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Gaining weight, is it purely about the number of kcals?

Jamal_Guildford
Posts: 214 Member
Hi,
I have been browsing on some website and it seems if someone wants to gain 1lb per week, he/she needs to eat 500 kcal above his/her TDEE. Do you think it's as simple as that? Is there any morphology factor?
Some people eat like horses and never gain weight....
Jamal
I have been browsing on some website and it seems if someone wants to gain 1lb per week, he/she needs to eat 500 kcal above his/her TDEE. Do you think it's as simple as that? Is there any morphology factor?
Some people eat like horses and never gain weight....
Jamal
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