Plateaus exist because you were eating enough to maintain a steady surplus of calories which led to weight gain but now with your increased weight you require more calories to maintain your new weight. Think of it how larger animals need more calories than smaller ones. Calories needed to maintain your weight go up the heavier you get this is why some of the heaviest people take along time to gain, it shrimply becomes a monumental task to maintain the calories needed to gain all the time.
2000 calories is what’s needed for a 160 pound male to maintain his weight. A person who wants to gain needs to maintain significantly more depending on their weight.
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