DHYANA
Ex-Bluelighter
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2009
- Messages
- 147
That's right. Nobody is trying to attack anybody for their weight. I certainly am not at least. I also was very underweight I know how painful existence can be when you are tiny with very small muscles, all bones exposed to the environment. Everytime you run into something or fall or whatever, it hurts, a lot more than it would if you had muscle and a little fat covering you.
That weight calculator is OK, but there are better ones. I'm trying to find the athletic weight calculator I prefer...it shifts the weights up even further (since athletes should have more muscle). I think we should all shoot for the ideal (athletic conditioning).
Lastly, RhythmSpring, about this 'gorging' thing you are talking about. It makes no sense. Think about it like this. You probably eat 1,500-2,000 calories a day, MAYBE at your bodyweight. Gaining weight isn't about gorging. In fact that sounds very unhealthy. Gaining weight is about systematically eating above the required calories you need per day. This is a month-long timeline. You can't think in single 'gorge' sessions...thats ridiculous. You have to consistently eat 3-500 calories above maintenance.
Consider this: if you eat 500 calories above your maintenance every day then after a week you will have had 3,500 calories above maintenance. 3,500 calories = 1 pound. That means you will gain 1 pound of weight. Simple physics. Now continue to do that for 4 weeks and you will have a 4 pound gain. We're not talking huge numbers here, just slow steady HEALTHY gain (read NO GORGING). I hear people say they are 'hard gainers' and they simply cannot gain weight, no matter how hard they try. Well, you know what!? Thats a defense mechanism, buddy! Your body does not defy the laws of physics. If calories in > calories expended, then you WILL gain weight. Its all about reprogramming your mind to realize that what you are consuming now is not enough to sustain a healthy human body (its obvious because your weight has dropped so drastically for a 5'10" person).
Its up to you with your daily life how that weight gain is added. If you are lifting and being moderately active then most of that gain will be added as lean muscle mass. If you sit at the computer all day and do nothing, then of course that weight gain will be mostly fat.