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Basics on Bulking UP!
"First of all, bulking up is not about eating everything in sight and trying to lift as heavy as possible hoping that all of the increased weight gain will come in the form of muscle. This old school strategy will only lead to excessive fat gain. The best time, in my opinion, to bulk up is after you have been dieting for a…
Starting off
Great idea for a group Sevinmaya, thanks. I guess I'll just start us off with a random topic. Why is gaining weight your goal? For me, I'm working really hard on gaining muscle mass (which matters to me) and I need to make a weight cut off in a few months (which I don't care about the scale but I need to meet an arbitrary…
Motivation!
Here share whatever you use to motivate yourself. I'll start. How bad do you want it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ&feature=related What are you willing to do: http://vimeo.com/14462246
Discussions
*crickets*
So... how is the weight gain going people?
Spreading macros
Soim going to increase my carbs and reduce fats/protein. How should I spread my carbs through the day?
Need a little support from my fellow weight gainers...
Anybody using MFP to track details of a weightlifting workout? I posted this suggestion which received no support or comments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/668877-improvements-needed-to-strength-training-section I also posted this suggestion which was ignored:…
workout routine for mass
this is my routine for mass....not increasing my lifts or cardio just mass all mass and no excuses guidelines 1. no cardio ... this is short term 6 months 2. 48 hours between workouts .... no healing means no growing 3. 30 minute work out sessions max ... and i mean it not even 31 minutes 4. no warm up .... i get a lot of…
Gained but can't keep it on
I was really successful in gaining 15lbs on about 1600 net calories per day, and hit 108lbs in March. But since then I have been really fighting to keep the weight on and this morning I found that in the past 2 weeks, despite eating over 2000 net calories per day (intake 2200-2700) I have LOST a couple more lbs and I'm…
Menu Planning
Is this a yea or ney? Btw YAY my first thread! :drinker: I looked and didn't see this type of thread so thought I could start it and get feedback. I am clueless when it comes to what to eat to gain. I feel like this --> :noway: when trying to figure it out. Anyone else??
Breakfast
I've found that if I don't hit around 500 calories for breakfast I almost never catch up to my goal by the end of the day. The goal of large/double breakfast begins! Today: Breakfast 1: Fage greek yogurt rasberries walnuts flax and honey Breakfast 2, about 2 hours later: eggs salsa cheddar
Weight Gain, baby!!
Seeing as though MFP doesn't celebrate weight gain I thought it wold be nice if we had a thread where we tooted our own horns!!! Ill start: May 10 2012. Meg has gained 1lb this week and has gained a total of 5lbs. Yeah baby. TOOT TOOT!
Belly bloat
Is anyone else finding with the über eating when bulking that the stomach bloat gets discouraging??? I know I am eating a lot, and eating late into the evening, but I can't wait to just maintain a while, by the end of the day my stomach looks so gross that it is scaring me....it makes me start to get fat anxieties... <----…
Stress = Losing Weight
I hate that when I am stressed out or depressed, I can't even eat a pea. I feel like my metabolism turns all the way up and my stomach decides to shut the door and pretend to be full. When my mind is occupied with overwhelming thoughts I have a very hard time even getting 1200 calories in. I'm struggling with keeping my…
