All thats happened is over a month or so I’ve watched my stomach fold count increase every time I bend over while seated.
Is 3500 not enough? My days really aren’t that strenuous.
I just don’t get “calories in - calories out”. Logic should say that if I taken in more than I expel I will gain weight. I don’t want to it be fat, but hell, I could gain 20lbs in pure fat right now and I would look BETTER (not that I want to, however)
What is your height weight now? How are your calories divided up; protein, carbs, fats etc…?
Currently i’m about 6’-3" and 185lbs, down from a high of 235lbs. During my fat loss stage I was in the high 170s. I’m much more focused on building lean mass now. I find its really slow going building muscle, much more so than losing fat.
Whats your body type? Naturally skinny guys are better off NOT trying to “bulk up” but to tone and do cardio stuff. Some guys are naturally thick, and do very well with bulking up. There are always those guys who no matter how much they eat they will be “skinny” and guys who no matter how little they eat will be “thick”.
Don’t try to be the skinny dude who “bulks” up. Use what you have, and make the best of it.
Do you worry / stress a lot? Im 33 and and can’t seem get over 180. I’m at 162 right now but it’s due to my wife about give birth to our second girl any freaking second. I don’t even perceive stress in my own body, and I idle a low blood pressure from years of cross country running, but when a life milestone is in my face I start dropping weight no matter how much I eat.
ETA- I see you said your days aren’t strenuous…but again, I never “feel” stressed.
Depending on body type and what you’re trying to do… Simply adding garbage calories won’t necessarily give you the results you want. Try hitting a certain calorie amount and a certain protein amount, carbs etc. in college I used to eat 3 lbs of 93/7 lean ground beef every single day to put on 30lbs in about 2 months. Not saying that’s what you should do just an example. But try hitting 300grams of protein spread over an entire day, every day.
Are you doing heavy compound lifts like squats and deadlifts? They usually help in filling a person out. Not many stickly powerlifters besides the really young ones.
And 3500 really isn’t THAT much depending on your metabolism and activities. There’s an amatuer bobdybuilder I kinda know who eats 8K during his bulk!
I’m curious to see how many calories I’m taking in. Will calc. And report back.
eat peanut butter and nutella sandwiches on white bread a few times a day wash it down with a real ice cream milk shake you should gain weight that way
Yep, long gone are the days of eating four square meals so I don’t lose weight. When I went from an active “on your feet” job to a desk job with rotating shifts my metabolism declared war on me. Even when I wanted to work out, rotating shifts ensured that I basically came home from work, ate and passed out until I had to get up and go to work again.
Worst part was, the job wasn’t even worth it but I was so wiped out all the time I didn’t have the energy to find a better job with normal people hours.
