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    Originally Posted by HoneyBadger300 View Post
    I guarantee it'll mean as much to me at 165.
    To each his own

    Ive been eating 2 poptarts everyday to have me at 3500 calories. Think its "unhealthy" for me or am i fine.
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    Hi guys, I saw this thread and right away, knew that I had to be a part of this group as I'm 5 foot 8 and roughly 125 pounds...it's not a good situation. So a little back story when I originally started to adopt a healthy lifestyle I was the opposite, roughly 220 pounds, I was getting in shape, but unfortunately dieting turned into an eating disorder. My weight became my obsession and I was so restrictive of everything, but on a promise I made to my brother to gain weight, I"ve been motivated to do just that. I'm climbing my way slowly but surely out of my disorder and am ready to grow bigger and stronger, hopefully with some help from you guys. Thanks, I'm glad to take part.

    Also, i was hoping that id maybe find a few guys in my area with similar goals, could use the added motivation
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    I've been skinny all my life. Mostly due to not eating enough and not caring about how I looked.

    Weighed 103lbs when I was 18 at 5'10''. I have gained about 50lbs in the past 4 years. Probably around 25-30 is muscle. Even during these 50 lb gain, I would always gain weight then lose like 10-20lbs when I get sick or don't eat enough. I would probably be around 180lb, if I hadn't kept losing my gains and have to keep working out/eating a lot to get back to where I was.

    Anyways, now I am living on my own and have to cook for myself (depended on dining halls for last four years and parents before that). I don't have much time to cook and don't have any major cooking skills. Any bros, have easy recipes to pack on the pounds? or any recommended recipe web site for bulking?

    I already drink whey and a mass gainer. Just looking to eat some real food now. Getting tired of too many shakes.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    Ideally you would want to be doing this without supps anyway.

    Your first step is figuring out how many calories you are eating per day over a span of about a week or so.
    I think I'm only eating about 2,000 calories (haven't counted yet).. How many do I need to eat each day? Currently at 120, 5'8, 18 years old
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    Originally Posted by agentk168 View Post
    I think I'm only eating about 2,000 calories (haven't counted yet).. How many do I need to eat each day? Currently at 120, 5'8, 18 years old
    Find out how many calories you truly are eating everyday of this week and come to a rough average as your daily caloric intake.
    Then starting next monday and from then on, add 500calories on top of that number everyday.
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    Originally Posted by cysns View Post
    Anyways, now I am living on my own and have to cook for myself (depended on dining halls for last four years and parents before that). I don't have much time to cook and don't have any major cooking skills. Any bros, have easy recipes to pack on the pounds? or any recommended recipe web site for bulking?

    I already drink whey and a mass gainer. Just looking to eat some real food now. Getting tired of too many shakes.
    The mass gainers are a waste of money, dont buy those anymore. The whey is a nice supplement however so long as youre getting enough protein from chicken, eggs, meats, etc.

    Here are some quick foods that dont take long to prepare at all:
    Chicken and Rice (prepare the chicken on sunday for the entire week or 3 days or so)
    Oatmeal and bananas
    6 Eggs+toast
    2 Peanut butter jelly sandwhiches
    If you have a trader joe's in your area i really like their microwave chicken burritos.
    Hamburgers! So easy to prepare if you have a grill and so damn good.
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    Originally Posted by stevejm07 View Post
    Also, i was hoping that id maybe find a few guys in my area with similar goals, could use the added motivation
    heres some motivation for ya. here what i looked like AFTER my noob gains jacking around in the gym
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    Originally Posted by stevejm07 View Post
    Hi guys, I saw this thread and right away, knew that I had to be a part of this group as I'm 5 foot 8 and roughly 125 pounds...it's not a good situation. So a little back story when I originally started to adopt a healthy lifestyle I was the opposite, roughly 220 pounds, I was getting in shape, but unfortunately dieting turned into an eating disorder. My weight became my obsession and I was so restrictive of everything, but on a promise I made to my brother to gain weight, I"ve been motivated to do just that. I'm climbing my way slowly but surely out of my disorder and am ready to grow bigger and stronger, hopefully with some help from you guys. Thanks, I'm glad to take part.

    Also, i was hoping that id maybe find a few guys in my area with similar goals, could use the added motivation
    Welcome on the thread bro, think you are in the right spot here
    Lots of people here that know what it means to pack on weight and can give you advice

    And Im sure that after seeing the frist progress you will be absolutely hooked
    If you have anything Im sure you can ask it here, and no disorder will keep you form gaining

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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    To each his own

    Ive been eating 2 poptarts everyday to have me at 3500 calories. Think its "unhealthy" for me or am i fine.
    Rofl-mayo. It has nothing to do with health. I physically cannot bulk. I tried for 6 months on a 5k cal a day diet and all I did was maintain weight. So I don't worry about it anymore and I just eat when and whatever I want and just focus on getting strong. If I feel sore, I eat more. Pop-tart away, my friend.

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    Hi, I am very happy that I found this page because I desperately need help with my motivation!! I have always been a very skinny guy and I want to put on some weight. I joined bodybuilding.com two years ago in one of my earlier attempts to gain some weight which ended after two or three weeks as all my attempts have done so far. About my situation: I have always been aware of that I am skinny but it was not until three/four years ago when a doctor told me I was a bit thin that I thought I should do something about it.

    So at 194 cm's and 62 kg's I started working out and supplemented my normal food intake with a mass gainer. This resulted in me weighing around 77 kg's (still going up) and at that time I had reached my full length of 197 cm's. BUT then I got extremely busy with my studies in high school so I stopped working out and started losing weight again. Now I am down at around 68 kg's and with serious trouble to get going or more exactly to keep going. My main issue is that I need help to create a work-out plan/schedule with the machines I have available because now I just work out sporadically and probably incorrectly. It wouldn't hurt to get some help with what to eat, any good supplements to use etc. but as I said my main issue is to get going. And yeah I do have a harder time gaining weight because I have high metabolism.
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    Originally Posted by Daffeman View Post
    Hi, I am very happy that I found this page because I desperately need help with my motivation!! I have always been a very skinny guy and I want to put on some weight. I joined bodybuilding.com two years ago in one of my earlier attempts to gain some weight which ended after two or three weeks as all my attempts have done so far. About my situation: I have always been aware of that I am skinny but it was not until three/four years ago when a doctor told me I was a bit thin that I thought I should do something about it.

    So at 194 cm's and 62 kg's I started working out and supplemented my normal food intake with a mass gainer. This resulted in me weighing around 77 kg's (still going up) and at that time I had reached my full length of 197 cm's. BUT then I got extremely busy with my studies in high school so I stopped working out and started losing weight again. Now I am down at around 68 kg's and with serious trouble to get going or more exactly to keep going. My main issue is that I need help to create a work-out plan/schedule with the machines I have available because now I just work out sporadically and probably incorrectly. It wouldn't hurt to get some help with what to eat, any good supplements to use etc. but as I said my main issue is to get going. And yeah I do have a harder time gaining weight because I have high metabolism.
    For a beginner, you can probably do just about any routine and make gains. Do SS or Reg Parks or a 3 day split with compound thrown in. People will argue which one is better , but in the end as long as you are working hard and pushing yourself a a beginner, you will gain muscle no matter what. Assuming you eat enough lol.
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    Originally Posted by cysns View Post
    For a beginner, you can probably do just about any routine and make gains. Do SS or Reg Parks or a 3 day split with compound thrown in. People will argue which one is better , but in the end as long as you are working hard and pushing yourself a a beginner, you will gain muscle no matter what. Assuming you eat enough lol.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    Find out how many calories you truly are eating everyday of this week and come to a rough average as your daily caloric intake.
    Then starting next monday and from then on, add 500calories on top of that number everyday.
    Oh wow, I just input all the foods I ate today and it only came out to 1500 calories (which I realize is very low.. but I always eat whenever I am hungry, and I don't wait too long while I'm hungry. I'm usually eating once every 3 to 4 hours too.

    It comes out to about 90g protein, 40g fat, 330g chol, 164.5g carbs, 64g sugar
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    Originally Posted by agentk168 View Post
    Oh wow, I just input all the foods I ate today and it only came out to 1500 calories (which I realize is very low.. but I always eat whenever I am hungry, and I don't wait too long while I'm hungry. I'm usually eating once every 3 to 4 hours too.

    It comes out to about 90g protein, 40g fat, 330g chol, 164.5g carbs, 64g sugar
    good start man. do the same thing for the next few days, just incase today was an off day of eating for you.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    good start man. do the same thing for the next few days, just incase today was an off day of eating for you.
    Alright, thanks, will do. I also need a training program, but should I focus on my diet first? Btw, I am using Livestrong MyPlate to get the numbers.

    Heading to bed.. peace out!
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    Originally Posted by agentk168 View Post
    Alright, thanks, will do. I also need a training program, but should I focus on my diet first? Btw, I am using Livestrong MyPlate to get the numbers.

    Heading to bed.. peace out!
    Diet is just as important as programming.

    In my honest opinion, you should run starting strength to introduce yourself to free weight training, particularly with a barbell.
    I recommend this for all the information on the program: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:The_Program
    READ IT ALL! Good read!

    However, i do not like Rippetoe's programming, instead i prefer these to be the workouts: Still follow his ABA BAB ABA format

    Workout A:
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    In. To make a long story short, in 3 years I've gone from 147 to 194, although I only weighed 192 when I weighed myself this morning.

    I haven't taken the time to read through this thread, but what's everyone's goals, besides getting big and strong?

    Is there a specific weight or bodyfat you all are trying to get to?
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    Originally Posted by jarellknight View Post
    In. To make a long story short, in 3 years I've gone from 147 to 194, although I only weighed 192 when I weighed myself this morning.

    I haven't taken the time to read through this thread, but what's everyone's goals, besides getting big and strong?

    Is there a specific weight or bodyfat you all are trying to get to?
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    Hey guys, so I was at 158-160 when I checked in on 2/1. I now am 164-165 and my weight supplements came in today. Really excited to get moving on this, am kind of curious what I should be lifting at my weight. I heard that with ectomorphic bodies, we should do low reps of high weight. Is this true? I'm not sure how much I should be lifting so I usually use my 25lb dumbbells, and do curls until my arms feel weak, then I come back and do barbell curls / pushpresses / deadlifts / bent rows until fatigue as well, it takes a grand total of maybe a half an hour, usually less. I'm aware I should incorporate squats and situps and cardio, but right now I'm focused on bulking up my arms and chest. Any tips ? Thanks guys!
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    Originally Posted by mjfenix View Post
    Hey guys, so I was at 158-160 when I checked in on 2/1. I now am 164-165 and my weight supplements came in today. Really excited to get moving on this, am kind of curious what I should be lifting at my weight. I heard that with ectomorphic bodies, we should do low reps of high weight. Is this true? I'm not sure how much I should be lifting so I usually use my 25lb dumbbells, and do curls until my arms feel weak, then I come back and do barbell curls / pushpresses / deadlifts / bent rows until fatigue as well, it takes a grand total of maybe a half an hour, usually less. I'm aware I should incorporate squats and situps and cardio, but right now I'm focused on bulking up my arms and chest. Any tips ? Thanks guys!
    use the program Starting Strength, and add the end of the workout add in the curls that you want.

    Get accustomed to lifting with a barbell asap, so run Starting Strength for a few months and see how you like strength training.

    In my opinion, you should train in all ranges. Heavy lifting (3-5setx5reps) at beginning of workouts, then higher reps as accessory (2-3setx8-15reps), then at the end high rep bloodflow (1-2setx25+reps).... but theres no one was of training, this is just my theory.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    Diet is just as important as programming.

    In my honest opinion, you should run starting strength to introduce yourself to free weight training, particularly with a barbell.
    I recommend this for all the information on the program:
    READ IT ALL! Good read!

    However, i do not like Rippetoe's programming, instead i prefer these to be the workouts: Still follow his ABA BAB ABA format

    Workout A:
    Squat 3x5reps
    Bench 3x5reps
    Row 3x5reps

    Workout B:
    Squat 3x5reps
    Military Press 3x5reps
    Deadlift 1x5reps
    Isn't doing lighter lifts but with more reps better? Sorry, beginner here :P

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    Originally Posted by agentk168 View Post
    Isn't doing lighter lifts but with more reps better? Sorry, beginner here :P
    Remember there are different ways of training. Strength (1-5reps heavy weight), Explosive (1-3 light/moderate), Size (6-25 moderate), Endurance (25+ light), etc.

    ^Those rep ranges are very very general, so dont think it is set in stone.

    Of course there is overlap everywhere. You can get big from Strength Training, you can get strong from training for size, you can get more explosive training strength, you can build size training in endurance ranges. Thats why athletes literally do everything above.

    But everything comes down to your own goals.
    However, as a beginner, it is your duty to explore everything.
    Hit some heavy doubles on the squat, work on the bicep curls, train you triceps in the 25+ range, do it all!!!
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    Hi guys, really horrible circumstances have happened recently, but here's my most recent log, I know I haven't been updating it daily, but please give my last post a read and give me suggestions, I am really bummed out right now.

    http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1025903323
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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    Hi guys, really horrible circumstances have happened recently, but here's my most recent log, I know I haven't been updating it daily, but please give my last post a read and give me suggestions, I am really bummed out right now.

    http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1025903323
    thats honestly pathetic. wtf you gonna cry cause your gym shut down? go find a new one and lift, quit bitchin holy fuk you guys need to change your attitudes and go sieze the day.
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    Thought you guys might enjoy this post coming from a former skinny asian dude.


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    Fear. Fear of failure, fear of disappointment, fear of the unknown. Fear is what keeps us bound, gagged, and immobile. But let me ask you this: how fulfilled are you after decades of living a “safe” and “conventional” life? You already know where this path leads. Be fearless. Take risks. He who dares, wins.

    I for one would rather die young in the pursuit of my dreams than die old, comfortable, and unfulfilled. Will you choose the safe path of a slow death, or risk it all for your heart’s desire?
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    Originally Posted by AntiGlobalist View Post
    Thought you guys might enjoy this post coming from a former skinny asian dude.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pRDBtgdhoM

    I have a 1500 word writeup of the transformation here for those who are interested in reading about the journey.

    http://www.thehealthygamer.com/2013/...y-asian-gamer/

    Awesome Transformation bro, thanks for sharing
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    Originally Posted by y0lked View Post
    thats honestly pathetic. wtf you gonna cry cause your gym shut down? go find a new one and lift, quit bitchin holy fuk you guys need to change your attitudes and go sieze the day.
    Hey man, I don't know about you, but it's a pretty damn big deal to me, and if you find it "pathetic" than you shouldn't be in this thread, cus it's a journey for a lot of people which includes ups and downs. I don't have another $200 + 50 a month to spend on gym fees all over again after a month when I just paid about $120 for my previous gym.

    There's only 2 gyms closer to me and one of em is an XSport and the other is Planet Fitness, which is just machines.

    And it bothers me more because I don't know if you read, I have a medical condition that kind of prevents me from making as fast and frequent gains as most people, my body doesn't even absorb nutrients fully so, ya, I can lose it all fast especially if I flare up, as when I lift, I eat more too. When I've worked pretty damn hard to get to even 114, which is the most I've weighed in my life. So, I am going to be freaking out.
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