This whole time, I've been consuming bpa free tuna. Little do you know, all the while, the cans are sometimes made with bpa, and the amount of bpa in can tuna can still exceed the daily limit, even. Well, now you do know like me, have fun contemplating that tid bit of information.

Hi! I’m new to this sub and I imagine this question is probably asked a lot, but I find weight gain rlly hard and I need some advice…

I weigh about 106pounds (48kg) and am 5’7(171cm tall), facts that made me lose my period. I want to gain some weight but it’s hard to eat. For the last 2 days I’ve been forcing myself to eat more, and it is now my 3rd evening laying in bed uncomfortably full. I have downloaded a calorie tracking app and I haven’t even reached my maintenance calories, I ate about 1400-1600.

Am I doing something wrong? How can I make it easier?

Hi there!

My mom’s chronic illness has caused her to lose a lot of weight :/ Her appetite is nonexistent due to her medications and she has trouble eating heavier foods (ie. fatty meat).

Wondering if any of you have good recs for “light” calorie dense meals? Smoothie recs would be great, but really looking for savory recipes as well!!

Thank you in advance :)

-iceberg lettuce -ranch made w/ greek yogurt, ranch seasoning + pepperoncini juice -seasoned ground beef 80/20 -sautéed yellow onions and mushrooms -2 slices melted habanero cheese -home made in n out sauce -pepperoncini’s

sooo good!

So I'm looking to add about 700-1000 calories to my diet. But, I'm lactose and gluten intolerant which naturally really limits the things I can eat. I also don't like to eat the same thing twice per day; I usually have oats and eggs for breakfast, rice+veg and some type of meat for lunch, and for dinner, potatoes/fries + more veg and meat (usually steak).

Wondering if anyone has any ideas for what I can eat to add 1000 calories without having gluten and lactose, and without having the same thing twice per day. Also id rather it be cheap as I'm a college student, so pre made mass gainers aren't really an option since they tend to be expensive

1/2 can of coconut milk (I use thai kitchen brand from costco)

1/2 cup of frozen pineapple

the juice of 1/2 a lemon

1.5-2 oz of passionfruit syrup ( i use re-al brand its at Total Wine, but might be in your local grocery or liquor store)

20g of mct oil

1 cup of full fat yogurt

1 banana

add any powders of choice, protien, oats, whatever. you can also add frozen cherries thats pretty good too. sometimes i add spinach and it works well in there. the shake itself like that is around 800 calories. delicious and its what ive been making lately.

Chicken soup/broth with a ton of crackers. They break down and get a little soggy as they absorb the chicken broth and it's easy to eat 400-600+ calories of crackers that way. Just take a spoon and shovel them down.

(This is not a medical question, I’m not asking about how to take your meds, just asking how you all go about meal prep).

My appetite has always kinda sucked, but it now doubly-sucks since I’ve started taking medication.

I find I’m really good at snacking, but really bad at sitting down to eat meals. I’ve always kinda struggled with that, but now I am really bad at it. I can eat an entire party veggie tray in one day along with a meal if you gave me the full day to pick at it, but I can hardly fully finish even just fast food orders on a lunch break.

I’m a tall guy, 6’4”, at 172. The heaviest I got was 210ish, and I was eating basically 4500-5000 calories a day via two protein shakes a day. This was in college when I had wayyy more time to plan meals out and go back to my residence to get more food. After feeling constantly bloated, I stopped dieting and lost all that weight in a relatively short period of time. Which sucked, because my body looked awesome, but it wasn’t worth how awful I felt day-to-day.

I totally, fully recognize that my issue is that I have to eat more, but with taking medication I feel like my issue isn’t as much getting the food as it is actually stomaching it. I eat one cheeseburger and that’s about as much as I can stomach without feeling sick.

In my fitness journey, the hardest lesson has been with protein supplements. I was poorly advised on proper dieting and, at one point, was drinking three protein shakes a day alongside real food at least but it was still ridiculous. I’m a larger person (I need 215g protein alone). I struggled to cook protein options that I didn’t have to choke down and was in school at the time, so it just happened. Processed protein—like protein shakes, whey, and protein bars—should not be consumed daily. They’re more suited for days when you’re in a pinch and absolutely don’t have time. My most economic solutions have been ground turkey/beef, eggs, and greek yogurt.

TL;DR: Eat real food instead of protein shakes!

currently having 4 tbps of natural peanut butter daily to gain weight along with workouts. Is this considered healthy or its junk food category? The peanut butter has no ingredients apart from peanuts.

So I'm currently Powerlifting, set to compete for first time in March, my coach told me it's okay to bulk but I overthink so much on meal ideas and how to eat enough, protein shakes and all of that stuff I just really overthink on so I wanted to ask for ideas about:

• meals
• high calorie protein shakes.

Hi everybody. I'm a 115lb 5.6 29 F. And I want to bulk and build to 130-135 ish preferably not eating junk. Please tell me your meals/ snacks / eating habits ect. I do go to the gym and lift weights and really do plan on putting on muscle.

In short, I'm a well mannered and happy construction worker. Who decided to become a positive cop and really learn my job. However I am a bit small and I want to be more of a positive to my peers rather than a negative because of my size. I understand that size isn't everything but it is in my power to improve.

Any and all tips appreciated 👏 if I need to post somewhere else let me know

To noone’s surprise, food prices are rising all across the globe. Especially a problem for people on a tight budget but still in need of a large surplus.

Since I am struggling to find cheap recipes that still pack a lot of calories I thought I’d just ask the more experienced crowd how you are dealing with this, bonus points for easy to make and delicious food.

Thanks in advance!

So I’m 5-11 / 6 ft……. up to you.

And I’m 150-155lbs usually. I think I hit 160 the other day for a second.

I struggle so much with eating. I lift hard. I know basics (macros, calories more or less), but like my issue was also cooking and money.

But it seems I have just acquired “the bag”. Like 150k type money. And one of the first and most important things I want to do is juice my nutrition. Absolutely just unload into nutrition, convenience, and fueling my body.

My target weight is like 185-205 type range. Not like HUGE. And I wanna focus on my health, not down melted icecream…

So do you have any tips, things to buy, ideas of the top of your head if budget wasn’t an issue and I could just eat anything on the market? Including chipotle all the time (I like chipotle)

Thanks a lot ❤️

I dont even look that skinny but yeah I have a small waist size but decent muscles and fat on my arms. My weight and height indicate I have a very low BMI which makes we worrisome. How do I increase my weight. and yeah I eat very little because I am not hungry most of the time I just eat because I need to(to stay alive). How do I fix this

So I gained a lot of weight recently but I'm getting a bit chubby. So I modified my smoothie to be less fat dense. Anyway here it is.

300ml milk 200ml water 3 bananas 1 scoop protein 1tbs peanut butter 1tps olive oil 100g oatmeal

Is it too fatty or too much, what do u guys think?

Hey all, I've recently gained motivation to start going to the gym and start gaining weight. I am interested in learning how to cook and also interested in obviously, gaining weight and muscle. I'm currently 6'6 and weigh 164lbs

Only problem is I need things that are generally high in calories / protein but not high in carbs, since I don't have enough insluin to be packing myself with carbs. I don't really know where to start, I haven't done a lot of research into it quite yet so I wanted to ask you guys who may know. What are some meals I could pretty easily cook that are high in calories mostly, since I can gain protein elsewhere pretty easily, and pretty average in carbs?

I'd appreciate the help. I wanna start my bulk but don't know exactly how!

Would anyone consider using heavy cream and coconut cream in their shakes?

I've been struggling to eat enough (24M, 150 lbs, goal 170 lbs). I got into cooking and its hard for me to be consistent every day with making up the missing calories. I came up with this easy breakfast recently which has helped ALOT - I guess I just don't know if this is healthy for 6-8 weeks of my bulk. Today is day 3. So happy I found this sub.

White Bread - 4 slices (80 calories each = 320 cal)

Sharp White Cheddar 8 oz (110 cal/1oz = 880 cal)

Chocolate milk 24oz (low fat: 150 calories a cup = 450 cal)

4 pasture raised eggs (70 cal each = 280 cal total)

Strawberries (1 cup)

Breakfast Total: 1930 plus the strawberries

Make the bread and cheddar into a grilled cheese . Change the cheese type every so often to make it palatable. Slightly salt the eggs. Change up the berry whenever bored.

Any recommendations?

I used to weigh 48kg (106lb) six years ago. I now weigh 71kg (157lb). I'm 180cm tall and my BMI is finally healthy as well as my waist to height ratio. But literally all the weight has gone to my gut since all I eat is carbs everyday :/

I already can't eat dairy because I break out, if I cut carbs off the food pyramid, what's left? If I starve, I'll just go back to being dangerously underweight.

Hey all, gonna keep this as short as I can bc ya dude is struggling.

I’m 6 foot 2, male, ~165lbs, late twenties and finding it hard to put on some weight that sticks. Good news is I know what the problem is; my lunches suck taste wise and calorically.

I’m a delivery driver for a small business; just me and my boss who doesn’t go out on the road anymore. Lots of heavy lifting. Basically means I’m driving around all day non-stop with no real time to stop and eat. I need lunch ideas that are tasty, high in calories, relatively clean (got some inflammation and auto-immune stuff), and most importantly easy to eat while driving. Thanks!

P.S. I understand that I’m entitled to a 30 minute lunch, but my days are packed start to finish and I’m trying to get home at a decent time lol

Okay so! I’m pretty new to tracking my calories, protein and carbs.. I want to gain as much muscle as possible while keeping fat at an absolute minimum.

I’m having issues trying to figure out the difference between “clean bulking” “lean bulking” and just “bulking”.

I want to get big, get nice rounded muscles that’ll take years to form, but I want to do it while keeping fat as low as possible so I don’t have to go through a hellish 4 month “cutting” process if that makes any sense? I’m still a newbie and would appreciate the help, or if anyone sees this, feel free to dm me because I genuinely need help grasping this and it seems like I have no one to turn to.

I’m 20M, 5’6 and weigh 133lb.

My Goal intake is: 3,000 calories, 317g carbs, 130g protein

So far, this is what I have for my meal prep

One cup Ground beef 80% x 20% - 339 calories - 0g carbs - 31.18g protein

4 cups of brown rice = 864 calories - 180g carb - 20g protein

Everything mixed would be = Protein 51.18g - Carbs 184g - Calories 1,203

Overnight oats recipe for clean bulking:

1 & 1/4 or 1.25 cups of oats = 375 calories - 67.5g carbs - 12.5g protein

2tbsp peanut butter = 60 calories - 5g carbs - 6g protein

Two scoops of Muscle milk pro series protein powder = 320 calories - 18g carbs - 50g protein

Chia seeds 1tbsp = 128 calories - 8.8g carbs - 4g protein

1 cup of 2% milk = 130 calories - 12g carbs - 8g protein

50g blueberries = 21.74 calories - 5.28g carbs - 0g protein

100g Greek yogurt = 58.82 calories - 3.53g carbs - 10.59g protein

20g almonds = 114.29 calories - 4.29g carbs - 4.29g protein

1tsp honey = 60 calories - 17g carbs - 0g protein

Everything mixed is = 1,267.85 calories - 141.4g carbs - 95.38g protein

One side salad from work = 250 calories - 27g carbs - 6g protein

2x Avocado = 225 calories - 13g carbs - 3g protein

Everything totaling = 3,170.85 calories - 378.4g carbs - 158.56g protein

Is this over killing it? I’m going over my carbs and protein by a lot and it’s really worrying me.. I can manage to hit my carb and protein goal real easy but calorie goal is super hard. I don’t know what to do about that. On top of that, eating huge amounts of brown rice (4 cups of it) everyday seems really excessive.. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or maybe I should remove some things and replace them with others.. I would really appreciate the help and advice on building this up! (Sorry for the format. I’m on iOS) thank you!!! :)

M20 5’6 133lb so I’m pretty new to all of this, so far I’ve been going to the gym consistently for a month now but I noticed I haven’t reached my calorie goal at all.

Here are my goals so far: 3,000 calories 132g protein 317g carbs

I’ve been keeping up with my protein intake but not my carbs or calories what so ever..

Can anyone out there help recommend me some recipes to help me out? I’ve looked throughout this subreddit, but can’t exactly land on something.

I want to meal prep my meals for the week so anything helps, as long as it doesn’t contain caffeine. Please and thank you!

Did anyone else notice they changed their recipe? The 42G bottles. Used to be my absolute favorite, no chalkiness flavor almost seemed like a milkshake. I've bought 2 bottles now from different locations and it's completely changed. Not even the same color, vanilla looks like light chocolate. Had to re check the expiration date but it's well within. I used to have 1 every single day. Is it just a bad batch or actual recipe change ? Any recommendations that taste just as good as the old recipe ? I don't like muscle milk at all and I can tolerate certain Lean Body's.

I have a severe nut allergy, which cuts out any nut options that I know people add in a ton of recipes or is an ingredient in many popular shakes. Does anyone have any specific brands or recipes that cut out nuts to still hit a high calorie/protein goal? I’ve been trying new medication which has been killing my appetite and have started to lose weight where I already struggle to pack any on. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions!!

Bonus points if you have a suggestion for any nut-free snacks as well

Trying very hard to have balanced meals to support weight gain but certain food groups gives severe breakouts and flares on face like dairy, chicken, nuts and seeds.

Due to this I’m not sure how can I have a surplus meal.