Weight gain help!!!

[thundersean]

I’m 5’9”, 130... I workout, drink protein, and try to eat like crazy every day but I’m not gaining weight. I think the problem is my workout. I go back and forth between upper and lower body every morning, then I eat 3 eggs with a protein shake and go to work. If anyone has any tips please help!

[rsid97]

I’m 5’9”, 130... I workout, drink protein, and try to eat like crazy every day

This right here is your problem. "Trying" to eat like 'crazy' is not an objectively quantifiable amount.

Search for a TDEE calculator online and find your maintenance calories. Get myfitnesspal and start tracking what foods you're eating and the approximate calories (don't over think it). See if the amount of food you're eating every day is around 100 calories over your predicted maintenance and during this same period, be weighing yourself every day to get a weekly average. At the same time you want to be eating at least 1g of protein per lb of bodyweight. While you're doing all this, you should be seeing an increase in your weekly average bodyweight. If you're not, then one of two things are going wrong - your TDEE calculator estimate was wrong, or your food tracking is inaccurate. Sort that out by adding another 100 cals, rinse and repeat till your weight starts slowly shifting up.

As for the training, I'd suggest getting on a properly written, structured program but will also re-iterate that that's not the primary reason for lack of bodyweight gain.

[cmacken]

As RSID97 said, if you are not gaining weight it is because you are not eating enough, has nothing to do with your workout.

Start here

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=173439001

[TolerantLactose]

I’m 5’9”, 130... I workout, drink protein, and try to eat like crazy every day but I’m not gaining weight. I think the problem is my workout. I go back and forth between upper and lower body every morning, then I eat 3 eggs with a protein shake and go to work. If anyone has any tips please help!

3 eggs is how I start a post workout meal. Then I have a tablespoon of peanut butter, a chunk of cheese, oatmeal (1 cup uncooked), a cup of frozen fruit and 2 cups of whole milk. Then I eat again 3 hours later.

I'd hazard a guess and say you're not eating like crazy.

[Duplicitous]

+1 on the above. Make sure you are weighing/measuring and tracking everything you eat. Do that for a few months. After that time you can decide whether you are able to move forward eyeballing portions or whether you want to continue to weigh/measure it all out. The key to success whether we're talking about weight loss/gain, strength progression, etc. is to approach it methodically rather than randomly.

[Animal2692]

You need a calorie surplus to gain weight. Without properly tracking, there is no way to tell exactly if you're eating enough.

[CommitmentRulz]

Are you limiting foods you eat to what you *think* are weightlifter's food - like eggs, chicken, broccoli, and shakes? If so, no need...

What is pizza? Meats, cheese, tomato sauce, veggies, and some bread.
What is a bacon cheeseburger? Beef, cheese, tomato, lettuce, other condiments, and bread/bun.

EAT! ;-)

[Fitness1361]

While food and exercise are most important for gaining muscle, supplements may also help by providing calories and protein or by allowing you to exercise harder. So in this video, I'm looking at 3 supplements that can help.

[safcpaul]

You're 130lbs because you eat like a wimp

[air2fakie]

Check for tapeworms.

[MyEgoProblem]

Everything they all said..

You just aren't eating enough. This is obvious.
But you don't know just how little you eat because you arent tracking.

Find rough TDEE (calories)
Track food and eat above this

If you aren't going to track for whatever reason..
Drink a gallon of milk a day for a month and you will realise how little you eat and how many more calories you need to eat every day.

[safcpaul]

Everything they all said..

You just aren't eating enough. This is obvious.
But you don't know just how little you eat because you arent tracking.

Find rough TDEE (calories)
Track food and eat above this

If you aren't going to track for whatever reason..
Drink a gallon of milk a day for a month and you will realise how little you eat and how many more calories you need to eat every day.

Couldn't agree more. I also don't like gomad but for educational purposes it could do op a world of a good for a short time. It's like when he says he doesn't understand as he has 3 eggs and a protein shake before work work. 3 eggs is only about 200 calories and a protein shake probably only 200 calories. An average man who doesn't even lift needs about 2500 to maintain their weight