Originally Posted by
Pomf
Thanks for clearing that up for me Matt. I was having this internal struggle inside and now I can rest assured that I am not ruining myself (haha).
however I have been playing around with my calories and whatnot and for me even when i eat ~ 3,000-3,250 calories my gains don't really feel substantially greater. Is this because I am not a "novice"? honestly i've only been lifting for about 3.5 months or so and i'm not all that strong on my lifts. Just to give a little background I've been living off a ~ 1,800 calories a day and although my strength isn't skyrocketing I am gradually and steadily progressing. However even when I do add those extra 1000-1,500 calories the rate of progress does not increase at all. even my recovery doesn't quicken much. Being a poor college student and all I usually subside on Milk, chicken, peanut butter, occasionally rice, and all the vegetables i can scrounge up from time to time. The increase in calories usually come from something like milk. Maybe there isn't much of a difference between 1800 and 3000-3,500 for me? or am i just eating the wrong foods? Thoughts?