Clean Eating.
My metabolism seems to be very fast. My BMR seems to be around 4000-4500cals. If I constantly eat this much, I dont lose or gain any significant weight. Ive had my thyroid tested in the past and it has came back on the high end of the range, but not enough to do anything about it (the range is HUGE, thats another story)
To gain, I need to add 500-1000 onto that minimum. This quickly becomes a hell of a lot of food.
Now, im someone who doesnt really cheat meals. Maybe ill have something 'unhealthy' once a month, maybe. I stick to meat, eggs, veggies, whole wheat breads and pastas, lots of nuts and oils, and dairy. Im getting more then enough protien.. Im growing muscle quite well imo.
My question is this,
For the last week or so ive been doing things a bit differently. Instead of regular milk, ill drink chocolate, after eating a good meal, a couple of cookies sure gets the cals up fast.
Now, if my cals stay at the same level, in short, will it matter? Im sick of doing olive oil shots before bed to get in the cals. Id rather eat a bowl of cereal.
So, my eating would be less clean, but it would be reaching calorie goals much easier (protien would still be fine).
Whats going to happen given a few months time? If im still getting all the healthy fats that I need, still getting the protien, still getting lots of nutrition, is an extra 500+ cals of 'junk' going to matter?
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