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Re: Weight Gain Experiment
Took me 4-5 months, if I remember correctly. I had a gym partner who was a great guy and really challenging. Pushed me pretty hard when we lifted. I think that helps too.. someone to encourage you and check you from time to time.
Yeah, you have to go with what works for you. The nice thing is MM has 300 calories in a serving... so you could put 3 scoops in there and knock off 5-600 calories with one cup. Throw in some ice cream and you have a nice post-workout recovery/weight gain drink. If your stomach doesn't like it, it doesn't like it, though, and you just have to mix and match. When I do triathlons, my stomach doesn't take gels. Just wreaks havoc on my stomach... so I have to drink everything (gatorade, accelerade, heed). Just the way it is.
I don't know how many calories are in your concoction, but try peanut butter, or ice cream in it next time. Part of the reason America has an obesity problem is "easy-drinking" soda. Mt. Dew is somewhere around 170 calories a serving. I had a friend who would drink a 6 pack every day playing WoW (or similar). 6X170 is 1020 calories... and you really don't even think twice about it. So, you can see it's easy to drink your calories, if you do it right.. can be good or bad.
Calories in - Calories out = Calorie balance. 3500 calories is a pound. Easy-peasy when you think about it.
Either way, I'm not a nutritionist or a dietitian, so I only know what works for my physiology. My wife has a friend who is 130 pounds, and that boy could take in 15000 calories and still not gain a pound! :) Then again, he is Vietnamese and I don't know of too many large Viet guys... except Cung Le.
Best of luck
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Originally posted by SPX
Yeah, you have to go with what works for you. The nice thing is MM has 300 calories in a serving... so you could put 3 scoops in there and knock off 5-600 calories with one cup. Throw in some ice cream and you have a nice post-workout recovery/weight gain drink. If your stomach doesn't like it, it doesn't like it, though, and you just have to mix and match. When I do triathlons, my stomach doesn't take gels. Just wreaks havoc on my stomach... so I have to drink everything (gatorade, accelerade, heed). Just the way it is.
I don't know how many calories are in your concoction, but try peanut butter, or ice cream in it next time. Part of the reason America has an obesity problem is "easy-drinking" soda. Mt. Dew is somewhere around 170 calories a serving. I had a friend who would drink a 6 pack every day playing WoW (or similar). 6X170 is 1020 calories... and you really don't even think twice about it. So, you can see it's easy to drink your calories, if you do it right.. can be good or bad.
Calories in - Calories out = Calorie balance. 3500 calories is a pound. Easy-peasy when you think about it.
Either way, I'm not a nutritionist or a dietitian, so I only know what works for my physiology. My wife has a friend who is 130 pounds, and that boy could take in 15000 calories and still not gain a pound! :) Then again, he is Vietnamese and I don't know of too many large Viet guys... except Cung Le.
Best of luck
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