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How To Increase Calorie Intake i.e. How To Eat More?

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Know how to increase the calorie intake/how to eat more to make the gains you want. Now that you have a basic understanding of Diet & Nutrition & the importance of increasing calorie intake, it's time to incorporate this knowledge into your bulking-up plan. Whatever I am posting here is based on what I have done and still doing.  As you know I had been extremely skinny for more than 23 years ( weighing at 46 Kgs and standing 6 feet tall ) & underweight till June 2016. At the time of writing this post, I weigh 74 Kgs. The problem with me is & was that I can't eat large portions at a time. My stomach sends out a signal to stop eating once the threshold is reached in a short time. So, I changed my eating habit and I started eating smaller portions but more frequently. Before you even start to lift weights, make sure you are eating more, eating healthy & eating well.  Below is how to increase your calorie intake so that you can gain weight. I assume you a

Second Step - Diet & Nutrition

Now that you have ascertained there is no liver, digestion or thyroid related problems (or if there were, you have taken action to treat that first), it's time to move on to the second step. I will start with diet & nutrition first because, as they say , muscle gain is 60% diet (& rest) and 40% exercise. The importance of diet is indispensable.  You don't need supplements and mass-gainers to bulk up if you can eat well. A fairly basic principle states that if you are eating (and drinking) more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. At this point of time, you don't have to think about muscle mass or protein intake.  Y ou just have to eat more & more. And you have to eat healthy foods. A little bit of junk food is alright, but you should get into the habit of eating healthy.  I have always had trouble eating large portions. I still can't eat too much at a time. But I eat frequently. That makes it quite easy to up your calorie intake. This post doesn