I need to pack on pounds

[Guest Snake McClain]

Okay so check this. I right now weight less than i have in half a decade. and this is NOT a good thing. I was at my prime (a couple months ago) weighing in at 197lbs. loving it. now i'm back down to 180. But it's been because of complete loss of appetite. nothing sounds good. i eat and just cant take more than a few bites. My appetite is coming back and now i want to start cramming calories back in me because even though the abs are starting to show i want my size back. It's interesting though that I am lifting more than when i was at 197 but i just don't like the way i look or feel. I used to joke that i was "fat" at the 197 but now that I'm at 180 i'm feeling scrawny. it's odd. I don't like it. So.

Tips on dense clean calories that I can eat to put this weight back on quick and sustainably since i am now hungry again all the time?

[Waldo]

You need the calories, you need adequate protein, you need to strength train, and you need rest.

How clean the calories are will have little bearing on the muscle to fat ratio gained. More important will be the size of the surplus, and whether there is adequate protein, muscle stimulus, and rest so that growth can occur with that surplus.

[notanartmajor]

What are you calling clean? If milk is clean then that's a good option.

[Guest Snake McClain]

i'm about to drink an entire gallon of chocolate milk. just to get something in me.

[Guest Snake McClain]

typically i'll eat just meat and veggies. no grains. i do dairy. little cheese. lots of peanut butter. eggs (tons of eggs).

[alan713ch]

Wow, and I thought I was scrawny at 140 lbs.

Milk is your friend, in TOP of everything else. Your meat, your veggies. Try to eat coconut oil by the spoonful, one or two a day. And keep exercising. =D

[Timmy M]

sweet potatoes/yams, you need carbs really if you wanna gain size though if you're set on abs only have em after working out

[Relic]

and don't forget olive oil! I use a bunch in my salads so that they are nutrient AND calorie dense. The guy that runs crossfit football.com (John Welborn I think) puts olive oil in his whole milk! That's pretty extreme, but he's one strong dude!

[alice-on]

Ever done the Svunt Shake? I recommend it to all my friends that are trying to gain weight. It was this and my own variants that helped me get on my way to gaining a healthy weight http://caloriecount.about.com/svunt-shake-half-whole-milk-recipe-r559324

[Waldo]

typically i'll eat just meat and veggies. no grains. i do dairy. little cheese. lots of peanut butter. eggs (tons of eggs).

Milk and peanut butter, helping skinny kids build muscles for decades.

[Jcannon98188]

http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?13908-Steve-s-Muscle-Buildin-Big-Ass-Smoothie

This is steve's muscle buildin big a** smoothie. Seems to be a nice source of lots of calories.