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[Vector]

Your change in weight is a simple formula: Calories Eaten minus Calories Burned = Weight Lost/Gained.

Wrong.  Humans are not simple combustion engines.

[Zrk2]

You still can't beat thermodynamics.

[Mullet Master]

Your change in weight is a simple formula: Calories Eaten minus Calories Burned = Weight Lost/Gained.

Wrong.  Humans are not simple combustion engines.

I am living evidence of this. I was at 190lbs - I'm tall, so that was "skinny". My thyroid basically quit functioning , and I gained 50lbs in about a year and half time.
Of course, at that time , I had no idea what was going on. When I first saw the 20lb gain,I went on a diet.
I was eating 1800 calories a day - which means I should have been losing 1lb every 5 days if compared to my basal metabolic rate (~2550 calories a day).  This is very little food. That became my new "maintenance" calorie requirements. In order for me to lose weight that I put on, I had to go to about 1400 calories.

But even with an extreme case like that, that's only really a difference of 500 calories from BMR and that's a "major" metabolism problem. I find it hard to believe there are people out there that really are more than 50% off from their BMR.

Back to the central point of the thread, if you truly eat 1000 calories above your BMR on a daily basis, you should really put on weight fast.
1000 calories isn't that hard to do in murica, regardless of stomach size. There are a lot of very, very calorie dense foods that don't fill the stomach.
Off the top of my head, that's :
1 large milkshake from fast food place
1 large bowl of ice cream
2 pieces of pizza
2 peanut butter sandwiches
3-4 20oz full calorie sodas


I hate to say it, but gaining weight with "healthy" food isn't that easy to do. Nor is it easy to do by weightlifting alone.

[weenog]

Back when I was studying so hard I didn't have time to eat, and working so hard I couldn't afford to have no energy, I went with the most calorie dense and convenient foods I could find.  A few strips of jerky and a handful of trail mix provides a lot of energy in very little volume.

[Morrigi]

Lots of exercise and lots of protein.

[DJ]

Muscle is harder to gain than fat, and I bet your body fat is a bit under normal anyway. At this juncture in your life, put your faith in lard. It's perfectly edible as a bread spread with a bit of salt and paprika.

[Scoops Novel]

Interesting stuff. I was hoping this would turn into a disguise and perception thread . Still, useful.

[0cu]

I also got a fast metabolism and tried to gain weight last year. The old formula of "Squats and Gallons of milk" will always work. I only learned from it that I didn't feel as comfortable with that weight, which I have lost in the last months again.

If you don't feel comfortable and are desperate for weight, try it. But "weight for numbers only" is not worth it.

[Reudh]

Back when I was studying so hard I didn't have time to eat, and working so hard I couldn't afford to have no energy, I went with the most calorie dense and convenient foods I could find.  A few strips of jerky and a handful of trail mix provides a lot of energy in very little volume.

When I needed to gain muscle and weight, I began eating Kabana and Quinoa. Both of those are comparable to jerky + trail mix. Kabana I find to be better merely because it keeps very well - i'd go for hikes and take a couple of sticks of kabana and some boiled quinoa in an esky-bag, and eat them when I got to the summit. I gained about sixty pounds in a year, mostly muscle, doing that.

[Neonivek]

As a small suggestion when you start doing weights, try to look up how to properly do weights and the different exercises you can do with them.

A lot of people tend to do what I call the centrifugal shoulder lift.

[Eidolon]

Try to eat at least 100g of protein a day. Lift heavy weights. Look up Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe if you want a routine and a book with a ton of useful information on anatomy, strength training, proper form, etc. Eat until you seriously feel uncomfortable, and then three hours later, eat again. You might start pooping five times a day as a result, jlyk  .

Your change in weight is a simple formula: Calories Eaten minus Calories Burned = Weight Lost/Gained.

Wrong.  Humans are not simple combustion engines.

I think it's simpler to break it down like this, though. A caloric deficit (or surplus) is a sensible, measured way to lose (or gain) weight. If you tell people that a pound of bodyfat is roughly 3500 kcals, and that if they maintain a 500 kcal daily deficit they should expect to lose roughly a pound of bodyfat a week, they can set clearer goals and get less sidetracked with ridiculous fad diets.

[Parsely]

If worst comes to worst, you can always sew washers into your undergarments when you go to mepps. :p

Heh. Don't you have to take your clothes off when you weigh in?