Food timing and selection is probably poor if you’re struggling with that many at your weight. Maybe glucose & IR already have issues thet mk wouod potentially make worse in long term. let’s take a look at the diet and daily routine, see if there isn’t something you could improve?
Thanks for the reply. I’ll start with where I’m at right now.
My current calorie target is 3,800/day. I’m 5'6", 179 lbs, and at 3,800 I’m basically sitting at maintenance. I actually need to push closer to 4,000 to see the scale move. I came up from 3,500 → 3,800, and over the last three weeks my weight has been completely flat at 179.
Macros:
Protein: ~190g
Carbs: ~500g
Fat: ~100g
I’m eating 5–6 meals per day, roughly every 2 hours. Two of those meals are protein shakes (one in the morning, one mid-to-late afternoon).
Typical intake looks like:
Breakfast: cream of rice, banana, some fruit
Liquid carbs (fruit juice + CarboGain) to keep calories/carbs up
Chicken, rice, broccoli — the usual suspects
I try to avoid foods that are too heavy or sit in my gut, and I do rely on some liquid calories to help hit numbers. I’m also using digestive aids, which help a bit, but honestly the main issue is just fullness. I can’t seem to get that hunger going.
At this point I think part of it is simply not being accustomed to eating this much food. 4,000 calories is a lot for me, and it feels like I’m forcing it rather than chasing hunger.
That’s basically where I’m at right now
. I thought by adding more smaller meals would increase my metabolism and it hasn't really pulled it off for me..
my goal was 10lbs net 4 or 5 ?
whadda think Slowww, you've always given me good advice in the past I'm all ears?
