Thread: top 10 calorie dense foods

almond butter, or natty peanut butter into a shake is a fast 200-300cals
gatorade is an easy way to add carbs
pasta
whole eggs (90cals each...6+ is solid meal)
add honey to stuff, and or other condiments
and take a trip to mcds or burger king once or twice a week and tear up a couple of those dbl burgers, minus the coke n fries

peanutbutter and jelly sanwiches

Originally Posted by pete26

peanutbutter and jelly sanwiches

mmmmmmmm

Lol you would get a lot of calories eating that way but most likely if you put any weight its going to be mostly fat. Don't be lazy and eat tons of clean foods. Rice, Chicken, Oatmeal, whole wheat pasta. You want quality mass or a new set of love handles?

Originally Posted by stronger4ever

Lol you would get a lot of calories eating that way but most likely if you put any weight its going to be mostly fat. Don't be lazy and eat tons of clean foods. Rice, Chicken, Oatmeal, whole wheat pasta. You want quality mass or a new set of love handles?

quality mass, a pair of love handles wouldnt suite me much im afraid

Originally Posted by stronger4ever

Lol you would get a lot of calories eating that way but most likely if you put any weight its going to be mostly fat. Don't be lazy and eat tons of clean foods. Rice, Chicken, Oatmeal, whole wheat pasta. You want quality mass or a new set of love handles?

^^^ best advice. Nut up and Eat up...lol. Srs tho.

Whole chocolate milk, olive oil, and nuts are how I get almost half my calories and it is working very nicely for me. I think ectomorphs have an easier time not gaining so much fat from eating high calories but maybe it's just me idk.

Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt

Whole chocolate milk, olive oil, and nuts are how I get almost half my calories and it is working very nicely for me. I think ectomorphs have an easier time not gaining so much fat from eating high calories but maybe it's just me idk.

ding ding ding ding we have a winner!


Glad that's working for you, ihate. Eating "clean" is drastically overrated, especially for so-called hardgainers.

cereal, peanut butter, egg, chicken breast, beef, yogurt etc. You can find weight gain food list here.

Avocados..

Fats have 9 calories a gram, protein and carbs have 4. Also try beans, they have a protein/carb combo in 1 meal and are very cheap.

Well you guys are right and thanks for sharing this information and it is superb thing and i think peanut butter has got good calories.

im gonna grab a thing of peanuts and just leave them in my computer/tv/workout room.

plant fats in the form of nuts and seeds are the most caloric dense foods with avocado's technically being a high fat fruit. using olive and other oil's is an easy way to bring up the caloric content of a meal. olive oil, sunflower oil peanut oil, etc. there are plenty out there to suit just about anyone's tastes.

1 big cup of milk
1/2 cup - 1 cup of oats
2 tbs pb
2 scoops protein
Berries/yogurt
2 tbs olive oil

Blend and drink - Easy 1,000-1,200 calorie breakfast

Originally Posted by Mike Haysham

Well you guys are right and thanks for sharing this information and it is superb thing and i think peanut butter has got good calories.

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Originally Posted by ExLe

Avocados..

Fats have 9 calories a gram, protein and carbs have 4. Also try beans, they have a protein/carb combo in 1 meal and are very cheap.

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
Both are terribly under-rated foods especially black bean. Chucked full of anti-oxidants.

i found a link somewhere on here the other day that had a list of 25 bulking foods, anyone know what im talking about or anything similar?

Switch from skim to whole and Leave the skin on your chicken. You can make simple adjustments to your preexisting diet and probably gain the desired weight.

i got very good listing of food items from this discussion.
Thanks for writing about the topic. This is really going to
helps the reader.

Brazil nuts are loaded with fats and very fewer carbs. compared to other nuts. But I don't know what kind of fats are those.

PB&J.... I'm eating one right now and washing it down with a casein shake.

Originally Posted by stronger4ever

Lol you would get a lot of calories eating that way but most likely if you put any weight its going to be mostly fat. Don't be lazy and eat tons of clean foods. Rice, Chicken, Oatmeal, whole wheat pasta. You want quality mass or a new set of love handles?

I eat those 'clean' foods and gain fat real quick. But if I stick to a lower carb approach with still plenty of calories I can gain just fine.

It comes down to what works for an individual.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

PB&J.... I'm eating one right now and washing it down with a casein shake.

No joke this is my pregame meal for hockey. I play 3 times a week and its AMAZING. The problem with a complex meal before a sport that requires a ton of exertion is that you might puke it up.

Occasionally I do whole grain rice + blueberries with cottage cheese and maybe an Orange about 10 minutes before ice time. I found that it leaves me with very little energy by the end of the game.

Originally Posted by tinyfighter

i struggle to get the big calories into my small frame daily and looking for ideas on calorie dense foods?
olive oil,full fat milk,yogert,eggs etc please.

sea food is all i dont like,apart from that il eat anything,im looking for the higest calories without eating huge volume of food as i only have a 27/28 waist, at present im eating 6 small meals a day with a minimum of 3000 calories which isnt realy enough so apart from more olive oil or junk food im just looking for ideas.

Almonds and nuts blended in your protein shakes.

also about 30g of fish oil a day can help (not in the shakes of course )