Underweight struggling to gain weight

42nrn59vrw · June 20

Hi there, I’m new here, have been underweight for a long time now. For the last three weeks I have added an extra 600 calories and still no weight gain 😭 any tips?

bpk4390 · June 20

Do you know how many calories you need to be in a surplus?

42nrn59vrw · June 20

To maintain my weight I need 1600 and to gain weight I need 2100, which I have been doing for almost a month but no luck

csplatt · June 20

How are you calculating the calories? What's your strategy for getting to the right number?

AnnPT77 · June 21

If your numbers came from some online calculator (or even a fitness tracker), they're just a statistical average calorie need for people demographically similar to you. Individuals can vary from average, either higher or lower.

If you're eating what you perceive to be a surplus of calories for 4-6 weeks and you don't gain any weight . . . one way or another, it isn't a surplus of calories, and the answer would be to eat more. I understand that that can be difficult.

This thread has suggestions of foods to eat, among other tips, in case you haven't already read it:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read#latest

AchrefTabet · June 27

Sometimes it's not only about calories, you've to sleep well and working hard also three weeks it's that longe period tha you can see a big difference, I mean in my experience of bulking I started seeing the deferences after 6 months or 7

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brittmassey91 · July 13

I went from 93lbs to 133. Protein shakes, oatmeal helped me a lot! I also made sure i had white rice, sweet potato and lots of veggies with my dinners. Lifting heavy weights as well

nossmf · July 13

Wait..."I've added an extra 600 calories" per day? Per week?

Underweight struggling to gain weight

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