Hard Gainer, High Cholesterol, High Sugar, Fast Metabolism.

CraigTommola

NOTE: If your challenge with "Maintaining Weight" is keeping it off, this conversation is not for you.

I'm 42 and have been dodging cholesterol medication for about 8 years. This is the year I really change my lifestyle for good. I've stopped drinking beer, decreased caffeine, monitoring all of it, increase water. I've cut out PASTA for cryin out loud.

Both my cholesterol and sugar continue to increase as I age. At 6'2" and ~190# when I really commit to eating low carb/low fat I end up having to eat 4+ times a day just to sustain the ~45 minutes of daily exercise and daily activity. I'm fighting to squeeze in 2500-3000 calories a day **just to maintain weight**. If I don't eat enough or don't exercise in a day, I'll literally lose 2 pounds.

This is after I lost about 10 pounds of "comfort weight" in the first 2-3 weeks. If you truly have a metabolism and diet demands similar to me, that means you know how much this absolutely sucks. I rarely feel full, use the bathroom too much, and my guts feel like they've done multiple workouts in a day. (Yes, I'm taking small bites and chewing thoroughly.)

I've fought this my whole life. In junior high I was 5'5" and about 75#. A hardgainers' hardgainer. Proof positive from 30 years and 120# ago.




PLEASE ... share any tips, tricks, recipes, workouts, thoughts ... or just commiserate. Because no one ever wants to hear about it when your issue is trying not to accidentally becoming too skinny.

cmriverside

There is a "gaining weight" subforum, you may have more kindred spirits there than in this area.


Here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/goal-gaining-weight

CraigTommola

I'll post it there too. Thank you.

Fflpnari

is you low carb/fat making a differnece in your health? otherwise medication might be a good coversation with your doc. Low fat and low carb make for a miserable diet and life.