End of 5th week

[Khazima]

If you're not gaining weight its a calorie problem not a quality of food problem. Ideally you should get the bulk of your calories from unprocessed whole foods but changing what you eat isn't going to put you in a caloric surplus, more calories is going to do that.

I know it's hard to face it but it's as simple as eating more, try it and see what happens. add 500 calories to your current macros and if you're maintaining you should gain a pound a week.

[Haydenz]

If you're not gaining weight its a calorie problem not a quality of food problem. Ideally you should get the bulk of your calories from unprocessed whole foods but changing what you eat isn't going to put you in a caloric surplus, more calories is going to do that.

I know it's hard to face it but it's as simple as eating more, try it and see what happens. add 500 calories to your current macros and if you're maintaining you should gain a pound a week.

I disagree, Its not a calorie problem In my opinion, the foods hes digesting aren't doing anything because there is no quality behind it.

If I ate 200g of meat and had 200g of doughnuts as my carb source do you think it would do the same thing as 200g of white rice? It wont, hes not maximizing his calories, hes just throwing it all down and just adding the numbers up, it doenst work like that.

[Khazima]

I disagree, Its not a calorie problem In my opinion, the foods hes digesting aren't doing anything because there is no quality behind it.

If I ate 200g of meat and had 200g of doughnuts as my carb source do you think it would do the same thing as 200g of white rice? It wont, hes not maximizing his calories, hes just throwing it all down and just adding the numbers up, it doenst work like that.

It actually will, your performence and blood markers may vary but body composition-wise a doughnut will be the same as white rice.