Hello, my problem is weight gain. 25 years old, 5'9, 135pounds.
I smoke ganja, cigarettes, and don't really drink. My eating habits are bad and have been pretty bad for many years now. I don't eat in the mornings. Sometimes I'll be up at 7 am, and wont eat my first meal till 4pm or later, and thats just terrible. I'll eat 2-3 times in a day, if I'm lucky. I eat most in the evenings/night time, its like an endless pit. But most of the time, I have to force myself to eat. I don't get enough fluids in the day either. I mainly drink water. Ill go hours without nothing, and then all of the sudden have like 8 glasses within a 2 hours time span. I'm also picky with what I eat, sometimes, it feels like the only thing I'm able to force down is a McDonalds burger, and that's awful too. Maybe growing up eating too much fast food, a fast metabolism, and bad eating habits are the result of my current weight, well, who are we kidding here, it all is. (smoking doesn't help either)
Anyways, Ive done my research, and now that eating is health and properly, while keeping a close eye on ones daily calorie intake is key. All with proper exercise, ie, resistance training. I did well for a while, but found it difficult to not only stay motivated for working out, but forcing myself to consume so much food in one day to reach a certain calorie amount.
I eventually got some help from "weight gain powder" drinks. One drink, was about 1000 cal, containing 50g of protein! Not bad, did that twice a day, plus trying to eat regularly, and working out. Got to bout 145 in a month!
The problem was, in the mornings, Id get woken up my these stomach aches, and had to go straight to the washroom. I guess it was all that protein consumption throughout the day. In a day, id consume about 150-200g of protein (that includes food and weight gain powder combined).
Anyways, thats kind of my story. I guess Im not sure what Im looking for.....A few questions though. Im in the process of once again trying to put on some healthy weight. I know what I have to eat. ie, chicken, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds, blabvlabla, high calorie/protein food, though not fast food. In addition, I was wondering what would be better to use,"weight gain powder" or straight protein powder. I dont find it easy eating 4-5k calories every day. So ya, I guess Im just looking or some advice or knowledge that I haven't come across yet. My goal would be 160, so I got some work to do. Thanks for reading, feel free to share your thoughts.