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How to up calorie count
I read somewhere that as an 18 year old I need around 2700 calories a day, and totting up what im having today gives me around 1200.
Now this is less than half the amount I should be having which has got me worried, I am very thin and know i need to eat more but im not sure exactly what I should have as high calorie foods are usually fatty.
I want to increase my calorie intake but not by eating loads of rubbish foods.
Now this is less than half the amount I should be having which has got me worried, I am very thin and know i need to eat more but im not sure exactly what I should have as high calorie foods are usually fatty.
I want to increase my calorie intake but not by eating loads of rubbish foods.
I dont understand, you currently do eat food, you say. So you must know of at least a few edible things. Browse http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&q=food&btnG=Search for examples of others, you could recognise some of them at your local supermarket.
- why do you want to eat more? Is it because the man says you "should" eat 2700 cals? Or do you have a rational expectation of benefits if you start eating more?
- why do you want to eat more? Is it because the man says you "should" eat 2700 cals? Or do you have a rational expectation of benefits if you start eating more?
Weetabix- 400 calories in each one! Fact.
Mr.God
Not a chance. That would mean one weetabix would have to weigh more than 100 grams, and there's not a chance that's true.
it was a parody of http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=290188 post #6
I used to eat very little too but now I am eating more but every calorie is a monumental effort. And it's still not near to 2500. I suggest you wake up early and sleep very late in order to maximise the time that you can eat in.
Lol, exactly what I do!! I'm up at 6.20 every morning, but then I'm a lark, I can't stand lying in anyway - but I have to be in bed by 10pm, asleep by 10.30, or I'm dead to the world the next day coz I wake up bang on 6am regardless of how much sleep had the night before! Absolutely ruins my (night) social life, but there it is - I'm one of those annoying ppl that needs 8hrs+ sleep just to make it through the day. Totally sucks.
As to the cals, mate - I'm on 2,900 and am FEMALE so think how I get it all in! It's coz I love my exercise, refuse to give (cardio) up and weight-train too, plus do a cleaning job 5x/week in evenings. I'm only 5"5, 21 years. But I manage, and have been on more than that before (3,100cals) when was training really hard for a while. I'm only an amateur athlete, but it runs in my family to be rather slim, too. It'll catch up on me when I hit my 30's I bet - I'll be on a weight LOSS diet then, and a fat heffa to boot, bet you anything. Knowing my luck. Anyways, the way I do it is, as afore mentioned, getting up early and just eating small bits throughout the day virtually EVERY HOUR. Main meals are the biggest drag, they can be quite weighty ('scuse the pun) especially when it's pasta....
Seriously, go with dried fruit. I eat loads of sultanas/dried apricots and peaches, coz they've got WAY more cals than normal fruit but are low-fat and full of carbs too, so more energy to exercise!
Plus, you can have, say, just a handful and still get in well over 100cals, so won't fill you up too much. Trust me, once your body gets used to eating all those cals - and if you weight-train too - you'll gain lean muscle and it'll probably start craving MORE cals as you bulk up. It's like slimming diets - when you hit a plateau, you got to make a bigger cal deficit/exercise more. In your case, when you stop gaining muscle/feel more tired and hungry, then you know you need to up the cals by about 250-500 again, or maybe not so much. It takes 3,500+cals ON TOP OF WHAT YOU MAINTAIN ON to gain 1lb/week, so about 500 more daily. Yowch. You got a long way to go m'friend, but PM me if you need more advice or just need to offload frustration! Weight-gain diets are tough, but don't get nearly enough attention as weight-loss diets and this really hacks me off. The world is full of diversity - not everyone is trying to lose weight. My nanna's been trying to put it on for years and is only doing so now coz she's slowing down and is 60+years old! Hope I can get her metabolism
As to the cals, mate - I'm on 2,900 and am FEMALE so think how I get it all in! It's coz I love my exercise, refuse to give (cardio) up and weight-train too, plus do a cleaning job 5x/week in evenings. I'm only 5"5, 21 years. But I manage, and have been on more than that before (3,100cals) when was training really hard for a while. I'm only an amateur athlete, but it runs in my family to be rather slim, too. It'll catch up on me when I hit my 30's I bet - I'll be on a weight LOSS diet then, and a fat heffa to boot, bet you anything. Knowing my luck. Anyways, the way I do it is, as afore mentioned, getting up early and just eating small bits throughout the day virtually EVERY HOUR. Main meals are the biggest drag, they can be quite weighty ('scuse the pun) especially when it's pasta....
Seriously, go with dried fruit. I eat loads of sultanas/dried apricots and peaches, coz they've got WAY more cals than normal fruit but are low-fat and full of carbs too, so more energy to exercise!
Plus, you can have, say, just a handful and still get in well over 100cals, so won't fill you up too much. Trust me, once your body gets used to eating all those cals - and if you weight-train too - you'll gain lean muscle and it'll probably start craving MORE cals as you bulk up. It's like slimming diets - when you hit a plateau, you got to make a bigger cal deficit/exercise more. In your case, when you stop gaining muscle/feel more tired and hungry, then you know you need to up the cals by about 250-500 again, or maybe not so much. It takes 3,500+cals ON TOP OF WHAT YOU MAINTAIN ON to gain 1lb/week, so about 500 more daily. Yowch. You got a long way to go m'friend, but PM me if you need more advice or just need to offload frustration! Weight-gain diets are tough, but don't get nearly enough attention as weight-loss diets and this really hacks me off. The world is full of diversity - not everyone is trying to lose weight. My nanna's been trying to put it on for years and is only doing so now coz she's slowing down and is 60+years old! Hope I can get her metabolism Related discussions
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