Vegetarian

elenast2016
elenast2016 Posts: 7 Member
edited June 2016 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
So I'm vegetarian, and my goal is to gain muscle. I train 18 hours a week in martial arts. But I don't see dem gains. Halp

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    So I'm vegetarian, and my goal is to gain muscle. I train 18 hours a week in martial arts. But I don't see dem gains. Halp

    Eat more calories. And if you want muscle gains, you need a progressive lifting program.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Yep. Need a caloric surplus in conjunction with a hypertrophy lifting program.
  • elenast2016
    elenast2016 Posts: 7 Member
    I eat like I'm 600 pounds
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    So I'm vegetarian, and my goal is to gain muscle. I train 18 hours a week in martial arts. But I don't see dem gains. Halp

    Eat more calories. And if you want muscle gains, you need a progressive lifting program.

    This
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    edited June 2016
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    I eat like I'm 600 pounds

    How many calories are you eating?
    Also keep in mind you are crazy active.
  • elenast2016
    elenast2016 Posts: 7 Member
    2200 a day is my goal
  • tennileb
    tennileb Posts: 265 Member
    nuts are a great source of extra calories, depending on how intense your workouts are you might need to eat more than you think.

    also body type, not all people will gain tons of muscle with out artificial enhancers... do you feel like you are getting stronger with the training you are doing?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    2200 a day is my goal

    For someone who is exercising 18 hours a week, that is going to be way too little. I would add another 500 to see if that helps. But most the women i know maintain near those levels wiyh only 5 to 6 hours of training.
  • distinctlybeautiful
    distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
    edited June 2016
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    2200 a day is my goal

    I don't know your height and weight, but I'm a vegetarian too and just had my metabolism tested the other day. I told the tester that I work out probably around 7-8 hours/week, and he told me my maintenance calories are 2550/day and that I'm supposed to eat 2300 calories/day to lose half a pound a week. Again, I don't know that we're comparable, but it is possible that you're not eating enough. I do know you're definitely not eating like a 600-pound person.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    elenast2016 wrote: »
    2200 a day is my goal

    How is this eating like you are 500lbs?! I eat this daily or more just to maintain.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Are you lifting weights? Only doing Martial Arts isn't going to build the muscle mass...
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    Weights and eat more calories...especially if you are working out that much.

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