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So what happens if I do this?


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Do you think I can gain healthy weight doing the following:

Eating 2000 calories or more per day [I need about 1600]
Walk once a week for 30 minutes [to burn pre existing fat] and do calisthenics like crunches and squats using ankle and wrist weights 2 times a week
Yoga 3 times a week

Sound like a good plan to gain healthily? Please let me know what you think!

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anybody?????

That would be a good plan if you were trying to maintain weight. I am eating about 2,000 or a little more or less each day to gain, but I am completely sedentary. Try for about 2,500 if you are exercising, if you can

It's hard for us to comment without some additional info - what's your age, height, current weight?  Is your current 'need' of 1600 based on you as a sedentary or did you include your activities in that calculation?  In general, you should aim for a 500-1000 calorie intake over your maintaince calories.

Original Post by kellzie:

Do you think I can gain healthy weight doing the following:

Eating 2000 calories or more per day [I need about 1600]
Walk once a week for 30 minutes [to burn pre existing fat] and do calisthenics like crunches and squats using ankle and wrist weights 2 times a week
Yoga 3 times a week

Sound like a good plan to gain healthily? Please let me know what you think!


I maintain at 2,000 calories...Im 5'4 110 lbs and do about 30 minute workouts. If you are trying to gain try around 2,600 -3,000 cals aday.... thats what i did and it worked great!

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