how to increase my calories/ my results so far

Howzit all
Some of you may remember I went through an aggressive cut as I was tired of looking the way I did. The results were somewhat to my satisfaction but now that I am where I am I decided that I would like to put on some muscle.

I'm gonna be brave and post up some before and after pics to show my progress. My goal is not to look like a pro bodybuilder but rather to be as lean as I can with as much "natural muscle" as I can put on. Hence I will say that the 1st two cycles I did were a mistake as like many noobs, I thought steroids were the answer- which they weren't. Pcts all done and that was 2 years ago so lessons learned.

Anyways, I have come to realize that a typical bodybuilding diet and I will not work. There will be zero compliance and failure so I have applied the following principles to suit my lifestyle
1) Carb back loading
2) IIFYM - if it fits your macros
3) Carb cycling

Wtf happened to this thread. My bb messed it up. Will try to fix later. Sorry guys

Shout if you need help bro!

Thanks Pyro

Let give it a try now

Ok so ja those are the 3 strategies I have used. I wake at 430am and train fasted. This is my protocol
430am
2 scoops condense

Pwo
1/2 scoop muscle marinade
20grams bcaa ssn
25 g dextrose

I eat keto style till 6pm leaving all my carbs, 60grams of fat and 100 grams of protein for the feast that follows. And that includes my favourite foods. No brown rice and fillets.

Having a stressful and hectic schedule, a typical bodybuilding diet is the last thing I want to eat at night. I understand I won't get into contest prep ripped like this but hey part of my goals was never to get on stage. I do know that I can maintain sub 10% bf year round.

One size doesn't fit all in this sport we love right? Maybe this can help somebody else with their similar goals
Here are the pics. Now I want to pick up size so need to know what's the max amount of calories I should add and for how long. I am however getting stronger even eating like this

Before


After


Fat loss calories cycled


Sorry for the poor quality pics.
Cheers

If it fits my macros I eat it
The carbs from the night keep me strong for my morning workouts so I'm not concerned about catabolism too
I drink the muscle marinade post workout because I don't want the leucine in it to raise my insulin preworkout as I want to max fat burning. I also want its caffeine to make my cells insulin resistant as both fat and muscle can absorp nutrients in the morning. With them both desensitised, weight training allows glut 4 transporters to take the nutrients to muscle while fat gets nothing.

Great progress dude, well done.

On the topic of diet I think its going to have to change a bit if you are looking to bulk. Skipping carbs post workout (not talking about shakes) is robbing yourself from growth potential.

Eating keto style through out the day is also not far off a standard bodybuilding diet with carbs only around workout.

Thanks Prog

The ideal environment for carb backloading is evening training so that your feast of carbs comes straight after your weight session. Unfortunately I can only train in the morning. Eating carbs in the morning goes against the cbl principles but for those training in the morning you need to create the biggest insulin spike with the smallest amount of carbs. Hence me doing 25g dextrose and 20 grams bcaa as the leucine also helps with that spike.

So I have decided to add 200 calories extra to my diet daily for 2 weeks and gauge from there. Is that amount enough or too little. Am I on the right track regarding my increase