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I'll second peanut butter for quick and easy calorie hit. With regards to the oats, I have found that if I blitz them in a blender or use the 'stick' type, I can get them to a very fine consistency and then it's not so much like trying to get a porridge slurry down your throat. Some of the instant oats blend better…
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I'm nice so I ran your food intake shown through my log. Excluding veggies(zucchini etc not potatoes), my log shows that your intake sits about 1700 cals, as was guessed by others (well done!) and nowhere near your 2500 that you think. Perhaps a rethink is required and some work on your part?
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MSG- from one of the most abundant naturally occurring non-essential amino acids. Caffeine-Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants Table sugar-The production of table sugar has a long history. Some scholars claim Indians discovered how to crystallize sugar during the Gupta…
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2800 cals would probably maintain someone half of your weight, around 12 stone, so if anything I would think it's too low a goal to start with. If you have logged what you eat now, or before, to maintain your present weight then in (very) simple terms dropping 1000 cals a day from that should get you towards your 1.5-2lbs…
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Hi, I have had problems putting on weight all my life and have recently started (aged 53) to try and gain some solid weight. I weighed 10st 4lb at 5'9" and have put on about 3lbs a week for the last three weeks. I have eaten whatever I fancy including high fat foods and have supplemented with protein shakes made with full…
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@Academicus max 'Eating too few calories can actually slow your metabolism and cause you to gain' is what was said... Link me to scientific studies that explain your 'well established fact' about leptin?
