Need help! - 6ft 5 - 150lbs

[Sherlock1993]

Hi, so I'm new to this, basically my goal is to put on about 40-50 pounds as I'm currently only 150lbs and around 6ft 5 tall - Pic attached.

I started my diet this morning but need to know if I'm doing the right kind of thing, there are so many different diets online for weight gain.

Here was my breakfast:

Breakfast:
Omlette - 4 eggs and 4 sausage rolls cut up in to omlette.
150kcal per sausage roll - 3g protein
4.4g carbs in 4 eggs and 40g in 4 sausage rolls
Eggs 150 kcal - protein 13g
3 slices of 50/50 Bread - 94 kcal per slice and 4g protein
and 1.4g carbs
Breakfast Total = 1482kcal and 68.2g protein 48.6 carbs

Is this a good start or do I need more kcal/protein/carbs?

Also IMPORTANT QUESTION when do I need to start working out?? I don't want to burn off too many calories but I know I need to workout at some point, I need to gain a lot of weight to stop being so skinny but I don't want it to be all fat.

Thanks!

[ADO22]

damn dude.. well you have the right idea, eating.. a lot. breakfast looks pretty good to me, how about your other meals? how often do you eat? what do your macros end up being by the end of the day?

honestly you may be right, maybe gain ~10 lbs from eating and then hit up a beginning strength program but continue to eat as much as possible.

[Sherlock1993]

Hey man thanks for the reply, well today's the first day of the bulking diet but I plan to eat my next meal soon following the every 2 hours idea, I was thinking a snack like a peanut butter sandwich and some fruit? To be honest this is where I could use some help, not sure what ratios to eat, I was thinking something like this:

Carbs: 393g
Protein: 262g
Fat: 97g

Do I need to be eating more than that? I do believe I have quite a fast metabolism and within the past 5 years I've gone from being a fairly chubby kid to being very tall and skinny.

[thankujebus]

I was in a similar position, but I look a lot more full now.
What you need to do is aim for a minimum of 1lb/week of weight gain, and aim for a certain amount of calories a week. I don't count my carbs and fat, but just my calories and protein and out about 16 pounds on since January 2014. So aim for like 3500 calories a day and 1g protein per pound of body weight (your case 150g) and lift. If you don't see weight gain up the calories, this is just basic advice but everyone will repeat this.

[ProdigalTimmeh]

Hey man thanks for the reply, well today's the first day of the bulking diet but I plan to eat my next meal soon following the every 2 hours idea, I was thinking a snack like a peanut butter sandwich and some fruit? To be honest this is where I could use some help, not sure what ratios to eat, I was thinking something like this:

Carbs: 393g
Protein: 262g
Fat: 97g

Do I need to be eating more than that? I do believe I have quite a fast metabolism and within the past 5 years I've gone from being a fairly chubby kid to being very tall and skinny.

Honestly, that's a lot of macros. I recommend you check out IIFYM and see what it tells you.

[Sherlock1993]

Thanks for all the replies guys. So my question then is when should I start working out and where do I start? As I said my diet has started today and I don't want to burn off too many calories, should I continue to eat for a while before I start working out? My arms are really skinny and in the past when I've tried working out usually feel really sore the next day so that should give some indication as to what kind of starting point I'm at.

I've eaten 2258 calories so far today up to lunch time which is a lot more than I'd usually eat!

[Jmann96]

Focus more on calories as opposed to macros. Just make sure you're getting enough protein to facilitate muscle growth.

[TMDUK]

damn, like how are u even... alive?

Yah u need to eat a lot, like sht ton ALOT if you are serious. I'd also recommend trying a mass gainer with full fat milk and oats to try and get some 'bulk' onto your frame. This has worked for me in the past.