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The best thing to do is surround yourself with your favorite foods so you can fulfill all of your cravings as they arise. If just following your natural appetite doesn't work, then you can get a little more scientific with it and start keeping track of how much you're eating.

It's really helpful to plug in your stats into a TDEE calculator to see how many calories you need just to maintain your weight. It's also useful to keep close track of your food intake for at least a month just to make sure you're eating enough. If you're used to eating 2,000 calories a day, you can try eating between 2200 to 2500 calories for a week and see if you gain. If you don't see results, try adding another 200 calorie snack each day and then readjust as needed at the end of the week. The key is to slowly increase caloric intake each week until you hit your desired rate of gain.

A lot of new gainers utilize shakes because it can be hard to get used to eating so much food at first. There are lots of recipes for high calories shakes, both healthy versions and more rich and decadent ones (Milkshakes made with heavy cream, 'cake shakes', and shakes made with healthy, nutrient-dense ingredients are all equally effective). It's really easy to get 1,000 to 3,000 calories in a single shake. Going the shake route is also more cost effective, as you can just eat the way you are used to eating and not have to spend more money on food apart from a few shake ingredients.

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Guest ssbbwlove

chubbychiquita (someone who is on the cusp of gaining 100 lb since March) says she uses this calculator to determine her daily calorie intake:

https://www.calculators.org/health/weight-gain.php

I don’t know how accurate it is (I’ve played around with it, and I’ve found a “way” a certain sized girl could gain 150 lb in six months which seems unrealistic, but idk) but it seems to be working for her. I guess when in doubt, stuff your face more. 

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Those TDEE calculators are relatively accurate (that one ssbbwlove just posted is awesome!), but always good to view the number as just an estimated starting point. The weekly weigh-ins and measurements will let you know if you need to eat more food to gain. Sometimes you have to put "Very Active" instead of sedentary if you have a fast metabolism.

Weight fluctuates wildly at the start of a gain too, and there's often a period where the body overcompensates and tries to burn off the excess calories that can last anywhere from a few weeks to a month or more - But then suddenly one day you'll wake up much fatter once your metabolism gets used to the increased calorie intake and surrenders.

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20 hours ago, Gusto said:

The best thing to do is surround yourself with your favorite foods so you can fulfill all of your cravings as they arise. If just following your natural appetite doesn't work, then you can get a little more scientific with it and start keeping track of how much you're eating.

It's really helpful to plug in your stats into a TDEE calculator to see how many calories you need just to maintain your weight. It's also useful to keep close track of your food intake for at least a month just to make sure you're eating enough. If you're used to eating 2,000 calories a day, you can try eating between 2200 to 2500 calories for a week and see if you gain. If you don't see results, try adding another 200 calorie snack each day and then readjust as needed at the end of the week. The key is to slowly increase caloric intake each week until you hit your desired rate of gain.

A lot of new gainers utilize shakes because it can be hard to get used to eating so much food at first. There are lots of recipes for high calories shakes, both healthy versions and more rich and decadent ones (Milkshakes made with heavy cream, 'cake shakes', and shakes made with healthy, nutrient-dense ingredients are all equally effective). It's really easy to get 1,000 to 3,000 calories in a single shake. Going the shake route is also more cost effective, as you can just eat the way you are used to eating and not have to spend more money on food apart from a few shake ingredients.

Thank you! I’ll be downloading the TDEE calculator right now!

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