Well that's basically what i'm doing now. Eating normal foods and normal portions, but trying to get slightly higher protien intake in.
I'm talking more about bulking diets and consuming massive amounts of protien. For a natural lifter this is usually NOT a good thing to do.
Well... I'm Notorious for going overboard with off-season bulking...
In 2004 I competed in April at 176..... By December 2004 I was 250 lbs. A few months later I was 265....
In 2006 I dieted for four months and went from 260 to a competition weight of 180 lbs.
In 2007 I didn't go over 215, and competed at 160 after four months of dieting!
Today I'm 235 (at about 22% bf), and I know I should be around 215-220ish.... I wanna compete at 180 next year
My point is that...
Its important not to go overboard on either side of the spectrum, one of my favorite quotes that I ever heard from Skip LaCour, he said "In the off-season I don't eat to get fat, and I don't eat to get lean, I eat to gain muscle"
It seems that 12-15% is an ideal bf for gaining muscle.... once you get to 10% and below, its really tough to add muscle, then again I've seen and heard of people that can pull it off, but its not easy, your training, diet, supplement intake really needs to be on point!