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sweet potato + peanut butter. If you haven't tried this combination before, you are missing out. Also I love the maple cream-top yogurt by brown cow. That stuff is truly addicting.

I think it all sounds good. Even the shakes. But that's just me. My favorite thing to do is adding ice cream to oatmeal; it makes it taste like a friggin dessert!

1-2 pounds per week, really the only thing to do is eat between 3500-7000 calories excess in a weeks time. Try to eat calorie dense foods like butter, salad dressing, nuts, nut butters, oil, ice cream, etc.

Not sure if it's placebo or not, but they certainly don't hurt...

The only supplement that I have found to be 'worth it' are creatine and BCAAs. There's definitely science behind creatine and many people seem to find it useful to get those extra few reps. I certainly have. I don't know much about the science behind BCAAs during a workout (I know plenty about BCAAs, as I'm a medical…

Can you explain why carbs aren't important? And don't use the whole "you can get your glucose needs from excess protein through gluconeogenesis" crap like most paleo folks. That's basically proof that we DO need carbs. Glucose is fuel for our bodies. Why get it from a less effective, more demanding process of…

Takeaway message - macros aren't everything, but don't neglect any category because they do each have their place. Fats are necessary for hormonal regulation (among other things), and protein is obviously important in building muscle (and again, many other things). Calories trump macros. Here's a really really good video…

Mine is 50/25/25 (C/P/F). Definitely get your protein and fat intake in - somewhere between 1g-1.5g per pound of body weight. Then for fats I think .3 per pound of body weight is good (minimum). Then fill the rest with carbs. That's just my approach though; there's definitely room to play around with it. It really comes…

I love hot chocolate! I make 'hot chocolate oatmeal,' which is just oatmeal, chocolate whey, milk, cocoa powder, and double chocolate gelato all mixed together.

I can attest to the help of fats when it comes to constipation. I used to struggle with it as well, but after upping my fat intake and getting over the rubbish that fats (especially saturated) are bad for me, I saw a huge improvement. I highly recommend coconut oil - there's so much research as to it's benefits, and it…

I second the ice cream/full fat yogurt part. Also try adding more peanut butter, coconut oil or butter, oatmeal (increase those carbs. Easy, tasty calories), etc. Also, don't look at 18.5 as the 'ideal' BMI. That's definitely NOT the case. That's the minimum that's considered within the healthy RANGE. But not everyone is…

[/quote] I ate over 2200 for lunch and it's not that hard unless you are going for bro foods. If you insist on eating "clean" i.e. whole foods you could have trouble getting to 3000 but that's psychological hang up on the part of people who think that food is either good or bad. [/quote] Agreed. The 'good' vs 'bad' food…

Am I the only one that doesn't find it that difficult to eat 3000 calories? OP, just throw a bunch of calorie dense foods (peanut butter, ice cream, full fat dairy, etc) into a blender and blend away. You can easily get 800 or so calories from one of those shakes, and it actually tastes great/doesn't make you feel stuffed.

I've been adding butter or coconut oil to my shakes which really helps out. Here's the recipe I've been using: 1T oil/butter 1/2cup oatmeal 1 scoop protein powder 1T peanut butter 1/2cup ice cream (I use chocolate) 1 cup whole milk Makes me full, but not as full as I'd expect for being so high in calories.

This happened to me, and I was worried at first. Then I added about 250 calories more per day, and I've been seeing a definite increase in weight - almost at the rate of 1.5lb/week now (so I might cut the calories down a bit so that I'm at around .75-1lb/week). If he isn't seeing weight gain, just up the calories, but as…

It isn't that we don't want you in the discussion - it's just frustrating that you have been asking for advice, and even though some really knowledgable people have responded you don't end up putting it into practice. Eat big and lift big, focusing not on machines but on free weights. That's the takeaway message of this…

Perhaps if we are serious about this, we ought to make our own thread or group?

These are fantastic. If you've never tried them before, I highly recommend them. Bonus points because they are supposedly aphrodisiacs as well.

Never been to a Brazilian steakhouse before, but I love the concept. All you can eat quality meats? Hell yes. We just had one open up here in Norfolk called Texas de Brazil. It's supposed to be fantastic, and I think they will give you 50% off your first time there. Worth considering IMO.

I'd love to be a part of this meetup, even though I just started with MFP and the whole bulking process. I live in Virginia, too - just next to MD!,

Steak and Rice

I am watching this thread solely for the purpose of amusement at this point. Carry on.

a successful bulk will depend not only on eating but also on a weight-lifting routine. And at age 18, I'd expect your maintenance level to be above 2100, but if that's what you think it is, then adding those 500 calories will give you about a 1lb/week gain. That gain will be both fat and muscle - no way around it. So yea,…

I figured you had discovered that they make 10 pound bags of M&Ms. That would be almost as awesome as when I discovered that Lucky Charms sells their marshmallows IN BULK!

you could make pesto, or maybe a margherita pizza. That's what I'd vote for anyway

I don't add raw eggs actually - I cook them in a non-stick skillet then add them to my heated oatmeal. Works perfect that way, but I'm sure you could cook the eggs in the microwave as well. And yea, sriracha is great, as is peanut butter. Though probably not together

Oatmeal + scrambled eggs

That's what I was thinking. My 'cardio' for now is basically walking. I used to swim hours a day when I was younger but I don't do that anymore. I am considering some HIIT or terabit just to get my cardio in quicker (since I hate cardio), maybe twice a week. I'll definitely eat back the calories though

I know this question is asked a lot, but should I be doing any cardio at all? I walk, but that's really been the only cardio I do

I feel like it should be enough time to at least determine if I AM gaining or NOT gaining. I don't want to get too far behind on my goal (15 pounds by the start of medical school...early August).