HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT

Your not eating enough, you need to eat more than you burn to gain weight. Few posts on here about how to add a lot more calories if you struggle to eat enough.

faulknerdaniel21 wrote: »

I’ve been eating such a large amount of food high in protein and fat but can’t gain weight I want to bulk up so bad but I’ve tried everything I can think of can anyone help

I’m about 140 but I wanna be 180

It's all about calories, not individual macros. It's simple you must eat more than you burn. If you haven't gained weight, that means you're not eating enough.

You're not eating enough - end of story. I've seen this a million times, you might think you are eating allot but it's not compared to what you need to do in order to gain weight.

Ice cream and peanut butter! Yay!

So, I think that - generally speaking - most everyone would agree with the following:

1. Protein would be roughly 0.8g/lb - 1.2g/lbs. of body weight.
2. Fat would be roughly 0.35g/lb of body weight.
3. Carbs - the rest.

Now, I contend that the above numbers should be of lean muscle mass (vs. body weight). But that is the very general guideline.

Again - "generally speaking" is the disclaimer. Not for everyone. Some people have special needs, have special medical conditions, have ailments that might necessitate something different from the above guidelines.

So, I am pretty sure that 70g of Protein for someone weighing 140lbs - all things being equal - does not quite measure up.

oootto92 wrote: »

AnvilHead wrote: »

oootto92 wrote: »

...At 140lbs you don't need more than 70g of protein to achieve maximum hypertrophy...

The what now?

Where do you get that idea? Because it certainly isn't consistent with any current research I've seen.

I'd really like to see your source for the claim that eating more than 1g/Kg of body weight is beneficial for promoting muscle hypertrophy in natural athlete that is already eating caloric surplus.

His problem is not getting enough protein, its getting enough calories and staring at protein intake when he should be just stuffing his face is not not beneficial.

70g is way too little protein, he needs at minimum 112g of protein if he weighs 140 lbs. Many research points to a minimum of 0,8g/lb of bodyweight. What you are suggesting is 0,5g/lb of bodyweight, no clue where you got that info.

oootto92 wrote: »

I'd really like to see your source for the claim that eating more than 1g/Kg of body weight is beneficial for promoting muscle hypertrophy in natural athlete that is already eating caloric surplus.

Are you sure you aren't getting your 1g/lb mixed up with 1g/kg?

Daily protein intake averaged 1.5 and 1.4g/kg/d in male and female athletes, respectively (likely a bit more due to underreporting). Current recommendations are 1.3-1.8g/kg/d.

Source:

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/athlete-protein-intake/