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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
I have set a long-term goal of reaching 275 lbs. As much as I'd like to get there as soon as possible, it's not a great idea. Perhaps when I was younger, but not now. Plus by going slower, I won't blow through clothes.

I know a relatively healthy diet and light excercises are necessary. But does anybody have any other tips? I love fast food and junk food like chips. Should I avoid those entirely?
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Primal23   United States
Joined 5 years
You're going to need a decent daily surplus of calories. Going a healthier route by avoiding processed and junk food is doable. Albeit probably a little harder and slower. Adding a little heavy cream to your diet each day could definitely help. Keeping a food journal and calorie count could also help to keep yourself on track. Going the long term route it's going to take much longer for gains to be noticable. So a journal will help you know you are eating enough. Best of luck!
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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
Primal23:
You're going to need a decent daily surplus of calories. Going a healthier route by avoiding processed and junk food is doable. Albeit probably a little harder and slower. Adding a little heavy cream to your diet each day could definitely help. Keeping a food journal and calorie count could also help to keep yourself on track. Going the long term route it's going to take much longer for gains to be noticable. So a journal will help you know you are eating enough. Best of luck!


Thanks for the tips! I've been keeping a non-official food journal on my phone's calculator! Everytime I eat something, I add it's calories. Next day I start back at 0. I've been in the 4,000-4,500 calorie range for a couple weeks. I'm going to be laying off fast food - or at least not have as much lol. Long story short I should be able to keep going with that.

As for cream, I've seen mixed messages over the years.
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Jd00723   United Kingdom
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I’m a big defender of heavy cream. But it’s different for everyone. I was stuffing for about a month, incorporating a pint of heavy cream a day into my diet, just mixing it with a little water if needed. I still crave the stuff but I found I started to gain a little quickly. There was definitely a delay of a couple of weeks.
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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
Jd00723:
I still crave the stuff but I found I started to gain a little quickly. There was definitely a delay of a couple of weeks.


Whenever I gain, I really like doing it quickly. So far this gain is no different. But I'm in the middle of switching to a slower and smarter process in an effort to stop yo-yoing and just stay fat. So I might not use it. Though I have read that it might be better for subcutaneous fat. Is there truth to that?

Another question I have: Is there a preferred weight gain/calorie calculator? I've entered my numbers into a few and they all have different results. About 350 calories per day difference between the highest and lowest. Or is it more trial and error and see what works and what doesn't?
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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
I'm running into a slight problem. I'm close to 5,000 calories today. The complete opposite of trying to slow down my gain. I am addicted to gaining fast. What do I need to do to reign it in?
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Primal23   United States
Joined 5 years
NoMoYoYo:
I'm running into a slight problem. I'm close to 5,000 calories today. The complete opposite of trying to slow down my gain. I am addicted to gaining fast. What do I need to do to reign it in?


Often times you will eventually plateau. Keeping up that kind of gaining is usually pretty difficult and expensive. So something usually gives that causes you to slow down. You can go with it for now and see if and when that happens. If you don't slow down or plateau revisit the situation.
If that happens it's often simple sugars that add lots of calories and causes the health issues. So limiting that while still enjoying the other stuff could slow things down while still allowing you to indulge and gain. Just in a better way.
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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
NoMoYoYo:
I'm running into a slight problem. I'm close to 5,000 calories today. The complete opposite of trying to slow down my gain. I am addicted to gaining fast. What do I need to do to reign it in?

Primal23:
Often times you will eventually plateau. Keeping up that kind of gaining is usually pretty difficult and expensive. So something usually gives that causes you to slow down. You can go with it for now and see if and when that happens. If you don't slow down or plateau revisit the situation.
If that happens it's often simple sugars that add lots of calories and causes the health issues. So limiting that while still enjoying the other stuff could slow things down while still allowing you to indulge and gain. Just in a better way.


I for sure need to cut down on sugars. I'm not a big sweets guy, but I'm eating more of it now than I had been. Plus the white bread in bagels and burger buns etc. I wasn't eating any of those things. Now I eat them all.
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