'bulking'

sigh:(

Spent july through december going from 190 to 166\8. Been slow going since I have been working on strenght gain in the core lifts while cutting heavily. Decided I would try and add a little muscle till march, then cut some more for the summer season.

Basically I have added a lot more protein to my diet, and increased complex carbs(still avoiding simple carbs pretty much altogether)

I'm 168/9 now, after about 2 and a half weeks, which is partly from holding more weight due to carbs, but I 'feel' fatter and my abs are much less defined.

I guess genetically my body just loves to store fat:(

That fluctuation is kinda small to base such a big judgement on ..

i mean assuming you're mostly healthy..

your diet or lifestyle is fucked up somewhere and not only does it mean more fat it's also affecting your performance

fucked up past your standards

2 options:

figure out what it is and change it

or you can change your standards so you don't give a shit

That fluctuation is kinda small to base such a big judgement on ..

well it is just 2 weeks or so, while trying to add half a pound a week in calories I did perfect.

Unfortunately, despite an extremely clean and varied diet, heavy, primarily compound lifts(in a 5x5 range), my body managed to put on enough fat to see.

on the plus side my squat and deadlift both went up ~10lbs

i mean assuming you're mostly healthy..

your diet or lifestyle is fucked up somewhere and not only does it mean more fat it's also affecting your performance

fucked up past your standards

2 options:

figure out what it is and change it

or you can change your standards so you don't give a shit

i'm healthy...

Lift 3 days a week(have tried to do more, but i overtrain easy), supp with protein, creatine, fish oil, cla, and a multivitamin. Generally take it easy on whey unless directly before a workout, stay with a casein\whey blend. Only eat leafy carbs for supper, oatmeal or a breakfast burrito(whole wheat tortilla) for breakfast, day snacks are almonds and assorted nuts or a protein bar(not a sugar protein bar), lunch is generally some sort of sandwhich like a tuna melt, with a healthy side.

edit: to elaborate on 'i overtrain easy' -

for a good sixth months now I have been cutting, but lifting religiously and hard, I'm at a point now where I can lift monday wednesday and friday, but if I try to lift again sunday, ill have an awful day, sleep gets affected, and every day lifting session after that will be awful until i take a good 3 to 4 days off. I'm assuming that after another month of having a calorie surplus I will probably be able to get less picky, and hit the gym 4 days a week.

six months of cutting is kind of nuts.