hard gainers?

BackTatJIM

I track my caloires, weigh and measure almost all of my food and can't seem to add any serious weight, I will gain a pound and then lose it a week later. Any one else have this problem? I know I will figure it out and continue to eat more and more but I never thought it would be so hard to gain weight. Any advice besides eat more?(just lost a little over a pound at 3,000 cals a day the past 2 weeks)

Gallowmere1984

NSFW, but read these:

http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_12.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_18.html

janeite1990

Looks like you are under your calories on lots of days, and you are under on carbs. Eat more sounds trite, but looking at your diary, it makes sense.

Good luck!

taso42

Any advice besides eat more?

that's the only advice.

you can also try GOMAD http://stronglifts.com/gomad-milk-squats-gallon-gain-weight/

Bakkasan

if 3000 is a problem, bump to 3500 or 4000. Eat dirty if you need to just to see how it works. 4000 cals of shakes, chicken and rice is suck.

AllTehBeers

NSFW, but read these:

http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_12.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_18.html

Holy. Food. I might eat some of those guy's menus in a year.

BackTatJIM

Yeah I really don't like milk enough to drink a gallon a day, id rather add a half pint of ben and jerrys a day then all that milk

BackTatJIM

NSFW, but read these:

http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_12.html
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2011/08/cant-gain-weight-guess-what-youre-doing_18.html

Will check these out when I am home, thanks

taso42

Yeah I really don't like milk enough to drink a gallon a day, id rather add a half pint of ben and jerrys a day then all that milk

go for the full pint.

Bumbeen

I couldn't gain without doing gomad. I also like eating a whole pint of ice cream every day when bulking.

annette_15

Nice problem to have imo

Gallowmere1984

Nice problem to have imo

Not when one's goal is to put on a large amount of muscle.

BackTatJIM

Nice problem to have imo

Not when one's goal is to put on a large amount of muscle.

Yep some people don't realize that putting on musle mass can be just as hard as cutting

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

My boyfriend has this problem. He needs to eat 5000-6000 calories a day to gain. He'll go through about a half a box of cereal, half a box of pasta, one or two pints of ice cream, some sort of fast food, some sort of meat/fish, and usually a weight gainer drink. Some people say they don't believe in "hard gainers" and that they just aren't eating enough but I see the way he eats and he still has problems gaining.

BackTatJIM

My boyfriend has this problem. He needs to eat 5000-6000 calories a day to gain. He'll go through about a half a box of cereal, half a box of pasta, one or two pints of ice cream, some sort of fast food, some sort of meat/fish, and usually a weight gainer drink. Some people say they don't believe in "hard gainers" and that they just aren't eating enough but I see the way he eats and he still has problems gaining.

5-6000 cals a day WOW there is no way I could not afford that so fast food would have to be my friend

Gallowmere1984

My boyfriend has this problem. He needs to eat 5000-6000 calories a day to gain. He'll go through about a half a box of cereal, half a box of pasta, one or two pints of ice cream, some sort of fast food, some sort of meat/fish, and usually a weight gainer drink. Some people say they don't believe in "hard gainers" and that they just aren't eating enough but I see the way he eats and he still has problems gaining.

5-6000 cals a day WOW there is no way I could not afford that so fast food would have to be my friend

Not sure if you have a jack in the box in your area, but with like 3-4 bucks you can get about 2k calories.

Aye. Hardee's/Carl's Jr. is much the same way, though slightly more pricey (not much).