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Cake day: February 21st, 2025

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  • I did GOMAD, actually more like 1/2 GOMAD. https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/gomad-diet for 4-5 months to gain weight. Went to gym as well so at least some of the weight goes to muscles.

    Trying to eat more is going to be very difficult for you due to early satiety and not knowing how much more you actually need to eat and it is hard to count calories from random food and do math in your head all the time is annoying.

    We skinny people think that we are eating enough but actually need to eat a lot more than we think. Maybe our bodies are not efficient at extracting the calories from food or high metabolism, I have no idea. I will be eating the same as my normal/over-weight/ friends but not gain weight. With GOMAD you can monitor the calories and can figure out at which point (calories) you start to gain weight, the math is easy to do as well.

    In my opinion, Milk is the most easiest if you can handle milk. It is fast to consume, 0 preparation, easy to monitor/count the calories, easy to adjust as needed and can fit easily in to your normal habit/schedules and lastly no dishes (only cup) to clean up. The more easy something is to do the more likely you will stick to it.

    I built up to it, started with 2 glasses of milk a day and slowly increased every few day to 1/2 GOMAD. Your bowels will tell you if you are drinking too much too soon. Go slow, the body digestive system, microbes needs to build up to it. Once I notice I was gaining weight I stayed at that amount for a few months, it was 1/2 GOMAD for me.

    Note that this is not a long-term thing, I don’t think it is healthy long-term, once you reach your goal, focus more on variety of food. I still drink about 1 liter of milk a day. One thing I notice that once you gain quite a bit of weight it is quite difficult to lose it.