Gaining

When trying to gain weight/get fat what am I looking for within weight gain foods, is it the number of calories or the fat content? A combination of the two? Or something completely different?

Thank you
Feedee101

What you want is carbs. When you first start out just think "Carbs, carbs, carbs." But be careful not to eat too many simple sugars. Eat more breads and the like. Also another thing you can do is start drinking more whole-fat milk, and fruit juices. Both are very calorically dense.

And if you have a problem with metabolism thwarting you one thing that you can do, over the short-term only mind you, is for a month or so alternate by weeks between a crash diet and all-out binging. This will confuse your metabolism and ultimately lower it. But it can have a negative effect on your health so you should only do it as a last resort and then only for a very short time.

Thank you both!

excess carbs not used by the body are converted into fat and stored for later use.

i.e. eating tons of carbs and doing little physical activity = tons of fat getting converted and stored all over your growing body.

The explaination is biological. Your body runs of carbs almost solely, it can use fat and protien only after it has converted them into a carb. So naturally, it's easier to gain weight from eating a carb than fat or protien because your body doesn't have to waste energy breaking it down and building a carb that it's just going to break down again.