scoobyvirgin

Can anyone point me in the right direction of what I should be eating to gain weight?

I could ideally do with a plan/diet of what to eat for each day and when to eat it etc.

Also I've got a pretty fast metabolism if it makes any difference.

TIA

SPEN555

Avocado Pears.

+Doc+

Depends if you want to do it naturally or not?
Weight gain powders and potions are freely available, is it muscle mass you want or just fat???
Basically the rule is more calories more protein less fat as possible. Unless you wanna get fat?
High Carb foods:
Potatoes, Pasta, Rice etc
High Protein Foods:
Fish, Meat, Poultry
Eat more meals per day and if you want muscle speak to the weight lifting boys on here for a good programme.
The quickest way would be to eat more meals and also take supplements eg. Creatine or such like
Oh and Almonds I`ve heard are good for muscle recovery
Doc

LG John

Go to the gym as well and do deadlifts, bench press, squats, etc with nice big heavy weights. These motions all promote 'growth' in the body. If you are not bothered about muscle you probably won't have to do much more than 45 mins in the gym once or twice a week with those exercises to be helpful

scoobyvirgin

I'd prefer to do it naturally, and also for me to gain muscle mass and not just pure fat.

Also I go to the gym every other day.

So what should I not touch then?

TopBanana

You need to gain muscle & fat, then burn the fat

LG John

This is probably the problem! If you are doing a lot of cardio work you are possibly burning up precious calories. To gain weight you must consume more than you use through living and breathing and exercise. You could eat like a pig but you won't put on weight if you exercise like a beast all the time.

scoobyvirgin

Don't do any cardio, I asked the gym for a plan and they put me on loads of cardio stuff but I knew it wouldn't be any good for what I wanted.

SteveLegacy

Drink lots of beer (Heavy stuff, Fullers ESB, 1845 etc), not lager.

Eat loads of Potato based food, Fish and Chips, Sausage and Mash, Roast pots done in duck fat.

You'll soon get the physique you desire!

super_si

Training my **** off these last 6 months ive put loads on.

Gone from 13st 10 In April to 15st 10 at the minute

Just eat eat eat till you on the verge being sick. 2-3 hours later do it again

Si

TaviaRS

Try the Fatkins diet?

misty

2lb of best butter twice a day! thats what that **** who walked to the north pole ate!!
dave

oops!! sorry moderator!

[Edited by misty - 11/17/2003 8:19:21 PM]

Dougster

Good advice from super_si

He did forget to add that he is only 5'2" and is looking for a Greek citezenship!!!!

I have similar problems on bulking up after years on a road bike.

Si and others will be back with some good products/diet information that I don't have enough info on as yet.

Katana

5'2" and 15 stones??? Woah! I'm only like 10-12 and 5'7" and I thought I was strong. Pocket battleship or what??

Tried that recently and I actually lost a bit of bodymass trying to cut after bulking up. I guess I'm one of them few people that cant use the old burn the fat after bulking up technique.


[Edited by Katana - 11/18/2003 12:26:03 AM]

scoobyvirgin

I'm 5'11 and only around 9 stone

The words lanky come to mind! How I dream of bulking up.....

milo

at your weight, start with 2000 calories a day split between 5+ meals. try to eat something every 3 hours or so. increase calories by 5-10% every couple of weeks as long as you're not gaining fat. decrease if you start noticing fat.

you need low gi complex carbs, protein and fats. contrary to popular belief you need both plenty of "good" fats (omega 3.. fish oils, flaxseed oil) AND saturated fat (from meat - for test production). keeps sugars to a minimum, or exclude them completely. also try to avoid high gi carbs apart from post-workout.

you should get your test levels checked.. make sure you're not wasting your time lifting weights.

dont do any cardio. you'll be burning the calories you need. instead do 3 heavy lifting workouts a week... and dont workout each body part more than once a week. if you're at the gym for more than 45 mins, you're wasting your time. high intensity is what you want. compound movements.. bench, deadlift, squats, push press etc.

that should get you started