I'm struggling to reach 2000 calories a day.

[Anonymous]

im living on 1500 a day as a male.

Is that why a person might be skin and bone?

[Amillia1981]

For your age, your should be consuming at least 2500 calories a day. There are healthy ways to increase your calorie intake like eating nuts. A serving of Cashews for example is almost 300 calories but its healthy and should be in your diet. Everybody's metabolism is different though. My dad is skin and bone and he eats a lot. You would think he is starving himself but he's not. It's just in his gene's. I only consume 500 calories a day and I am not skin and bone because I don't have good metabolism. I only weigh 130 but I should weight a lot less with how little I eat. Its very important for you to eat healthy and increase your calorie intake cause your still growing and you need it right now.

[Asker]

ok thanks for info.

[MalloryJay]

You're under 18, you need more than 1500 if you're still growing. And yes, people actually eat 2000 calories... and sometimes more. But, it all depends on your metabolism. If you're eating 1500 and you're not super skinny I'd say it's alright. But if you need to gain weight, I'd say eating 1500 is not very healthy.

[BirdofParadise]

Are you losing weight... unless you notice a weight change then there isn't really cause for concern. 2000 is just a recommendation, but everyone's body is different. Some people need more than that, others need less.

[Asker]

no I want to gain to but I'm struggling to get past 1500 a day. its difficult.im a skinny bastard. always have been.

[BirdofParadise]

If you eat larger meals regularly your stomach will expand. It might feel uncomfortable at first but your stomach will adapt you will find it easier to eat more.

[ben890]

I think a lot of people do reach that amount, but not necessarily the healthy way. If you're eating healthy food, it's harder to eat 2000 calories, but that's a good thing. You don't want to start eating junk just to reach some arbitrary number.

And it's not necessarily why you're so skinny, either. People just have naturally different body types, there's a certain weight range your body wants to stay in.

[Brando]

Eat as much meat, pasta, and other high calorie food as you can. I'm not sure if you're wanting to gain weight for gym reasons, if so then I'd say buy a mass gainer from a nutrition/supplement store I do that after workouts and it's gives me like 700 calories and like 50-60 g of protein each shake.

[MyNameIsJonas]

I probably eat way over 2000.

Buy rice in a box, you can cook it in a pan heating for 10minutes. Eat at least two a day and that is around 1000 calories. Then just eat whatever you normally do.

Are you trying to gain weight?

[Asker]

ok thanks . yeah I am . and I need to gain weight within the next 6 mnths too b4 college starts. ill try the rice thing .

[MyNameIsJonas]

Yeah. Hey if you really want to start packing pounds work your legs out hard. Squats and leg press. It boost testrone and you can put on a lot of weight in the legs (because you have a lot of muscles in your legs)

If you ever want a workout plan just message me, I personally train.

[Asker]

cool. appreciate it. sure will.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, your body needs more than 1500 calories, and most people eat quite a bit more than that per day. 1500 calories is approximately the amount that a woman should eat if she wants to LOSE weight.

What are you eating?

[Opinion Owner]

I think this line might come across wrong: "1500 calories is approximately the amount that a woman should eat if she wants to LOSE weight. "

I mean that this is the amount that a woman who is trying to lose weight would be eating... but you're a man (and men typically need more calories than women) and you're not trying to lose weight... so... yeah, you need a lot more than that.

[Asker]

tin of beans,pork chop

a slice of cake , packet of hula hoops.

5 waffles,tin of tuna fish

4 slices of protein dense wholegrain brown bread

banana,yogurt,porridge, orange juice

[Opinion Owner]

That seems like a pretty decent amount for a day... it only adds up to 1500 calories?

[Asker]

yeah. that's weird isn't it.

[Opinion Owner]

Well, here are a few articles on gaining weight (healthfully) that might give you some ideas:

link

link

[Asker]

ok cool. ill check it out.

[heyitsdan]

4000-6000 a day for me, 1500 is like a McDonald's meal weak sauce.

[Asker]

wow that's a huge amount. ^^

[heyitsdan]

Yeah, 200 bucks a week on food.

[phil2]

Just eat more. I eat a lot. I think I'm gaining weight like crazy.

[Asker]

ok thanks.

[ArrograntWarrior]

I eat 50 bananas a day and I get 10000 calories though I spend most of the time visiting bathroom

[Asker]

lol

[Anonymous]

Yes, you should be eating at least 2000 calories every day.

[Asker]

ok thanks.

[iXenomorph]

lol, I eat about 2800-3000 a day.

[Asker]

lucky you lol

[Anonymous]

Are you struggling because you don't have the money or are you struggling because you can't muscle down a second fig newton?

[Love2Ball]

I eat around 3500, muscle needz foood

[Anonymous]

You don't need that many in a day if your small