Bumping up calories

triniricks371
triniricks371 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 18 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I can never seem to get all my calories any suggestions for bumping them up?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    peanut butter
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Do a forum search for lists of calorie dense foods and eat more of those!

    Eat more meals, or drink calories between meals may also help. So will some icecream, chocolate, pizza etc.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    can you open up your diary so we can give recs?

    for me easy bumps - nuts (almonds and cashews) - I'll occasionally make some pre-made baggies of trail mix to snack on (haven't done this in a while though)

    even making small adjustments to your current eating - 8oz chicken, instead of 6 (etc)
  • pbryd
    pbryd Posts: 364 Member
    Cheese on everything.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    pbryd wrote: »
    Cheese on everything.

    I concur! also bacon!
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    triniricks371 wrote: »
    I can never seem to get all my calories any suggestions for bumping them up?

    I have exactly the same problem - not easy to just 'eat more' which is what I keep getting told!
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read/p1
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    one serving of ice cream is 250 calories and pretty easy to get down, problem solved...
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    A jar of peanut butter and a spoon does the trick nicely. 4 tablespoons of peanut butter (which isn't that much at all) is nearly 400 calories.

    Use a bit more oil when you cook your foods - oil is very calorie dense, as it's 100% fat, and you'll hardly even notice it in your intake. 1 tablespoon of oil is usually around 110 calories.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    Nuts :) High cal, good for you.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    What worked for me:
    -Increasing portions of things I already ate (3 slices of toast vs 2)
    -More calorie dense items like oils, full fat dairy, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, pasta, bagels, higher fat cuts of meat
    -Cutting down on fibre. Obviously fibre is important but with a bulking intake and sufficient veggies and grains most likely you are fine, too much fibre bloated and filled me up
    -Drinking my cals.. smoothies, juices, full fat milk
    -Eating more highly palatable foods that I enjoyed.. (this will be individual), for me it was ice cream, whipped cream, Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies, pasta, pizza, waffles, pancakes etc.
  • tania6777
    tania6777 Posts: 7 Member
    edited May 2017
    I do not know much about calories. I like fitness. But I train by myself. I think it is also can be effective and cheap. My coach told me to use dietary supplements for weight loss. I decided to check some information about those things and found Isagenix results. I was impressed and ordered some supplements for me.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Consume more calories dense items. One of my favourites at the moment is chocolate crisp cereal (457 cal for 100g) whole milk, bananas and peanut butter.

    How many calories are you short per day?
  • triniricks371
    triniricks371 Posts: 15 Member
    Yesterday I was over 1000 but I trained twice
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    triniricks371 wrote: »
    Yesterday I was over 1000 but I trained twice

    if you cant fuel it properly reduce your training
  • triniricks371
    triniricks371 Posts: 15 Member
    I missed my workout today so I made up for it yesterday
  • BrooklynBooty
    BrooklynBooty Posts: 39 Member
    Try a mass gainer if you don't mind supplements.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    So on average how many calories are you coming up short per day?
  • blackcomaro
    blackcomaro Posts: 796 Member
    How many cals have you got OP? I have no problem hitting mine ad day.
  • tiggs862017
    tiggs862017 Posts: 15 Member
    edited May 2017
    Grab a spoon and a jar of Skippy. 6 Tbsp later and you've added 570 calories, and 21g of protein.

    I could eat peanut butter all day. :D
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    tiggs862017 wrote: »
    Grab a spoon and a jar of Skippy. 6 Tbsp later and you've added 570 calories, and 21g of protein.

    I could eat peanut butter all day. :D

    me too....
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