LaylaniR:
Yeah Learned that too. The eagerness of gaining can sometime be a trap. It's sometimes good to listen to your body and slow down. I opt for making sure I eat high calories meals even if I don't stuff myself. I also make sure all of the ingredients I use to cook at home are the highest calorie options, eg peanut butter cereal, butter, white bread, white rice etc. I do stuff occasionally and I make sure to drink weight gain shakes every night during my heavy cream cycles
Munchies:
Just wanted to add to this that nutrition is extremely important. A lot of people think that if you eat a lot or are very fat, it's impossible to be malnourished. That can't be further from the truth.
Your body needs a lot of different nutrients to function properly. If you don't get everything you need, you're body won't be able to function as it should. On top of all that, high-fat diets can make it harder to absorb things correctly.
So, it's extremely important to proceed with caution.
J8o8h8n:
I know I've been taking multivitamins more frequently than I used to and I periodically take a break from eating a bunch of fast food to eat a bit healthier. I definitely have been eating less healthy than I used to though (it comes with eating 5000-6500+ calories most days since starting my gaining challenge). I'll probably ease up a bit at the end of the challenge, but it's seeming more and more likely I'll never go back to eating how I did before the challenge (or be the size I was before the challenge lol).
That's fine if you never go back to how you used to eat. I'm simply cautioning you about the quality of the foods you eat.
Have you ever spoken to someone on a mostly fast food diet? Especially if you knew them before they started eating that way? There's a major change in their personality and cognitive skills. A friend of mine calls it "Fast Food Brain Rot" or "FFBR" for short. Simply put, when the brain doesn't get the nutrition it needs, you get behavioral changes and brain fog. Usually goes away when you start to eat better.