Gaining Weight dilema (body building advice)

Hey all, i didnt know were to post the sorta body building threads, so i guessed here as advice is needed.

Well been researching it for a while now and last 6months all i have been doing is trying to gain lots of weight before i start my training (at start of september)... I am currently 148pounds ( 10 half stone ) and i my ideal weight i want to get will probly be around 175/180 pounds.

Iv been reading alot of the forums about how alot of body builders eat about 5/6 meals aday and iv just been eating as much as i can plus protein shakes...

But his the dilema ... start of septemer i move to a navy barracks for my apprenticeship (1 year) ....( Not going into navy so it will not be own apartment plus kitchen and all that stuff )

Any ways... Food is supplied... which is 3 meals a day only! all i know so far is it be a fry up every morning which is good! But how do i get another 3 meals in me? Should i take the 3 meals as well as have 3 (pints) of protein shakes a day which are (1000 calagroies a pint) Or can some eles point out another way ? Or is what i have mention fine?

advice please

Reply 1

Sithius

16

The 5/6 meals isn't neccessary. Just take shakes and make sure the 3 meals are enough.

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

When people talk about having 5-6 meals a day, they are usually of smaller sizes than the usual size you've had eating 3 a day. The meals you get at the barracks should be fine, just try and get as much as you can, and if there's no flexibility in the size of meals just try and get some stuff down your neck inbetween eg chicken/tuna salads.

Reply 3

Sithius

16

lol why go anon for that?

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

Dunno, just clicked it without thinking. However, i shall stick to my anonymity, its always fun to have a bit of intrigue

Reply 5

Pandamonk

5

Flip a good diet backwards. The good diet to lose weight and gain muscle is eat carbs in the morning to give you energy, and eat protein and night so it stores as muscle. Also eat protein and veg, or carbs and veg, never mix carbs and protein(fats). So if you wanna gain weight eat carbs and protein, and eat the most just before you go to bed, so you don't burn it off nearly as much as you would, and it'll store. But this will probably leave you feeling really weak and tired during the day. If you want to put on muscle weight, then eat lots of carbs, and exercise intensely, then at nights eat lots of protein before bed.

Btw I'm not a training diet expert, or even claim to have any knowledge about that. I'm just an 18 year old guy, who's interested in music. But I'm sure i heard that carbs are bad if you don't burn them off, atkins, and that proteins are good if you let them store. Carbs give you lots of energy which means you can exercise a lot more building muscle, then store the protein at night. I dunno.

Reply 6

Anonymous #2

When you talk about a "meal".. how big or small should this meal be. For carbs, one plate of rice is enough? And what about protiens? One can of tuna? .. this per mean.. im jus a lil confused

Reply 7

Anonymous #3

if you want proper advice without any conflicting opinions, ask on muscletalk.co.uk tsr isn't really the best place to ask for fitness advice to be honest. They have a special section for diet and nutrition.

Reply 8

yo-sup-man

OP

1

Anonymous

if you want proper advice without any conflicting opinions, ask on muscletalk.co.uk tsr isn't really the best place to ask for fitness advice to be honest. They have a special section for diet and nutrition.

thanks for ur advice so far, i would try that place , but alot of the bd forums are not as friendly as tsr lol! They always bash the amateurs!

Reply 9

G4ry

1

Are you doing any form of exercise at all at the moment? Are you just eating to gain weight for your training? If so that makes little sense as the weight you'll gain will be fat and not muscle; which you'll find will just affect your health and make you slower and have to lose it during training.

Either start doing some training and put on muscle or just eat normally and don't put weight on through fat.

Reply 10

Anonymous #3

yo-sup-man

thanks for ur advice so far, i would try that place , but alot of the bd forums are not as friendly as tsr lol! They always bash the amateurs!

i know what you mean but muscletalk are very friendly. theyre not like the american sites where there always flaming each other and acting aggresive because of their insecurities. :smile:

Reply 11

fat_hobbit

2

yo-sup-man

Hey all, i didnt know were to post the sorta body building threads, so i guessed here as advice is needed.

Well been researching it for a while now and last 6months all i have been doing is trying to gain lots of weight before i start my training (at start of september)... I am currently 148pounds ( 10 half stone ) and i my ideal weight i want to get will probly be around 175/180 pounds.

Iv been reading alot of the forums about how alot of body builders eat about 5/6 meals aday and iv just been eating as much as i can plus protein shakes...

But his the dilema ... start of septemer i move to a navy barracks for my apprenticeship (1 year) ....( Not going into navy so it will not be own apartment plus kitchen and all that stuff )

Any ways... Food is supplied... which is 3 meals a day only! all i know so far is it be a fry up every morning which is good! But how do i get another 3 meals in me? Should i take the 3 meals as well as have 3 (pints) of protein shakes a day which are (1000 calagroies a pint) Or can some eles point out another way ? Or is what i have mention fine?

advice please

N Large 2 - it works. 600 Calories per serving.

Reply 12

TomX

14

Anonymous

i know what you mean but muscletalk are very friendly. theyre not like the american sites where there always flaming each other and acting aggresive because of their insecurities. :smile:

Little hint of racism there; anonymity, good choice. (Also a hint of irony, the anonymous poster calling people on their insecurities).

From the few times I've been on, forum.bodybuilding.com seem friendly. Why not just check out the articles on bodybuilding.com There's probably some relating to the army.

Reply 13

Solid_L

11

I do a bit of weight lifting etc. and don't do the 6 meals a day. Basically if I've been the gym and I come home, I'll eat a high protein meal. And I would have generall 3 (maybe 4) meals a day. However, breakfast is cereal and a supper (being the 4th meal) would be cereal too. So I guess only 2 of my meals are protein rich (wait a minute...milk with my cereal contains protein....)

Either way, don't worry about it, be commited to the gym, lift 8/10 reps where the weight is difficult to get past around 6 reps, do sets to failure (some may disagree with that), get plenty sleep and just eat decent meals with lots of protein (milk, eggs and tuna fish :biggrin:

) and you'll build muscle in no time :smile:

Reply 14

Anonymous #3

TomX

Little hint of racism there; anonymity, good choice. (Also a hint of irony, the anonymous poster calling people on their insecurities).

From the few times I've been on, forum.bodybuilding.com seem friendly. Why not just check out the articles on bodybuilding.com There's probably some relating to the army.

lol, you think im posting anonymously because im insecure? thank god psychoanalysis isn't your day job :rolleyes:

i post anonymously because its the info/advice i give that is important, not who i am.
and i said muscletalk is friendly than the others because the mods are very very strict and dont allow newbies to be patronised by the more experienced members. but ive seen this happen a lot on the (american-run) bodybuilding.com forum.

Reply 15

Christo

14

I've always found discussfitness.com very friendly.

Reply 16

TomX

14

Anonymous

lol, you think im posting anonymously because im insecure? thank god psychoanalysis isn't your day job :rolleyes:

i post anonymously because its the info/advice i give that is important, not who i am.
and i said muscletalk is friendly than the others because the mods are very very strict and dont allow newbies to be patronised by the more experienced members. but ive seen this happen a lot on the (american-run) bodybuilding.com forum.

Hence all Americans are insecure?

theyre not like the american sites where there always flaming each other and acting aggresive because of their insecurities.

Reply 17

Pandamonk

5

Anonymous

When you talk about a "meal".. how big or small should this meal be. For carbs, one plate of rice is enough? And what about protiens? One can of tuna? .. this per mean.. im jus a lil confused

I really don't know how much. Just eat like you naturally would, but like suggested

Reply 18

Anonymous #4

For me: about 35g protein, 30-50 gram carbs (dependant on several factors) 10-15g good fats. Every 2-3 hours seems about right. For protein? Whey protein, chicken, tuna, pilchards, quark, turkey...

Carbs:
Oats, weetabix, brown rice, lentils (have a fair bit of protein themselves), wholemeal bread, rye bread (sourdour stuff is really tasty)

Fats:
Mixed nuts, peanut butter, flax oil, cod liver oil.

Why not make a thermos in the morning filled with suitable quantities of oats, whey protein, peanut butter and skimmed milk and carry that around?

Reply 19

yo-sup-man

OP

1

G4ry

Are you doing any form of exercise at all at the moment? Are you just eating to gain weight for your training? If so that makes little sense as the weight you'll gain will be fat and not muscle; which you'll find will just affect your health and make you slower and have to lose it during training.

Either start doing some training and put on muscle or just eat normally and don't put weight on through fat.

thanks guys but rememeber im not going to be able to choose what to eat... thats what makes it hard!

i think im being abit stupied at the momment because no i havent been traning or excericise for last few months now (im in good shape) i just need the weight! the weight iv gained over the last few months is proply fat!!

but y is that so bad?

I can just turn it to muscle when i start my serious gym training??
, which i hope to be at every damm day as it be literally 1 second out side my accomadation!

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