How NOT to Bulk - My Failure at Bulking? Calculating Your TDEE?
Happy January 8th!! So first of all I want to clarify that there is nothing wrong with planning to "bulk," however I did basically fail at it. Bulking can be a great success, if you do it right; however I did not execute this well. I spent a lot, and I mean hours, of researching how to bulk and reading articles and watching videos, and yet I still messed up. There is one main reason for this: I ATE TOO MUCH. I calculated the following (for my body and goals) on a myriad of different websites using different calculators: TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure- how many calories you burn in a day, including exercise) BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - how many calories you burn at rest in a day, as if you were to lay in bed all day) Body Fat Percentage (how much of your weight is made up of fat) How many calories I would need to intake to lose weight (calorie deficit, under your TDEE), gain weight (calorie surplus, over your TDEE), and also maintain weight (right at your TDE...