Will I look Different If...?

[Tonkabosh]

I'm 5,10" & have recently come from around '254lbs at 24%' bodyfat down to '217lbs at 15% bodyfat'. I got to 254lbs by being extremely unclean with the foods I ate, as (stupidly) my only concern was GET BIGGER GET BIGGER GET BIGGER, and at the end of the day I ended up putting on far too much fat than I expected. I was going to cut down to 10-12% bodyfat, but as I've been cutting so long (been around 3 months now) it's starting to become extremely monotonous/repetitive. Seeing as summer is basically over now aswell, I've decided to bulk again, but this time extremely clean. Basically I'll be eating the same foods I was using to cut, but I'll just be increasing the portion sizes in order to gain muscle. I'll also be including cardio 3 times a week in order to prevent too much fat gain as I'm hoping to add as little fat as possible. I know fat gain is inevitable but I don't want to end up like I was before (see stats above).

Do you think if I DID do this, that once I actually reached around 250lbs again, I'd look completely different to how I looked when I was 254lbs in the past? I just REALLY don't want to end up getting to 254lbs again with hardly any definition and a belly etc, which was the situation in the past when I was that weight.


Thanks in advance guys.

 

[oso0960]

Probably...depends how fast you gain. You can gain a large amount of fat while eating absolutely clean also. Don't you think you'd gain fat if you ate 7000 clean Calories? It's just harder because clean food usually fills you up faster than shitty food. I think if you gained a pound every 2-4 weeks with a GOOD weightlifting routine and a GOOD diet, you would look much better at 250.

 

[Tonkabosh]

Thanks

 

[Will Goes Boing]

My question is.... why do you want to be that big? I don't know if your BF % are accurate or if you're guessing, but assuming it is correct you should already look really good right now. If you cut down to around 190-195 at 10% bodyfat you'd be pretty massive for being 5'10.

This is just my opinion... but I don't think anybody over 200lbs should even mention the word "bulking" unless you're a competitive bodybuilder.

 

[steve_m33]

unless you want to become obese... get MEASURED at 10% bodyfat, then eat a 300 calorie surplus until you hit 12%. then diet. then repeat...

I feel like a lot of bros just want internet approval to do something they know isn't the best idea. But, if you just wanna look big - go for it bro.

I can say this though. Read some of Lyle McDonald's stuff, or even Berardi - Both guys are diet gurus and they both say that above something like 12% bf (can't remember that number exactly) every pound gained is 50% fat, 50% muscle. The ratio increases in favor of muscle gain the leaner you are (due to better insulin sensitivity, conditioning, and other anecdotal factors), and favours fat gain if you are fatter. Plus, as you get fatter, a number of health risks present themselves regardless of muscle mass/strength. This, and conditioning/cardiovascular health decreases, making dieting difficult.