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I want to gain weight and muscle so I need a good diet. Unfortunately, I get full too quick and I don't know what to do to eat more.

My goal is to reach 55kg.

What do you guys think I should do?

Dark Hippo
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Aloulou123
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    This will probably get closed as a duplicate (as it pretty much is), but one thing I'd like to add is if you're stuggling to eat enough, you need to view eating as you would do training; you need to train yourself to eat more. One of the keys to weight training is progressive overload, so adding a little more weight over a long period. Train your eating the same, eat a little more each meal every day. – Dark Hippo May 03 '18 at 08:45
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    Get 1% better everyday... just increase your training and eating like that and you should be fine. Don't suddenly eat 3000 calories... start slow and take it easy –  May 03 '18 at 08:51

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Hey I used to be underweight too (58kg) and I'm now lean 77kg at 180cm. I've got some tips.

-Don't smoke or do drugs obviously as they kill your appetite and eating schedule

-Eat snacks, do not skip any meal. Often skinny people skip breakfast, and eat a huge meal in the evening and then think they ate enough.

-Count calories! This will give you an idea of how much you're eating. This is to prevent you from eating too little and thinking it's enough, happens a lot with beginners. After counting calories for a few weeks you'll get a feeling of what is enough.

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I struggle to gain weight too. The solution is not to try and eat bigger meals (not at first anyway), but to eat more regularly. Instead of 3 meals a day try and consume something 6 times a day - this is where protein shakes are useful. My routine when I was bulking was something like this:

7am - breakfast (oats + yoghurt + protein) 10am - protein shake 3 scoops midday - lunch (chicken breast + microwave rice pouch) 3pm - banana + protein shake 5pm - gym session 7pm - dinner (carbs + protein)

It can be hard work, especially eating when you aren't hungry, but you get used to it and just have to stick to a schedule. At first I really struggled with the chicken + rice at lunch because I had no appetite, but I just sat at my desk at work and ploughed through it.

Using that schedule and training 5 times a week I managed to get my weight from 79kgs to 85kgs in just over 3 months, mostly lean muscle as well. (I'm 6'2 so quite a bit taller).

Will Appleby
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