How exactly do people get fat?

[Jase]

I've started counting my calories for the first time in my life, to try to gain weight.

In my efforts to try a weightlifting "bulking" phase and put on a pound per week, livestrong recommended that I eat over 3400 calories per day above any calories that I burn exercising.

I find this almost impossible. My normal eating habits only take me to about 1700 per day.

Help me, fatties... you're my only hope.

[Doyle]

Krispy Kreme.

[Kurb]

Eat food.

Lots of food.

[TheAmericanDream]

Lets see. Eat lots of fatty foods on the couch.

Drink lots of soda and beer.

Leave couch only to use bathroom

Watch your role model Honey Boo Boo

This should help.

[Doyle]

Budweiser also helps.

[Guest]

[Mrs Pantherfan]

stop exercising and eat like poo

When my parents got divorced, my dad lost a bunch of weight.....he used the weight gainer stuff from GNC...then proceeded to add peanut butter and/or ice cream on top of it

I did not get his metabolism

ps....I hate you people that have metabolisms like that...

[Darth Biscuit]

Jase you're a really thin guy with, I would assume, a pretty high metabolism. A lot of people don't have that so it's much easier for them to put weight on, esp when eating poorly and not getting exercise. My metabolism has slowed over the years and continues to do so. I used to be able to eat anything I wanted... not anymore.

Somebody else started a thread this weekend about putting on weight...

You'll have to find some higher calorie foods that you like, eat protein, lift as heavy of weights that you can and go from there.

[Guest]

[Jase]

I used to think I have a high metabolism, but like I said, when I eat like normal, I only eat about 1700 calories.

[Darth Biscuit]

I used to think I have a high metabolism, but like I said, when I eat like normal, I only eat about 1700 calories.

What do you eat?

I've monitored mine and I tend to eat around 2200 a day. When I'm lifting, which is pretty much all the time now, I am constantly starving.

I had a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch at 12:30 and I'm already starting to get hungry.

[Mrs Pantherfan]

I used to think I have a high metabolism, but like I said, when I eat like normal, I only eat about 1700 calories.

all joking aside...I'd ask these people...you need to eat more and more often..but healthy stuff..not pizza and hamburgers

http://forum.bodybui...g.com/index.php

[Carolina Husker]

It's literally the easiest thing you can do besides breathing.

[Jase]

healthy protein is hard and that's probably why this is so hard for me.

3400 calories = a gallon of chickpeas, lol