Help with diet and weight gain
Somehow I have lost about 20 some odd pounds in the past I say year or so. I used to weigh up to like 140 pounds, but I weighed myself last night and the scale read 122. This could be the reason that I have been feeling like crap a lot lately, and getting sick on a regular basis. I eat all the time, so I don't understand why I can't gain any weight. So I started to google some stuff and I guess I am not taking in enough calories as I should? So I wanted to get a list of things I could start eating on a regular basis to try to get my weight back. So what do you guys think? Any improvements or suggestions?
Breakfast:
Scrambled eggs, toast, maybe some fruit?
Lunch:
Salad, yogurt, sandwich with lettuce, etc
Dinner:
Some kind of meat usually, baked potato, beans?
I have looked on google for high calorie foods but always get some stupid sites that don't really have what I'm looking for.
So if anyone can throw in something it would be great.
Breakfast:
Scrambled eggs, toast, maybe some fruit?
Lunch:
Salad, yogurt, sandwich with lettuce, etc
Dinner:
Some kind of meat usually, baked potato, beans?
I have looked on google for high calorie foods but always get some stupid sites that don't really have what I'm looking for.
So if anyone can throw in something it would be great.
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Wish I had your problem though :P
First, see a doctor and make sure you don't have Mono or are anemic, etc.
If you're all clear with that stuff and the doctor doesn't give you more specific advice on the subject, go to a health food store and look for a weight-gain shake mix. Taken with whole milk, it will increase your caloric intake without forcing you to eat all of the time and spend tons of money on groceries.
Add in a good weight training program and you should add worthwhile lean muscle - not blubbery rolls of fat around your midsection.
If all of that fails, get into a serious romantic relationship with me. Every person who does that seems to pack on the pounds in no time. :o
EDIT: Typed too slowly.
Probably not much help to Clutch, but still......;D
Gaining weight doesn't seem to be a problem for me. All I did was change jobs and I've gained about 30 pounds in the last year. Dang desk must be loaded with calories!
I hear Slim Fast is good for adding weight if you don't replace a meal with them.
Also, I'm willing to give you 10-20 of my pounds if you like. Totally free. That's a deal, man. Quality made from beer & nachos.
When the coach asked him how he was doing with the Metrecal he answered "Great - I drink a can of it after every meal".
I've been turned down by prettier guys than you.
Then find a calculator to see how many calories you burn a day above and beyond that. Try to find a calculator that permits you to specify the average amount of hours, per day, that you spend doing any number of activities: Reading, playing online, walking around at work, sleeping, watching TV, whatever exercising you may do, etc. Try to eat this many calories a day (It's probably around 2200 calories for you) to maintain your weight, and then if you want to gain weight, deliberately eat (that number + 500) calories a day to gain a pound a week (3500 calories = 1 pound, 500 extra calories * 7 days a week = 3500 calories).
Good luck.
I keep an excel spreadsheet to track how many calories I eat each week for purposes of weight loss, for example, and it has really helped me lose the 38 pounds I have lost since December '04. You can do the same thing for weight gain. The key to success is accurate tracking, not guessing.
So any suggestions on like high calorie food? Google has came up with nothing for me.
Mans best friend doesn't count
I mean hay...it worked for me!
I'll be glad to pitch in a large quantity too !!
Thanks to several million units of steroids when I was sick I now have plenty of weight to spare for a fellow in need.
Yep - great stuff for gaining weight. I had a tumor grow inside my spine which crushed my spinal cord paralyzing me from the chest down. Also plugged the fluid drain and caused the pressure inside my skull to go up. When they took it out everything started to swell so I got the steroids by the IV bottle every hour for weeks. I always wished they'd of used the type the athletes use instead. Then we could be BUFF
on a diet that you listed, you will never gain weight, no matter how many calories you bring in.
simple rules for gaining/losing weight.
- eat 6-7 times a day
- lots of red meat and full eggs
- have your meals/snacks 3 hours apart.
- your main course should be protein based, suround them with carbs (potatoes,rice, pasta, oatmeal etc..)
- you will need alot of sleep time to grow, 6 to 8 hours.
from what you have described, im estimating you should go up to as high as 4000cals day. increase your daily calorie intake about 100cals /day.
if you signed up at a gym, pm me , i can build a plan for you.
transforming your body requires hard work/planning and dedication, either its for losing body fat or building mass, no such thing as a magic pill, even if we pumped you with 2000$ worth of steroids, you will not benifit nothing from it if your lifting/diet plan is not dialed in.
I learned the slim fast thing as well, I was having a drink with each meal and wondered why I gained 5 lbs in a week... but I felt great btw
Now I try slim fast for a day, meals for a day, and trade off, just a test I am doing to see what happens, but I just started it so I have no results yet... I might go slim fast all the way, and mix in creatine as well for my work outs.
But damn my piss stinks now, like nasty cappicino's.
BTW I am doing myown little variant of the BODY for LIFE program... I eat only what is healthy, but I tend to eat too much of it still. Better than chips and cookies for snacks though, I eat chicken and fruits
i challenge anyone to take what i have to written and present it to a doctor or health expert and see what they say.
i have been doing this for the past 3 years and had fantastic results.
i have lost approx 160lbs during my transformation.
dropped from 325lbs to 179lbs during cutting phase.
then increased calories for a 12 week bulk phase, went up to 225lbs.
then cut down to 208lbs, and now im maintnance mode, eating 3500calories/day.
That's quite amazing.
During an eight month period, I cut 35 pounds (Going from 175 to 140), and then started lifting weights and doing cardio in early February, since then my BMI went from a 25% to 19%. I've been looking towards more lean muscle rather than bulk muscle.
I remember waking up in the middle of the night feeling starved and fixing peanutbutter n syrup sandwiches ...sometimes on pita (sp?).
At any rate muscle mass is the best way to gain weight IMO.