help me get enough calories!
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Jim_Noir
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Would it not be better to eat like a body builder? Then there is this, I love this after a long run.. there are other things I love too, but this is the family stand 
http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/smart-tec-massfx-2-72kg.php
http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/smart-tec-massfx-2-72kg.phpI can't eat more than 50g of oats as porridge without feeling sick.
My solution is 50g oats, 50g whey, 2 banans 2 kiwis and enough milk to get it the consistency you like all blended together. Nice breakfast then 6 oatcakes and peanut butter and more whey when I get to work after cycle and gym!
Hand blenders are really good, easier to clean than liqudisers.
My solution is 50g oats, 50g whey, 2 banans 2 kiwis and enough milk to get it the consistency you like all blended together. Nice breakfast then 6 oatcakes and peanut butter and more whey when I get to work after cycle and gym!
Hand blenders are really good, easier to clean than liqudisers.
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badkitty
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peanut said:how can you struggle to put on weight for crissakes ? it ain't fair.
Just come over and eat my daily intake and I guarantee you'll soon weigh 17stone like me
Calm yourself Peanut...you're in good company.
(edited to add - er not the 17 stone bit but the general inability to understand how someone can struggle to gain weight...)Johnny is one of those annoying people who just burns calories at a ridiculous rate. He never stays still, and doesn't know how to chill. I've tried to teach him, but he even works too hard at relaxing. Pointless.
If it helps, try imagining that he's just got a huge tapeworm...works for me...
pimptovimto
New Member
Hi, I suffer from an identical problem, weight gain has always been a problem for me even although until recently I did very little excersise, in my case it is related to high motabalism, lack of diet control and also lack of commitment. Recently I talked to a few freinds of mine who are big into nutrition and they recommended a weight gainer specifically one made by CNP, its called Pro Mass(they have a good web site with a good forum). I have had a great deal of success using this, managing to put on a much as 10 pounds in less that 3 weeks, this was not just down to the weight gainer I had to up my normal food intake as well. I aim for about 3000 a day as well but I regularly dont achieve this which dissappoints me! I have found that to maintain weight I need to take in between 2000 and 2500 a day.
One thing I have found is that my body weight can change greatly from day to day, even hour to hour, all food types(fat, protiens, carbs,WATER) are absorbed by the body at different rates, I weight my self far to often but really only pay attention to my weight on a Tuesday morning and this is what I use to guage my gains.
Another thing I have found and this has been the best hidden gain, is the increase in energy and as a result happiness and wellbeing, I dont want to make a big deal of it cause its a bit girly, but the change in me has been noticeable.
I know how tough it is, in many ways I believe it to be more difficult to put on than to take off if you are a hard gainer.
Best of luck
PV
One thing I have found is that my body weight can change greatly from day to day, even hour to hour, all food types(fat, protiens, carbs,WATER) are absorbed by the body at different rates, I weight my self far to often but really only pay attention to my weight on a Tuesday morning and this is what I use to guage my gains.
Another thing I have found and this has been the best hidden gain, is the increase in energy and as a result happiness and wellbeing, I dont want to make a big deal of it cause its a bit girly, but the change in me has been noticeable.
I know how tough it is, in many ways I believe it to be more difficult to put on than to take off if you are a hard gainer.
Best of luck
PV
pimptovimto
New Member
From my experience, if you sit and do nothing it will go on in the wrong places, but if you are active then it just fuels your body, all food is made up of Fats, Protiens and Carbs, depending on what you want to achieve you need different amounts of each thats why a body builder will have a very different diet to a cyclist. I have found that eating often really make a difference, I "try" to eat on the hour every hour but its really difficult and without a supplement it is nigh on impossble for me to consume 3000 calories a day unless I ate junk food.
Have a look at the CNP web site and forum, there is a section caled ask kelly which has some good advice and info in there.
PV
Have a look at the CNP web site and forum, there is a section caled ask kelly which has some good advice and info in there.
PV
