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sarahhkirkpatrick
sarahhkirkpatrick Posts: 9 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hey everyone. So I have 10% body fat, I'm 6'0, and 123.8 pounds.. I eat 2700 calories a day, and it's literally took me two months to gain 1 pound. I lose weight faster than I gain it..any suggestions or advice on what I can do to help me gain some weight, I go to the gym also only two days a week, but train for 1 hour and 15 minutes, including start cardio and a cool down.. thanks everyone for the support, inspiration, motivation!

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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,160 Member
    edited August 2015
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    You might try 3000 calories for a month and weigh to see the results. I have moved from eating mainly carbs to fats but it is much harder to gain weight eating mainly fats vs. carbs for some reason in my experience.

    Gaining at your current rate you can hit 148 in only two years.

    Welcome to MFP forums.
  • Shouliveshappy
    Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
    edited August 2015
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    How did you get your body fat% measured? Do u have a very active job?
  • sarahhkirkpatrick
    sarahhkirkpatrick Posts: 9 Member
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    I did the Hydrostatic Weighing through a lab here in Las Vegas. It's the most accurate body fat testing. my body fat has actually gone up, when I first started in April after having my daughter I only had 6.8% body fat. & yes my job is active, always moving, and I'm a single mom so we're pretty much on the go from 5:30am to about 6 at. night.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,395 MFP Moderator
    edited August 2015
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    Well since you are very active, you are going to need to eat a lot more calories. You probably maintain close to 2500 calories or so. Bump up your calories to 3000-3250 and see how that works out.

    Also, drop the cardio (just burns more calories) and just concentrate on weight training. If you want some cardio effects, just limit breaks between sets to 30-90 seconds.
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
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    2 months to gain 1 pound, means that you are only eating at a surplus of around 58 calories a day. A nice speed of weightgaining is at about a 250 calorie surplus. So I would advice you to atleast eat 200 calories more each day.

    Slowly increasing up to that number is totally fine if you are having issues with increasing your calories even further.
  • MagnumBurrito
    MagnumBurrito Posts: 1,070 Member
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    Eat more, cardio less. Lift all things.. just cuz it's great.
  • Shouliveshappy
    Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
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    Do you find yourself constantly hungry at 10% bodyfat?
  • sarahhkirkpatrick
    sarahhkirkpatrick Posts: 9 Member
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    no not really. I'm always thirsty, I drink about 3 gallons of water a day.
  • _Bropollo_
    _Bropollo_ Posts: 168 Member
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    Agree with other posters. Just keep bumping your calories up every week until you see a consistent gain. Your weight might fluctuate a lot as you eat more, so the first couple weeks of weight data are not very helpful. Eventually you will be able to see the overall trend over time though.
  • josianelj
    josianelj Posts: 2 Member
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    It is true what everyone said about the calories. I had the same problem for years and when i added more calories, I realized I was gaining weight. But make sure you exercise (weight training, less cardio) it helps too!
  • Mghaith88
    Mghaith88 Posts: 34 Member
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    I share the exact same problem
    I'm 6'1" and weigh 185lb my goal is 200 to 210 lb
    U need to change up ur routine at the gum and push ur self harder
    Eat before bed
    Eat high calorie food
    Protien shake
    Snack thru ur day
    Stop the cardio and go more to the gym
    Work ur legs hard
    Good luck
  • Shouliveshappy
    Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
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    sarahhkirkpatrick wrote: »
    no not really. I'm always thirsty, I drink about 3 gallons of water a day.

    YES! i am always thristy too!!! I pee alot.. Hows your gains?
  • shreya1810
    shreya1810 Posts: 4 Member
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    Shouliveshappy wrote: »
    sarahhkirkpatrick wrote: »
    no not really. I'm always thirsty, I drink about 3 gallons of water a day.

    YES! i am always thristy too!!! I pee alot.. Hows your gains?

    Me too!! I drink a lot of water too.
    I am 5'5" , 93 lb on only 1600cal/day, trying to increase my caloric intake
  • Shouliveshappy
    Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
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    shreya1810 wrote: »
    Shouliveshappy wrote: »
    sarahhkirkpatrick wrote: »
    no not really. I'm always thirsty, I drink about 3 gallons of water a day.

    YES! i am always thristy too!!! I pee alot.. Hows your gains?

    Me too!! I drink a lot of water too.
    I am 5'5" , 93 lb on only 1600cal/day, trying to increase my caloric intake

    You are very very underweight. Pls eat lore than that. I'm eating 2400 and weight 15 lbs heavier than u

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