
Originally Posted by
timguyperson
Not just 8 months, I did weights beforehand. I gained 5kg on a 4 months workout stint years ago. At 18yrs old I was only about 65kg (143 pounds) then that 4 months brought me up to 70kg. Then I hovered on that for years just doing bicep curls once or twice a month haha Then for the past 8 or 9 months I've been doing 4 days a week. I do Bi's and back one day, chest and tris another day, shoulders another day, legs another day, and then on my days off I do abs. I'm an ectomorph kinda guy who has never ever ever had any fat. Like sure I must have some, but you can't see it, grab it...ever. So my motabolism is super fast. So it's pretty hard to gain.
My diet is wierd... I'm kinda poor so I can't afford a lot of the fancy stuff that you guys are on... like meat haha (so lots of potatos and pasta and rice, without meat). But anyway my diet right now is morning shake and wheat grass and barley grass shot, lunch a meal (maybe 400-500 cal) and shake and grass shots, dinner another meal (maybe 400-500cal) and shake before bed and grass shots.
Each shake is: 500ml of milk, 2 scoops protein/gainer powder, 1 cup of raw oats, 1 egg, 20 ml olive oil. = 950cal, 50 grams pro.
So that's about 4000 cals a day and I'd get around 200 grams protein, and lots of carbs from oats and all that. The shakes are a new addition since I couldn't afford protein powder for a month or two and I lost 2.5kg. But since taking those shakes every day and the way my diet is now I've gained back that 2.5kg and another .5kg so I'm at 80.5kg So the diet now can't really be all that bad if I've just gained 3kg in the past month.
But I know my diet is probably a bit stupid...but I can't really afford to do it right. Some times I've only got $20 to last me a week for food, so spending $6 on 6L of milk for shakes, $1.20 for 900 grams of oats, $3 for eggs, and some protein powder works out as pretty cheap meals. And then my other meals of potatoes $5 for a bag, or pasta bake ($8 a dish) works in pretty well. And it's not every week that I only have $20, but things usually come up like flat tyres...etc... or like this week I've gotta buy my ducks more food and pay some more bond....bahhh money goes quick.
Oh and the way I'd have money for gear is because I get a stimulus check soon for $950.