[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Exercising without losing weight (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 2/15/2012 7:41:30 PM EDT
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SO I started getting better cardio workouts for the past 3 months now. I do hard walking and have graduated to a nice jogging routine.
Before I started I weighed 138 lbs and I'm 5'10" Ive always had issues gaining weight. Maybe I'm not getting enough calories. I'm now down to about 133 lbs. I want to gain more weight (goal 150 lbs) without eating a bad diet. What can I do to maintain/gain weight as I exercise? |
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you need mass calories, the right kind. a friend of mine was bulking up with the weights, he ate 6000 calories a day (correct bulking foods) and put on 60 pounds in 6 months.
he went from 190 to 250, then he cut back down to 215 at about 5% body fat. he is an animal |
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You need to eat more food and higher quality food. Good carbs. Protein and healthy fats. Eggs, whole milk, peanut butter, ground beef, chicken breast, bannanas, almonds, cottage cheese, yogurt are your friends.
Eat first thing in the morning. Eat right before bed. Never go more than 3-hours without eating unless you are sleeping. |
Start lifting weights 2-3 times a week and make sure you get 2.2grams of protein per pound of body weight. Gaining muscle is a slow process, but a steady one you can maintain for years. It is not a fast process like many want to believe so have realistic expectations.   |
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Go get your thyroid checked out. I was looking at my .mil health record the other day and in 1991 when I joined I was 6' 0" 129lbs. I barely weighed enough to enlist. No matter what I did I couldn't put the weight on. That all changed when I turned 30 and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. My metabolism slowed way down and I put on the pounds big time (I lost my mojo). I'm now 39 and at my last weigh-in in November I was 197 lbs. I've been hitting the gym since then and now I back to a reasonable 177 lbs.
ETA: Now you know where my screen name comes from. 
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Drink a gallon of whole milk per day and start a diet with lots of meat, veggies, fruits, and potatoes. Buy this and do it what it says: http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-3rd-Mark-Rippetoe/dp/0982522738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329386322&sr=8-1
By the way, you don't want to be 150lbs. |
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Like others have said, you need to eat like a horse and lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week. Lots of protein, and low reps heavy weights. Eat lean meats and get lots of omega3 fats, avoid sugar and simple carbs, and your cholesterol should be ok. Oh, and FUCK cardio. Maybe play basketball once or twice a week, and otherwise sit on your ass and eat when you're not in the gym. I was once like you - graduated high school 5'7" 120lbs. I was able to get up to about 160lbs without getting fat or jacking up my cholesterol, and I could have keep going. You can probably hit your goal in about 10-12 weeks. Quoted: Drink a gallon of whole milk per day and start a diet with lots of meat, veggies, fruits, and potatoes. Buy this and do it what it says: http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-3rd-Mark-Rippetoe/dp/0982522738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329386322&sr=8-1 By the way, you don't want to be 150lbs. LMAO, aint that the truth! That's just a short term goal, whether OP realizes it or not. |
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More calories, scarecrow. Milk will make it easy. Eat meat, eggs, veggies, nuts, repeat. Don't be afraid of eating fat.
Rippetoe's "Starting Strength" as suggested above is an excellent suggestion, for everyone. Using the GOMAD principle, you should have no problem gaining the weight you want. GOMAD=Gallon Of Milk A Day. |
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It is really an individual thing.
I am 5'09" and 138lbs - so basically the same body type as the OP. I started running for the first time in my life last winter to train for a 5k in June - at about 135lbs. By the time the race came around I was up to about 139lbs. I discovered that the exercise triggered my appetite - I usually have trouble eating big meals, but at times I was ravenous after running. ETA: I have done the lifting and weight gain shakes in the past - extra 1000 cal a day for 8 weeks - gained about 3 lbs So to say that cardio does not go along with weight gain is not an absolute by any means. OP, I have tried many times to gain weight up to 150. I have never been able to get the job done. If you want to make it happen I suspect you are going to have to dedicate yourself to EATING LIKE IT IS YOUR SECOND JOB. |
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It is really an individual thing. I am 5'09" and 138lbs - so basically the same body type as the OP. I started running for the first time in my life last winter to train for a 5k in June - at about 135lbs. By the time the race came around I was up to about 139lbs. I discovered that the exercise triggered my appetite - I usually have trouble eating big meals, but at times I was ravenous after running. ETA: I have done the lifting and weight gain shakes in the past - extra 1000 cal a day for 8 weeks - gained about 3 lbs So to say that cardio does not go along with weight gain is not an absolute by any means. OP, I have tried many times to gain weight up to 150. I have never been able to get the job done. If you want to make it happen I suspect you are going to have to dedicate yourself to EATING LIKE IT IS YOUR SECOND JOB. "Weight gain shakes" are junk. A whey protein shake or two during the day is ok(reccomeded after your workout), but in my experience weight gainers will just make you shit a lot. Adding 1000cal/day is probably a good plan - but 700 that should come from chicken breasts, tuna, and a couple glasses of milk, not shakes. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Check out the bodybuilding.com forums, lot's of useful info there.
Basically you're an ectomorph like me. If you really want to gain weight, you will have to force feed yourself to eat even when you're not hungry. You also want to eat healthy, but somewhere between 3000 - 5000 calories a day. Lift weights, but cardio will only set you back. |
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Check out the bodybuilding.com forums, lot's of useful info there. Basically you're an ectomorph like me. If you really want to gain weight, you will have to force feed yourself to eat even when you're not hungry. You also want to eat healthy, but somewhere between 3000 - 5000 calories a day. Lift weights, but cardio will only set you back. BB.com is full of useless regressive bro science crap. Go to leangains.com and study up. You'll waste 6 months of your life making poor progress with BB.com |
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Quoted: Quoted: Check out the bodybuilding.com forums, lot's of useful info there. Basically you're an ectomorph like me. If you really want to gain weight, you will have to force feed yourself to eat even when you're not hungry. You also want to eat healthy, but somewhere between 3000 - 5000 calories a day. Lift weights, but cardio will only set you back. BB.com is full of useless regressive bro science crap. Go to leangains.com and study up. You'll waste 6 months of your life making poor progress with BB.com Or startingstrength.com, or elitelifts bodybuilding.com is indeed crap.
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Check out the bodybuilding.com forums, lot's of useful info there. Basically you're an ectomorph like me. If you really want to gain weight, you will have to force feed yourself to eat even when you're not hungry. You also want to eat healthy, but somewhere between 3000 - 5000 calories a day. Lift weights, but cardio will only set you back. BB.com is full of useless regressive bro science crap. Go to leangains.com and study up. You'll waste 6 months of your life making poor progress with BB.com You're thinking about the misc, the GD of bodybuilding.com. Like ar15.com, the "tech" forums are full of useful info and zero tolerance for bs. |
| pick a daily caloric intake amount and stick to it for a few weeks. So if you eat 4000 kcals/day and don't see any weight gain increase it 250 or so until the weight comes. Make sure you get 1.5g protein per lbs of bodyweight and eat plenty of fats. The key here is to have a trackable intake of calories instead of guessing at how much you are really eating. And don't forget fats. Eating fats does not make you fat, your body needs fat to process protein. |
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Your work out is running and you're wanting to put on weight? You're doing it wrong. Change your runs to intervals a couple days a week (1min sprints, 2min light recovery job...intervals help boost your growth hormone level output). Lift heavy things a few times a week. Full body. Look up "Starting Strength" Eat. Don't choose lean cuts of beef...you want the fats. Don't get skinless boneless chicken breasts...get whole ones and eat the skin. |
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Quoted: SO I started getting better cardio workouts for the past 3 months now. I do hard walking and have graduated to a nice jogging routine. Before I started I weighed 138 lbs and I'm 5'10" Ive always had issues gaining weight. Maybe I'm not getting enough calories. I'm now down to about 133 lbs. I want to gain more weight (goal 150 lbs) without eating a bad diet. What can I do to maintain/gain weight as I exercise? As a guy that hit 300 and is now FIGHTING and CLAWING back down to 250...FUCK YOU. If you want to gain weight, read muscle, you're also going to gain fat...there's no avoiding it. You want to gain it...start lifting heavy weights/low reps, and EAT...I mean eat until you're sick of eating, then eat some more. Pizza, Cheese burgers, french fries, steaks, potatoes, pie, candy, milk, eggs, cheese, ice cream...go for it. You've probably got the metabolism of a hummingbird, so you're going to need to eat 4000-6000 calories per day...and one tip...make yourself a big ass milk shake with ice cream and protein powder of some kind, then drink a big ass bottle of water before you go to bed...when you wake up to piss...go piss, and then go drink that big ass milk shake. Fucking skinny ass fucks...eat whatever you want and can't gain weight...I LOOK at a damn piece of pizza, and I GAIN WEIGHT...fucker.  CVN
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Your work out is running and you're wanting to put on weight? You're doing it wrong. Change your runs to intervals a couple days a week (1min sprints, 2min light recovery job...intervals help boost your growth hormone level output). Lift heavy things a few times a week. Full body. Look up "Starting Strength" Eat. Don't choose lean cuts of beef...you want the fats. Don't get skinless boneless chicken breasts...get whole ones and eat the skin. Solid advice, especially the fats. You definitely want fats in your diet. |
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Oh...and a yummy treat from the minds of paleo that is fairly high calorie and full of good fats: chocolate avocado pudding You don't taste avocado at all in it. The banana and cocoa take over...and it's yummy. ETA: A scoop of whey protein isolate tossed in wouldn't be bad, either... |
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Quoted: Start lifting weights 2-3 times a week and make sure you get 2.2grams of protein per pound of body weight. Gaining muscle is a slow process, but a steady one you can maintain for years. It is not a fast process like many want to believe so have realistic expectations. I will not take any advice from anyone that looks like retarded Vin Diesel. |
