Diet crap talk

[Rusty Edge]

I'm thinking that I'd like to drop my weight to the next notch, which I'm guessing will be in the 198-199 area, and let it there.
I'll see if I can manage it before I go fishing.

[E_T]

I'm hovering around 218.

[Unorthodox]

Got me a working scale.  I'm down another 5 lbs since the doctors' visit, though will probably go back up a bit after a real stressful week. 

[Trench Dog]

I'm actually in a position where I should gain a bit of weight, healthily mind. Always been lean and I know its not merely an age thing, in my mid twenties at this point and no matter how much I may eat it can be difficult for me to gain weight and keep it. It's made bulking up for strength related reasons hard.

Any tips you folks got? I know the whole "eat more than daily caloric intake" and all that but my metabolism just seems super high.

[E_T]

Lot of good stuff in the early pages of this thread, check them out...

[Rusty Edge]

I'm actually in a position where I should gain a bit of weight, healthily mind. Always been lean and I know its not merely an age thing, in my mid twenties at this point and no matter how much I may eat it can be difficult for me to gain weight and keep it. It's made bulking up for strength related reasons hard.

Any tips you folks got? I know the whole "eat more than daily caloric intake" and all that but my metabolism just seems super high.

Welcome to Recreation Commons. Well, maybe some questions first. Do you have health insurance and do you get an annual check-up with bloodwork? I ask because sometimes there can be thyroid issues, or early stages of diabetes, or an auto-immune /irritable bowel syndrome that cause people to lose weight. Or various yeast/parasites.

Of course the easiest and funnest way to gain weight is the gladiator's method- have beer with your meals.

I might add that dairy consumption is probably the answer you're looking for. It's designed to make a calf grow big and fast... hormones, protein, fat and sugar all combined.

[Trench Dog]

Welcome to Recreation Commons. Well, maybe some questions first. Do you have health insurance and do you get an annual check-up with bloodwork? I ask because sometimes there can be thyroid issues, or early stages of diabetes, or an auto-immune /irritable bowel syndrome that cause people to lose weight. Or various yeast/parasites.

Of course the easiest and funnest way to gain weight is the gladiator's method- have beer with your meals.

I might add that dairy consumption is probably the answer you're looking for. It's designed to make a calf grow big and fast... hormones, protein, fat and sugar all combined.

Thanks for the welcome!

I live in Canada so basic healthcare is covered.

I do not have any other health insurance than that though.

I do drink plenty of milk, I stopped drinking alcohol a while back because too much killed my guts but I can probably start drinking beer, just avoid the heavy stuff.

I do not have regular bloodwork done but my last checkups said I was healthy, and that was about last winter.

[Rusty Edge]

Well, cheese works, too.
I'm not going to criticize Canadian healthcare.
If you had gut issues before, maybe you could try probiotics ( beneficial bacteria) and pre-biotics ( types of fiber that feed them ) to re-establish a balance. It's possible that you lost some strains of beneficial bacteria due to a round of anti-biotics or acid controllers or something, and aren't able to digest and absorb well enough to gain weight.

Fruit signals the body to fatten up for the winter, so you could try that.

[Trench Dog]

Will look into that; I definitely do need to eat more fruits and cheese in general. Fruits especially.

[Unorthodox]

I know this was a problem in the 30's and 40's and led to the development of "enriched" foods (especially flour) here in the states.  A lack of amino acids, Iron, B12, and certain other elements in the wartime diet were considered the cause.  Actually quite similar to ingredients in the various bulking products currently peddled at fitness stores. 

[Rusty Edge]

I got some genetic testing results yesterday. Apparently I'm about 3 or 4 pounds below average for somebody of my height, age, and genetic composition. That may explain why my body is inclined to hold this weight.

[E_T]

So, there are fat genes (or thin)?  The next Fat loss Fad to rake the people's money, Gene Therapy to loose weight...

[Rusty Edge]

So, there are fat genes (or thin)?  The next Fat loss Fad to rake the people's money, Gene Therapy to loose weight...

Don't know. There's a lot of South German in the gene mix, so maybe it's fat genes. Then again, maybe it's the spaetzle and beer they favor that makes otherwise average people fat.

All Europeans are genetically inclined towards type 2 diabetes vs. bloodlines from other continents. So maybe it's an insulin resistance gene?

There' a lot to process.

[Unorthodox]

Officially down 10 pounds since getting the scale.  I'm within 5 pounds of the last time I had regular scale access, back in 2008. 

[Rusty Edge]

Officially down 10 pounds since getting the scale.  I'm within 5 pounds of the last time I had regular scale access, back in 2008.

Congratulations! I know it feels great to turn the clock back 10 years.