Ok I know it's a little stupid to ask such questions on a professional muscle forum, but on the other hand there are plenty of guys here that don't compete and just want to look good, so here's my situation:
I'm 42 yo, trained natural all my life, got on TRT a few years ago, started to experiment with different cycles, realized that unfortunately I don't have the genes for hypertrophy, even if push it as high as 1g of test and 750mg of NPP, as soon as I bump up the calories I only get fatter, not bigger But I do what I can and I make some small progress each year, trying to gain some tissue during winter and then cutting for the summer
Recently I've been dieting for 10 weeks, starting at 2500kcal and cardio 4x30min weekly, ending at 2100kcal and cardio 7x60min. For the last 8 weeks I added 250mg of trenE EW to my standard 250mg of testE and then 75mg of Anavar ED for the last 4 weeks. I cut down from around 15% bf to 8-9%, 190lb at 6ft tall, and this is definitely the best shape of my life, looking in the mirror right now makes me really happy, for the first time I'm impressed with how I look haha So I would like to stay in this shape for as long as possible. But now I'm on Holidays with wife and kids for 3 weeks and I want to have some fun too after all this dieting
I love to drink alcohol during Holidays, especially in the morning, it puts me in a good mood and relaxed state of mind. To achieve this I need 10 shots of gin/rum/vodka a day, which equates to 1000kcal, drinking less is kind of pointless. I also like some more flexibility with food, to be able to eat some ice cream, some more tasty carbs at dinner buffet etc. But I assume that to stay in shape for as long as possible I need to keep my calories at maintenance, around 3000kcal, so obviously I can't have everything I want. I consider 2 scenarios :
A) keep eating 2000kcal coming from lean protein sources, veggies, fruit and spare complex carbs and add 1000kcal of alcohol on top of that
B) same, but instead of alcohol I would add 1000kcal of junk - ice cream etc.
What do you guys think, after 3 weeks, would I notice any difference in body composition between these 2 scenarios? Of course, the muscles would look fuller in scenario B and the liver would suffer a little bit more in scenario A, but anything else? Would my body fat level be the same in both scenarios? Which one would you choose at my place? Sorry again if anyone gets offended by the stupidity of my dilemma
I'm 42 yo, trained natural all my life, got on TRT a few years ago, started to experiment with different cycles, realized that unfortunately I don't have the genes for hypertrophy, even if push it as high as 1g of test and 750mg of NPP, as soon as I bump up the calories I only get fatter, not bigger But I do what I can and I make some small progress each year, trying to gain some tissue during winter and then cutting for the summer
Recently I've been dieting for 10 weeks, starting at 2500kcal and cardio 4x30min weekly, ending at 2100kcal and cardio 7x60min. For the last 8 weeks I added 250mg of trenE EW to my standard 250mg of testE and then 75mg of Anavar ED for the last 4 weeks. I cut down from around 15% bf to 8-9%, 190lb at 6ft tall, and this is definitely the best shape of my life, looking in the mirror right now makes me really happy, for the first time I'm impressed with how I look haha So I would like to stay in this shape for as long as possible. But now I'm on Holidays with wife and kids for 3 weeks and I want to have some fun too after all this dieting
I love to drink alcohol during Holidays, especially in the morning, it puts me in a good mood and relaxed state of mind. To achieve this I need 10 shots of gin/rum/vodka a day, which equates to 1000kcal, drinking less is kind of pointless. I also like some more flexibility with food, to be able to eat some ice cream, some more tasty carbs at dinner buffet etc. But I assume that to stay in shape for as long as possible I need to keep my calories at maintenance, around 3000kcal, so obviously I can't have everything I want. I consider 2 scenarios :
A) keep eating 2000kcal coming from lean protein sources, veggies, fruit and spare complex carbs and add 1000kcal of alcohol on top of that
B) same, but instead of alcohol I would add 1000kcal of junk - ice cream etc.
What do you guys think, after 3 weeks, would I notice any difference in body composition between these 2 scenarios? Of course, the muscles would look fuller in scenario B and the liver would suffer a little bit more in scenario A, but anything else? Would my body fat level be the same in both scenarios? Which one would you choose at my place? Sorry again if anyone gets offended by the stupidity of my dilemma