3,500 Calories per Day! How???????

[Spottydog]

You're worried about red meat but you eat ice cream and commercially prepared rolls?
Nononononononono.... >.<

[jwhitner]

Wow....it's not hard to see why you think that replacements shakes are better, if you think steak, milk, peanut butter, olive oil and nuts are bad. Now that's fked up.

I never said that. I said that I don't eat red meat or cheese.

I do use olive oil, flax oil, natural peanubutter, peanuts etc.

I just try to watch my bad fats like in cheese and steak.

[jwhitner]

You're worried about red meat but you eat ice cream and commercially prepared rolls?
Nononononononono.... >.<

Not really! I went to Golden Coral (all you can eat) and that's all they had. I usually eat Whole Wheat breads or Whole Grains.

I don't really eat ice cream at all. I only had about 3 table spoons of it because this body builder told me to do so. I ate the roll to try ot get my cals up.

[jwhitner]

According to your log, you only had 11% of your intake from fats. If you up that, you'll have no problem hitting 3500.

Do I want all that of those fats???? What will it do to me??? I ty to watch the fats.

As you can see I am confused. You go to one site and they say that you should eat 2,200 cals per day to gain muscle and lose fat. Go to another site and they say 1,800. Another 3,500+.

You ask 10 people and you get 10 answers. It's frustrating! I met this body builder who said that I was not eating enough food. I am trying to up the cals as healthy as I can but it's hard to do it healthy. Whole milk...fat, steak...fat, cheese....fat....

I am 5'10 184 lbs..............

[jwhitner]

Stop being a nancy, do you want to get bigger or not?

Sit your ass down and eat til you've eaten everything you're supposed to.

It can take me 30-45 minutes to finish some meals.

Liquid meals are a godsend. Get a blender and learn some good shake receipes.

"Nancy" LOL

OK........I'll give it a shot!!!!

[martinelli]

Milk.

[Spottydog]

Do I want all that of those fats???? What will it do to me??? I ty to watch the fats.

As you can see I am confused. You go to one site and they say that you should eat 2,200 cals per day to gain muscle and lose fat. Go to another site and they say 1,800. Another 3,500+.

You ask 10 people and you get 10 answers. It's frustrating! I met this body builder who said that I was not eating enough food. I am trying to up the cals as healthy as I can but it's hard to do it healthy. Whole milk...fat, steak...fat, cheese....fat....

I am 5'10 184 lbs..............

You need healthy fats. If you're not getting at LEAST 65g/day at 3500 calories, I think you're shooting yourself in the foot big time.
100g would be a good amount for this amount of calories IMO.
See my almond butter post

Please, listen to people like FullOut and Layziebone (and even Sibrek when he's not just being a dick), they know what they're talking about.
BTW, today I ate 6 oz steak and 3 whole eggs today and some canola-oil based dressings and I'm gonna be eating 3 TBS nut butters later on, and I STILL am coming in under 25g saturated, but plenty of mono/poly fats (almost 100g, in fact).

But if you don't want answers, don't post questions.
And in your case, 3500 sounds right, especially if you're young/active.

So, goddamn it, go at that peanut butter with a big spoon.

[The Solution]

you are relying on sites to tell you what you need for calories is your biggest mistake,

sites tell me i need 2500 to gain, but thats wrong..guess what i need over 4k.

its called TRIAL AND ERROR AND FIGURING OUT WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS, no caluclator will ever be correct because its for a general basis, due to your activity level + BMR its going to change

Avoiding sautrated fats is also a bad idea, its called balanace and variation you need at least some good sat fats in ur diets from full fat dairy, lean meats, whole eggs etc. This is critical for the body and brain/hormone function

[MSMuscles11]

damn you, xD wish i could be remotely stuffed with 3.5k

Peanuts
Fatty Steaks
Olive Oil
Nuts
Hard Cheeses
Peanut Butter
Milk

How do you weigh 118 and eat 3500 cals a day and not be remotely full.... and your 5'8". Theres no way.

[NeroMaj]

How do you weigh 118 and eat 3500 cals a day and not be remotely full.... and your 5'8". Theres no way.

I hope he doesn't still weigh 118 lbs 5.5 years later...

[kenny85]

How do you weigh 118 and eat 3500 cals a day and not be remotely full.... and your 5'8". Theres no way.

Hopefully op is still subscribed to this thread after 5 years

[CaoBP]

Eat fat. Keep your saturated fat intake normal, but load up on mono and polyunsaturated fats. Eat nuts, legumes, nut-butters, and olive oil. Fats are more than twice as dense as carbs and protein, per gram. In terms of carbs, whole grain pasta is a good option. It goes down really fast, and it'll get you a good caloric boost.

[AlwaysTryin]

Eat fat. Keep your saturated fat intake normal, but load up on mono and polyunsaturated fats. Eat nuts, legumes, nut-butters, and olive oil. Fats are more than twice as dense as carbs and protein, per gram. In terms of carbs, whole grain pasta is a good option. It goes down really fast, and it'll get you a good caloric boost.

Look at thread dates

[mistaflynn]

Milk comes in handy

[Manletbolic]

da fk u comppaining about. i can eat that in one meal

[AlexE991]

My weight gainer is 1250 cals for two shovel fulls, with whole milk it's 1500. Rice, almonds, and pasta are all calorie dense foods.

[AlwaysTryin]

^^ the three of you need to learn to read posts and look at thread dates

[Breaktalents]

Only 5 years late on dem replies

[ChrisVigor]

Soy milk*

Whole milk.

[ChrisVigor]

Didn't even notice the date on the OP.

[Ripper908]

Fatty cuts of meat always does the trick for me

And they taste delicious

[niceusername]

a small triangle of brie like 108 grams is like 660 kcal. I dont know about you but I could easily eat 4 or 5 in one go lol.

*can eat like hippo crew*

[shinyelement]

Eat like a beast. I am at 2900 calories, If i wanted 3500 i would just double the rice and the fats from the nuts and peanut butter.