Eating 4100 calories a day

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I'm this one ----> average obese American woman. I've just started with MFP and I've been diligent with documenting for 14 days. However, on about a quarter of those days I am honest in my documenting 3k-4k calories. I want to do this right and I know I'm eating wrong at times. My weight fluctuates between 7-10 lbs in a week, up or down. I know I'm new at this but I find myself hungry so I will eat something in order that I don't eat more, later. Wrong logic? Also compounding this problem is the issue of limited finances and having meals of vastly different tastes for two people in the household. I know this may sound cruel but I feel that the truth is if I did not have to cater to this other elderly person's dietary and appetite needs, then I would have absolutely zero problem cooking healthy and eating well because I'd only have to take care of me. Caregivers always care for themselves last but I want to get a hold of my health now! while I am still relatively young (32) and have time (before I drop of a heart attack or stroke at 45). Until the situation changes and this other person finally goes into an assisted living facility, I see my only options are 1.) doing the best I can with diet & exercise, 2.) using my free weights to build muscle which then burns more calories anyway, 3.) let the bad days fall where they may. BTW, I only found this thread because I searched 4k cals in a day for helpful advice. I am now aware this is in the Gaining Weight section, however any helpful advice is welcomed. Thanks.

I have days where I'm eating 5000+ calories in a 4 hr window. Plus 1.25 gals of water through out the day. I'm not going to lie it gets tough, but drinking whole milk helps a lot.

That's an impressive intake, especially in small times. Are these meals you prepare? What do you generally eat that gets you there?

And doing it one day isn't that tough...it's doing it every day for a period of time. I've actually gotten tired of eating.

Exactly. It's always funny when people on here who are regularly consuming 1200-2200 Calories a day make remarks about "oh that must be nice" or "thats easy, just eat 9 shakes!". They simply have no idea. Eating 4500 Calories in one day is easy. But the next day, you are bloated and full and your digestive system is stalled. 60 days later, and it's beyond annoying to eat that much.

And when that 4500 Calories consists of 350g protein...it's not so easy as it sounds.

I hate when people say things like that. Eating has become work to me now and hearing that is not helping. Seriously people if you are trying to lose weight there is a board for that. You don't see me going there and saying "Oh your trying to cut to 3000? Must be nice to get all that." Seriously, that is some really demeaning comments.

It's seriously not that hard.

I do IF and during maintenance I average 3500-3700 cals per day eating for around 8 hrs per day.

I do some eating competitions from time to time though so maybe I'm a special snowflake

I'd suggest eating plenty of meat and veg and then ensuring you get plenty of healthy fats from peanut butter and maybe not so healthy fats from ice cream.

BTW protein intake can be less during bulking than cutting. I saw mention of 350g somewhere. That is way beyond what most people require (unless on dat dere celltech and higher BW)

As a fattie, I used to consume 6,500 to 9,500 calories in four meals throughout the day. Now, just getting 3,000 takes work.

Oh jeez, poor you. :yawn:

lol just kidding

I don't mind cutting as much as I do bulking, I have to eat 1800 and it's not easy, especially if trying to stay within my macros. I can't imagine eating that high, even though I've wanted to have steak, salmon and egg for breakfast before. I bet you could

Don't seem to have your problem, I have been maintaining at 4200 calories a day and have no issues hitting that mark. I get a good start to my day at breakfast though with Eggs, bacon, scratch made waffles, a banana, chocolate milk, and a Big travel coffee (1600 calories). The rest of the day is easy and there is normally still room for a bowl of ice cream before bed. But at one point I use to putting away over 10,000 calories a day back when I weighed 560 lbs. so this is a drop in the bucket... lol :drinker:

Even on creatine, 350g of protein is hella excessive.

What does creatine have to do with whether protein intake is excessive? In fact, the more protein you are taking in the less you would need to supplement creatine (assuming most of your protein intake is from meats).

Is 350g excessive? Possibly, but since many seem to recommend 1-2g of protein per lean lb of bodyweight it's possible somone could be 200lb (175lb lean) and trying to do a cut, which would require higher protein amounts. In that situation the protein intake wouldn't be too excessive, as so long as you are drinking plenty of water to protect your liver.

Too funny!

4300 here to maintain on training days

3600 on non training days

183 lbs

not fun at all

Is like death- I am so full!

day-in day-out eating that much food is challenging. Ice cream should be your friend

good thing you logged that 3 calorie piece of gum

You guys are kidding right? Its so easy, typical food off the top of my head:

Breakfast: 3-4 eggs fried in butter or omlette with cheese for more calories and sauteed veggies, 10 slices of bacon or 3 sausages: 1000+++ cals

Lunch: double or triple burger at any joint with cheese, fries, and a juice instead of a soda (you can drink a soda alone for 1,500 cals if you really think you need more cals) and you are at 1,500++ cals for this meal

Dinner: Half a bag of raviolis plus sauce and heavy cheese and thats 1,200-2,400 cals
One single protien shake with greek yogurt for 400 cals and you got all 4,100 cals (or more) plus pretty much all the protein you need, and you only had 3 meals! Start eating like that and just staying at 4100 is a problem if you add any snacks.

I don't get how 4,100 can be hard unless you are eating "clean", I'd love to eat like this continually (I did for a while, thats how I got fat). So many options for variety, replace any meal with half a pizza, or 24oz steak with baked potatos and butter or a whole chicken with salad and blue cheese dressing and avacado, or barbecued pork with lots of sauce or breaded pork loins with cheese topping, heck go to Applebees or similar restaurant and get over 2-3,000 cals in one meal!, Olive garden's never ending pasta bowl goes over 3k cal easy, any buffet...etc etc etc...now I'm hungry

You've got to be kidding me! If I had that breakfast I wouldn't be able to eat ANYTHING for the rest of the day.

I'm eating over 4000 a day and only gain around 250 grams a week XD