Posts by pmercury

okgo,

try adding more protein to your diet like protein shakes, that worked for me to get over the pleateu.

Hi All,

Posting after a long time .. have been eating pretty much the same.. i manage to reach arnd 2500-2800 cals on a daily basis.

I weighed y'day and my current weight is 109.2, have gained 7 pounds in arnd 35 days.  :) It could be slow not sure but am happy with the gain.

My initial target was 110, looks like i'll be able to reach that by next week. So am pushing myself to 120 now.

I have a question for all -

Though I gained over 7 pounds according to the scale, it is not showing up on my body.  I still look skinny, my stomach is bit bloated but then doesn't show much there too. Did anyone face this? Or do you know when it'll start showing up?

hi All,

Been very busy for 3 days, didn't get time to post here.. but hav been eating fairly well.. hitting arnd 2500 cal.

Want to reach 3000 cal but it feels extremely difficult at the moment ..

Food so far :

Breakfast - Granola+Hot chocolate - 370 cal

S - Boost - 360 cal

Lunch - 1 cupRice+1/2 cup chick peas +some potatoes +1 cup yogurt - not sure how many cals.. cud be arnd 400

Feeling sort of low today..so not posting any replies now..

Hi All,

I weighed today... and guess what.... i have gained 3 lbs :)))))))))

9th oct mybweight was 103.2 lb and today i weigh 106.4lb. 

Aussie - I go to gym twice a week.

And more good news, today i reached 3070 cal :)))

Food -

B - Hot chocolate+protein shake = 560

S - protein bar - 240

Lunch - 1 cup rice with veggies and cheese - arnd 400 cal

Granola bar - 150+180

Evening protein shake - 360

Orange juice - 110

Milk shake - 680

Dinner - 1 cup rice , 1/2 cup curd, potato fried in lots of oil.. am estimating 400 cal but cud be more

Recipe for milk shake:

1 glass milk + 17 almonds+ 20-25 pistachio + 10 whole cashew + 2 tbsp peanut butter + 1 serving vanilla icecream

Take care all :))  

Hi All,

Agru - Congrats on your job. Really happy for you.

Ngemma - Welcome!!! What's your height? Not sure if you have already posted it. I guess you should try getting 2000cal minimum.

I managed to reach 2890 cal y'day. Was feeling ok.. no stomache ache and stuff like that.

I'm planning to increase to 3000 by next week. Hardest thing is to make sure I eat that much everyday. It feels really stressful.  But am happy I'm increasing steadily. Planning to be on 3000cal from next week for a month or so and monitor the progess.

Will go to gym today and also weigh myself. Last week i was at 103.2 lb. I hope i have atleast increased by 1 more lb :)

I don't do much in the gym, just a bit of free weights, stretching .. the weights are to ensure muscle build. I drink a protein shake just after my Gym session so that muscle build and repair is fast. I also don't burn much calories and I eat back watever is lost.

Food so far for today -

B - the ususal milk shake+hot chocolate - 560 cal

S - rite now having a protein bar -  240 cal

Will post rest of the food and my weight in the night.

Oh before I end, note for Spek - Hiiiiiii, please stop exercising , as agru and other people said, your body needs rest. probably after you gain arnd 5-10 lbs, you can start with light exercise as I do now. But I do only twice a week not daily. I get plenty of rest in my schedule.

Take Care All!!!

hi All,

Sry didn't check the posts y'day.. feeling quite good today, no stomache ache or bloated feeling..

have been on 2500 cal for a week now i guess but can't see any significant increase so thinking may be i'll increase to 2750 cal..

Every time I think about increasing the cals, I get so charged, it's a huge challange for me to increase even if it's jus 250 cals :))

Diet so far -

B - Boost, Protein bar - 650

S - hot chocolate - 230

L - cup of rice with pulses, onion, tomatoes and chips - 400

hi All,

Had a bad day y'day. Cud eat jus 1620 cals. Have severe stomach ache.. but managed to hav a 500 cal breakfast and an apple so far today so that makes 580 so far.

Will post the diet for the day later...

take care all.

Hi All,

Today was not that good, I felt full and could not eat much. Itried hard and this is wat I ate from the morn

B - hot choc, choc milk + 2 bananas - 600cal

S - Apricot+raisin energy bar - 200cal

L - Didn't eat much.. just some rice and boiled potato - arnd 300 cal

S - Made a milk shake with vanilla icecream, milk, nuts and banana - arnd 600 cal

D - planning to have rice - may be 400 and then i plan to hav juice -110 cal

So 2200 cal.. well short of my 2500 cal target. But am having stomach ache and can't bring myself to eat more. Hopefully tomm is a better day.

Take Care all.

hi All,

I had my weight checked today. 103 lb from 102.2 lb arnd 1 week back which is very less. So i guess i need to increase my intake to 2500cal or may be even more than that.

Had gone to gym today, had my first class. I found it extremely difficult to even do exercise for half hr but hopefully i'll get used to.

not gng to post my food today..feeling vry tired ..

take care all

Hi All,

Weekend is always a mess, i sleep for long and  don't eat as well.

 But y'day i made almond cake (well it's not exactly a cake) and ate it with vanilla icecream.. it was awesome :))))))))))

Recipe if u want:

Soak 1 cup of almonds in water for 3 hrs, peel the skin and put it in a blender with some milk. Enough milk to soak the almonds completely. Blend it into a coarse mixture.

In a Pan, add two tsp of butter, and this mixture, keep stirring when it comes to a boil, add two tsp of butter more and keep stirring. When it thickens u can remove from the oven. The cooking time is arnd 20-25 mins. It's very tasty and lots of calories tooooooo :)))

Food today:

Haven't had a grt start yet . got lots of work to do.. so jus had chock milk and two granola bars so far :((((

I'm gng to gym today to learn some strengthening exercise, also will weigh today. it's almost 2 weeks on a diet of 2000 cal, hoping for some gain.If not thinking to increase my cal to 2700.

Take care all.

Hi All,

I'm on 2000 cal diet for a week now. Some days increased my intake between 2200-2500 cal. Went to the market and hav got Ensure, peanut butter and almond butter :))

Agru, Congrats on gaining some weight. You seem to be doing well now. If u plan to exercise may be you shud increase to 3000cal or else I guess 2500 is fine.

I'm gng to start wrkng out from next week but I'll be doing weight training used to build muscle and increase weight. I heard if u lift weight and do more no. of repetitions u lose, but if u lift more weight with less no. of repetitions u gain.

I'm also planning to increase intake to 2500cal but am vry scared at the thought of eating so much :((

Keep eating and gaining :)))

thanx agruskin for your suggestions.

I'm 5'5'' tall.