I gain muscle easily too
I gain muscle easily too. I have to watch what exercises I do for my legs. I always start off each workout session with an hour of cardio. I do an hour in the morning on an empty stomach to burn the fat. I noticed that this decreased bulk. I found that there is fat in between the muscle, making it look dense. My trainer friend told me to go on the treadmill and walk at the steepest incline. I just started doing this and will see how it goes. I used to do a lot of running and it caused me to bulk up. I can run for hours, so the walking will be less stressful on my joints. I sometimes mix it up between the stairmaster or high speed low level spinning on the bike.
After an hour of cardio I do an hour of weights and stretching. Stretching is very important. For legs I do 15 reps x 4. I keep it light so by the time I am done I am fatigued because of the number of reps but not so fatigued I am shaking.
The arms are a different story, I do heavier weights with less rep because I want the strength for swimming. I train 3x a week with a swim team.
Diet: 2 - 3 protein shakes a day with 1 tbsp of flax seed oil with each shake. I will workout on an empty stomach and post workout drink a shake. I drink a shake an hour before going to bed to decrease muscle loss. I eat approx 90g of protein a day. I rarely eat animal protein, sometimes chicken breast.
The only carbs I eat are sweet potato/yams, brown rice or millet. I only have 1/2 of cooked rice or millet with each meal. I eat green veggies and the only fruit I eat are blueberries (for antioxidants). Strawberries are ok too, but their not my fave. I take CLA before every meal.
I eat treats from time to time, but my treat choices are mindful. A tall mocha frapuccino light at Starbucks is 140 calories only, for example. I don't eat fake sugars except for splenda from time to time. No aspartame. I also eat no gluten (meaning no bread, oats, wheat, barley) I also drink no milk, but take calcium supplements.
I hope this helps.