165 and 168 that is my ideal weight honestly any bigger and I'm being counter routine to my goals  

*** counter productive not routine lol  

"watch data regarding recovery"? Do tell... 

LOVE the shirt, btw... I have one that says, "BUT DID YOU DIE". lol 

No cardio? Something tells me that there will be plenty of sledding, skiing and snow shoveling in your future 22 weeks. Allow for the pleasures of life, my friend!⛷️☃️❄️ 

JustBananas your so right I will still enjoy all.of that stuff and do an occasional hike or bike ride what I ultimately meant was I'm not going to take wlaks on my lunch breaks I'm not going to run ans I'm not going to push to hit a step goal everyday. Hopefully this will allow me to recover better as well as give my knee a rest and hopefully when I start back up again I can doa. Slow build and not have the knee problems I've been dealing with  

ZenusWarriorPrincess there is a bunch of data that my garmin spits out that can be very useful to monitor recovery. Heart rate varability is the biggest one when your body is under too much stress and can't recover your HRV drops. for me personally when I have a balanced training and recovery my HRV Is around 42 to 45 if I'm over doing it or it's after I did something like a spartan race I will drop into the low 30s and it will take 5 days just to get back to normal if I fully exerted myself beyond a reasonable load. Last year i was lifting 6 days a week for 2 hours plus each session i was hammering my body and not giving it adequate time to rebuild and my HRV was in the low 30s or even the high 20s. My stress level readings were also up and my sleep scores were way down because my body was under such stress from the lifting it never really settled down for proper sleep. My resting heart rate was also up again from never being able to settle down appropriately. I was ignoring all this because I idnt want to believe the data and i thought I knew better and I clearly didnt lol. It was still a decent first bulk but now its time to learn from my mistakes.  

TheUnhealthyDaddy I'm weaker on my lifts than I was months ago so hopefully the first bit of muscle will come on easier. I have fully realized I can't train to be good at everything at the same time and expect to progress in everything at the same time. especially when the adaptations are complete opposites of one another.  

Good luck OTB! Enjoy this next phase! 

Love this. Always willing to learn and adapt. You are one awesome human. You’re ObviouslyTheBest!!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁