Junk food while bulking

[Agnes]

Do you guys ever add a small amount of junk food while bulking up in order to add calories? I follow a pretty strict keto diet and was considering adding in some calories somewhere

 

[Mr. Magnificent]

I binge-eat every sunday. Pizza, mcdonalds, sushi, taco, whatever. But its not a part of my regular diet.

If you need some extra calories, why not make yourself a gainer? Throw oats, protein powder, peanut butter, maybe some yogurt etc, in a blender, and chug.

 

[Nat2Syn]

Everything in moderation.

 

[WarLord]

Depends where your body is currently. If you a skinny guy you have much more wiggle room. I'm heavier than I want to be at the moment and try to justify cheats when I should be choking down tilapia.

 

[insaiyan93]

If you need some extra calories, why not make yourself a gainer? Throw oats, protein powder, peanut butter, maybe some yogurt etc, in a blender, and chug.

I second this...it is alot easier to drink 1000 calories than to eat 1000 calories.

 

[lightmetal08]

I can't imagine bulking without some junkfood...SOME.

 

[Munky]

Right after a workout I will have icecream or a chocolate bar and wait 20min by then insulin should be in the bloodstream ready to shuttle amino acids into muscle that's when I pound my protein shake

 

[OccupyGeorge]

majority or my meals are clean (chicken rice, steak rice) but I eat junk food everyday like a fuckin savage.
If you eat clean don't be afraid to go on a bender of crispy cremes and chocolate milkshakes on a weekly basis (or nightly)

 

[ddp7]

Right after a workout I will have icecream or a chocolate bar and wait 20min by then insulin should be in the bloodstream ready to shuttle amino acids into muscle that's when I pound my protein shake

This is a joke right?

 

[Munky]

If you consume a protein shake how is the proteins going to travel into the muscle without insulin, straight protein will not cause much of an insulin spike dextrose is the cheapest for causing an insulin spike as long as the carbs are fast digesting it don't matter just make sure it's not fructose

 

[Ackmud]

If you consume a protein shake how is the proteins going to travel into the muscle without insulin, straight protein will not cause much of an insulin spike dextrose is the cheapest for causing an insulin spike as long as the carbs are fast digesting it don't matter just make sure it's not fructose

what makes you think that the protein will be instantly digested the moment you consume it which in your case happens to be 20 minutes after you took sugar?

Depending on what protein you ate earlier in the day/before your workout,how long before your workout you ate, how long your workout lasted etc you could still be digesting pre-workout protein after your workout, and the protein you took 20 minutes after sugar might not be digested for hours more.

Also even protein alone (without sugar) will raise insulin.

 

[ddp7]

Yes but thats the whey protein,its an insulinogenic protein, thats not exists in the nature btw at least in that degree.

I dont know the others protein powders.I like my whey.

 

[Munky]

I train fasted at 6am so if I did eat junk it would be after heavy legs are total body workout my trainer turned me on to this if you train hard enough muscle glycogen should be depleted for whatever body parts you trained especially if you add in 45 min hard cardiovascular after lifting, but u guys are right it depends what you eat and the gear and all kinds of factors

 

[sin]

I typically look at my calories at larger view where my concern is intake over the week as opposed to daily intake. Some days I have a larger portion of my calories from more junk type food, while still doing my best to get my micros in and other days I'm very strict. I aim for 80 percent of my calories for the week to come from those foods mind-numbingly referred to as clean foods. I'm still able to hit above the rdi for micros and also get to enjoy delicious foods (not to say there is a dichotomy between healthy foods and delicious foods). In the end, we get a limited amount of time here and the goal should be to maximize the time spent here but I also believe we should maximize our enjoyment of that time within reason.

 

[Meridius]

One day a week, 1-2 meals, I forget the diet but still pay attention to macros.

And like others have said a blender is nice. I can't imagine life without it, aggravating and time sucking I assume.

 

[Docd187123]

If you consume a protein shake how is the proteins going to travel into the muscle without insulin, straight protein will not cause much of an insulin spike dextrose is the cheapest for causing an insulin spike as long as the carbs are fast digesting it don't matter just make sure it's not fructose

You don't need an insulin spike, you don't need fast carbs, and you don't even need carbs at all.

A 45g dose of whey protein will peak insulin in about 50min to levels seen to maximize MPS and keep them at those levels for roughly 2hrs.