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Thought I'd start a topic for the hard-gainers (individuals with high metabolisms or other problems gaining mass). Although it may be difficult for those of trying to curb our caloric intakes to imagine, one of the biggest obstacles hard-gainers seem to face is A. Healthy, high-calorie variety in their diet, and B. Healthy, high-calorie affordable food. So let's go over a few rules for this thread, shall we? 1. No sarcastic posts, ie. suggestions like a "Blenderized Happy Meal" (<--- shameless Vlogbrother plug, and yes, SFW) 2. Try to post recipes that have both variety and lost-cost in mind. 3. Don't be afraid to post the obvious! If it's healthy, high-calorie and cheap to make, feel free to share. I'd like this thread to be something our veteran NFers can point newbie hard-gainers to as a resource for their fitness journey; there's an awful lot of available recipes and advice for those of us who need low-calorie recipes, but let's not forget our fellow NFers on the opposite end of the spectrum.

I have a impossible time gaining and getting weight. I was on a 3k-4k calorie diet for two weeks and gained about 6 pounds. missed one day of eating and lost it all. In fact today I hadn't eaten much and I weighed myself. I was 131. An hour of talking later I weighed myself again and was 129. So I went and ate two four egg turkey and Colby omelettes. Before I started this diet my pants wouldn't fit me at the end of the day. I'm 21 male 5'10" and weigh around 130 pounds. I'm very lean. Less than 10% body fat I think. I was last year XD. I walk around 7 miles a day with moderate physical activity. I work out doing something like 30 push ups. Sit ups I do using a 20 lb weight on my chest to see an effect. I do bicep curls with the same dumbbell as sit ups. the sit ups and curls I do till it burns and then I shoot for 10 more. I'm finding it really hard to meet my calorie goals daily and feel like I'm going to have to eat all the time. In also not certain I can afford this. I don't feel life it's healthy either. And on top of all that I should probably be eating more in the 4-6k calorie range because I didn't factor in any exorcise when I got my last target number. What in asking for is help with eating enough and if it's normal to burn through weight like this?