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Tips for GAINING weight on high-raw diet?
Does anyone have experience gaining on a high-raw diet as an endurance athlete? What worked for you? Fruits? Fats? Proteins? Grains?
Just as a baseline: I figured out I'm eating about 2700-3000 calories a day right now. So I figure I need about 500 more per day to put some weight on. Any suggestions? Maybe a meal plan?
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Permalink Reply by Carl Johnston on -
Eat until you can eat no more. It's simple math. Consume more calories than you burn. If you find it hard to get enough calories add in caloric dense foods and oils such as olive oil and coconut oil.
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Permalink Reply by Vega Kelly on -
I saw this topic in one of Brendan's Q&A discussions on his site and thought it might be helpful:
Q: Hi Brendan,
My question is actually about weight gain. I've been trying to gain weight for years, and I don't know if there is much healthy info. About that out there, as most of the focus is on weight loss. Do you have any suggestions on how to gain weight?
A: The key to healthy lean-muscle gain needs to be centered around a well-planned weight training program. Nutritionally, a good way to complement the program with the goal of building muscle is to have a nutrient-dense blender drink after each workout. Any from the book will work well. You might also want to consider having a serving of Vega Whole Food Meal Replacement after each workout. To build up quicker, soaking raw nuts and seeds overnight and blending them in with a serving of Vega, a banana, and berries is a good approach. One of my favorites is:
Vega chocolate almond smoothie
1/2 serving Chocolate Vega
2 cups cold water (or 1½ cups water plus 1 cup of ice)
1 banana
½ pear
¼ cup almonds (soak raw almonds overnight)
The sweet potato oven-baked fries with homemade ketchup in the book are good bulking-up recipes.
Brendan
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