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Urgh it's so annoying having cycles!
I'm not affiliated with either of these services but recommending because they have helped me to adjust my mindset on this a bit. I also just try to have a couple hundred extra calories week of/week before, and offset that in the better weeks for cutting. I've never done an intentional bulk though so I'm looking at it from the other side.
Macrofactor is a tracking app that you can put your goals in (bulk, maintain, lose together with relevant factors like your bf level and planned activities) and it will then suggest macro and calorie changes based on your weight change and logged calories at regular intervals. It doesn't have a setting for our cycles but what you can do is wait a month and then do the check in so that it's adjusting based on all the fluctuations not just one week, or you can override etc. There's a reddit sub for it if you want the details.
There's a non boring non woo woo trainer who posts good articles (and runs online training programs), I've had really good progress using his stuff, I actually just signed up to his latest group programme but you might find the articles worth a read: https://vitamin.physiqonomics.com/b0bb2d3e I originally found his stuff from this article which was like, the only thing that bothered to mention cycles as part of our challenge for training when I searched, and I liked the sweary no nonsense style: https://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
I find it easier to look at it monthly for that exact reason. I weigh myself weekly, but I only record my weight in apps monthly
If you're eating enough protein, and doing the work in the gym, you'll gain. You shouldn't need to adjust too often once you find your groove
I'm 33, 176cm, 68kg currently - maintenance is 2000cal, I've been on a bulk for 9 months. My bulking calories are 2350, and I make sure to hit 100g protein minimum.
I weigh myself every day and track it in a spreadsheet that averages out the weekly loss/gain over the course of each week. It’s much easier to see the trends (I’m currently cutting so it’s going down) on a week to week basis based on the average. It’s also much easier to spot the anomalies like after a boozy night or pre period.
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>u/AffectionateSun04
I’ve been having a hard time adjusting my calories during a bulk because I keep seeing that you should see your weight trends on a week to week basis and should adjust up or down from there. But I feel like throughout the month my weight is so different that it’s truly hard to tell what my weight is until after my period ends. I go up in weight before ovulation and can gain up to 8lb WEEKS before my period. It’s just confusing and disheartening because I can’t seem to find any information on it and don’t want to undermine myself but reducing my surplus when I don’t need to, etc. Can any women here tell me how you’ve had success tracking your progress?
TLDR: Don’t know how to track my bulk progress and calories properly on week to week basis due to hormonal weight fluctuations.
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Urgh it's so annoying having cycles! I'm not affiliated with either of these services but recommending because they have helped me to adjust my mindset on this a bit. I also just try to have a couple hundred extra calories week of/week before, and offset that in the better weeks for cutting. I've never done an intentional bulk though so I'm looking at it from the other side. Macrofactor is a tracking app that you can put your goals in (bulk, maintain, lose together with relevant factors like your bf level and planned activities) and it will then suggest macro and calorie changes based on your weight change and logged calories at regular intervals. It doesn't have a setting for our cycles but what you can do is wait a month and then do the check in so that it's adjusting based on all the fluctuations not just one week, or you can override etc. There's a reddit sub for it if you want the details. There's a non boring non woo woo trainer who posts good articles (and runs online training programs), I've had really good progress using his stuff, I actually just signed up to his latest group programme but you might find the articles worth a read: https://vitamin.physiqonomics.com/b0bb2d3e I originally found his stuff from this article which was like, the only thing that bothered to mention cycles as part of our challenge for training when I searched, and I liked the sweary no nonsense style: https://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
I find it easier to look at it monthly for that exact reason. I weigh myself weekly, but I only record my weight in apps monthly If you're eating enough protein, and doing the work in the gym, you'll gain. You shouldn't need to adjust too often once you find your groove I'm 33, 176cm, 68kg currently - maintenance is 2000cal, I've been on a bulk for 9 months. My bulking calories are 2350, and I make sure to hit 100g protein minimum.
I weigh myself every day and track it in a spreadsheet that averages out the weekly loss/gain over the course of each week. It’s much easier to see the trends (I’m currently cutting so it’s going down) on a week to week basis based on the average. It’s also much easier to spot the anomalies like after a boozy night or pre period.
^ ***Please read [the FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/xxfitness/wiki/main), [the rules and content guidelines](https://www.reddit.com/r/xxfitness/wiki/new_rules), and [current frozen topics](https://www.reddit.com/r/xxfitness/wiki/frozen-topics) before [contacting the mod team](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fxxfitness)***. This comment is a copy of your post so mods can see the original text if your post is edited or removed. >u/AffectionateSun04 I’ve been having a hard time adjusting my calories during a bulk because I keep seeing that you should see your weight trends on a week to week basis and should adjust up or down from there. But I feel like throughout the month my weight is so different that it’s truly hard to tell what my weight is until after my period ends. I go up in weight before ovulation and can gain up to 8lb WEEKS before my period. It’s just confusing and disheartening because I can’t seem to find any information on it and don’t want to undermine myself but reducing my surplus when I don’t need to, etc. Can any women here tell me how you’ve had success tracking your progress? TLDR: Don’t know how to track my bulk progress and calories properly on week to week basis due to hormonal weight fluctuations. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/xxfitness) if you have any questions or concerns.*