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Unintentional bulking?
Hi! I am 5'9" or so and around 125 pounds. I am moderately active (running 30 minutes or so a day). My calorie goal is set at 1,600 to maintain my current weight but always eat upwards of 2,500! I have been gaining weight over the past few months (unintentionally... just because I eat so much!) and I hate it. I see others…
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Going from 191lb to 200lb in two months Lean mass
All natural
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workout regimen
hey again. this is my new training regimen. keep in mind I don't go to a gym and i can do all this stuff from my house. I am trying to convert to upper/lower days and my goal is to work my muscles out twice weekly I understand that this is probably garbage as I am new to working out. So If anyone can politely criticize my…
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reverse diet????!?
use to diet at roughly 1000-1400 calories a day. went from 190 down to 148, currently sitting at 165. any advice with reverse dieting?? everytime I eat a lot i bloat up a lot..
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hi I'm alvino
Hello just starting this and trying to gain weight and get bigger...anyone have any suggestions
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Mass Gainers?
Anybody know of any good mass gainers bc I can't keep eating like this
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Calorie dense clean food?
Besides egg, milk, peanut butter, olive oil, avocados and bananas which other clean calorie dense and nutrient dense foods are there? I don't want to fuel up on junk because I think it's counter productive. #NeedToIncreaseMyCalories :) thanks guys
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How many calories over maintainence?
Hello, My stats: - 18 years old - Male - 6ft 1 inches - 76 kg (167 pounds) - 2600 maintainence calories - 3200 calories currently eating - Training heavy 5 times a week mostly compound movements and little isolation - Trained on and off for around a year previously with absolutely no focus on nutrition but gained some…
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Quick bit of weight gain advice :calories
Need a bit of advice please people, I'm 140Ib just getting in to the swing of things at the gym, How many calories a day should I be getting at? And at what protein carb and fat ratio? 20% .. 50% .. 30% ...?? That's the ratio I'm currently at, and I'm consuming 3,500 calories a day. Is that enough? And training 4 days a…
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it's hard for me to gain weight :( 111 lb
Trying to gain weight in a healthy way.. any tips or advice?
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Bulking - eating
When bulking do you eat "clean" and really record everything like when on a cut, or relax the rules a bit an just hit the numbers? (cals, protein etc) Terry
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Instant Oats 5kg and Hard Gainer Extreme 2.5kg :MyProtein.com
I've heard a lot of good about both of these products, Meant to be really good in helping gain weight when used properly. If your interested in these products, Add me and I'll keep you posted!
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Why
Some days i feel and look big and some days i feel smaller. I'm doing progressive overload training hard so it can't be the workout, so what is it ??
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Someone has Neil Hill's Y3T ebook?
Anyone ? thnx
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How much weight gain a month?
How much weight can i gain a month while still being in the recommended numbers?
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I need to gain weight, but not sure how.
Hello, I'm 122 lbs, 20% bodyfat, 20 years old (I'm a guy). I'm trying to build lean muscle and get my bodyfat to 10%, but I was told by my personal trainer (and many other people on here) that I need to gain 20 lbs more and not worry about bodyfat right now, because right now, I'm "skinny fat" and trying to lose more body…
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Having a hard time gainning weight!
Hello everyone! I'm a 19 y/o male, and my goal this year is to gain a little more weight and muscle mass, but there just seems to be several issues for me... I'm currently 126lbs, and my goal is to be at least 135, but it's not working out for me. I use the app to keep track of my eating habits, and I'm also eating a…
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trying to bulk
hey everyone, just looking for some tips. here are my specs I am 5'10 170 lb, looking to get up to 200 lb I am currently eating 3500 calories a day 450 carbs / 200 protien / 100 fat 18.5% body fat I am finding it very hard to eat that much a day I went from 135 lb to 170 lb in 4 months, but am stuck at 170. is that…
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Tips for Staying Hungry?
I have a lot of trouble gaining weight, part of my problem is I'm never hungry. I have a food calendar that I put a lot of work into to make sure that I'm eating 3 meals a day and snacks in between. But my real problem is that I'm really having to FORCE myself to eat, does anyone have any helpful tips to help increase…
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need help and tips gaining weight (female)
I'm female 5'7 tall and 8.4 stone. i want to put weight on and be 9 and a half stone. i want to be curvy and thicker. at the moment I've increased my calories to 2100 calories and try to eat 50% carbs, 30% fat and 20% protein as best i can. i can only do weight training at the gym 1x per week (i do squats/leg press lunges…
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Advice for a newbie. Body weight training ok?
Hey there, I usually just lurk forums until I find topics that answer my questions but couldn't find anything so I decided to post My stats are 22 year old male 5'9 and 130lbs. Pretty lean naturally never have had any excess fat in my life. My goal is to gain 15 lbs of both fat and muscle basically just 15lbs in general. I…
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Some food advice
Hello people, just starting a MassGain programme, really need some advice on food! I know the body can only take about 25g to 30g of protein at a time, 5 to 6 times a day. So roughly 100g of chicken each meal for example, So I'm going to be eating a lot of chicken! Does anybody know a place to get good deals on chicken?…
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Hungry while bulking - am I doing it wrong?
Hi. i've been on a bulk (400-500 cals over maintenance according to iifym) for a month and gained around 2lbs. I do actually struggle to stay to my calorie target (3300/day) as i often feel quite hungry. Should I stick to what calculators tell me or go by how i feel? I have stuck to my 3300cals so far as i don't want to…
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Overtraining
Hey everyone. I have read a lot of articles / responses. what I have found is there is a very fine line between not training enough and overtraining. some people swear by training your muscles once a week. and then there are some who swear by 3 plus times a week for each muscle. so anyone have any ideas where this fine…
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Groups for Weight Gain
Hello! I'm new to MFP, and I am trying to gain weight (about 10-20 lbs, both fat and a bit of muscle) then maintain that weight, while learning about nutrition and trying to eat more diverse and more healthful foods. I guess I should also add that I'm an incredibly picky eater with texture issues (not a fan of most…
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Gone too thin.
Hi guys. I have just recently noticed that my shoulders have gone worryingly thin. You can visibly see the bones sticking out. Looks awful. Every other part of my body is fine. Yes I'm very slim, but still have a small amount of lower stomach fat, my thighs touch, my ribs or breastbone don't stick out. It literally is this…
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It's always these last ten pounds
inhave a problem with! Please add me as a fried and send some support. Everyone is here to lose which is hard. Gaining is completely differently story
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Certain types of food for gaining weight?
does anyone suggest any type of meal/food diet to Gain weight and how often to eat it daily? I'm 20 and currently weigh 175 and goal is to hit 200 I know there are certain types of foods to balance out protein, carbs, etc. Just want to hear from others.
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Muscle vs Fat
1 lb of fat weighs the same as 1 lb of muscle. The difference is muscle is more dense than fat which means more volume of tissue. Moral of the story don't worry about the scale so much, use A tape measure around your waist, hips, in the morning once a week in the morning measure and track your losses.
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Continue bulk or cut?
So been working out for awhile and wanting to know if i should diet to lose the love handles or continue to bulk? Im around 85-90kg currently