Can an ectomorph gain weight living off of only one meal a day?

[kf9mzbxlau]

I want to adopt this lifestyle for the health benefits, or having a feeding window of 8 hours at most, but the problem is I'm an ectomorph and struggle terribly to gain weight.

[TolerantLactose]

this lifestyle

What lifestyle?

I'm an ectomorph

Eat until you're not an ectomorph.

[GrouchyUSMC]

If your one meal a day is at an all you can eat buffet, sure.

Otherwise, you will find it difficult.

[AdamWW]

There are no health benefits to this

[air2fakie]

One can certainly maintain the ectomorph lifestyle living off of only one meal a day.

I wear a feedbag for my 8 hour feeding window.

[faithbrah]

it's about the calories so yes, you can still gain weight, but i don't think having a 10-12 hour eating window instead of 8 is going to make you any less healthy. i feel healthy despite eating whenever i want and just counting calories. feels the best for me physically and psychologically...

[tadpole25]

Your eating schedule has no impact on your impact.

All that matters is calories in vs. calories out. Whether you eat your calories all in one meal, or same amount of calories spread in smaller meals of the day, it's the same.

[DougyF7]

I want to adopt this lifestyle for the health benefits, or having a feeding window of 8 hours at most, but the problem is I'm an ectomorph and struggle terribly to gain weight.

I don't think this is something you'd want to do if you were someone that wanted to gain weight. It's more of a calorie restriction tool - a way to lose weight.

If you're having trouble gaining weight, this means you're not eating enough. Since you're not eating enough, you're basically fasting so you're already really getting the health benefits you are looking for from intermittent fasting/"one meal a day" without even realizing it.

[EliKoehn]

One can certainly maintain the ectomorph lifestyle living off of only one meal a day.

I wear a feedbag for my 8 hour feeding window.

Haha, now I am curious if there are Taco Bell troughs out there somewhere...

[DougyF7]

Haha, now I am curious if there are Taco Bell troughs out there somewhere...

Looks makeshift, like anyone can do it...not just the pros. Looks like a large cup and a bag together?

I could see the trend going viral 😂

[air2fakie]

Looks makeshift, like anyone can do it...not just the pros. Looks like a large cup and a bag together?

I could see the trend going viral 😂

If you care about your place in society, you'll only use brand name ones.

[AdamWW]

Your eating schedule has no impact on your impact.

Yo dawg...

I heard you like impact... so I made an impact on your impact so you could have impact when you impact the impact.

[desslok]

I like this guy. He is skinny because he doesn’t eat enough. Probably because he gets full fast. So he wants to make it 100x harder to gain weight by getting in all of his calories in one meal. Challenge accepted.

[DougyF7]

I like this guy. He is skinny because he doesn’t eat enough. Probably because he gets full fast. So he wants to make it 100x harder to gain weight by getting in all of his calories in one meal. Challenge accepted.

"He wipes his ass with his record contract, I love this guy!"

[desslok]

"He wipes his ass with his record contract, I love this guy!"

Awesome movie, haven’t seen it for probably 20 years lol

[paulinkansas]

Tim and I a hunting went.
Met three whores in a pop up tent.
They was three and we was two.
So I bucked one and Timbuktu.

[GrouchyUSMC]

Haha, now I am curious if there are Taco Bell troughs out there somewhere...

I know there is pizza pouches.

[xsquid99]

OP you're not an ectomorph, you're an underdeveloped undereater.

Stop trying to make life more difficult for yourself.

[kf9mzbxlau]

OP you're not an ectomorph, you're an underdeveloped undereater.

Stop trying to make life more difficult for yourself.

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me. I always eat three times a day or more with plenty of veggies and meat, but it's proven to increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy, that's why I want to stop. That said, I don't want to get any thinner either and have seen people be able to maintain their weight even with intermittent fasting.

[xsquid99]

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me. I always eat three times a day or more with plenty of veggies and meat, but it's proven to increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy, that's why I want to stop. That said, I don't want to get any thinner either and have seen people be able to maintain their weight even with intermittent fasting.

Eating veggies and meat does not "increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy". I don't know what kind of nonsense you've been reading, but getting your daily requirements of nutrition does no such thing.

[faithbrah]

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me. I always eat three times a day or more with plenty of veggies and meat, but it's proven to increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy, that's why I want to stop. That said, I don't want to get any thinner either and have seen people be able to maintain their weight even with intermittent fasting.

you may eat enough food to satisfy hunger, but clearly not enough food (calories) to gain weight. so, how many calories are you eating per day?

anyway i wish you good luck for doing one meal a day when you're skinny to begin with, hope you don't find any "proven" articles about skinny people having increased disease risk and reduced life expectancy, or any other negative things from one of your lifestyle choices that you now have to change in hopes of living longer while staying healthy

don't get me wrong, living long and staying healthy is important, but it's not like eating like a normal person (3-5 times per day for example) will make you prone to disease and dying early, that sounds like total bs. if you want to live a healthy and long life, the amount of meals you eat in a day is damn irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. i can guarantee you that there are a thousand more useful things you could do to mitigate those risks, especially since you want to gain weight and intermittent fasting makes it harder for you

[GrouchyUSMC]

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me. I always eat three times a day or more with plenty of veggies and meat, but it's proven to increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy, that's why I want to stop. That said, I don't want to get any thinner either and have seen people be able to maintain their weight even with intermittent fasting.

I wouldn't rely too much on documentaries. Most of them have something to sell.

If you want to gain weight, you need to eat more. If you aren't gaining weight, then you're not eating enough. If you reduce yourself down to one meal, unless you gorge yourself like a tick you likely will not get in enough calories.

Eating to gain is harder than strength training in many cases.

If you wanna be the man, you gotta out-eat the man.

[EliKoehn]

I wouldn't rely too much on documentaries. Most of them have something to sell.

If you want to gain weight, you need to eat more. If you aren't gaining weight, then you're not eating enough. If you reduce yourself down to one meal, unless you gorge yourself like a tick you likely will not get in enough calories.

Eating to gain is harder than strength training in many cases.

If you wanna be the man, you gotta out-eat the man.

I have trouble believing that that story is serious... Even if it is, I fail to see how that's a good idea.

[air2fakie]

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me. I always eat three times a day or more with plenty of veggies and meat, but it's proven to increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy, that's why I want to stop. That said, I don't want to get any thinner either and have seen people be able to maintain their weight even with intermittent fasting.

You're right, the only thing we know about you is that you consider yourself to be an "ectomorph" - which is all we need to know.

Explaining to an "ectomorph" the obvious reasons why this is so, always ends up being a circular conversation. "Hey I'm super skinny & want to gain weight, maybe I should only eat once a day or do IF. I heard I'll live longer & won't get diseases."

[TolerantLactose]

I like how people here are assuming I don't eat enough like they know me.

"Enough" is context-dependent. Do you think it's odd that posters are framing answers in the context of your question?

[GeneralSerpant]

You can easily fit 2 meals into 8 hours. 50-60 grams of protein each, or 40 each and 40 through snacks should be fine.

[kf9mzbxlau]

Eating veggies and meat does not "increase disease risk and reduce life expectancy". I don't know what kind of nonsense you've been reading, but getting your daily requirements of nutrition does no such thing.

It's not nonsense, it's been tested, not in humans, but many of the people with over 100 years of age don't follow the three meals per day habit.

[kf9mzbxlau]

"Enough" is context-dependent. Do you think it's odd that posters are framing answers in the context of your question?

If it was just a matter of how much I eat I wouldn't be asking it here. There're people who don't gain weight no matter how much they eat, so maybe the problem is something else.

[paulinkansas]

many of the people with over 100 years of age don't follow the three meals per day habit.

It was done out of necessity, not of habit. I'd rather die old and happy than real old and miserable.

[GrouchyUSMC]

I have trouble believing that that story is serious... Even if it is, I fail to see how that's a good idea.

I wouldn’t call it healthy but it shows if you are serious about gaining weight you need to get serious about eating. JM Blakley confirms he did do this back in the day, especially doing those insane weight jumps from 198 to 275.

In his words - “There are no hard gainers, only undisciplined eaters.”