General

This could fit to many area boards but left it as general.

I noticed recently with gains that the effort to get and prepare food seems more difficult with every extra kilo. I use more takeaway and grocery shopping on line. Even with that it still fells like a lot of work if you over 500 lbs.

So I seem to feel you need help or an enabler to get past this weight level that seems like a limit to your own capabilities.

Is this what others have experienced as a single gainer. Or am I just over thinking it and just a bit lazy. Or need to learn tricks of gaining.

Interesting to see what you all think.

i think the challenge is just number of calories... and something to do with the metabolism.

i never got to 500 lbs (kudos to you on that amazing achievement!), and at my heaviest i was consuming probably 7000-8000 calories a day! (i had a few 10k days but those were exceptional.) a lot of those calories were just maintaining my size at that time.

when i had to make diet changes for health reasons, i cut out beer and sugary foods, and i lost like 50 lbs... but i didn't keep losing. so somehow my metabolism adjusted itself for the change in my diet.

i don't know the science behind it, but there's a relationship there, but i wouldn't mess with it for fear of health issues (blood sugar levels, etc.) personally, i like being fat, but i don't want to be sick.

it's always helpful to have someone who is encouraging you and pushing you when you're gaining, though. having a person ask, "just one more?" after you say you're full, and pushing you to finish one more serving.