• Oderus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    and here I am trying to eat 4-5 times a day to get >3000 calories in so I can gain weight.

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        11 months ago

        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.

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          11 months ago

          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

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            11 months ago

            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.

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        11 months ago

        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.

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          11 months ago

          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?

          Nuts is something I do need to eat more often.

          Unsalted cashew nuts is my personal go to.

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            11 months ago

            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.