Al Shades
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This is a thread directed towards people who have been eating 3,500 cals per day or more for at least 6 months.
It's difficult for me to get in 3,500, let alone 4,000, which is what I would really need to surpass 150 lbs @ 6' tall.
So I'd like to get some specific tips that don't fall into the "general bulking" category. I already follow the well-established protocols. I drink huge protein shakes with whole milk, olive oil, and whey. I cook tomato soup and add rice because it's liquid and it goes down easy. Can of tuna every day, with added sour cream for thickness.
My biggest problem seems to be the fact that I'm unable to consume large quantities of meat. For chicken, I cook two small tenderloins which is about 4 oz. For red meat, it's the same. The way I cook meat is by stewing it on the stove in a mixture of water, olive oil, soy/terriyaki sauce, etc...I do not own a grill and am hesitant to buy one because I'm worried about the carcinogenic side effects of high heat exposure with Teflon coating.
The problem I've found with meat is that, unlike carbs, it satisfies your appetite. It doesn't leave you wanting more 5 minutes after your last bite. Also, meat doesn't taste all that great when it hasn't been coated/marinated/etc. The meat I cook tastes nowhere near as good as what's served in restaurants. This is because I never even knew how to cook meat up until a short while ago, and there's still much that I don't know.
I consume everything but cooked meat in very large quantities. I'm eating several hotdogs a day because they're 170 cals each. I drink milk with my workout shake and also at night. 6-7 eggs a day for breakfast, scrambled with butter added, and 4 chicken breakfast sausages on top of it.
I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm at a standstill and want to start gaining once again. The only thing I can think of to raise my calories would be to start chugging teaspoons of EVOO, or buy PB and eat spoonfuls of that. Problem with the former is that it's very unpleasant, problem with the latter is that I'd go through the jar very fast and there's no real way of incorporating these foods into my existing meals (not gonna add PB to shake, tried that already and it gunks up my teeth and is disgusting to drink in the middle of a workout).
It's difficult for me to get in 3,500, let alone 4,000, which is what I would really need to surpass 150 lbs @ 6' tall.
So I'd like to get some specific tips that don't fall into the "general bulking" category. I already follow the well-established protocols. I drink huge protein shakes with whole milk, olive oil, and whey. I cook tomato soup and add rice because it's liquid and it goes down easy. Can of tuna every day, with added sour cream for thickness.
My biggest problem seems to be the fact that I'm unable to consume large quantities of meat. For chicken, I cook two small tenderloins which is about 4 oz. For red meat, it's the same. The way I cook meat is by stewing it on the stove in a mixture of water, olive oil, soy/terriyaki sauce, etc...I do not own a grill and am hesitant to buy one because I'm worried about the carcinogenic side effects of high heat exposure with Teflon coating.
The problem I've found with meat is that, unlike carbs, it satisfies your appetite. It doesn't leave you wanting more 5 minutes after your last bite. Also, meat doesn't taste all that great when it hasn't been coated/marinated/etc. The meat I cook tastes nowhere near as good as what's served in restaurants. This is because I never even knew how to cook meat up until a short while ago, and there's still much that I don't know.
I consume everything but cooked meat in very large quantities. I'm eating several hotdogs a day because they're 170 cals each. I drink milk with my workout shake and also at night. 6-7 eggs a day for breakfast, scrambled with butter added, and 4 chicken breakfast sausages on top of it.
I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm at a standstill and want to start gaining once again. The only thing I can think of to raise my calories would be to start chugging teaspoons of EVOO, or buy PB and eat spoonfuls of that. Problem with the former is that it's very unpleasant, problem with the latter is that I'd go through the jar very fast and there's no real way of incorporating these foods into my existing meals (not gonna add PB to shake, tried that already and it gunks up my teeth and is disgusting to drink in the middle of a workout).
