Is 400-700kcal surplus too much for my situation?
For reference right now I'm 56kg, 5'6. When I started the bulk I was around 52-53kg, I'm now it's been two weeks since I started.
My caloric maintenance is around 2-2.1k, but I've been trying to bulk and have been eating anywhere from 2.4k to 2,8k (more so estimates because I don't track by the gram, but I know i'm eating in a surplus)
I do work out every other day, push pull work outs, and my main goal is just to gain weight while also building muscle because as you can tell I'm very skinny.
My question is, is my surplus too high? Sometimes I eat 200-700kcal more than what I'm maintaining, I know I'll put on a bit of fat but is this an unhealthy surplus?
Posted Aug 5, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC
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