Why can't I gain weight, even if I eat alot of junk food and fatty foods I don't gain weight?

Question

I don't want to be fat but I want some weight so I can add on muscle but its hard to add muscle when u have no fat on you

Answer 1

Your bodyfat content has absolutely no bearing on your ability to put on muscle!
To put on muscle you must eat at least 1gram of protein for every pound of bodyweight, so a 200lb person needs to eat 200grams of good quality protein every day for the body to be able to maintain all it's other functions and have enough left over to build muscle.
You must train each bodypart no more than once per week. So you might train back and biceps on Monday, shoulders on tuesday, rest wednesday, chest and triceps on thursday, legs on friday, and rest over the weekend. Your training should take no more than 1 hour at most on each training day and consist of good basic exercises like bench press, chin-ups, squats, shoulder press etc to provide enough stimulation for the muscle to have to adapt whilst resting. Do no more than 3-4 sets of each exercise and no more than 4 exercises per day, and do each exercise to the point where the last two reps on each final set are done to failure in the 8-10 rep range. This provides the muscle with a reason to grow but not too much energy is expended during the session - your goal is to put on weight, so plugging away for hours on end will just burn up precious calories that could be used for muscle growth.

Eating at least 3 good balanced meals per day interspersed with protein drinks or protein/carb drinks will provide good nutrition. Plenty of water (muscles are almost 50% water).

NO JUNK FOOD!!!!! It is empty calories that your body can't use.

Calories per day - if you weigh 200lbs then you need to be eating 2500-3000 calories per day. Even for a 150lb guy it should never drop below 2000.

I weigh 250lbs and consume around 4000 GOOD! calories per day just to maintain my muscle mass. I will increase this to 5000 if i'm trying to put on muscle or diet. Yes i said diet on 5000 calories per day. But that's another story.

Processed food is garbage to anyone wanting to improve their physique. If you are serious you'll dump it.

You're daily meals should be 30-40% protein, 10-15% fat and the rest from good complex carbs like pasta, potatoes (chips do not count), rice (very good), wholemeal bread, noodles (no sauces).

If you still can't put weight on, increase the carbs until you do. As your weight increases you will need to increase your protein intake to keep up.

Avoid the fatty stuff, your body can't make muscle out of fat! Fact! neither can it turn fat into muscle once you've got it.
Good luck.

Answer 2

Try energy bars rather than fatty foods. You're not doing your body a favour by eating them. Also protein shakes or make your own healthy ones with fruit and yogurt. Eat a fair amount of muffins, whole grain breads and buns, with peanut butter and cheese. Also pasta with meat sauce and lots of veggies. Have a snack or shake before bed, but not too much because it may cause insomnia.

Answer 3

boys at ur age won't income weight so actual becoz of extreme metabolism to burn fat knowingly or unknowingly. even though u mentioned u have began to observe abdomen fat by ability of ingesting junk. do not ruin ur wellbeing. With time, u will boost weight yet pls watch directly to what u eat. ingesting those meals on occasion is effective yet do not make it a habit pls. eat healthful and stay healthful

Answer 4

read tips on gaining muscle mass, workouts and dietary needs on this site

Answer 5

You may have a fast metabolism.

Answer 6

grr i hate you lol i wish i had that problem

maybe you should try protien shakes