Weight and muscle gain

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Is there anyone else that is trying to gain weight having difficulty?

ninerbuff

What difficulty are you having?

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nossmf

Gaining weight is just like losing weight: compare calories burned against calories eaten. To gain weight, eat more than you burn.

Just like losing weight, you need to be accurate with logging food and exercise to actually get the equation to balance your way. Once you know how much of each has you keeping weight steady, increase food by 250 calories per day to start a slow gain. This isn't a lot...a large spoonful of peanut butter would do it (plus give a jolt of protein!).

Keep track for 3 weeks. If you haven't started to gain yet, you can either tighten down on logging and/or add another 250 calories per day. In most cases you want to gain weight slowly to ensure a high percentage is muscle and not fat (though some fat gain is inevitable), though doctor's orders can override this suggestion.