16oz of whole milk is 300 calories (150 calories per 8oz serving), 8oz of chicken breast (tysons or purdue and almost every other chicken breast ive bought) has 24g of protein per 4oz serving, and 120 calories per serving.
all im saying is, milk has so many benefits including extra calories that are easy to consume. for example, after a big meal, you can wash it down with a glass of milk for more calories. it seems like you want to keep bodyfat around 10% or so while putting on mass hence the reason why you prefer chicken steak and fish only. but imo, to put on alot o mass, you need to eat alot of food and calories and eating too clean in the off season is cutting your gains short.
I was refering to 8oz cooked chicken which is the way most people measure protein.
Its fine if you drink milk, its better than nothing in terms of gaining mass. I agree with you that need lots of food to put on mass, I was getting 6500 clean cals (45%p,40%c, 15%f) my last bulk and got up to 23% bf.
Back to the water topic:
The last week before my show I was doing 3gals of water and had pee every 15 minutes, not fun