A while ago I decided to switch to eating clean because I was unable to lose any more fat while maintaining muscle with my junk food diet. However a few days later I discovered that I lost a considerable amount of muscle as a result of my work related travel and my tendency to eat less as I was trying to lean. As a result I decided to go back to mass building phase and increased my food intake. But the sad news is that after all my efforts to eat clean and eat a lot, I am still losing weight (and fat too, which is good).
For an ectomorph eating clean means it is even harder to put on weight. In the last 3 weeks (about the time when I first started to bulk up), my fat % went down from 9.92% to 9.46% and my weight from 122 lbs to 120.8 lbs. This eating clean thing is killing me. It is very hard to stuff oneself with clean food. Which is why I fear I may not be able to put on any weight if I continue doing this. I have to find some way to increase the number of calories. Although I am saying that I am eating clean, it is not completely clean. However I did remove the very bad foods like pizza, french fries, pastries and such. I am still eating white rice and drinking a lot of milk both of which have a lot of carbs.
In the past during bulking phase I used to indulge in a lot of unhealthy food because all I really cared is to get big. But I don't want to do that any more. Unfortunately it means I am unable to eat a lot of food, because the clean diet is filling me up way too quickly and if I force myself to eat more I almost feel like throwing up. I used to drink anywhere from 300 to 600 ml of milk a day so far. But starting today I want to increase that to 900 to 1200 ml in addition to what I have been eating. The good news is that the weights I have been lifting are still going up, although not as quickly as I anticipated I will gain during a bulking phase.
I will report back in a couple of week about my progress with my weight. But clean food is scaring me. On the bright side I may be able to hit 8% body fat if I continue with these habits :)
For an ectomorph eating clean means it is even harder to put on weight. In the last 3 weeks (about the time when I first started to bulk up), my fat % went down from 9.92% to 9.46% and my weight from 122 lbs to 120.8 lbs. This eating clean thing is killing me. It is very hard to stuff oneself with clean food. Which is why I fear I may not be able to put on any weight if I continue doing this. I have to find some way to increase the number of calories. Although I am saying that I am eating clean, it is not completely clean. However I did remove the very bad foods like pizza, french fries, pastries and such. I am still eating white rice and drinking a lot of milk both of which have a lot of carbs.
In the past during bulking phase I used to indulge in a lot of unhealthy food because all I really cared is to get big. But I don't want to do that any more. Unfortunately it means I am unable to eat a lot of food, because the clean diet is filling me up way too quickly and if I force myself to eat more I almost feel like throwing up. I used to drink anywhere from 300 to 600 ml of milk a day so far. But starting today I want to increase that to 900 to 1200 ml in addition to what I have been eating. The good news is that the weights I have been lifting are still going up, although not as quickly as I anticipated I will gain during a bulking phase.
I will report back in a couple of week about my progress with my weight. But clean food is scaring me. On the bright side I may be able to hit 8% body fat if I continue with these habits :)
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