What should I eat to help me get abs while I gain weight

Don't overwork yourself. You say you go to the gym 4-5 days a week. Question is though, what exactly are you doing at the gym? Balance is the key, you need to stimulate your abs enough to make your body think what's there is not enough. But after that you need around 48 hours of REST (one day inbetween) from the ab exercises for the body to be able to regenerate and build up stronger muscles, then you go and stimulate them again. Going that many days is fine, if you like going to the gym, but you will need to do a split training.

What terrie said is also part of the deal, the visibility of your abs is also connected to the percentage of bodyfat you have, but also part of your genetics and where they determine where you individually store the fat you have and need.

So really the key is work hard and rest enough.

Any food supplements and whatnot are actually not really necessary unless you're a pro athlete. Key here is a normal, balanced diet, that'll provide you with enough of everything to make your exercises pay off. If you have trouble keeping the calories up with the balanced diet (don't add the extra calories you want for adding weight in form of fastfood or sweets), you can go for a gainer shake or a simple protein shake and mix it with milk instead of water to give you a little extra boost.

My tipp since you seem to have a membership at a gym: Go up to one of those handy people with gym-logo t-shirts or ask at the front desk and have a certified trainer help you create an individual training schedule for your needs. They will also keep a watchful eye on how you execute the exercises, which is another major key to success.

SkinnyLeon wrote: »

wanderingrat wrote: »

(don't add the extra calories you want for adding weight in form of fastfood or sweets)

I've always wondered about that, at the end of my day if fast food is the only option I wonder if I should eat that to hit my calories or just skip the meal.

I'd say if you've hit your protein goal, eat the fast food. Some times having fast food or sweets will hit your macro/micro goals better than another salad.

As long as you've hit your protein requirement, .8g of protein per lb of body weight, eaten your Fibre, and micronutrients, you can finish off with whatever you like.

On this forum alone we have built muscle from pizzas, beer, burgers, you name it, we've eaten it!

That DOESNT mean we eat high calorie density food all the time. Far from it, take a look at my diary when I'm bulking and I usually eat at least 8 veg a day, berries, oily fish, whole foods. You don't get extra points once you've eaten enough nutrients. So eat those doughnuts if you have to!