[javcasas]

That's what I thought too. But after 5 years of gym, I wasn't neither bigger nor leaner.

The diet at home was "good enough" - because every unchecked diet is "good enough", regardless of composition. That's what everyone says about their diet.

Turns out diet is 60% of gym gains. I'm saying this with no steroids at all.

[Melomomololo]

And then you started taking protein powder and started gaining again?

[javcasas]

Story is longer than that. Got married. Did't go to the gym for 9 years. Moved countries. Re-taked gym, along with better diet, started on protein powder + creatine. 1.5 years in and I'm already over what I couldn't accomplish in 5 years. And I'm not even taking the diet too seriously.