Weight gain

megtheeggo

I’m unsure if this will make sense to some but is the amount of weight you gain dependent on the amount of calories you eat - for example, if you eat a lot will you gain a bigger amount than in if you eat less or is the amount of weight you gain always the same each time?

quiksylver296

A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body uses so many of these units to run itself - for simplicity's sake, let's say 2000 units. You eat less than 2000 units of energy in a day, and your body has to go to the reserve energy (your stored fat). You eat more than 2000 units of energy in a day, and your body will store that energy for later (added/gained fat).

You need approximately 3500 hundred calories to gain one pound. So if you eat 2500 calories per day, you would gain one pound every seven days. If you eat 5500 calories per day, you would gain one pound per day.

Does that answer your question?

Makaiookami

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

Makaiookami

You also need to bump up your omega 3 ratio, salt intake, water intake, and protein intake. Getting calories from carbs will help you build muscle because of insulin, higher levels of LDL cholesterol will help you build muscle, fat? Not sure. We don't have enough studies on it. There's conflicting information, too many people taking steroids and pretending they aren't...

I've been bumping up my carbs with my exercise, I'll see how it has improved my skeletal muscle mass, to body fat mass ratio. If you want to build muscle lean protein and some carbs, are great, taking a nap before eating that can be great I've seen in some reports, giving yourself plenty of time to recover, massaging, higher levels of Omega 3 fats taken at a different time than your post workout carbs, will reduce inflammation and help your muscles recover faster...

But this is all minimizing the effort, and maximizing the gains and everyone has their own opinion, and we will disagree until the cows come home. You're just going to have to get body analytics done, try something, change it up every 3 months, and be your own study.

sardelsa

Yes your amount of gain will correlate to the amount of surplus you are in. A 500 calorie daily surplus (over your maintenance) over time will give you around 1lb per week gain.

In objection to the above I have eaten very high carb and either not gained weight due to not being in a surplus or gained in a surplus according to how many calories I was consuming, not carbs. So have many people who are trying to gain. People gain/bulk on keto or no-carb diets, despite insulin not being triggered. Not sure where that information is coming from.

kimny72

Over the long term, the calorie amount of your surplus will determine how much weight you gain on average. It won't always work out exactly week to week, as your scale weight includes water weight and digestion fluctuations, not just fat.

I too have always eaten on the higher carb side and have gained and lost weight based on calories as expected, have never had blood sugar or hormonal issues, and have also gotten pretty good at vetting sources FWTW

MikePTY

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

This is absolute balderdash.

Weight loss is calories in vs calories out. There are no special powers with Keto. If you eat at a deficit in Keto, you will lose weight, if you don't, you won't.

angiew12345

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

MikePTY wrote: »

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

This is absolute balderdash.

Weight loss is calories in vs calories out. There are no special powers with Keto. If you eat at a deficit in Keto, you will lose weight, if you don't, you won't.

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My dietician says weight gain is not as simple as 500 extra calories per day equals 1 pound per week. Your body handles it differently. If you're very underweight, you can gain the weight back faster than if you're at normal weight or overweight, while eating the same.

kimny72

angiew12345 wrote: »

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

MikePTY wrote: »

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

This is absolute balderdash.

Weight loss is calories in vs calories out. There are no special powers with Keto. If you eat at a deficit in Keto, you will lose weight, if you don't, you won't.

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My dietician says weight gain is not as simple as 500 extra calories per day equals 1 pound per week. Your body handles it differently. If you're very underweight, you can gain the weight back faster than if you're at normal weight or overweight, while eating the same.

Unfortunately, we see a lot of posters here who are struggling to gain weight even though they feel like they are eating a lot, so it seems like this might not always be true.

Regardless, having a calorie goal, logging accurately and consistently, and monitoring your results is a great way to get the data you need to have a strategy going forward.

MikePTY

angiew12345 wrote: »

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

MikePTY wrote: »

Makaiookami wrote: »

The amount of weight you gain is dependent on Insulin. We see this with Type 1 diabetic patients. They inject insulin into a specific sight every day, their body will store fat in that site. Everyone has a different metabolism, different caloric needs. There is an ex olympic athlete in a wheel chair that says she consumes about 3,500 calories just to maintain. Just like how that Michael Phelps has a genetic change that reduces lactic acid and some double jointing in his ankles. Everyone's built a bit differently.

https://mayooshin.com/biggest-loser-study-maintain-weight-loss/

If you eat a low carb high fat diet, and you use a ketone breath analyzer. Do you know what it's showing? Calories that you are breathing out. When you pee on a stick do you know what it's showing? Calories you are peeing out. High fat low carb diets promote the creation of brown fat, especially with Tumeric, cold exposure, and change the way your body runs. The Keto community finds that sometimes increasing your caloric intake bumps up your weight loss. Even in wheelchair bound people, where as people who go to the gym too hard, for too long, too often, and calorie restrict lose their hair and don't have near as much weight loss.

Calories in, calories out, is outdated. It has to be Calories in, hormones effected, calories out if you really want to min/max health.

This is absolute balderdash.

Weight loss is calories in vs calories out. There are no special powers with Keto. If you eat at a deficit in Keto, you will lose weight, if you don't, you won't.

---

My dietician says weight gain is not as simple as 500 extra calories per day equals 1 pound per week. Your body handles it differently. If you're very underweight, you can gain the weight back faster than if you're at normal weight or overweight, while eating the same.

What do you mean while eating the same? If you are underweight, your body burns less calories than a normal or or overweight person. So if all 3 eat say 2000 calories a day, the underweight person will have the largest surplus, which is why they will gain the most weight.

simonwood1981

It all comes down to calories in vs Calories out, the aim is to gain lean muscle mass while keeping bodyfat low. Track your calories, find your maintanence level and go slightly above, don't over do it as you will gain more bodyfat then lean mass.

It takes time to gain weight properly, if you are strugling to gain and think that you're eating alot already, add a shake in the morning which will bump up your calories.

1 banana
1tbsp peanut butter
1 scoop of protien powder
1 scoop of porridge oats.

blend this up and you'll have an extra 700 - 900 calories