Can't gain weight!

[kylecous]

So I've been trying to gain weight, and I'm having a really hard time doing so. I've been working at bulking up a bit so I'm making sure I'm eating plenty of carbs and protein. I try to make sure that I have a surplus of calories every day ( however I don't know how to figure out exactly how many I burn each day because I have a pretty active job lifting things and walking around nonstop) but I can't seem to gain more than 2 lbs from when I ate normally.

Keeping in mind i do try and eat healthy foods, I try to eat often as I can and eat as much as I can in hopes to stretch my stomach a bit so it will be easier for me to consume more calories per day and hopefully gain weight making it easier to produce muscle.

If I am completely misunderstood on my theory, please correct me. If I'm not, what can I do differently to help? Any specific foods? Eat on a different schedule?

I'm asking because I feel like I've tried multiple different things, all with very little weight gain. I'm getting frustrated and am getting close to the point where I want to try different boosters and such to aid in muscle growth even though I'm skeptical about 90% of them. The only thing I've ever used from a nutrition/fitness store so far is protein powders.

Any help would be awesome.

[bambam601]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

[DBLBacn]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

This^^

Most people who can't gain think they eat a lot but really don't. For me it's at least 6000 cals / day to gain, you may be the same

[KayPS]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

Boom!

[cumminslifter]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

this sums it up
we need some info op

[kylecous]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

I haven't kept track of exactly how many calories I'm eating, however i believe I'm getting close to 250-300g carb 100g protein a day. ( 5'5" currently weigh 150) that is very well my issue, I feel like I eat a lot, but the more I think about it, I tend to go hours without eating at work which is exactly where I expend a lot of calories every day.

[AlwaysTryin]

I haven't kept track of exactly how many calories I'm eating, however i believe I'm getting close to 250-300g carb 100g protein a day. ( 5'5" currently weigh 150) that is very well my issue, I feel like I eat a lot, but the more I think about it, I tend to go hours without eating at work which is exactly where I expend a lot of calories every day.

Clearly you don't

That's barely any food

[bambam601]

Clearly you don't

That's barely any food

^this.
if thats all youre eating, then thats no more than 1600 calories.
no way you expect to gain weight eating just that.

also id suggest you start tracking your calories and macros (fats especially since i see they werent mentioned).
have you calculated your tdee yet?

[cumminslifter]

I haven't kept track of exactly how many calories I'm eating, however i believe I'm getting close to 250-300g carb 100g protein a day. ( 5'5" currently weigh 150) that is very well my issue, I feel like I eat a lot, but the more I think about it, I tend to go hours without eating at work which is exactly where I expend a lot of calories every day.

what is your fat intake, you are hardly consuming any cals for your stats

[kylecous]

^this.
if thats all youre eating, then thats no more than 1600 calories.
no way you expect to gain weight eating just that.

also id suggest you start tracking your calories and macros (fats especially since i see they werent mentioned).
have you calculated your tdee yet?

Hmm I feel like its more than that, I guess I need to stop trying to eat the healthy nutrient lights foods and get some denser foods. My tdee is around 2200

[Jester2893]

if youre not gaining weight then youre simply not eating enough.

how many calories are you currently consuming?
also whats your macros and tdee?

Best advice. Key to growth starts with food, sometimes an abnormal amount of it lol.

[kylecous]

Best advice. Key to growth starts with food, sometimes an abnormal amount of it lol.

Duly notes, eat till I feel sick, every meal. Haha at least till my stomach gets double the size.

[bambam601]

Hmm I feel like its more than that, I guess I need to stop trying to eat the healthy nutrient lights foods and get some denser foods. My tdee is around 2200

if your tdee is 2200 then you need to be eating at least 2420 calories if not more.
and if you think you cant eat that much, then yes start consuming more calorie dense foods.

you still havent posted a complete list of your macros..

[kylecous]

if your tdee is 2200 then you need to be eating at least 2420 calories if not more.
and if you think you cant eat that much, then yes start consuming more calorie dense foods.

you still havent posted a complete list of your macros..

Because I don't know exactly what my macros have been. I haven't kept exact track of them, just tried to eat as much as possible so far.

[Lpenny]

You mentioned trying to stretch your stomach by eating often. I'd think it'd be the other way around. Eating a few huge meals instead of a bunch of tiny meals seems to me like it would be more likely to expand the stomach.

[kylecous]

You mentioned trying to stretch your stomach by eating often. I'd think it'd be the other way around. Eating a few huge meals instead of a bunch of tiny meals seems to me like it would be more likely to expand the stomach.

If it sounded like I meant that I didn't. I try to eat as often as possible and eat a lot everytime I do eat.

[rolandszi]

work up to TDEE then beyond