Hi comrades

I want to start handling my nutrition and fitness better. I usually work out at home and can do pushups etc., I would say I’m quite underweight.

While I’m reading the guide by CriticalResist on Prolewiki, I decided to count my calories. I barely reach 1500 calories a day which at this point I’ll go malnourished. I just feel full very quickly. I do not eat processed sugars and avoid sweets, and I’m basically vegan at this point.

I exercise too and can do push ups, squats etc with no problems whatsoever, though as expected I cannot build muscular mass, most likely because of my nutrition. I don’t have the money to go to a gym so I want as much as possible to work out at home, I saw that calisthenics might be a good option? Though they seem unreliable for building muscle mass and strength. I want to put more weight but not fatty weight, which had happened to me in the past. I do eat healthy, but I eat way too less because I feel I just get full quickly. This might be due that in the past I was overweight and conditioned myself to not eat much, but now I’m basically starving myself.

How would I go about increasing my caloric intake while putting muscle mass (preferably at home)?

  • silent_clash@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago
    1. Do meal prep and eat more frequent meals
    2. When i was younger, I did Gallon of Milk a day (GoMad) with a weight lifting routine. I don’t recommend it, but I did gain 10 pounds! You could also do half a gallon a day. This is in addition to eating meals, not a replacement.
    3. It’s kinda hard to gain muscle without gaining at least SOME fat. You’re going to want to eat a decent amount of protein and add some healthy fats to your cooking (olive oil, etc). I really like curry or butter chicken tofu over whole grain pasta or with naan as a meal prep. Make a whole bunch of a dish and freeze all but three servings and bring them out of the freezer as needed. Lentils are very nutritious and cheap for adding to a flavorful soup/stew, I prefer them on the mushy side but some people prefer texture.
    4. https://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8 has all kinds of routines and many are free. There should be some calisthenics-based plans. Or just search “calisthenic workout program no equipment”
    5. Straight-up just eat faster. The slower you eat, the more time your body has to send satiety signals.