Can weight gain be achieved without sugar and carbs

Joined 12 years

Quick question: would like to add about 20 pounds. Can this be achieved without sugar or carbs? Losing weight is not the direction that I need to go in.

6 years

Can weight gain be achieved without sugar and carbs

Johniav

Joined 12 years

leener38:
No, not really. Gaining is all about caloric intake, meaning eating more than your body needs. Laziness also helps. Thank you

Everything has some sort of sugar; fruits and vegetables have it naturally. Starches (potatoes, rice) can turn into sugar. There are good and bad carbs, too. Empty calories are the easiest way to flab, but nice home cooked meals work best for me. Our bodies are amazing machines, so you'll have to take a different approach to food if you want to gain. Finding a balance in your increased food intake will help.

6 years

Can weight gain be achieved without sugar and carbs

Johniav

Joined 12 years

leener38:
No, not really. Gaining is all about caloric intake, meaning eating more than your body needs. Laziness also helps.

Everything has some sort of sugar; fruits and vegetables have it naturally. Starches (potatoes, rice) can turn into sugar. There are good and bad carbs, too. Empty calories are the easiest way to flab, but nice home cooked meals work best for me. Our bodies are amazing machines, so you'll have to take a different approach to food if you want to gain. Finding a balance in your increased food intake will help.

Thank you

6 years

Can weight gain be achieved without sugar and carbs

Saturn52

Joined 7 years

If you want to avoid carbohydrates more and you have a pretty sedentary lifestyle, a diet high in protein could be good. Protein in your body is used to rebuild damaged tissue from exercise, but if it has nothing to repair it drops a nitrogen and turns to straight fat.

Also going off of what Leener said, check out the glycemic index. The lower the number on the chart, the less energy it takes for your body to turn that sugar into energy, and if that energy goes unused, it gets stored ;-)

6 years

Can weight gain be achieved without sugar and carbs

Johniav

Joined 12 years

saturn52:
If you want to avoid carbohydrates more and you have a pretty sedentary lifestyle, a diet high in protein could be good. Protein in your body is used to rebuild damaged tissue from exercise, but if it has nothing to repair it drops a nitrogen and turns to straight fat.

Also going off of what Leener said, check out the glycemic index. The lower the number on the chart, the less energy it takes for your body to turn that sugar into energy, and if that energy goes unused, it gets stored ;-)

Thank you. That was very helpful

6 years