yellowpower | 04-26-2011 07:40 PM | I was like you once... i used to be around 155 at 5'11. And to tell you the truth, you do not need any supplements to become big. I always thought how lucky it was for others who were bigger than me to eat so much and have so much strength. So around three months ago, i started to seriously try and hit the gym at school almost once a day and even sometimes twice a day. Now, at about 3 and a half months later, I am at 175 lbs or just a little under.
About two summers ago, I was really wanting to gain weight. I took weight gainer with a scoop of ice cream and I saw tremendous results, but the thing is i never worked out so i just became thicker and fatter, which is what i wanted. The thing was though, i didnt always have money for protein and i thought high quality protein was the only type of protein i should take, but i was wrong. So after all this, in about half a month, i went from 160 to about 150 again which was where i started.
Fast forward to the beginning of my three months. Instead of using costco protein, i convinced myself to try out high quality whey, so i got on ON Whey (i dont know why). And in fact i did start seeing results but they werent tremendous. I always thought that once i took protein i would have to keep taking it to sustain my size and again i was wrong. So after i finished my hella expensive tub of ON Whey, i started using costco whey because after all they are the exact same thing - whey protein isolates.
The only thing bad about costco whey, the taste. THat was it. I saw no difference in the change from ON to Costco brand whey. Throughout all this i started to see gains, i was significantly more toned and I gained about ten pounds , sitting at 165 by then.
While i was taking the costo brand whey i was actually getting bored of the taste because it just straight up tasted like ass. So, I started to take weight gainer again. I took it about twice a day and it was ok. I started packing on more muscle faster and the added sugar in the weight gainer added a bit more mass on me too which i liked alot.
Then i found something out. As a student, it is hard to commit to working out and drinking protein enough times a day however, I was able to eat properly still due to my parents cookign for me. What i find funny now is that when i look at food i can actually tell which ones i should eat for whatever kind of effect. If i look at chicken, all i see is protein i dont really care about the taste. For fried food or anything fatten i gobble it up anyways since i am bulking etc etc, and at the same time i can estimate the carbs.
So anyways, lol from missing routine protein shakes and shit, i thought i would falter in weight, but i didnt! In fact, all i did was workout, drink the protein shake ONCE and eat eat eat and eat. Compared to before when i eat now for example, i could probably eat about one and a half steaks for dinner, now i could probably eat 3 plus rice and corn and other shit. It may not be much to some others out there but i am still gaining and I really have seen a big difference.
Now currently I am not taking any supplements except one scoop after working out. It very likely does not do much for me but it just makes me feel better since its like a ritual by now haha. I have not worked out in about five days and I am about to go crazy!!! I have not eaten once scoop of weight gainer but my body has not gone down in weight at all. In fact, since 170, i have not had too much protein intake other than after workouts, and i have been gaining quite well.
Hope u got something out of that! |