Why am I not gaining weight?

we would have to know who that is. I'm going to guess it's not the greatest meal plan, if you don't know that you can eat ice cream. Gaining weight is a calories game. Yes, it's very hard to eat "healthy" foods all day long, but it isn't that hard to eat healthy foods followed by a bowl of ice cream. or a handful of gummy bears. or whatever floats your boat.

It's a bit of an adjustment to all of a sudden eat all the foods you would normally think to avoid. I stopped eating veggies as much because it's really just too much volume for me right now. I would never thought that I could eat like this.

s_hossein wrote: »

3laine75 wrote: »

s_hossein wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

s_hossein wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

If you're not gaining then you need to up your cals

But I find it difficult to eat so much

What are you eating? Open your diary.

I follow a meal plan

Well, if you aren't gaining then that plan isn't working.

Compromise: stick to the meal plan plus add a serving of icecream?

So junk food is ok? Not everyday, but if I had fries on one occasion.

Try drinking more of your calories as in shakes, full fat milk, etc because sometimes drinking the calories is easier than eating.
Not sure how many calories you are on but I'm on 4,000 daily and while at the start, I thought how am I going to get that much food in every day, I got over that my pre logging most of my days so I know what I'm eating and when. Also if those three meals you mentioned are too big, break them into 4 meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner and meal before bed with 2 snacks during the day.

s_hossein wrote: »

Lady_jane_ wrote: »

we would have to know who that is. I'm going to guess it's not the greatest meal plan, if you don't know that you can eat ice cream. Gaining weight is a calories game. Yes, it's very hard to eat "healthy" foods all day long, but it isn't that hard to eat healthy foods followed by a bowl of ice cream. or a handful of gummy bears. or whatever floats your boat.

It's a bit of an adjustment to all of a sudden eat all the foods you would normally think to avoid. I stopped eating veggies as much because it's really just too much volume for me right now. I would never thought that I could eat like this.

I don't mind healthy foods its just too much food.
I thought I couldn't eat icecream, because of the sugar.

Her meal plans are 3 meals.
So for breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: chicken sandwhich
Dinner: stir fry
That's just one example..

I was gaining weight but now I'm stuck at 51 kg

You're trying to bulk on that? Deary me.

Eat more meals. Add calorie dense foods - nut butter, honey/maple and protein powder to your oatmeal, serve it with nuts and banana, make it with full fat milk.

Eat a bigger, more calorie dense lunch. Chicken thighs, rice, vegies, cooked in oil, add avo, drizzle with olive oil.

Dinner, try fatty Steak or lamb, oily fish, whole eggs. Rice with your stir fry vegies. Cooked in oil again.

Add snacks. Full fat dairy. Protein shakes made in to a smoothie with fruit, nut butter, milk. Icecream, granola bars, crackers or crisps, snack foods! Add carbs (like dextrose) to your pre/intra/postWO shake. As long as you're eating nutrient dense foods most of the time, less nutritious options to help bump up cals aren't going to kill you.

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

s_hossein wrote: »

Lady_jane_ wrote: »

we would have to know who that is. I'm going to guess it's not the greatest meal plan, if you don't know that you can eat ice cream. Gaining weight is a calories game. Yes, it's very hard to eat "healthy" foods all day long, but it isn't that hard to eat healthy foods followed by a bowl of ice cream. or a handful of gummy bears. or whatever floats your boat.

It's a bit of an adjustment to all of a sudden eat all the foods you would normally think to avoid. I stopped eating veggies as much because it's really just too much volume for me right now. I would never thought that I could eat like this.

I don't mind healthy foods its just too much food.
I thought I couldn't eat icecream, because of the sugar.

Her meal plans are 3 meals.
So for breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: chicken sandwhich
Dinner: stir fry
That's just one example..

I was gaining weight but now I'm stuck at 51 kg

You're trying to bulk on that? Deary me.

Eat more meals. Add calorie dense foods - nut butter, honey/maple and protein powder to your oatmeal, serve it with nuts and banana, make it with full fat milk.

Eat a bigger, more calorie dense lunch. Chicken thighs, rice, vegies, cooked in oil, add avo, drizzle with olive oil.

Dinner, try fatty Steak or lamb, oily fish, whole eggs. Rice with your stir fry vegies. Cooked in oil again.

Add snacks. Full fat dairy. Protein shakes made in to a smoothie with fruit, nut butter, milk. Icecream, granola bars, crackers or crisps, snack foods! Add carbs (like dextrose) to your pre/intra/postWO shake. As long as you're eating nutrient dense foods most of the time, less nutritious options to help bump up cals aren't going to kill you.

^^^^^^^^^this