Cant put on weight!

nagak1324

I am 19 years old and 6'5" 180 pounds and it seems no matter how much I really eat I cant put on any weight! I will eat 4000-5000 calories a day and then do heavy weightlifting to bulk up yet I cant seem to put any extra weight on.
The weights are helping my muscle show, I am 6% body fat and have wide shoulders and muscles but I am just skinnier than I would like.
Any suggestions on how to slow this metabolism or help me to improve my weight ganing?

ninerbuff

Then you need to eat more than 5000 calories. I had to eat 4000 calories to put on weight at 19 at 5'7". That's 8" shorter than you. I'd shoot for 6000 calories and see what happens. Eat a large pizza by yourself for lunch and breakfast. I did that for a year and packed on 30lbs.

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ndj1979

are you sure that you are really eating 4000 calories a day? are you using a food scale to weigh portions, logging everything into MFP, etc...

how are you getting the 6% body fat number?

jseams1234

How long you been bulking at 4-5K? I have a very high metabolism myself and although I've been able to reliably put on about 1 pound a week (averaged over the last 24 weeks) there are stretches where my weight fluctuates a bit up and down or holds steady. Gain can be "jerky" and not very linear.

and as ndj1979 said, are you consistently logging? Eating at 4-5K for a couple of days and then sliding for a couple of days can put you at maintenance. Just like "dieting" at a deficit, it's consistency that counts.

stanmann571

jseams1234 wrote: »

How long you been bulking at 4-5K? I have a very high metabolism myself and although I've been able to reliably put on about 1 pound a week (averaged over the last 24 weeks) there are stretches where my weight fluctuates a bit up and down or holds steady. Gain can be "jerky" and not very linear.

and as ndj1979 said, are you consistently logging? Eating at 4-5K for a couple of days and then sliding for a couple of days can put you at maintenance. Just like "dieting" at a deficit, it's consistency that counts.

At 6'5" 5K may not be enough. like Niner said

ninerbuff wrote: »

Then you need to eat more than 5000 calories. I had to eat 4000 calories to put on weight at 19 at 5'7". That's 8" shorter than you. I'd shoot for 6000 calories and see what happens. Eat a large pizza by yourself for lunch and breakfast. I did that for a year and packed on 30lbs.

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And at 19. I was maintaining at 5'11" and 140 at way more than 4K

A normal day I'd drink in excess of 3 liters of Mt Dew. 1400+

Have breakfast twice(once at home... Cheerios/once at dunkin donuts with a bacon croissant) 1000+

Dinner would be a Wendy's Taco Salad, 2x Jr Bacon, 1x chicken Club and all the fries I wanted. 1500+

Lunches would vary, but only in line with the theme.

rybo

Eat more. It's that simple. Resort to calorie dense foods

psuLemon

Have you started tracking calories yet? Have you tried drinking some calories?

izzy9550

Black bean brown rice and cottage cheese are some good foods to include in your diet to help bulk up

richardpkennedy1

Why do you need to gain weight so badly? You are a 180 lbs teenager so pretty big already

jseams1234

richardpkennedy1 wrote: »

Why do you need to gain weight so badly? You are a 180 lbs teenager so pretty big already

180 lbs at 6'5" is pretty darned skinny.

TavistockToad

richardpkennedy1 wrote: »

Why do you need to gain weight so badly? You are a 180 lbs teenager so pretty big already

:huh:

psuLemon

jseams1234 wrote: »

richardpkennedy1 wrote: »

Why do you need to gain weight so badly? You are a 180 lbs teenager so pretty big already

180 lbs at 6'5" is pretty darned skinny.

Right! I am 5'11 and 175 and that is average.