Bulking but still hungry

172cm 26 M. Not quite sure what to make of bulk.

I think the answer may just be im not eating enough but figured id check.

Started bulk 1.5 months ago at 70.5kg, started at 2800 calories and then moved up to 3000/3100 as calories went down slightly. Im now 73kg but all of the increase weight happened when I got back from holiday a week ago where I ate excessively and drank a fair bit, I've been eating 3100 a day since and weight is roughly the same - it dropped down to 72.4kg for a coiple of days but back up to 73.2kg and everyday ive been so hungry by end of it.

I dont know whether 3000/3100 is enough, but because of extra holiday weight im nervous to increase it as I don't want to add even more unnecessary weight on. I get a lot of it will be glycogen but I figured my body would've sorted that out by now.

For context I do about 10k steps average a day (some days more like 15k, others less like 5k) and workout out 4-5 times a week (depends if i squeeze a second leg day in). I dont know what to do calorie or nutrition wise because the holiday has kinda messed up my position and I dont know where to start tracking weight from.

For context weight was this

22nd to 29th July

70.1kg

69.9kg

70.3kg

70.5kg

70.3kg

69.8kg

70.2kg

Then had holiday and my weight when I came back

(First day back 9th august)

73.7kg

73.3kg

72.8kg

72.4kg

72.4kg

73.3kg

73.0kg

Sorry for rant, first bulk and very confused

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u/Wazza____ — 5 days ago

Good restaurants

Hello,

Going to Portugal in a week with a group of friends, staying just outside of albufeira.

Was looking for a nice restaurant for me and partner to go to one evening (not particularly fussy on food) and another place for us to all go as a group.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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u/Wazza____ — 25 days ago

Continue cut or go for maintenance / lean bulk

Spent several months in recomposition stage, then went on a cut ready for holiday, have gone from 79kg, large body fat % and little muscle to 70.5kg and how I am in image. Happy with progress so far, but I feel like im platueing a bit with cut. I dont know if theres much more progress to make on cut (worried of looking too small as im not really that muscular) or whether I should just eat at maintenance for a few weeks before holiday. The plan is to lean bulk after holiday anyway.

(These pictures were actually me at 71.5kg, waist is a bit narrow than this now)

Edit: should have said 5"8 26 YO, currently eating 2000 calories a day 160g protein

u/Wazza____ — 2 months ago

Cut, maintenance or bulk?

26m 74kg 173cm

Been working out for 4 months from skinny fat (79kg), manage to lose fat and build muscle trying to eat at maintenance.

Im worried if I bulk I will gain unnecessary fat but if I cut I will lose what little muscle I have gained. Do I continue eating maintenance or just slight deficit?

u/Wazza____ — 3 months ago