-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
So apparently I'm "too skinny".
- Thread starter DeadNames
- Start date
- Status
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I cant gain any weight either.
Nah, they have that as 27.3, almost right in the middle of the "overweight" range. I'm one inch taller than you, and the same weight, so I'm pretty much right there with you. I'm mostly muscle though, save for some pesky belly fat. ....stupid tacos.
Go check out the Fitness thread, I don't want to get blasted for my choice in products here.
Yeah im a hockey player/rock climber... Not much fat on me. And I probably have the exact same build as you.
Okay guys, needless to say, my school's lunch selection isn't very good...
I've been having a hamburger and a Powerade every day. Should I swap the powerade for milk and the burger for something with a higher calorie count?
I think I am pretty thin...
I've been having a hamburger and a Powerade every day. Should I swap the powerade for milk and the burger for something with a higher calorie count?
I think I am pretty thin...
19.5? You're not skinny dude, you're normal. Maybe in a country where the average BMI is very high, you SEEM skinny, but you're fine.
Also, being underweight is NOT a "good problem to have", I've been struggling with it for years.
16.5 BMI.
Also, being underweight is NOT a "good problem to have", I've been struggling with it for years.
16.5 BMI.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Do you even lift?
FallingEdge
Member
While it is saying a gallon, you don't have to drink that much. Quarter gallon is fine and eat a lot of pb&j sandwiches. Combine that with going to the gym and you will put on the weight fast.
EnderWiggles
Member
Powerade for whole milk and the hamburger for a gallon of soymilk
What's wrong with milk? Maybe the OP doesn't need to do the full GOMAD routine, but drinking lots of milk/eating lots of cottage cheese would be the best way to pack on the muscle while lifting heavy. I'd argue that milk/cottage cheese is more anabolic than whey protein alone with its mixture of casein/whey protein, lactose and testosterone boosting fat.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
At one point near the end of my construction days, my BMI was 32.7 Obese, lol.
But I was more Hulk than Blob.
FallingEdge
Member
bingo.
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
Much easier said than done.
My BMI is currently 17.2. It sucks on a personal level, but people usually comment that I don't seem that skinny. Maybe I have a naturally 'big' bone frame or something. I've always had broad shoulders and hips but my wrist looks like something from an African famine. People often assume i'm taller than I am (5ft 10) as well, probably because of my skinniness creating a greater illusion of height. I have a 6ft persons legs - tl;dr, it's fucked up.
If you really swim a lot, then I wouldn't worry about getting fat.
Excellent point. If you're a swimmer the increased consumption of milk will just start making you look better naked. And wouldn't that be swell?
In September I was underweight standing at 5'8" and 123lbs. Since then I put on 25lbs although my method isnt recommended.. I joined a gym in September and started a
protein called Mutant Mass and in a few weeks I jumped from 123 to about 133. After that, I heard of the GOMAD Diet which is a gallon of milk a day for a month and added Myofusion Protein to my diet and I went up to 145. Stopped the GOMAD for a while and am now at 147. Expensive road..
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Look for Frank Yang 10,000 calorie a day bulking diet on youtube. Or use this.
speculawyer
Member
You are probably not too skinny. Modern excess has changed the standard and most people are overweight.
Unless you have anorexia, it is very unlikely that you are really too skinny.
Unless you have anorexia, it is very unlikely that you are really too skinny.
EnderWiggles
Member
You're not going to gain any significant weight from swimming. People like to point to "swimmers bodies", but all that lean muscle comes from weight training outside of the pool. Do you think sprinters just sprint all day to train their legs? Football players just practice football? Swimming is great cardio and there are some resistance benefits, but you'll stay skinny if all you do is swim.
stop fucking giving in to peer pressure about something that isn't wrong.
you swim, you are lean. good.
there are advantages to being light. i'm trying to get back to light. i'm 6-4 and 230lbs i want to get back to 190. just easier to move.
don't worry about it. you'll get bigger as you get older and you'll miss moving so easily.
you swim, you are lean. good.
there are advantages to being light. i'm trying to get back to light. i'm 6-4 and 230lbs i want to get back to 190. just easier to move.
don't worry about it. you'll get bigger as you get older and you'll miss moving so easily.
Devolution
Member
How old are you btw OP?
FallingEdge
Member
It is just a matter of opinion. I would consider 190 @ 6'4 too skinny. Of course, body composition comes into play more than anything.
Don't listen to him. You want to get stronger. Bigger. You're tired of people calling you skinny. Eat big. Lift big.
I know
I just need some good pointers and some motivation. And besides, I was answering his "do you even lift".Do people still think this is funny?
Let's just say... Of driving age in the US.
yeah for real. If you're in highschool you are just fine. Hell even if you are in college you are fine. You'll have no problem picking up weight later on in life.
What is this?
I know
Do people still think this is funny?
Check out the OP in the Fitness thread, particularly Starting Strength. It'll do you a world of good.
youngwerther
Banned
I'm in the same boat as you OP.
I'm 5'11 and 130 pounds.
Even most of the girls at school are bigger than me.
I'm too poor to eat all the time though.
I'm 5'11 and 130 pounds.
Even most of the girls at school are bigger than me.
I'm too poor to eat all the time though.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
You're not skinny! I wish I was where you are. Enjoy our skinny ass.
Devolution
Member
? But seriously if you're like under 25 you're worrying over nothing.
Right, and you or your parents shouldn't have to spend any extra to get bigger, if that's what you want. You can utilize your high school's weight room (you should have already been doing this to aide in your swimming) and just change your eating habits a little.
ETA: And like Devo said, you've got nothing to worry about when your as young as you are. You're not even finished growing yet.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
What's what? Frank Yang is a guy who bulks like crazy on youtube and the other thing is russian bear. A protein weight gainer that has 5,000 calories per serving.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
You're fine, OP. If you are interested in changing your body and you think there's room for improvement, your best bet is to find the best nutrition/diet plan suited towards the body type you're after but committing to it is the hardest part. The fitness thread is a good place to start.
Look pal, if you don't like memes, you're probably on the wrong message board.
Look pal, if you don't like memes, you're probably on the wrong message board.
Goldrusher
Member
Have you considered moving to Europe?
Looks... Unhealthy. But hey, what do I know?
I just feel that everyone else is so much better than me... Everyone always talks about their PRs and stuff... and then there's me.
I <3 memes. Just not when they've been exhausted.
And about the weight room/gym... I feel that everyone would be secretly giggling under their breath about how bad my form is/how weak I am.
5k per serving? How many scoops is the serving? Also, 5k just from a shake seems insane. What kind of shit is in this?
FallingEdge
Member
I wouldn't worry about that. If lifting is something and putting on weight is something that interests you, then do it. It is fun as well.
Everybody starts somewhere. I was benching 95 lbs and squatting 65. I'm much stronger. No one cares what you are doing as long as you are working hard.
Eh.
I just lack the motivation to get to the gym.... But now that I'm thinking about it I'm actually starting to get a bit more pumped, haha.
Precisely. I'm about to head to the gym right now. Seriously, just check out the Fitness thread's OP, and remember that everyone has to start somewhere, and it's better to be starting young and thin than older and fat.
EteRnal PAL
Member
That's my before (95-100 lbs) and after (145 lbs).
http://i.imgur.com/3Tdmy.gif
I went to the gym looking like that. No shame. Just get it done!
http://i.imgur.com/3Tdmy.gif
I went to the gym looking like that. No shame. Just get it done!
Do you want to get better? If not, that's fine...it's totally your decision.
If you do want to get better, then you need to become more powerful. Lift hard, eat more calories and get sufficient protein from good protein sources.
Is that from GOMAD?
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked