Gaining

Hey y'all. I've been a lurker in the feeder community for a while now, and have only really been passively gaining weight, but in the last week or so I've decided to fully take it seriously. My only concern is that I'm a fairly muscular guy and my metabolism is a bitch. I am still looking to stay muscular I just want a belly too. Are there any tricks to slowing down my metabolism or is the answer just to eat enough to power through it? I also thought about going through periods of not working out and just stuffing and doing that for a while. Or would it be better to just consistently do lighter exercises than what I've been doing? According to TDEE calculator my maintenance calories are around 3,000 calories a day, and recently I've been trying to eat 3,700-4,000

You can keep doing what you are doing. Just focus on upping your calorie count. You don't have to stuff yourself. You can increase it over time.

Also, be less strict with your diet. Still eat healthy, but throw in foods you used to deny yourself.

Ill keep that in mind, I'm still trying to get my body used to eating more food. Like at certain points I can tell I'm not physically full but I'm subconsciously creating a mental block preventing me from continuing to eat

That's probably your #1 problem. Make it your JOB to eat. Pull no punches, eat it ALL. Add more cream, eat all the cheese, carb load when you don't "need to" carb load. 😁👍 Many folks also swear by weight gain shakes.

Do you have a favorite brand of protein powder for gaining or will any of them do? And I can definitely feel the laziness part, after I passed 200 lbs I really can't bring myself to do cardio at all and recently I've pretty much gone from going to the gym daily to 3-4 times a week if that.