[quote]Kailash wrote:
so that I can see my abs for the first time in my life[/quote]
See, that’s the thing.
You don’t realize it, but you were born for this shit.
Not everyone is like you. Normal people have an upper limit to the amount of food their bodies will tolerate. It can be increased somewhat, but not indefinitely. You can’t expect every person to be able to pile away shitloads of calories on a regular basis for years on end. 3,000 calories a day is pretty much the dividing line between high end “normal eaters” and people who eat because it’s part of their job/hobby/lifestyle/etc…
When a 150 lber. can’t gain on 3,000 a day it SCREAMS hormonal problems and only a clueless person would continue to stuff himself every day without considering that he might have a health issue.
“Calories in vs. out” is a MYTH.
If you don’t believe me, simply flip the coin and ask yourself how many fat people are frustrated by their inability to LOSE weight despite going on near-starvation diets?
How many overweight women eat a bagel and a salad per day and still find that they can’t lose weight? Answer: lots.
The body is smarter than you are and this “calories or nothing” approach is ridiculous, meathead bullshit that completely ignores the basic principles of human physiology and endocrinology.
If catabolic metabolic processes outweigh anabolic ones due any number of factors, a person will NOT be able to gain weight, period. And vice versa.
If your cortisol is high, your test is low, your neurotransmitters are shot to hell, then you’re not gaining going to gain weight! At least, not muscle.
It has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with hormones. When he fixes his hormones, he’ll be able to lower his calories by 1,000/day and still gain weight. At this rate, he’d have to eat something like 6,500/day to reach 200 lbs. You must be batshit fucking crazy or dumb if you expect him to do that and maintain it for weeks, months, YEARS on end…
To all the fat imbeciles on here who find putting on weight to be easy:
NEVER tell a skinny guy to “just shutup and eat more” unless you are eating more, PER POUND of bodyweight, than he is. Divide your daily caloric intake by your weight. If your number is lower than the skinny guy’s, then you’ve just lost any right to criticize his food consumption.
Last thing we need is some idiot who maintains 200 lbs. on 2,500 kcal/day telling a 150 lb. guy that 3k ain’t enough. See my point?