Why am I losing weight instead of gaining weight

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DavidDBZS
DavidDBZS Posts: 33
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
For the past 3 weeks I've been bulking and I've been gaining weight in small chunks and then going back down. I've been doing weight training 5 times a week. I've been having 2600 calories a day.Should I increase them by 100 or more to be gaining at least 1lb a week?

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  • IoZacharis
    IoZacharis Posts: 39 Member
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    Try to go up by 100-200 calories and fine tune it, 5 times a week of weight training is a good burn. Do you do any cardio?
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    short answer is you aren't eating enough- I would jump up by at least 150- too small of a surplus just gets melded into the maintenance range- it has to be a clear surplus.
  • DavidDBZS
    DavidDBZS Posts: 33
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    I'll go to 2700 and see what happens.Also is it ok if I have around 100g of sugar a day that comes from fruits only?
  • DavidDBZS
    DavidDBZS Posts: 33
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    I do cardio on my rest days
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    I'll go to 2700 and see what happens.Also is it ok if I have around 100g of sugar a day that comes from fruits only?

    largely irrelevant.
    I do cardio on my rest days
    then it's not a rest day is it.
  • DavidDBZS
    DavidDBZS Posts: 33
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    I'm at maintenance now-2750 so i'll increase it by 250

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