Can high metabolism gain weight?

1400732

I eat between 2500-3000 calories a days but still not gaining weight and is there any good food that are dense in calories

AnvilHead

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read/p1

pinggolfer96

You don't have a high metabolism. 2500-3000 isn't a lot. You may have a high tdee. Eat more fat.

arditarose

+1 to what the others have said. And here's a list of calorie dense food. Though I never really understood the quinoa.

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

CodyQuinlan

I'm eating 3500-4000 calories and gain about .5-1lb a week I think you should up the calories

psuLemon

pinggolfer96 wrote: »

You don't have a high metabolism. 2500-3000 isn't a lot. You may have a high tdee. Eat more fat.

I agree. I maintain at 3000 calories (which means I cut at 2500 at a 1 lb per week pace), and I am 33, 5'11 male at 175 lbs, desk job and exercise 5-6 hours a week.


So OP, depending your activity level and stats, you may have to eat over 3000 calories and join the majority of us.

jdscrubs32

arditarose wrote: »

+1 to what the others have said. And here's a list of calorie dense food. Though I never really understood the quinoa.

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

Likewise @arditarose . I don't enjoy it.

brianpperkins

That is not a lot of food for an 18 yr old male ... especially if active.

Hornsby

Those are cutting calories for this old guy. Eat more.

ndj1979

i was gaining about a pound per week on 3300 a week and I am a 36 year old male....

you dont have a high metabolism, you just need to eat more...