Diet confusion

[tfranc]

Coach,

Last year I began the Starting Strength linear progression as a skinny guy, and so I ate more and drank a gallon of whole milk everyday accordingly. Throughout the beginning of my training, however, I was repeatedly injured at work and had to start training over multiple times after long-ish breaks. I've got a different job now and am starting training over once again. During my training ups and downs last year however, I stuck with the diet including drinking a gallon of whole milk per day. I probably have a total of appx. 3 months of gallons of milk everyday. I realize this is maybe more gallons than one would have drank without interruption for Starting Strength.

I've gained about 35 lbs and am at 20+% body fat.

My question is how to approach the milk portion of my diet at this point.

I started training back up a couple weeks ago and haven't been drinking a gallon of milk since I started, though to my surprise I haven't been losing any weight. Prior to that, I took about a 3 1/2 week break from training due to injury, and milk, and lost a pound or two, but nothing more. I did not get a chance to measure my body fat levels during that hiatus. I'm drinking a half gallon per day as of last week. I don't know if any of this info is helpful or not...

I apologize if this topic has already been covered somewhere else on the forum.

Thank you for your time.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You drank a gallon of milk a day while you were not training?

[ColoWayno]

Msingh?

DREAM GOAL: Press 100kg with a 34 inch waist..
REALITY: Pretty much pressing the bar with a 46 inch waist (thanks mr rippetoe and 70s big bastards)

First log entry... Priceless.

[Brian Harlin]

Well the thread title is fitting, so you got that going for you.

[tfranc]

You drank a gallon of milk a day while you were not training?

Correct. I didn't want to stop because it was such a bitch to get used to, and I felt that my breaks between training blocks while I was injured were short enough for me to just keep going with it. Why stop everything when I was just going to start up again? I realize it was an odd decision.

What do you recommend I do at this point?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Maybe stop drinking the milk and start training?

[tfranc]

Maybe stop drinking the milk and start training?

"I started training back up a couple weeks ago and haven't been drinking a gallon of milk since I started"

Just to be clear, you are saying that drinking a gallon of milk per day is not required for my situation. Is that correct?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Sounds like you've got this under control.

[tfranc]

Sounds like you've got this under control.

Ok, if you say so.

Should I still be drinking milk in some sort of quantity?

[greywar]

"I started training back up a couple weeks ago and haven't been drinking a gallon of milk since I started"

Just to be clear, you are saying that drinking a gallon of milk per day is not required for my situation. Is that correct?

Unless you have read a different book than I did, he never said it was a requirement for anyone?