Looking for advice
Sasho763
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Hello everyone i am a 6’7 20 year old weighing at only 165 pounds. I have been strugling in gaining weight for the last 3 years and any advice you guys give me is very much appreciated
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Eat more. Yes, it's that simple. Why are you eating too little? Figure that out, at least throw some possible explanations at us, and do something else, and you win.0
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You're 6 feet, 7 inches and weigh 165 pounds?!?
Enter your stats into this website, choose that you want to gain weight, and then eat that many calories. Full fat, high calorie foods are going to be your friends. Peanut butter, ice cream, GOMAD...0 -
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Maybe @diannethegeek could link the high calorie foods thread? I can't remember the actual name of it.0
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Well ive been eating a lot for a couple of months now(3000+calories daily), and i can’t even get a belly
, and i cant make time to work out becouse i have 12 hour daily shifts at the ER and i constantly feel tired. 0 -
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Maybe @diannethegeek could link the high calorie foods thread? I can't remember the actual name of it.
Here ya go:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
You can skip to the end for more recipes and meal plans, etc.
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Well probably like 2 kilos tops0
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Well ive been eating a lot for a couple of months now(3000+calories daily), and i can’t even get a belly, and i cant make time to work out becouse i have 12 hour daily shifts at the ER and i constantly feel tired.
How many calories did this website tell you to eat when you entered all your data?0 -
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3600+ but i cant manage to stuff my face more than 3000 plus im light on money because i have to pay my education
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Check out r/gainit, a whole subreddit dedicated to gaining weight.1
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kommodevaran wrote: »
Well advice if should try working out more or should i just stuff my face like crazy , maybe what kinds of foods i should eat (the link was really helpfull).0 -
Have your thyroid checked to make sure its not under active if you have not already.
If you have an its normal then try an eat more or do less exercise if your doing a lot.0 -
I haven’t had it checked, my mother has hashimoto’s and my father is with the same body structure as me.dragonghost wrote: »Have your thyroid checked to make sure its not under active if you have not already.
If you have an its normal then try an eat more or do less cardo if your doing a lot.
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kommodevaran wrote: »
Well advice if should try working out more or should i just stuff my face like crazy , maybe what kinds of foods i should eat (the link was really helpfull).
In what way do you think burning more calories by working out more would help?0 -
General advice:
Peanut butter
Full fat dairy
Drink your calories
Don't do unneccessary cardio1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »
Well advice if should try working out more or should i just stuff my face like crazy , maybe what kinds of foods i should eat (the link was really helpfull).
In what way do you think burning more calories by working out more would help?
Well i don’t know im new too all this.0 -
You are new to this. OK. Here's the secret.
Eat fewer calories than your body uses in a day - weight loss.
Eat more calories than your body uses in a day - weight gain.
Eat the same amount of calories that your body uses in a day - weight maintenance.
The trick is figuring out how many calories your body uses in a day. That's why you answer all the questions when you set up your account on this site. It's an estimate, but it's a good starting point.
So, start eating 3600 calories per day, logging your food to insure your intake, and see what happens with your weight.
If you are not strength training, all that weight gain is going to be fat, not muscle. Just FYI.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »You are new to this. OK. Here's the secret.
Eat fewer calories than your body uses in a day - weight loss.
Eat more calories than your body uses in a day - weight gain.
Eat the same amount of calories that your body uses in a day - weight maintenance.
The trick is figuring out how many calories your body uses in a day. That's why you answer all the questions when you set up your account on this site. It's an estimate, but it's a good starting point.
So, start eating 3600 calories per day, logging your food to insure your intake, and see what happens with your weight.
If you are not strength training, all that weight gain is going to be fat, not muscle. Just FYI.
So what kind of exercise is best suited? I got that i shouldnt do cardio, but should i do qiuck workouts 1 hour> or workouts for more than 1 hour. Thanks for the great advice evryone i’ll do my best to add at least 5 more kilos to my 75!0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »You are new to this. OK. Here's the secret.
Eat fewer calories than your body uses in a day - weight loss.
Eat more calories than your body uses in a day - weight gain.
Eat the same amount of calories that your body uses in a day - weight maintenance.
The trick is figuring out how many calories your body uses in a day. That's why you answer all the questions when you set up your account on this site. It's an estimate, but it's a good starting point.
So, start eating 3600 calories per day, logging your food to insure your intake, and see what happens with your weight.
If you are not strength training, all that weight gain is going to be fat, not muscle. Just FYI.
So what kind of exercise is best suited? I got that i shouldnt do cardio, but should i do qiuck workouts 1 hour> or workouts for more than 1 hour. Thanks for the great advice evryone i’ll do my best to add at least 5 more kilos to my 75!
You're overthinking it. Manipulate your calories to affect weight change, exercise for health, fitness, and/or aesthetic goals, you'll just need to compensate for those calories accordingly. If you want to gain muscle as part of this weight gain, a proven program for strength and muscle gain will be most beneficial.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »You are new to this. OK. Here's the secret.
Eat fewer calories than your body uses in a day - weight loss.
Eat more calories than your body uses in a day - weight gain.
Eat the same amount of calories that your body uses in a day - weight maintenance.
The trick is figuring out how many calories your body uses in a day. That's why you answer all the questions when you set up your account on this site. It's an estimate, but it's a good starting point.
So, start eating 3600 calories per day, logging your food to insure your intake, and see what happens with your weight.
If you are not strength training, all that weight gain is going to be fat, not muscle. Just FYI.
So what kind of exercise is best suited? I got that i shouldnt do cardio, but should i do qiuck workouts 1 hour> or workouts for more than 1 hour. Thanks for the great advice evryone i’ll do my best to add at least 5 more kilos to my 75!
You want an answer handed to you?
My answer is do Stronglifts 5X5. Google it. Download the app (it's free).1
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