Anyone have any tips on gaining?

MadelineMaeTripp16
MadelineMaeTripp16 Posts: 2 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hi I've had this app for a while but never actually blogged. I've been trying to gain weight but all my weight is doing is gaining and losing, but nothing consistent, any help?

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  • richln
    richln Posts: 809 Member
    Did you see the stickies yet? This one is really good:
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10226536/bulking-for-beginners/p1
    Also take a look at the link he gives near the beginning, good stuff.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    What it comes down to is consistently eating more calories than you burn. Set your account to gain and then track for 4 to 6 weeks. If you arent seeing a gain, add another 250 calories.
  • jmatheny2016
    jmatheny2016 Posts: 8 Member
    I do t know if you're into taking and making shakes but there's some stuff called serious mass it'll help out a lot.I have a high motabalisim so everything I eat just burns away. But with the help of this Serious Mass I'm easily gainin 1.4lbs a week taking in about 4,000 calories a day
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    jmatheny2016 wrote: »
    I do t know if you're into taking and making shakes but there's some stuff called serious mass it'll help out a lot.I have a high motabalisim so everything I eat just burns away. But with the help of this Serious Mass I'm easily gainin 1.4lbs a week taking in about 4,000 calories a day

    Serious mass is just a high calorie protein shake, which most are pretty much junk. They are unnecessarily expensive and the same results can be achieved for food. You don't have a high metabolism. Gaining about 1.5lbs a week would put your maintenance TDEE at 3300 calories. Which is about the same level as many of us.

    As an aside, be careful with aggressive gaining as most of your gains will be fat. The body can only create so much mass in a give period. Males are generally .25lbs per week.. That wold mean over a lb of fat a week.

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