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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Vision Essence is reccomended by my optometrist. He's been a buddy of mine since junior high, one of the most book smart people I've ever met, and because of that I just do what he tells me. No idea what's in it, he says "take this" I say ok. Any other medical professional I'd look into it but still take it lol.
Lean bulk vs dirty bulk... no idea, just want to be healthier and wouldn't mind having a bit more on my frame. While I'm up 30lbs, you can't really tell if I'm just hanging out in jeans and a shirt.
Just looking for ways to add here and there, if not too much hassle.
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Long story short, I think you should consider just incrementally increasing your normal portion size, rather than jump to a bulk up. If you can also add an extra semi healthy snack at night, that's great too. That way you can dial it back and stabilize a weight without too much difficulty once you hit your target.
Although your post alluded to bulking up due to the gainer powders and stuff, I don't know you should do a bulk. I think you should aim to do it slow and steady. Eat an extra snack every few days, bonus if it's calorie dense, and/or increase your regular portions slowly by 10-20% etc. I personally wouldn't recommend weight gain supplement.
That way you can slowly dial back once you hit your desired weight, vs keeps going past your desired target. When I increased my weight from 140-150, I was on average keeping around 2-3 pounds a month for about 10-14 months, mostly a clean bulk as the increase was via increase in calories per meal vs snacking. Back then, I could go Joey Chestnut and just destroy food, but only maybe fluctuate like 1-3 pounds in weight over a weekend (140-150 lb range). Now I can fluctuate 6-12 pounds over a weekend like thanksgiving or just general family celebratory feast (180-200 lb range within weeks). Once I hit 170-180 ish, I was keeping another 2-3 pounds a year, but also with an extremely aggressive up and down weight gain/loss cycle depending on calorie intake from new eating habits.
I didn't realize that the weight retention and fluctuation from food could differ so substantially once I was in a different weight class. The medical professionals aren't currently concerned after I've done a ton of stress tests over the last few years (although they were originally not happy about the rapid weight gain). But I personally still don't think it's healthy long term to have monthly fluctuations in my weight like I'm aggressively cutting to meet competition weight for competitions with weight classes. That's why I highly recommend to do it really slow. I totally understand what you mean about gaining weight and feeling like I was less injury prone, but just offering a warning based on my own situation in doing a rapid gain. Your body may not continue to behave identically when you have an extra 10-20 pounds.
People don't typically plateau for weight gain. If anything it can just end up running away on you. If you want to gain and keep 20-30 pounds, I think you should aim to do it slowly, like over several years kind of thing vs a few months. My doctor told me to target 1 pound a month which is really slow vs the 2-3 I was averaging for a year. For your situation, as long as you eat something late at night, I think it's OK. Slowly work on expanding your stomach or just getting comfortable eating slightly more food regardless of what it is, preferably more carbs, sugars etc. I think granola bars or an extra piece of meat at meals/a piece of meat as a snack etc. are good~ish long term habits. Once you hit your desired weight, you can then tweak the foods you're consuming towards something more healthy.
Good luck.
