Need HELP!!

tbloom26

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I need some major help. I need to know what I am doing wrong. I lift 5 days a week when I can and eat everything in site (about 5 times a day). WHY cant I get any bigger. Im loosing weight and that's not at all what I want. Please someone help me build a work out for bulking and give me advice on a diet. I would greatly appreciate the help. I do all the studying I can and research but everything I have tried for the last 2 years hasnt worked. I have stayed at 160lbs forever and I am to the point of wanting to do roids. I take protein 3 times a day take a multi vita pack thats got the new creatine pills in it fish oil a pre work out N.O booster. What am I doing wrong.
 
As far as a diet I really dont have one except for whatever I can get my hands on. I dont ever watch what I eat or count anything. I never understood how to properly build a diet plan.
My workout;
Monday:Chest and Tri's, Ab's (Till it burns and then some)
Tuesday: Bi's, Forearms, shoulder's
Wednesday:legs, Cardio
Thursday:Back, Neck, Ab's (Hard workout for abs)
Friday is cardio which i hardly ever do lol.
 
I'm willing to bet my mortgage that if you actually DID add up your cals that you ate throughout the day...you're not eating NEARLY enough to gain weight.

You need to START counting your cals, not to make sure you don't go over, but so that you actually you know...KNOW how many you are taking in that isn't putting on weight for you and can adjust accordingly.

Write down everything you eat throughout the day, add up the cals, repost your findings, we'll go from there...
 
tbloom26 said:
ok will do that for a week and post it at the end of next week. I appreciate the help.
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Google sparkpeople they have a great diet tracker I used it to get my diet on track. You'd be surprised how little you are in fact eating when I started using it I was only getting about 1500 calories a day. I uped that to about 3000 and I gained 9 lbs in like 3 weeks.
 
ok so starting today I will be keeping track of my diet. I downloaded an app on my phone to help me keep track of my intake. I will post daily what I eat at the end of each day this week and how many calories it totals to and grams of protein.
 
tbloom26 said:
As far as a diet I really dont have one except for whatever I can get my hands on. I dont ever watch what I eat or count anything.
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I stopped reading when I got to this.

You'd be surprised at the number of cals you take in. Some foods aren't that dense in calories, despite being filling, while others are. Count your calories for a few weeks and track what you're taking in. If you're losing, you need to eat more. Keep going until you find a point where you can gain. If it gets to a point that escalates to a ridiculous amount and you still can't, look into getting a thyroid panel done, as you may be hyperthyroid. I doubt that's the case, though. You're very likely just not eating as much as you think.
 
MakaveliThaDon said:
I'm willing to bet my mortgage that if you actually DID add up your cals that you ate throughout the day...you're not eating NEARLY enough to gain weight.

You need to START counting your cals, not to make sure you don't go over, but so that you actually you know...KNOW how many you are taking in that isn't putting on weight for you and can adjust accordingly.

Write down everything you eat throughout the day, add up the cals, repost your findings, we'll go from there...
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Very solid advice. Well said, brother.

Makaveli and I both wish we had your problem ;) lol
 
I will be using the Calorie counter by Fatsecret app to keep track and its not looking to good hahaha will update at ther end of each day. Any suggestions on foods?
 
tbloom26 said:
I will be using the Calorie counter by Fatsecret app to keep track and its not looking to good hahaha will update at ther end of each day. Any suggestions on foods?
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I would keep doing what you've been doing for now; that way you, as well as us, can see what you've been doing.

If you're looking for foods that pack some calories, though, I'd say eggs, natural peanut butter, almonds, coconut and olive oil. Healthy fats are an easy way to get in quality extra cals after you get what you need (i.e. your necessary protein requirements).
 
ok so yesterday I pushed my self to eat the 5,000 cals that was recomended by most people in another thread of mine. So here it is.
breakfast, 5 servings of Golden Grahams cereal along with 3 cups of milk, Then a vanilla muscle milk
totals:21.00 fat, 142.00 carbs, 42 prot, 920 cals
lunch, 2 beefy 5 layer burritos (Taco Bell), 1 20 ounce Mt. Dew
totals:42 fat, 213 carbs, 38 prot, 1,370 cals
Dinner, 1 beefy 5 layer burrito, 1 burrito supreme - beef, 1 crunchy supreme beef taco, 1 20 ounce Mt. Dew.
totals: 48 fat, 212 carbs, 45 prot, 1,450 cals
Snack/other, 1 serving honey raosted Cashews (Plantars), 1 Myoplex shake, 1 Mt. Dew 20 ounce, 1 Muscle milk Vanilla (After lifting)
totals:44.42 fat, 153.26 carb, 80.16 prot, 1,296 cal
Complete day total:155.42 fat, 720.26 carb, 205.16 prot, 5,036 cals

So there is every thing yesterday food wise and Protein shake as well. I drank around 100 oz of water also. Please give me some insight. My dad said I am doing this back wards and need to aim for a high carb diet not high cals. He said this is what him and his friends did when they were younger and had the best success with. I am willing to soak up any info I can get to get bigger.
 
Golden Grahams and burritos?
This MIGHT be what you are doig wrong. . .
I'll elaborate tonight when I have more time.
 
You only took in 200g of protein.

That, along with the fact that most of those calories aren't quality, will lend itself to not making quality gains. However, if you can't put on weight at all, then so be it. But just be careful because garbage foods tend to catch up with you eventually.

Eat more meat.
 
tbloom26 said:
ok so yesterday I pushed my self to eat the 5,000 cals that was recomended by most people in another thread of mine. So here it is.
breakfast, 5 servings of Golden Grahams cereal along with 3 cups of milk, Then a vanilla muscle milk
totals:21.00 fat, 142.00 carbs, 42 prot, 920 cals
lunch, 2 beefy 5 layer burritos (Taco Bell), 1 20 ounce Mt. Dew
totals:42 fat, 213 carbs, 38 prot, 1,370 cals
Dinner, 1 beefy 5 layer burrito, 1 burrito supreme - beef, 1 crunchy supreme beef taco, 1 20 ounce Mt. Dew.
totals: 48 fat, 212 carbs, 45 prot, 1,450 cals
Snack/other, 1 serving honey raosted Cashews (Plantars), 1 Myoplex shake, 1 Mt. Dew 20 ounce, 1 Muscle milk Vanilla (After lifting)
totals:44.42 fat, 153.26 carb, 80.16 prot, 1,296 cal
Complete day total:155.42 fat, 720.26 carb, 205.16 prot, 5,036 cals

So there is every thing yesterday food wise and Protein shake as well. I drank around 100 oz of water also. Please give me some insight. My dad said I am doing this back wards and need to aim for a high carb diet not high cals. He said this is what him and his friends did when they were younger and had the best success with. I am willing to soak up any info I can get to get bigger.
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Ok so now plan a day @ 4500 cals and a hell of a lot cleaner with approx 100-150 more grams of protein. Then after consuming that meal plan ask yourself if you have REALLY been eating properly for the past two years prior to tracking your caloric intake.
 
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