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Raiden

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So, I'm taking a health class and I logged onto a program I thought was going to be pretty cool (it's a program the school requires me to log onto it's called "nutrition calc 3.0" and you have to register with them.), but it turns out to be not quite what I hoped. It's telling me that if I want to gain 1 pound a week with a "sedentary" lifestyle, that I should be eating almost 3000 calories a day if I weight 138 and am 5ft 10in. and am 19 years old

To me, this seems absolutely ridiculous. There's no way I can eat that much! Granted I haven't been doing very well on my current regimen, is it plausable that I'd really have to eat that much, not to mention I DONT have a sedentary lifestyle for the amount of exercise I do (which was vaguely described as "very active") it said I should be taking in 3837 calories a DAY!

Did I miss something huge here? I don't have that much room in my stomach to gain one pound in a week. I'm not sure I even have that much food in my fridge!
 
3000 calories really isn't a big challenge. Don't think of "quantity" of food, think "quality" of food. There are some foods that are very high in calories but take up very little stomach space.

Futhermore there is variance between "calculators", with differing formula's used. But generally most are accurate within a reasonable degree of %'s.

Needless to say, you're probably very skinny. A 19 year old man who's 5'10" should not weigh 138lbs. With your stats and your lifestyle, I'd say 3,000 calories is pretty accurate to what you should be intaking for maintainence. If you're looking to bulk up, 3,800 calories for you shouldn't be too much.
 
Thanks for lending some creedence to what this calc says, because apparently since I registered it, I can use it until the end of time and if it can help me figure out what I should be eating then that would be great!

Speaking of what I should be eating, could somebody suggest some calorie intensive foods that aren't fast food perhaps? Maybe I just have a small stomoach... Anyway if someone can give me some meal ideas that'd be great. Just gotta force myself to eat more I guess, it's harder than it sounds though!
 
You should break your meals up so you have around 4-5 small meals a day instead of 2-3 big meals. Try also have some protein shakes when you can fit them in.
As for your meals try and get the pasta, meats, rice, chicken, egg whites, fish and try make up a meal or find one. Just remember to eat quality foods and take look at what your eating.
 
Raiden said:
Speaking of what I should be eating, could somebody suggest some calorie intensive foods that aren't fast food perhaps? Maybe I just have a small stomoach... Anyway if someone can give me some meal ideas that'd be great. Just gotta force myself to eat more I guess, it's harder than it sounds though!
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I'll bet Micheal Phelps has some ideas... :p But yeah, breaking it down into 4-5 meals in day is a good way to do it. Not sure about calorie rich foods, I've been hunting the opposite haha.
 
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