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30lbs in 3 months???
Dreezy:
So I’m 20lbs in 3 months might be a more realistic goal? I’m just trying to set real expectations, I wanna enjoy this process.
Also would 20lbs be noticeable? I’m currently 5’6 185lbs so that would put at about 205lbs (which is the heaviest I’ll have ever been btw)
So I’m 20lbs in 3 months might be a more realistic goal? I’m just trying to set real expectations, I wanna enjoy this process.
Also would 20lbs be noticeable? I’m currently 5’6 185lbs so that would put at about 205lbs (which is the heaviest I’ll have ever been btw)
There’s a little overlap between my gaining experience and your plan, plus our age, sex, and height.
I went from ~140 lbs to 265 lbs peak, mostly during my 30s, and I’m 5’4 so—close to your height. I was reviewing my weight logs to see the most I gained in a 90-day period and it was in fact 20 lbs, from 186 to 206. 30 lbs is technically possible, but your gain may seem more like work and therefore less enjoyable. 20 lbs is more realistic indeed.
A 20 lb gain on a 5’6 185 lb frame would be “not insignificant” in terms of how you look, but it’s kind of on the edge. Wearing a t-shirt around the people closest to you, they are more likely to notice. Wearing heavier clothing around acquaintances, they are less likely to notice. (Plus weight distribution of course varies between people).
One last thing: try not to get too fixated on the numbers on the scale day-to-day or even week-to-week. Fluctuations are natural, gaining in spurts (vs. in a straight line) is normal. Just enjoy yourself and your increasing squishiness.
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30lbs in 3 months???
Dreezy:
So I’m 20lbs in 3 months might be a more realistic goal? I’m just trying to set real expectations, I wanna enjoy this process.
Also would 20lbs be noticeable? I’m currently 5’6 185lbs so that would put at about 205lbs (which is the heaviest I’ll have ever been btw)
Frogman:
There’s a little overlap between my gaining experience and your plan, plus our age, sex, and height.
I went from ~140 lbs to 265 lbs peak, mostly during my 30s, and I’m 5’4 so—close to your height. I was reviewing my weight logs to see the most I gained in a 90-day period and it was in fact 20 lbs, from 186 to 206. 30 lbs is technically possible, but your gain may seem more like work and therefore less enjoyable. 20 lbs is more realistic indeed.
A 20 lb gain on a 5’6 185 lb frame would be “not insignificant” in terms of how you look, but it’s kind of on the edge. Wearing a t-shirt around the people closest to you, they are more likely to notice. Wearing heavier clothing around acquaintances, they are less likely to notice. (Plus weight distribution of course varies between people).
One last thing: try not to get too fixated on the numbers on the scale day-to-day or even week-to-week. Fluctuations are natural, gaining in spurts (vs. in a straight line) is normal. Just enjoy yourself and your increasing squishiness.
Dreezy:
Definitely agree!
Were those 20lbs challenging to gain? What did your diet look like to gain that in 90 days?
So I’m 20lbs in 3 months might be a more realistic goal? I’m just trying to set real expectations, I wanna enjoy this process.
Also would 20lbs be noticeable? I’m currently 5’6 185lbs so that would put at about 205lbs (which is the heaviest I’ll have ever been btw)
Frogman:
There’s a little overlap between my gaining experience and your plan, plus our age, sex, and height.
I went from ~140 lbs to 265 lbs peak, mostly during my 30s, and I’m 5’4 so—close to your height. I was reviewing my weight logs to see the most I gained in a 90-day period and it was in fact 20 lbs, from 186 to 206. 30 lbs is technically possible, but your gain may seem more like work and therefore less enjoyable. 20 lbs is more realistic indeed.
A 20 lb gain on a 5’6 185 lb frame would be “not insignificant” in terms of how you look, but it’s kind of on the edge. Wearing a t-shirt around the people closest to you, they are more likely to notice. Wearing heavier clothing around acquaintances, they are less likely to notice. (Plus weight distribution of course varies between people).
One last thing: try not to get too fixated on the numbers on the scale day-to-day or even week-to-week. Fluctuations are natural, gaining in spurts (vs. in a straight line) is normal. Just enjoy yourself and your increasing squishiness.
Dreezy:
Definitely agree!
Were those 20lbs challenging to gain? What did your diet look like to gain that in 90 days?
Challenging? Yes, in that overeating did not come naturally to me. I had to train and habituate myself to overeat and sometimes binge (I was on the thin side most of my life.) No, insofar as I'd already put on weight by that point so my ticket to the Gain Train was punched.
Diet-wise, I was eating as much as possible mostly in the form of carbs and fats. Pizza, ice cream, more pizza, Chinese food, Italian food, Thai food, some Indian food, other cuisines, plus some junk food sprinkled in... A lot of my disposable income went to my food budget, which was 'effin expensive. Also, no unnecessary exercise. Just lazing around in my spare time, shoveling fettucine alfredo into my mouth--with some encouragement from outside parties.
Spoiler alert: Don't do what I did. Even if you want to get as fat as possible as quickly as possible, try to eat a more balanced diet and definitely get some low-key exercise regularly. (I was lucky not to have developed health problems).
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