Why my weight isn't increasing?

RAJ5698
RAJ5698 Posts: 2 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I'm 27 years old, male. Height 6ft weight 57kg, activity level- moderate, I started my weight gaining before a week ago. Since I started my diet, I'm regularly consuming 2800kcal and burning 2000kcal. Then also my weight isn't Changing. Last 3 days bathroom scale weight recording also showing the same( 57.10kg). What can I do? How can j increase my weight?

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  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,604 Member
    Simple answer - you’re not eating enough.
    I also weigh 57kg but I’m 5’3 and I maintain on 2,200 - admittedly I do train quite hard.

    You’ll need to eat more calories, so try to increase your protein and the healthy fats in your diet. But it won’t happen instantly, you might only get one or two pounds a week and that might still feel hard.
  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,847 Member
    RAJ5698 wrote: »
    Since I started my diet, I'm regularly consuming 2800kcal and burning 2000kcal. Then also my weight isn't Changing.
    Clearly one or both of those estimates are wrong.

    As Claire said, eat (or drink) more.
  • samibl2201
    samibl2201 Posts: 1 Member
    Eat 3000Kcal
  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,205 Member
    You're concerned that you didn't gain in a period of three days?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,197 Member
    edited October 11
    RAJ5698 wrote: »
    I'm 27 years old, male. Height 6ft weight 57kg, activity level- moderate, I started my weight gaining before a week ago. Since I started my diet, I'm regularly consuming 2800kcal and burning 2000kcal. Then also my weight isn't Changing. Last 3 days bathroom scale weight recording also showing the same( 57.10kg). What can I do? How can j increase my weight?

    Dude.

    You started "before a week ago". I'm not sure what that means, but I'm thinking not much more than a week ago. That's a meaninglessly short time period. It's averages over 4-6 weeks that matter.

    Also: Why do you think you're burning 2000? Did some so-called calculator (even fitness tracker) tell you that? Those things spit out averages for superficially similar people, based on statistics. You're a unique individual, and you may vary from average in calorie needs. (Based on 9+ years of logging experience, my calorie needs are 25-30% off from what MFP and my good brand/model fitness tracker (one that's accurate for others) both estimate. It can happen.) It's rare to be statistically unusual, but it's possible. "Hard gainers" are a category where that happens.

    No one person's calorie needs predict another's, but I'm going to tell you this anyway, just to illustrate variance from statistical averages: You think you burn 2000, at 6ft, weight 57kg, age 27, activity level moderate.

    Here's a thing: Based on my 9 years of logging experience, I burn around 2100-2200 and more, while female, at 5'5" (165 cm), 133 pounds (60 kg), age 68, sedentary (or close) outside of intentional exercise, and severely hypothyroid besides (but properly medicated). MFP and my fitness tracker estimate more like 1500 to maintain. I'd lose like a house afire on 1500, or even 1500 + exercise calories.

    That's not definitive for you . . . except to illustrate that some people are statistically unusual.

    Stick with your 2800 intake for 4-6 weeks. If you don't gain, add 250 or so, go another 4-6 weeks. Repeat and adjust. Eventually you'll start gaining. Don't despair, don't give up: You can find your right routine. Your gain (or loss) rate over 4-6 weeks tells you your calorie needs, once you have enough personal data accumulated. The calculators (or MFP, or a fitness tracker) are just a starting estimate. Experience is what matters most.

    Best wishes!

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