What foods do I eat to gain weight

diefast

hey I'm skylar 20 tall lanky and stuck at 215 I need help with foods I should eat to gain iv been told oatmeal, eggs as a start but wanted input for more to try can someone recommend foods or what to look for to help me start what foods can get me the calories I need to put on weight any help is appreciated

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1

Here is a list of calorie dense foods to help you.

psuLemon

Eat whatever foods you enjoy that will allow you to get into a calorie surplus. There are NO specific foods that will make you gain weight.

trinabeenaboo

You definitely want to aim for high calorie foods. I find it easier to try and eat most of the calories needed to gain weight earlier in the day. Try eating a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. Add some orange juice and a yogurt and you can get close to 600 calories with breakfast alone. A cup of rice alone yields about 640 calories for lunch or dinner. Good luck!

HamsterManV2

I wrote this out for someone who had trouble gaining due to Adderall:

HamsterManV2 wrote: »

First off, find out what your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) is. Go on google, put in your age, sex, weight, height, and activity level. This is the number of calories you need to eat to MAINTAIN weight.

To gain weight, you need to eat +500 calories a week for 1lb /week of weight gain. That is probably too hard, so I recommend aiming for +250 calories over your TDEE for 0.5lb / week of weight gain. Track everythign you put in your mouth with a food scale and a my fitness pal account. You NEED to find high caloric foods that are easy to eat. Examples are:

-Spreadables: Peanut butter, nutella, those flavored peanut butter spreads, etc.
-Liquid: Whole Milk, Olive oil (filled with healthy fats but lots of calories per tablespoon... I used to just take shots when I was underweight and needed more calories before bed).
-Shakes: I used to make shakes with whole fat milk, olive oil, chocolate protein, peanut butter, bananas, etc. If you don't mind 'dirty' foods, add in ice cream too! You can easily make 1000 calorie shakes if you want!

If you are OK with it, you can 'dirty bulk' meaning having high calorie foods that are not exactly known for being healthy. So things like fast food, ice cream, pizza, whatever. If you don't want that, stick to the things I listed above.

Cheers!

Edit: Just a reminder to track your calories - underweight people overestimate how much they are eating, and overweight people underestimate it. Tracking what you eat will be a full time job, but you need to do it for at least 3 weeks until you have an idea of how much you should eat daily. 3 weeks is what it takes to build a habit / make it routine. GOOD LUCK!

It's all about reaching your TDEE - someone can lose weight eating McDonalds only (not recommended!) or gain weight eating salad, if they eat enough. Eating and counting calories will be a full time gig for you until it becomes a habit (which takes 3~4 weeks).

em0spa0

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