I'd wish if was that easy....!
I'd wish it was that easy Vageta...I'm in the same boat as Flabberboy, damn it! can't get any weight, I have lost it instead...see the problem is that by eating ANY dense food and meats for that matter you're putting your health at risk. I know 'cause I had been doing it, eating red meats (steak and eggs for breakfast, my favorite, plus french fries, yummy!), fish, whole eggs, whole milk, tuna, you name it ate it. I wasn't getting any fat because I'm an ectomorph also (the slim type, hard gainer, fast metabolism, etc), although I was getting king of flabby around my waist, which didn't emphasize my upper body, given that I don't have broad shoulders. However, here's the downside of the eat ANYTHING diet...I was diagnosed with very high cholesterol (256!), and I mean bad cholesterol, plus the fact that too much protein (read excessive) could damage your kidneys, given that they can't process too much protein at the same time.
So since last April 9th I was forced to watch what I put in, I'm eating lean now, feel much better overall, but went from 185 lbs to 179 lbs. right now.
My strategy now is to increase the amount of calories I put in by putting just the good stuff: white eggs only, (whole egg, once a week maybe), fish, beans, turkey breast lunch meat, chicken breast, tuna, sardines, salmon, veggies (not too much), cereal (Kashi's Go lean, not too much), flaxseed oil, multivitamins, glutamin pills, soy milk and skim plus for the milkshakes with Whey Protein supplement, always using my calculator, as to watch for no more than 3,500 calories a day.
As for my training, I'm lifting heavy, good form, few reps (6 or 8 per set), and no more than an hour or hour and a half, tops, in the gym, given plenty of rest in between. Cardio only one a week.
Let's see how it goes with this diet, I'll keep you posted.
Caution: Don't just eat ANYTHING...(read burgers and that kind of s...it, it's not good for your heart, regardless of age), eat clean but high, that's all.
My two cents,
Corsaire
Boarding party...away!