Thread: Fear Of Food

well, speaking from someone who was recently a lot bigger. i understand your fear of foods, i guess i kind of have the same thing. i was eating a really low calorie diet to get from where i was to where i am (350 to 180 in less than a year). and i want to be able to gain a lot more muscle.... but the only way to do that is to get a little bit of fat back as well while your eating a lot to gain the muscle. but im doing it conservatively, i was eating around 3500 calories for 2-3 weeks and saw zero gain in weight, so im up to 4000 calories about per day, and its hard to tell if theres any real gain or not yet because ive always got food in me. but i can tell visually that im not getting fatter.

the best way to do it, is exactly how you thought already, up it slowly, id say since your intake is so low already only add 100 every 2 weeks until you get what you want. but it depends on what your eating already and what you do for workouts. if you want to gain a lot of muscle then make those 100 calories a good carbohydrate, like oats, which is what i did because iw as getting plenty of protein already. any other info on your current diet, what you eat, and what you do to exercise would be very helpful.

This is my food journal:
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJ...wner=brazeneye

I work out 45 minutes 5 days a week doing an aerobics video and abs stuff.. nothing really heavy

Do you do any weight training?

Originally Posted by Jodi

Do you do any weight training?

From what I read in her journal, no.

Originally Posted by Jodi

Do you do any weight training?

I fiddle with dumbells with one of the tapes.. does that count? :o

Originally Posted by PreMier

From what I read in her journal, no.

I don't track my workouts on there, I do the same schedule.. Sunday-Thursday I work out to my tapes, Saturday and Sunday mornings I do pilates stretches

I know, I read your journal You should really get a gym membership, and incorporate some kind of weight training into your program.

Originally Posted by PreMier

I know, I read your journal You should really get a gym membership, and incorporate some kind of weight training into your program.

I am in the process of saving money and moving, so I won't have access to an actual gym until I start going to school in mid August :P

Okies then..
You don't need anything but bodyweight to get a good workout. The military has been doing it for a couple of thousand years, but you can also use tools around the house.

Pushups - vary the angles
Squats/Knee Bends
Lunges
Chins
Plyometrics - jumping, bounding, leaping, etc.(according to some, plyos can induce hypertrophy to a degree)

What about a chinup bar that screws into the wall? They arent that expensive, maybe 15$. A medicine ball and/or a stability ball would make some good additions. Even without these things, there is plenty to do.

You could also take gallon milk jugs, and fill them with water(water weighs 8lbs a gallon). Do walking lunges, stand on the edge of the stairs while doing calf raises, even overhead presses with them. Sand is heavier, and you could even fill them with that. Get creative

Originally Posted by PreMier

Okies then..
You don't need anything but bodyweight to get a good workout. The military has been doing it for a couple of thousand years, but you can also use tools around the house.

Pushups - vary the angles
Squats/Knee Bends
Lunges
Chins
Plyometrics - jumping, bounding, leaping, etc.(according to some, plyos can induce hypertrophy to a degree)

What about a chinup bar that screws into the wall? They arent that expensive, maybe 15$. A medicine ball and/or a stability ball would make some good additions. Even without these things, there is plenty to do.

You could also take gallon milk jugs, and fill them with water(water weighs 8lbs a gallon). Do walking lunges, stand on the edge of the stairs while doing calf raises, even overhead presses with them. Sand is heavier, and you could even fill them with that. Get creative

Sounds like an excellent idea, I shall incorporate that into my routine