how do you bigger guys eat so much - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

steve · 22-03-2004, 10:49 PM

iam of a slim build and find it hard eating so much any advice?

Panthro · 22-03-2004, 10:58 PM

you need to slowly build it up mate. just launching in and filling your face is hard! Just up the intake slowly, and over time it will be easy. also, adding maltodextrin-a complex carbohydrate powder to your water adds extra calories easily..

If you look at my before pic you will see I am of very slim build naturally and had difficulty eating enough, now I eat everything in sight with no problems atall! ;)

Killerkeane · 22-03-2004, 11:28 PM

you will find it much easier to eat more food by eating more frequently( eating 6 meals a day every 3 hours), this will give you time to fill up then get hungry again. Make sure you excersice more frequently( i dont know if you already go to the gym), if not then go running etc. Excercise stimulates people's appetites!
Eating smaller meals frequently + excercise will stimulate your appetite and make it easier encouraging your chances to bulk up.

T-man · 23-03-2004, 12:07 AM

eating little and often is the key.

I normally have about 7 solid meals a day plus shakes, but each meal is only like a large chiken breast and a bowl of wholegrain rice. That way you will not tax your digestive system so much and won't feel as bloated as if you only have a few large meals a day.

robin_3_16 · 24-03-2004, 01:07 AM

yeh i usually eat 6 meals at 30 g protein a meal
sometimes more sometimes less depends
but i try and keep it up

OnePack · 24-03-2004, 04:24 AM

i try to eat a soon as i feel like i can eat. Even if i dont really feel hungry i try to at least squeeze a tuna or ham sandwich in. with a hot drink if it helps.

robin_3_16 · 24-03-2004, 11:00 AM

yeh when your not hungry squeeze that bit extra in there after a few weeks you will find after 2 hours you are hungry again!

**big pete** · 24-03-2004, 01:59 PM

also a couple of tricks that can help.

chew gum! stupid as it sounds but chewing gum can help, it tricks your stomach into thinking that food is coming

pineapple pieces. pineapple have great digestive enzymes in them

vanadyl sulfate. natural supplement that mimicks an insulin spike

try em, you might be pleasantly surprised

but everything that has been said above is sound advice

miami797 · 27-03-2004, 04:41 PM

if you eat smaller and more frequently your metabolism wil start to burn things faster...

knowing which calories fill you up faster and which foods are just 'empty calories'

just being bigger means your body needs more calories just to function, so the bigger you are the more you will natually eat...

steroids are another thing...and since alot of 'big guys' are using them they tend to eat more...

certain things mentioned by big pete about enzymes are another..

vitamins such as B-12 ( i know i talk about b12 all the time but i had to mention it here...)

and of my top-secret prescription drugs that i wont mention you can use as appitite stimulants...

and training usually make just about anyone hungry...

08-05-2004, 10:40 AM

Given the amount of burger kings/mcdonalds (we're not talking 1 burger here

), I've had over the years, my stomach has stretched out, and I can now basically eat anything....for example, I can stuff 3 double whopper meals without much trouble, in fact sometimes I even go back to the counter and buy another burger sometimes!, don't start me in mcdonalds...it's a nightmare trying to order food from there....if you see a big queue, don't join that one, cos it's probably me ordering

BadGirl · 08-05-2004, 12:37 PM

Dont talk to me about mc d's this one of my other half's actual orders.
2 mc chicken sandwich meals - made large
8 cheeseburgers
2 apple pies
2 ice creams (he went back for these)
6 chicken nuggets (a bit peckish)
2 cheeseburgers (still had a nagging hunger spot)
2 diet cokes - comedy value
1 chocolate milkshake - for 5 min drive home to tide him over.

You work up to it slowly, increasing portion sizes and eating frequently - like every 2 instead of 3 hours, and eating protein then complex carbs means that when you get full its only carbs that get left.
Drinking a protein shake at every meal is easy calories and easy to do.

08-05-2004, 12:48 PM

Yeah, pretty much the same as me, but I don't buy cheeseburgers, they're junk

, I can't eat the same stuff in a meal, I need variety, mines like: 2 big macs, 2 mcchicken sandwiches, 12 chicken nuggets, 2 double cheeseburgers, 2 apple pies, a chocolate milkshake, but that all depends on how I feel, I spend a couple of minutes deciding, and a further minute working out if I've got enough cash for something else, and then another minute remembering what I decided to have when actually ordering

**robdog** · 08-05-2004, 03:56 PM

bad girl is spot on there. a slow increase is whats needed.

**Jimmy** · 09-05-2004, 04:58 AM

tuna smoothies........

**hackskii** · 09-05-2004, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy

tuna smoothies........

Yuck!

22-03-2004, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
steve Newbie Trainer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 12	how do you bigger guys eat so much iam of a slim build and find it hard eating so much any advice?

22-03-2004, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Panthro Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,509	you need to slowly build it up mate. just launching in and filling your face is hard! Just up the intake slowly, and over time it will be easy. also, adding maltodextrin-a complex carbohydrate powder to your water adds extra calories easily.. If you look at my before pic you will see I am of very slim build naturally and had difficulty eating enough, now I eat everything in sight with no problems atall! ;)

22-03-2004, 11:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Killerkeane The Geezer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Somerset although im not proud lol. Posts: 2,978	you will find it much easier to eat more food by eating more frequently( eating 6 meals a day every 3 hours), this will give you time to fill up then get hungry again. Make sure you excersice more frequently( i dont know if you already go to the gym), if not then go running etc. Excercise stimulates people's appetites! Eating smaller meals frequently + excercise will stimulate your appetite and make it easier encouraging your chances to bulk up.

23-03-2004, 12:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
T-man Gym Addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: England Posts: 253	eating little and often is the key. I normally have about 7 solid meals a day plus shakes, but each meal is only like a large chiken breast and a bowl of wholegrain rice. That way you will not tax your digestive system so much and won't feel as bloated as if you only have a few large meals a day.

24-03-2004, 01:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	yeh i usually eat 6 meals at 30 g protein a meal sometimes more sometimes less depends but i try and keep it up

24-03-2004, 04:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,503	i try to eat a soon as i feel like i can eat. Even if i dont really feel hungry i try to at least squeeze a tuna or ham sandwich in. with a hot drink if it helps.

24-03-2004, 11:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	yeh when your not hungry squeeze that bit extra in there after a few weeks you will find after 2 hours you are hungry again!

24-03-2004, 01:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
big pete UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: south midlands Posts: 3,797	also a couple of tricks that can help. chew gum! stupid as it sounds but chewing gum can help, it tricks your stomach into thinking that food is coming pineapple pieces. pineapple have great digestive enzymes in them vanadyl sulfate. natural supplement that mimicks an insulin spike try em, you might be pleasantly surprised but everything that has been said above is sound advice

27-03-2004, 04:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
miami797 Feeling Slutty Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,438	if you eat smaller and more frequently your metabolism wil start to burn things faster... knowing which calories fill you up faster and which foods are just 'empty calories' just being bigger means your body needs more calories just to function, so the bigger you are the more you will natually eat... steroids are another thing...and since alot of 'big guys' are using them they tend to eat more... certain things mentioned by big pete about enzymes are another.. vitamins such as B-12 ( i know i talk about b12 all the time but i had to mention it here...) and of my top-secret prescription drugs that i wont mention you can use as appitite stimulants... and training usually make just about anyone hungry...

08-05-2004, 10:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
Insanity Guest Posts: n/a	Given the amount of burger kings/mcdonalds (we're not talking 1 burger here ), I've had over the years, my stomach has stretched out, and I can now basically eat anything....for example, I can stuff 3 double whopper meals without much trouble, in fact sometimes I even go back to the counter and buy another burger sometimes!, don't start me in mcdonalds...it's a nightmare trying to order food from there....if you see a big queue, don't join that one, cos it's probably me ordering

08-05-2004, 12:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
BadGirl Newbie Trainer Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 48	Dont talk to me about mc d's this one of my other half's actual orders. 2 mc chicken sandwich meals - made large 8 cheeseburgers 2 apple pies 2 ice creams (he went back for these) 6 chicken nuggets (a bit peckish) 2 cheeseburgers (still had a nagging hunger spot) 2 diet cokes - comedy value 1 chocolate milkshake - for 5 min drive home to tide him over. You work up to it slowly, increasing portion sizes and eating frequently - like every 2 instead of 3 hours, and eating protein then complex carbs means that when you get full its only carbs that get left. Drinking a protein shake at every meal is easy calories and easy to do.

08-05-2004, 12:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
Insanity Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, pretty much the same as me, but I don't buy cheeseburgers, they're junk , I can't eat the same stuff in a meal, I need variety, mines like: 2 big macs, 2 mcchicken sandwiches, 12 chicken nuggets, 2 double cheeseburgers, 2 apple pies, a chocolate milkshake, but that all depends on how I feel, I spend a couple of minutes deciding, and a further minute working out if I've got enough cash for something else, and then another minute remembering what I decided to have when actually ordering

08-05-2004, 03:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
robdog UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,829	bad girl is spot on there. a slow increase is whats needed.

09-05-2004, 04:58 AM	#14 (permalink)
Jimmy UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Forest gym crawley Posts: 4,540	tuna smoothies........