I have a really physical job and I have been seriously struggling to actually capitalize on weight distribution. According to a web calculator and some gym people I talked to I need a daily intake of 3100-3400 calories to actually put on weight. I don’t know how I could eat that much physically and financially. I’ve been trying to up my intake and eat lots of ice cream, but I’m so used to eating like 1800 calories and I’m essentially not hungry for the day by like 2400.

Update:

I just counted today’s calories:

  • 100 - dd coffee
  • 110 - dd hash browns
  • 540 - dd egg sandwich
  • 400 - aldi calzone
  • 220 - protein shake with whole milk
  • 480 - 4 aldi swiss rolls
  • ———
  • 1850 - total

I dunno how I’m gonna squeeze another 1300 calories in. Maybe I’ll drink 7 protein shakes tomorrow.

  • nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    for me I started being able to actually eat once I started eating 3 meals a day, even if thats just a bagel in the morning. warming your body up to eating helps you feel more hungry

    • Z72.53@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I do eat breakfast, but I don’t take lunches at work. So I have an egg sandwich and a coffee in the morning and then try to eat as much as I can from 4p-11p.

      • DaPorkchop_ [any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        if you aren’t eating at least 3 meals a day that’s definitely a good starting point :3

        that said, if your body is anything like mine then just eating “normal amount” of food may not be enough, so if you don’t notice anything happening i can very much recommend talking to a proper dietician and getting them to figure out how quickly your body pipes food directly to /dev/null uses energy and get a more scientific estimate for how much food you need to be eating. as i mentioned in my other comment, my metabolism’s break-even point is apparently somewhere over 4’500 kcal/day, which i never would’ve been able to figure out by just eating food normally.

    • gandalf_die_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      for me, coffee kinda does this. it stimulates the circulation and digestion and i immediately get hungry after that, usually for a donut or sth similar.