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Skinny fat; please help!
Ok, so I do not know where to start. I've always been severely insecure about my body type. I've always been very skinny and I have been trying to gain weight forever. I'm 5'7 120 pounds and I would like to get to 135-140. I finally gained a few pounds ,but it always goes to my belly. I'm skinny but I have a pooch and I've…
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Female Runners
Hi I am a 25 year old female who runs almost everyday and currently training for a marathon. I am currently at 119 pounds (I am 5'5) and looking to gain weight as a I have lost my menstrual cycle for quite sometime now. I was hoping to see if any other runners have lost their cycle but got it back by changing their diet.…
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How do you know when you are doing enough?
I see this question arise quite often, particularly here in the gaining section. How do you know when you are lifting enough to create adequate muscle building? I know there should be progressive overload over time.. but I find that answer doesn't really satisfy. Is it hitting PRs? Increasing volume? How often should these…
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First Bulking Period for a Beginner
I've recently started working out 3 months ago. I'm 20 years old, 5'8, and weighs 170lbs at this moment. I started at a weight of 163lbs 3 months ago when I first started lifting. I don't know what my body fat was when I first started. When I though I was bulking, I actually wasn't. I recently just started tracking the…
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Bulking advice.
I'm 6'0, ~64kg and I've always been relatively skinny. I bulked during summer and went close to 70kg within 3 months but then had to stop, but I'm back at it again. I take half a serving of Serious Mass in the morning then the other half later that evening, sometimes I'd have 1.5 serving throughout the entire day. (Since I…
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High blood sugar trynna gain weight
Have any non diabetics or even diabetics ever gotten too excited to gain weight and shot your sugar up way too high? I don't think I ate too much sugar? I think I ate too big of a proportion but feel that big proportions are necessary for weight gain. Is there somethin I can add to my diet to maybe prevent sugar spikes in…
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Bulking and Calorie Help
looking to bulk and need help I'm 178cm, 92kg, 18% bc Set a goal of 2800 calories per day. Carbs 40% Protein 30% Fats 30% Mostly inactive during the day, apart from weights session. MFP adds about 900 calories to my daily goal after my workout, so I'm assuming I need to consume this extra
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Ending a bulk and foot surgery
Okay after December I will be ending what I consider a bulk for me. I ate above maintenance calories for the first time along with lifting. I plan to cut from December to sometime in July and August, but my concern and question is that I am getting foot surgery in the beginning of the year and I don't want to lose the…
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How many calories do you burn after lifting heavy weights?
So I keep reading that your body uses up cals to build muscle - after a workout over a 24 hour period. How many cals get used up for women and men? so confusing...
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The new girl
Hi im lookin for tips on weight gain if anyone can help me. Im a very slim person i dont eat alot perhaps one meal a day with a few snacks, smoke alot
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NET -9000 CALORIES HELP
So first time posting in here, but I've got a question that's been on my mind for a while. Basically, its about net calories - currently looking to gain some weight as I'm at 134lbs, 6ft 1 (and male) so a little underweight. I downloaded MFP to help with this, but for some reason I end up over -9000 net calories per week…
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new and need help
I have been trying to gain weight for some time now but I have yet to see any positive results and clearly I do not know exactly what I am doing. Just wondering if anyone would like to share with me their best tips on how to gain healthy weight. I am currently 107 pounds and 5' 2 (too skinny!) . I would like to be at least…
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LADIES- best booty building workout?
What has worked for you? What glute exercises would work best with this program? https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-home-or-gym-fullbody-workout.html Do these YouTube vids work? Pls share any programs that I can incorporate
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2 more questions, guys! Barbells and snacks questions.
1. What weight barbells do I want to get more muscle for weight gain? I don't want to look super muscular. I just wanna weigh more. My arms are tinyyy. My thighs and butt are thick, and my belly is tiny. I don't guess I can choose too much where the weight goes? Do I want 5 lb barbells? 20? More? Less? 2. If I'm eatin…
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How to stay healthy with little sleep and physcial activity?
My boyfriend has to get up at 4am to go to work (hard physical work), and gets home at 4-5, and then goes an hour to the gym 3-4 times a week. I worry that it's too hard on his body with so little sleep, and so much physcial activity. He wants to gain at least 30lbs, partly in muscle (hence why he lifts weights) but some…
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Body fat estimation?
Hi guys! I am just starting on my bulking journey and am currently trying to reverse diet and find my maintenance calories. I'm just looking to see where my starting point is, and am therefore trying to estimate my body fat. I am a poor college student and cannot afford a DXA scan, so I thought I'd ask you guys for your…
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I've reached my target........
...now what? Lol. Do I continue at a smaller surplus and work on lifting,eat at maintenance? Would appreciate advice. I'm tempted to continue gaining- I quite like the new me - but suspect it's mainly fat that I've gained!
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Where to go from here: Setting new goals help.
So 6 years ago I joined the U.S Army and spent the next 5 years in the best shape of my life. Then I got pregnant with my adorable daughter who is now a year and a half old. I had a super bad pregnancy due to on going kidney issues and ended up blowing up to 180lbs!!! Gah!! So as soon as i got the go ahead i went to work…
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This app asks if I wanna gain 2 pounds a week. Is this healthy?
I'd love to gain 2 a week. I set it to 1 a week though. I wasn't sure if 2 a week was too much. Has anyone ever personally gained that much a week?
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Why is weight gain never linear?
I have found that in my bulking cycle, I will gain nothing for 2 or 3 weeks and then jump 1 lb overnight. Why does the body do this?
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How to gain weight and have flat tummy at the same time?
Tips?
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Aiming at a curve
Hello, my name is Celine. I have been the same since i can remember, skinny as ever with no curve whatsoever. All i want is a little more hips, flatter belly, basically a toned body. My journey started on Monday. Please help with suggestions, thanks.
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Weight gain suggestions for Skinny
Hello all, Im new to this forums and i have taken a resolution to pit on weight at any cost. im skinny and having 60 kgs for 28 Yrs. Could you please guide me to gain my weight by providing your valuable suggestion on nutrion food and useful workouts?? Does protien shakes are helpful to put on weight if so do i need to do…
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Ate out today
Ate out today might have went a little over. Does anyone else struggle with keeping it lean when eating out? I know there's always something healthy on the menu but the little voice tells you it's ok.
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Protein-Rich recipes?
I'm looking to meal prep but I need some variations on old foods to make it more appealing or I'm likely to eat bad. Give me what you got and let's help each other out!
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lets make those gains happen
Lets talk about gaining lean mass
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Weight gain while on a diet
It's so hard to gain weight when you have to be on a certain diet. I have had 4 kids and feel like I'm wayyyy to small but my skinny is all flabby at the same time. It's just odd. I have to be gluten free though. What are some other things I can add to my diet aside from nuts and milk and pasta and bread that are gluten…
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is this enough calories
If i eat 2000 calories every day, work part time as a waitress (which is the extent of my exercising) will i gain any weight over time or just maintain? I'm 5'5 23 years old and weigh 110 and trying to weight 125 but don't have much of an appetite so 2000 is hard enough for me.
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thoughts on powdered milk drinks
Every day I drink 70-100g of Milo, then a glass of 33g of milk (powdered) before I go to bed. This is mainly to compensate the remaining calorie goal per meal. I don't buy supplements like mass gainers because I'm convinced I'm getting the right nutrients in my meal plans. And drinking powdered chocolate milk drinks are…
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When is a good time to end my first bulk?
About 6 months I decided I was tired of being a 6'2 skinny guy and wanted to bulk up from about 170 to 200lbs. 200 sounded like a good number and it gave me a goal to work towards. Along the way it opened my eyes to a whole new world I've never explored in nutrition and building muscle. I've reached my goal and I am happy…