Underweight struggling to gain weight

42nrn59vrw

Hi there, I’m new here, have been underweight for a long time now. For the last three weeks I have added an extra 600 calories and still no weight gain 😭 any tips?

bpk4390

Do you know how many calories you need to be in a surplus?

42nrn59vrw

To maintain my weight I need 1600 and to gain weight I need 2100, which I have been doing for almost a month but no luck

csplatt

How are you calculating the calories? What's your strategy for getting to the right number?

AnnPT77

If your numbers came from some online calculator (or even a fitness tracker), they're just a statistical average calorie need for people demographically similar to you. Individuals can vary from average, either higher or lower.

If you're eating what you perceive to be a surplus of calories for 4-6 weeks and you don't gain any weight . . . one way or another, it isn't a surplus of calories, and the answer would be to eat more. I understand that that can be difficult.

This thread has suggestions of foods to eat, among other tips, in case you haven't already read it:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read#latest

AchrefTabet

Sometimes it's not only about calories, you've to sleep well and working hard also three weeks it's that longe period tha you can see a big difference, I mean in my experience of bulking I started seeing the deferences after 6 months or 7

brittmassey91

I went from 93lbs to 133. Protein shakes, oatmeal helped me a lot! I also made sure i had white rice, sweet potato and lots of veggies with my dinners. Lifting heavy weights as well

nossmf

Wait..."I've added an extra 600 calories" per day? Per week?