I'd recommend you dont put on any weight (though I'm no expert). YES thats normal, if you have an ectomorph body type. When you're older you'll get all the benefits. Thin people live way longer. You'll have the last laugh when you outlive your peers by 20 years and see your great grandkids. Plus older thin people look younger. Dont let people drag you into their fat misery If you want the extra weight for appearance purposes then yeah add muscle mass never fat mass.
5'9" 145lb, 21 years old. I eat a lot of fruits and snacks after supper. It's actually better to eat complex carbs like fruits and veggies after working out than protein. I usually play about 15 hours of bball a week and workout 1-3 times a week. I can do about 2 plates of sushi, 2 plates of hot food, 2 more plates of hot food, and dessert at Todai. I'm really food greedy. I eat fast food about 4-5 times a week. I will usually get 3 items off the value menu but will opt for another chicken sandwich if I had a light lunch. If the food is tasty, I won't stop eating! I also eat a lot of samgupssal (korean style pork belly) but with lots of lettuce. I thought I was pretty skinny for my height. But you are even more skinny! haha. jk.
OP: Man, your situation is exactly like mine. No joke. Glad that there's someone out there in the same position as me.
Please don't listen to people telling you to drink soda and eat fatty foods late at night. You want to put on weight but you don't want to put on bad weight (fat). Muscle weights more then fat; the best way to put on weight is to put on muscle. Get a consistent, lifting workout program and eat a lot. It's more important for you to eat more often than big--eat six meals a day. Six medium meals will be better off for you than two big ones (which is what most people eat). Supplements will help but it is way more important to eat right--eat lots of real protein and good carbs. Eat two peanut butter sandwiches a day on wheat bread. As you put on weight, keep in mind that you want to put on good weight. You can very easily put on muscle mass and gain a ton of weight without eating crap junk food and soda at all. Oh, and you can take my word for it..four or so years ago I started a thread exactly like yours to a t. I got some advise but didn't really take it. A couple years later I got serious with working out and diet and stuck to a regimen--the results are ridiculous. 2 and a half years ago I at 5'10 weighed about 135 pounds. I weigh a solid 170 now--that's 35 pounds of mostly muscle in not even 3 years. That's created a big, big difference in every aspect of my life, from sports to women to my own self confidence. Once you start adhering to a exercise program and getting committed to it, you can start using the supplements like weight gainers and creatine but for now concentrate on your exercise and diet and if you truly commit to it you will see results. If I can do it, anyone can.
Step 1: read this thread: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=99476 Step 2: re-read my first post on that thread (post number 13) http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=1932339&postcount=13 If you start the program that I mentioned, post back here and I'll give you some more specific helpful tips.
Track your food and exercise. I thought I was going in the right direction but when you see the numbers for the day you can clearly see I was doing the opposite of what I set out to do. 4,276.23 - Calories Allowed (to gain 1lb a week for someone 6'3" 177lbs) 3,022.50 - Calories Consumed ("clean" food) 1,204 - Calories Burned (weight training) 1,818.5 - Net Calories corrected the issues and I'm up 6lbs to 183 over 5 weeks.
Theres an episode of "The Simpsons" where Homer wants to weigh 300 lbs so he can get on disability. I believe the episode is titled "King-Sized Homer." Watch that episode, but dont think of it as entertainment. Instead, treat it like an instructional video.
When I was 20 I was in the same boat as you. I could not gain weight to save my life. I was hovering aroung 125-130. I would not worry to much about it, as you get older your metabolism gets slower, you will gain more weight. I am 32 now and I am 175, although I have a more of a beer belly from my drinking days in my 20's. Also, like another poster stated, get married and you are definitely going to gain weight.
I'm 5'7" & 130 lbs and this is the most I have ever weighed, just turned 30 last month. I had been in the low to mid 120's since HS and gained those 5-7 pounds in the last year without exercising. I didn't notice until my wife got on me that it seems I only gained in the stomach (beer belly) and chubbier cheeks. So, now I have got on daily exercising routine.
What's with all the skinny people here? I had kept the same weight without trying since high school. Then, over a couple weeks one summer around 30 years old, I gained 10 pounds. Don't know where it went since I basically look the same. I hadn't changed anything, just got older. So, now I'm stuck around 145 and will probably be there till I'm 50. Not that I'm trying to change it.
I'm in the same situation as you bro. I'm just a little taller, 6'1" and about 145-150. I never had a tremendous appetite but when I did motivate myself to regularly work out, I was drinking a good amount of high-protein and high-calorie shakes before bed. My problem was and is not feeling like I was getting adequate results. Like I would go for 3 weeks or a month straight and felt like I wasn't getting bigger. Sure I got toned, but I still stayed around the same weight. It's still frustrating, but I can sense that it's short term frustrations. I'm not going to try and preach here, but it's really just the society around everyone that wants immediate results. In the long term this is probably a "good" thing that it's difficut to put on weight. I suspect your metabolism is much like mine -- I can eat a lot or a little over a given time period and my weight won't change. My father was always thin and only recently (in the past 10 years) has he actually put on some weight (he's 60). I'm still trying to get myself back on a consistent gym routine because, even though I might not get the idealistic results I would project, it's still good to get in the habit of working out. Plus it's a fantastic excuse to enjoy the typically pleasing sights of the stairmaster/elliptical machine section.
