When I was younger I was able to eat enough food to bulk but now I’m having a hard time eating enough to make progress.

[Fatboy3580]

What do you guys do to keep calories in a surplus?

 

[bigzzz]

Just eat.

 

[3BILLS]

Why do I feel like you 2 are the same person

 

[Johnnyhartly]

Boo I can’t eat.

Buddy you gotta nut up

 

[TheOtherOne55]

What do you guys do to keep calories in a surplus?

There is no secret. Eat food.
Eat food that you can digest quickly.

To be honest, most find it very hard to eat past "full." At a certain point in time you kinda gotta learn to do that.

 

[gauge22-v2]

Yogurt, nut butter, whey, fruit and a healthier granola. You can get a bowl of this up to 800 calories np

Have a shake in the middle of the night

Add a bunch of whole eggs to your diet

Sub out chicken for beef

 

[qbkilla]

Eat food you enjoy. Eating a ton of food is the easiest thing in the world..look around at your fellow citizens. If you have a bird appetite eat calorie dense food that goes down easy vs chicken breast and brocoli

 

[Alzadosghost]

My question is this- if you don’t have the heart, fortitude or balls to eat how do you even train hard enough to matter? Lol everyone here knows eating is the real work. No one wants to eat 8 meals when you’re only hungry for 2-3 meals. But that’s how you grow. Pretty simple. Your workouts must be pretty wimpy too. You’ll figure it out or you won’t. Bodybuilding isn’t for everyone even if they want to fool themselves thinking it is.

 

[Fatboy3580]

Eat food you enjoy. Eating a ton of food is the easiest thing in the world..look around at your fellow citizens. If you have a bird appetite eat calorie dense food that goes down easy vs chicken breast and brocoli

I have no problem getting in enough protein.it’s easy for me to cut now but bulking is much harder.
The funny thing is when I was younger it was the complete opposite.
I’m basically force feeding myself to get in more carbs.
Is there anything I can take to stimulate my appetite?
I even tried smoking weed and that used to give me the munchies but now even that doesn’t make me hungry.
I smoke for medical reasons and my doctors told me to smoke to help my symptoms ,which it works really well for just doesn’t increase my appetite when I do.

 

[Heath82]

Because the bigger you get the more food you have to eat. What worked then won’t work now

 

[Siggy]

Are you taking any stimulants?

 

[Fatboy3580]

My question is this- if you don’t have the heart, fortitude or balls to eat how do you even train hard enough to matter? Lol everyone here knows eating is the real work. No one wants to eat 8 meals when you’re only hungry for 2-3 meals. But that’s how you grow. Pretty simple. Your workouts must be pretty wimpy too. You’ll figure it out or you won’t. Bodybuilding isn’t for everyone even if they want to fool themselves thinking it is.

I’m force feeding myself to get calories in and my workouts are very intense and been lifting for 33 years.its just the last few years , my body changed.
I do eat a lot every 2 hours even throughout the night.i just thought there was something I can do to increase my appetite.

 

[Fatboy3580]

Are you taking any stimulants?

Only pre workout.that shouldn’t effect the rest of the day.I’m at the gym at 5am so by 9am it’s out of my system.

 

[Alzadosghost]

How old are you

 

[qbkilla]

I have no problem getting in enough protein.it’s easy for me to cut now but bulking is much harder.
The funny thing is when I was younger it was the complete opposite.
I’m basically force feeding myself to get in more carbs.
Is there anything I can take to stimulate my appetite?
I even tried smoking weed and that used to give me the munchies but now even that doesn’t make me hungry.
I smoke for medical reasons and my doctors told me to smoke to help my symptoms ,which it works really well for just doesn’t increase my appetite when I do.

Hit up subway. Footlong sub is about 1k calories and you can eat it in 2 minutes and want another.

 

[traininsane11]

Assuming it’s a digestive thing as opposed to just not putting in the effort with the food then I’d look into digestive health it’s not what you eat as much as what your body can absorb. Personally I’d also stay away from OTT mass gain shakes either bought or homemade most people I know who throw 1-2k cals down their necks with these shakes usually do more harm than good to their digestion

 

[carbs]

Eating and meal prep is the hardest part of all this.

 

[aHarness]

I have no problem getting in enough protein.it’s easy for me to cut now but bulking is much harder.

If you have the protein down, carbs should be easy.

Rice, honey, fruit, cereals etc

 

[Fatboy3580]

How old are you

47

 

[Alzadosghost]

Shit youv been training fur 33 years youv probably got a pretty impressive physique. Let’s see a pic