Ultimateaaron12:
I’ve been having a hard time trying to gain weight I’ve always been really skinny but have never tried to actively gain until now will my metabolism slow down as I push through and keep eating or should I wait until it slows naturally?

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

MottiF:
That’s a great calculation

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

Morbidly A Beast:
Exactly! can you like write how to do the math given activity levels and what not, I was always questioning how that effected the math.

Fatten Me Up Please:
oooh whats happened here?!

TheUltimate323:
I've seen that there are many people into feederism, some of whom like it and are turned on by fatphobia.
In my case, I'm in the process of becoming obese, but this topic repels me a bit. I'm from Spain; there aren't as many obese people here as there are in the US, so it's not as normalized. In my case, I want to be obese, have a huge body, experiment, and be seen as such, but I want to be treated with respect and I don't want to receive criticism for it.
That's the only thing that scares me about gaining weight. Like I said, I want to have a really fat body and be treated and seen as such, but I don't want to be insulted or rejected for it. I know some of you might like this, but I don't. What do you think?

TheUltimate323:
Let me introduce myself first. I'm a 22-year-old gay male. In fact, I consider myself quite gay, as I'm very attracted to men.
The thing is, I've decided to gain weight and be obese because I want to be. However, I'm very attracted to athletic guys. It's like I want to experience that contrast between being very obese and being with fit guys. Does anyone else feel this way or something similar?