same weight for 3 years.
Ok, ok, I’m not one to belly ache and complain. I’m 25 years old, in great shape, healthy and haven’t been the slightest sick in 5 years. No colds, no flues, no nothing. I’ve smashed all of my goals and the only thing I can truly complain about is that I can’t take it to hard cause I’m one bad lift away from a hernia popping out of my left testical. Thats right, I said it. Besides that, I’ have been trainning 5 days a week for 3 years now, resting plenty, taking time off, sleeping well, eating well and getting as much protein as my wallet can allow me. Shakes, chicken, tuna, cottage cheese, eggs, bars, carbs, cals and anything I cna eat while still trying to stay healthy. Now, I know that there is a fine line between eating well and eating well to gain weight, and most likely I am not eating enough, despite my efforts. In fact, I bet that that is the reason. But after all I’ve tried, light weights, heavy weights, low set, high sets, mixing it up, slow fast…..one would assume….that in 2 years I would have put on at least..AT LEAST a couple of pounds of muscle. Despite the water weight and the differecne between a couple scales, I have been a consistent 163 lbs for close to 3 years now. I mean….COME ON!!!!! I do under 10 minutes of cardio a day. Thats not a lot.
I’m not going to say I’m a hardgainer cause I might as well shoot myself in the foot for calling myself that. I know I’m not eating enough, what else could it be. But that said, don’t you think I would have gained at least 1 pound. Have I hit a plateua so big that nothing short of eating McDonalds every day would break. Is giving up on a healthy, yet large, protien, calorie filled diet the sacrafice for putting on 5 pounds. If so, then no thanks but if you have another idea, then I’m all ears.
March 27, 2008 at 7:47 am
I am working with Tommy Jeffers (sporto1633) and he has really done a lot with my diet. His main emphasis to me has been that carbs are not evil. My current macros are 24% protein, 58% carbs and 18% fat. My advice to you would be start keeping a log of what you eat and figure out what your macros are. Adjust it and see what happens in two weeks. If you are still not gaining, up your calories a bit. Repeat the cycle.
Diet really is the biggest battle for me to gain weight, and what Tommy has done for me has certainly worked. I am up to 198 pounds right now, and I started with him back when i weighed 185 in November.
Good luck to you!!!