It’s difficult to learn how to eat more. I still struggle with it and on many occasions I fail to meet my daily calorie intake requirements, so I’m not perfect. There are some methods that work for me though and that’s what I’ll be sharing in this post.
- Calculate what you’re striving for. Don’t be eating blindly. Figure out how much you need to eat to not be skinny. The number may be scary but the resulting potential for overwhelm better than trying to stumble your way towards success.
- Break it all down. Identify what exactly you need to eat each day and organize these pieces of food into meals. It’s all about having a clear picture of what you need to do. Executing on a clear plan is easier than executing on no plan.
- Start tracking your meals. Ectomorphs underestimate what they eat. That is a cold hard fact if there ever was one. That’s why you need to start tracking each of your meals using a tool like Daily Burn. Insane accuracy isn’t completely necessary, but even tracking just your bigger meals will give you an indicator whether or not you need to eat more.
- Eat calorie-dense food. Some food is easier to eat than other food but contains more calories. Duh, right? Well now that that obvious fact is out of the way start eating food that packs the calories in. One table spoon of olive oil for example contains 100 calories. That’s a small sip but would account for like 5% of my calorie intake.
- Be clever and creative. On the topic of olive oil, why not mix it in when you’re frying up a couple of eggs? There are a million ways to slip a few extra calories into any meal by being creative like that.
- Put it all in a shake. Few things go down smoother than a shake. Put whole milk, whey protein, olive oil and a whole bunch of other stuff in a blender, turn it on and hope for the best. Read this for more ideas: 7 tasty and easy breakfast recipes to build muscle.
- Consume smaller meals, but more frequently. Starving yourself and then eating all your needed calories in a single meal unfortunately just doesn’t work. The better option that actually works is to set aside 5-6 times per day where you eat a smaller meal. In this way you should never actually be hungry but you also won’t be too full either.
