Looking for Calorie Dense Healthy Foods

BrianAWeber

Gaining weight is easy, grab a pizza 6-pack of beer and sit on the couch. Losing weight is easy when I am active I lose weight while consuming 3,000-4,000 calories a day. However, maintaining my weight while remaining active and eating healthy has always been a problem because then I need to consume near 5,000 calories a day. That's a lot of carrots and broccoli people! Any recommendations of healthy calorie dense foods that can help fill that gap?

kommodevaran

Eat whatever you want. Just get in sufficient nutrition. You don't get addiotional health points for eating more broccoli.

HeliumIsNoble

Full fat houmous dip. Honey-roasted peanuts.

Use the carrots to make homemade carrot cake.

sijomial

If you are eating 5000 cals a day you aren't going to find hitting adequate levels of your macros and micros at all difficult. Enjoy yourself a little!

Fat is high calorie density: nuts, avocado, cheese, oil or cream based sauces and dressings.....
Fattier cuts of meat rather than lean.

Starchy carbs will also bump up your calories nicely.

Pizza is just a blend of fat, protein and carbs, don't see why it can't fit in a healthy diet?

If you opened your diary people could suggest higher calorie substitutions.

deannalfisher

Start chugging carbs, grains (Farro, barley, couscous are faves of mine); full fat yogurt

bbell1985

You don't get extra credit once you've hit your macro and micro targets for the day. Have a treat. Otherwise, add more oil/butter to your cooking, avocado, full fat dairy and fatty cuts of meat, nuts, etc.

Need2Exerc1se

Nuts and nut butters. Olive oil.

jjpptt2

Depending on what you consider healthy, tacos can be a great option. Use a fattier meat, extra cheese, sour cream, etc for extra calories... and load em up however you like.

Maxxitt

Nuts of any kind, avocados, steaks, pasta with plenty of olive oil and garlic (and maybe some shrimp or scallops--not calorie dense additions but tasty) ... any minimally processed food (stuff your great grandmother would recognize as edible and delicious) will do for "healthy."