Lifestyle tips

Just eating a little bit more past “full” has worked very well for me. Also, alternating between savory and sweet foods ( always have dessert!) helps me eat more past being full. And adding a milkshake to your snack line up is a great way to add a good amount of calories.

I've always thought if you push it too hard it becomes a chore, and it's a shame to turn it into a chore when it can be so much fun.

What a lot of people do is alternate stuffing days with days where they just eat what they feel like. That way you increase your capacity on the stuffing days, and just enjoy yourself the rest of the time.

It's not a race.

Yeah, I think stomach stretching is the fix. I have a hard time gaining as well and have been working on just eating a larger volume of whatever I'm having rather than fussing about calories.

At one point if I ordered a Chick-Fil-A combo and got the large size fries I'd be stuffed. Then I went to ordering the combo with large fries and adding an additional medium fry. By the time I finished that I would be completely stuffed, but at this point I can finish that no problem at all and have just moved to ordering the combo with a large fries and adding an additional large fries on top of that.

Keep at just eating more volume of whatever you're already having and you'll see progress for sure.