Are we still using heavy cream to gain?
Kbfawksy13:
Heavy cream and its usefulness for gaining is more complex than people realise. It has a lot to do with how its used and consumed.
For starters, drinking it straight is not particularly effective. If it doesn't bind to anything in your guts, it basically just acts like a lubricant. The equivalent of drinking oil. The secret is binding it to something else so that it can have the time to be digested.
In our experience, substituting milk with heavy cream for making a box of instant pudding is actually pretty effective! The gelatin in the pudding mix binds really well and makes it more solid. Can be a little difficult to eat the whole thing unless you've trained some stomach capacity, but one box of pudding and a pint of good quality heavy cream is nearly 2k calories on its own.
Some other suggestions for binding it to something: milkshakes, smoothie powders, blended fruits, protein powder, oatmeal, basically anything thick or solid that appreciates milk.
If you're used to dairy products, this isn't a bad way to force some extra calories, but you gotta be wary of cholesterol. Heavy cream is pretty high in cholesterol, so over-relying on heavy cream, or having an already high cholesterol diet and adding it, can lead to heart problems.
YMMV
Heavy cream and its usefulness for gaining is more complex than people realise. It has a lot to do with how its used and consumed.
For starters, drinking it straight is not particularly effective. If it doesn't bind to anything in your guts, it basically just acts like a lubricant. The equivalent of drinking oil. The secret is binding it to something else so that it can have the time to be digested.
In our experience, substituting milk with heavy cream for making a box of instant pudding is actually pretty effective! The gelatin in the pudding mix binds really well and makes it more solid. Can be a little difficult to eat the whole thing unless you've trained some stomach capacity, but one box of pudding and a pint of good quality heavy cream is nearly 2k calories on its own.
Some other suggestions for binding it to something: milkshakes, smoothie powders, blended fruits, protein powder, oatmeal, basically anything thick or solid that appreciates milk.
If you're used to dairy products, this isn't a bad way to force some extra calories, but you gotta be wary of cholesterol. Heavy cream is pretty high in cholesterol, so over-relying on heavy cream, or having an already high cholesterol diet and adding it, can lead to heart problems.
YMMV
this is great information - thanks for sharing it! i think it will be really useful for people that are really interesting in gaining.
i get the feeling that chugging straight cream has been sort of fetishized, in a way. personally, when i have experimented with it, it turned my stomach. once something grosses you out, it's hard to even think about having it! i think mixing it into something tastier and more palatable is a fantastic idea.
getting fat should taste good, right? the journey is just as important as the destination.
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Any regrets
Feedeeinprogress:
I am a new Feedee and I was wondering if any of y’all had gained a significant amount of weight and regret it to the point of you losing it back. just curious.
I am a new Feedee and I was wondering if any of y’all had gained a significant amount of weight and regret it to the point of you losing it back. just curious.
early on i had a few moments of panic, questioning what i had let happen and resolving to lose weight...
it happened twice in a big way. first was when i'd gained almost 50 lbs, and then again as it got closer to 100 lbs.
but those feelings left didn't last very long. a visit to the gym and a plate of nachos later, and i realized i'd made the right lifestyle choice.
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