Warning: What to Eat to Become Fatter
Posted in: Nutrition
Nobody like’s being overweight, and I know from experience, there are people at the other end of the spectrum who absolutely detest being underweight and would love nothing more than to put on a few extra pounds of fat so they didn’t look to be all skin and bone.
But, let me tell you now… really, fat is not what you should aspire to put on. You can avoid being all skin and bone simply by putting on some extra muscle mass. And, if you really are skinny, several pounds of muscle mass will absolutely transform your appearance – not into a wobbly, fat-carrier, but, into a solid, firm bodied specimen. Which would you prefer?
Truly – it’s not as difficult to put on muscle mass as you might imagine. I’m guessing you initially wanted to put on fat just because you either never thought of training with weights, or you did – and then thought it’d take years and years and copious amounts of effort.
Well, effort it does take. I can’t deny that. But, it’s only for maybe 3 hours a week. The rest is simply eating more than your body is used to (which is what you’d have to of done anyway to put fat on – but this way you’ll be putting muscle on instead and look 100 times better.)
When you train with weights and eat more calories than your body is used to, you will also put on some fat at the same time as putting muscle on. This is because the excess calories which aren’t required by the muscle are stored as fat… so… if your ambition is to transform yourself quickly from skinny to not skinny, it will happen double quick because of the combined mass from fat and muscle. You can lose the fat and keep the muscle later down the line by ‘cutting’ calories.
The foods to eat to gain muscle size are whole foods. Such as, eggs, cheese, milk, beef, fish, pasta, rice, potatoes, chicken, and so forth. Avoid heavily processed junk foods as much as possible.
Mathematically, the units of food you need to watch are calories. If you eat over the number of calories your body needs, on a consistent basis (i.e.: every day.) then you’ll gain muscle size and a little fat (if training with weights) or fat (if not training with weights.)
I can’t tell you precisely what this number is, because it’s different for everybody so you’ll need to find out your own unique number by doing some tests yourself. You’ll know when you’ve found it, because you’ll gain weight and size. As a starter, try eating anything from 12 – 15 calories per lb of bodyweight. It could require less, and it could require more. The art is to find the least amount needed for growth, because that way you avoid leaving too big an excess and putting on too much fat.
For training methods, take a look at the rest of the site. I hope you decide to try building muscle instead of just loading up with fat. Seriously, it’ll be the best decision you ever make for your appearance and health – for life!
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