How long does it take to gain weight?

niamh211

hey guys
So I'm wondering how long it will take me to gain weight? I'm currently 27, female, 5ft 7inch and weight 110lbs. I eat 2200 calories a day and burn 300 through walking! Any advice would be really appreciated

ObiWanJacoby_

...... Depends on how much you eat.

All seriousness though, 3500 calories above maintenance equals 1lb. So depending on how much above maintenance you're eating, you could figure out roughly how fast you're gaining.

So if your maintenance is 2000 (just throwing a number out there) and you're eating in a surplus of 500 per day, that's 2500 per day, so in one week (500x7=3500) you should gain 1lb.

And if that's confusing I think someone else could better explain what I'm saying

niamh211

ObiWanJacoby_ wrote: »

...... Depends on how much you eat. Lol!!

Forgot to explain more just put in more detail there

ObiWanJacoby_

That's why I edited it lol

cwolfman13

put your information into this or another calculator and determine an estimate of your maintenance calories...that's what these calculators do...they figure all of that out for you. put your goal to gain 1 Lb per week...make adjustments as per your real world results.

A 500 calorie per day surplus over your maintenance calories would equate to roughly 1 Lb per week gain.