Topic: Fast Metabolism: Dietary Advice?

[Belhade]

Why are you drinking Soy milk?  Soy is not milk.  Soy is an estrogen spiking liquid anti-muscle juice.

I am lactose-intolerant, or at least prone to anal pee after drinking cow's milk.

[Steven Low]

I am lactose-intolerant, or at least prone to anal pee after drinking cow's milk.

Drink coconut milk then

[Belhade]

So, coconut over soy? Got it.

[Travis S]

Na dude don't drink coconut WATER. While that's good for rehydration, get onto a "milk" with some meat to it. Try almond or hemp milk so you can get the fats in during the day. Also, as all of these guys have said, simply eat more and do it faster. Rather than eating snacks between meals, eat another meal. I'm (almost) 22 5'11'' and I struggle to stay at 150... last year it was 140, the year before that 135 the year before that 125. Slow and steady wins the race.

[Steven Low]

Yeah, make sure it's coconut MILK not coconut water

[Belhade]

So, I switched to vanilla coconut milk, and...it tastes like vanilla coconut.  I'll get over it.  I also realized that I don't *have* to drink my V8 with vodka; I had a virgin bloody mary tonight (horseradish and all).

In the past year I learned a bit about cooking, namely how easy it is to make baked chicken, rice and steamed veggies. We eat that quite a lot now, like 2-3 times a week (not counting leftovers). I'm holding steady at one-fifty now.

[Ryan Sannar]

Woot!

[KC Parsons]

You're naturally underweight. You won't really be eating as much as you think you are. If you don't track your food numbers, you aren't likely to go much of anywhere. Especially in the long run.

2600-2900 Calories.
At least 135g of protein.
Track your weight under the same conditions once per week (e.g., every Monday morning pre-breakfast).
If you aren't gaining 1-2 lbs/week, increase your calories by 10%
If you're gaining 3-4+lbs/week, lower your calories by 10%
(^In either scenario, protein remains unaffected)


The rest is details. But if you aren't actually writing your foods down and looking up the above two things, you won't be able to be sure you're actually achieving what you're supposed to. It also allows you to fine tune things later on which will pay dividends.