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and here I am trying to eat 4-5 times a day to get >3000 calories in so I can gain weight.
Whole milk brother. It's much easier to drink than eat calories
Yeah, that's probably something I need to look into as I don't really drink milk. Not sure if whole milk has 'too much' fat as I also don't want to gain weight in a bad way. I'm looking to build muscle and get lean but nothing crazy like under 15% body fat. I'd be happy with 220 lbs and 20-25% body fat.
Peanut butter sandwiches can get really calorie dense rather quickly.
My go-to "energy sandwich" that I will eat before a day of surfing has crunchy peanut butter on both slices of bread, and dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, raisins, or banana slices, with some granola and a drizzle of maple syrup.
They're delicious, and about 1000 calories per sandwich
That sounds like my kinda sandwich. I was thinking of drinking my calories via smoothie with oats, protein powder and almond butter with some frozen fruit like berries.
2-3 meals a day and gaining weight over here. Nuts are your best friend if you're bulking.
I guess it matters how heavy you already are but 3 meals a day isn't enough for me to hit 100KG. Nuts is something I do need to eat more often.
Just gotta up the calories per meal, other than the meal right before the gym in the morning, they're always 1000+kcal for me.
I tried meal prepping and eating less per meal, but more often, but it just takes too much time out of the day personally.
100kg is quite the bulk though, what's your starting point?
Unsalted cashew nuts is my personal go to.
I'm at 97KG right now and I started at 93KG but my starting weight was all fat (45%+) and zero muscle whereas now, I'm 4 months into a 5 day workout with weights so I'm reversing those numbers and trying to eat lean while getting to 100KG with half the amount of fat but I'm still around 35% but also 4KG heavier so I just need patience as I think what I'm doing is working.
Sounds like you're doing great progress, keep the good work up! ๐ช
Thanks bro!