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07-04-2009, 11:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Frederick, MD | | | Help a TBer gain 10 pounds
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Well, folks, we had ourselves a weigh and tape here today and thanks to my newly acquired inch of height, I am now considered 8 pounds underweight by the Army standard.
So I am on a mission that, while on my much-deserved leave period, to gain ten pounds and keep it. I will be allowed to drink alcohol, so any of those with experience can make recommendations.
Really want some ideas, don't want these guys to have any more reasons to hound me. I get enough crap for being a little guy as is.
Peace,
Greg
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07-04-2009, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Novato Ca. | | | it soooo easy dude,
just SUPERSIZE it |
07-04-2009, 12:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wantagh, New York | | | I have been trying to gain weight for 4 years with no luck. Eating 5 meals a day and all.
I probably need to take protein shakes and work out a lot or something to have any chance, but my schedule precludes me from doing that. |
07-04-2009, 12:15 PM
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07-04-2009, 12:26 PM
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Endorsing Artist: MLaghus Custom Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boca Raton - FL | | | Lucky bastard...
I cut pizza, soda, bread, pasta, sugar and the 265 in my scale hasn't changed a bit.
Carbohydrates, dude... Up your carbs and you'll blow up like a balloon. Also, if you can NOT do something, DON'T do it. Watch TV instead of cutting the grass or sweeping the driveway. And sleep more hours... |
07-04-2009, 12:29 PM
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07-04-2009, 12:48 PM
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A few of these should help you on your way.
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07-04-2009, 12:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Carbs. Beer. McDonalds. Fried food.
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07-04-2009, 12:51 PM
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Endorsing Artist: MLaghus Custom Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boca Raton - FL | | And this, only 5 bucks...  |
07-04-2009, 01:03 PM
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07-04-2009, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Keep your weight and become a road racer.  |
07-04-2009, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | You may be the luckiest man alive.
Dark beer, meat, carbs, dairy, and lots of naps. |
07-04-2009, 01:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida | | | "Manmix"
In addition to your balanced meals and PT, blend up a mixture of:
Carbs, one of more of listed:
Old school banana
Sweet potato [canned or baked].
Pumpkin [canned, for more calories, use the sweetened version for pies].
For more nutrition, but not necessary for weight gain:
Frozen/fresh spinach, kale, collard greens.
Frozen berries [strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries].
A green powder [every heath food store has several].
Protein:
Old school raw eggs [if you want to risk orifice eruptions].
A good protein powder [whey].
Lipids:
Olive oil works [I use extra virgin].
If you are brave, fish oil.
You can wake up in the middle of the night to have one of these if you really want to go all-out. You will gain weight, and you will be eating some nutrient dense foods as a bonus. Those all-in-one weight gain powders stink. Eat real food.
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07-04-2009, 01:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near Pittsburgh | | | Yeah man, just eat like crazy. Try to keep it fairly nutritious, but I think if you're having trouble gaining weight, you probably have a quick enough metabolism to counteract anything unhealthy. Just up your calories. 5-7 meals a day, lots of carbs. You should be able to gain that way.
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07-04-2009, 01:53 PM
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07-04-2009, 01:54 PM
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07-04-2009, 01:57 PM
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07-04-2009, 01:59 PM
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07-04-2009, 02:40 PM
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07-04-2009, 03:06 PM
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