Need Help Regaining Weight!

[Biga227]

I'm 17 years old and a highschool Junior. Last football season I started at left guard at around 215+ lbs (I think my highest weight during the season was 218 lbs). After the season this year, I had been trying to lose some weight. During the swimming season following football, I lost around 11 or 12 lbs and after I gave up all junk foods for lent and have been watching what I eat since then, I've lost an additional 10 or 11 lbs.

All in all, I am now down to near 193 lbs and I am extremely worried that I will not be able to gain it back in time for the start of the season in mid-August. I have been lifting 5 days a week switching between upper and lower body workouts starting at the beginning of march. I also have been taking Whey protein since I started lifting again at the end of the swim season (1 scoop in water before lift, one scoop in milk after). I had been running 2 or 3 times a week but have since stopped because I was losing too much weight.

The problem is, I have a fixation on trying to regain the weight back in muscle rather than in fat like it had been previously...

-Do you guys know of any suggestions, diets, or even specific workouts that could help me to regain the weight quickly, peferably with mostly muscle mass?

-Is it bad that I am lifting every day even though I am switching between upper and lower body?

-At this point, I am open to mostly anything that will help me gain the weight back as long as it does not consist of being forced to regain fatty weight. I've Considering changing from the whey to creatine, but I've heard it is both bad for you and that it is not harmful at all. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

Brian

 

[solarclimax]

If you can add 1.5 - 2 lbs a week you should be back up to your old weight just before the start of the season. And most of it should be muscle, whey and creatine are definatly not bad for you. But you should be thinking more about what foods to buy rather than what supplements. Supplements are 1% essential. Good food is 99% essential spend your money on food and don't worry about the sups.
Taking protein drinks pre and post workout is ok. But milk is slow digesting and after u work your muscles they are crying out for fuel so it would make more sense to take your protein drink with something that is fast digesting, like water.

If your eating more calories than u burn u will lose weight.

Find out your BMR and BMI so you can work out how many cals u need and how to break that down into protein, carbs, fat. In order to put on 1.5 - 2lbs a week

 

[ChinkNasty]

red meats, chicken, salmon and other fish, whole eggs, milk, sleep

 

[Biga227]

An online BMR calculator calculated that with my athletic schedule I need a little over 3032 calories per day. ( and BMI at 24.6) I had no idea I needed this many calories to maintaint my current weight.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! Anyhting else I need to know?

-Biga227

 

[solarclimax]

Anyhting else I need to know?

Don't pee in the wind

 

[mad dipz]

I'm 17 years old and a highschool Junior. Last football season I started at left guard at around 215+ lbs (I think my highest weight during the season was 218 lbs). After the season this year, I had been trying to lose some weight. During the swimming season following football, I lost around 11 or 12 lbs and after I gave up all junk foods for lent and have been watching what I eat since then, I've lost an additional 10 or 11 lbs.

All in all, I am now down to near 193 lbs and I am extremely worried that I will not be able to gain it back in time for the start of the season in mid-August. I have been lifting 5 days a week switching between upper and lower body workouts starting at the beginning of march. I also have been taking Whey protein since I started lifting again at the end of the swim season (1 scoop in water before lift, one scoop in milk after). I had been running 2 or 3 times a week but have since stopped because I was losing too much weight.

The problem is, I have a fixation on trying to regain the weight back in muscle rather than in fat like it had been previously...

-Do you guys know of any suggestions, diets, or even specific workouts that could help me to regain the weight quickly, peferably with mostly muscle mass?

-Is it bad that I am lifting every day even though I am switching between upper and lower body?

-At this point, I am open to mostly anything that will help me gain the weight back as long as it does not consist of being forced to regain fatty weight. I've Considering changing from the whey to creatine, but I've heard it is both bad for you and that it is not harmful at all. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

Brian

The diet chinknasty gave you is what everyone should be eating a lot of for gaining weight. On average, you can calculate gaining about 1-2 lbs. per week, now I don't have the brainpower to do all that in my head, but from now until august, it seems pretty reasonable to me to get that weight back for your position.

As for lifting too much, idk, it all depends on how much you're doing for each bodypart. We wouldn't mind seeing what you're doing right now for a routine. Of course, as long as you're doing lots of heavy squats, deadlifts, and OH Presses, at least 2-3x per week, is arguably reasonable. I'm sure you can handle throwing in some powercleans and other power movements also.

Drink a shitload of milk. Like a gallon a day shitload. Whole.