Any advice on forcing to eat more??

[Orion]

Well, i've never had the problem of not being hungry. I'm always hungry, which is good as im trying to pack on some weight. I used to be really skinny, then i just stopped exercising and ate so much and got fat. Now i've lost weight and am trying to gain weight properly. My fat percentage is 14.6% which is good. I am doing as Sohan suggested and eating the small meals frequently, although I have to try that weightgainer shake. Why can't you eat it anymore?

[Sohan]

Well, i've never had the problem of not being hungry. I'm always hungry, which is good as im trying to pack on some weight. I used to be really skinny, then i just stopped exercising and ate so much and got fat. Now i've lost weight and am trying to gain weight properly. My fat percentage is 14.6% which is good. I am doing as Sohan suggested and eating the small meals frequently, although I have to try that weightgainer shake. Why can't you eat it anymore?

Orion, I don't know how old you are, but when you are 40 and above, the same training unfortunately doesn't yield the same results bodyfatwise as it did a decade or two earlier. And this from a guy who at 19 could eat 10 McDonald's cheeseburgers after a workout and not gain an ounce (true!)

Seems now if I even get a whiff of that shake, the fat cells have a party.

With respect,

Sohan

[Coco]

I think the problem isnt gaining weight... it is gaining it correctly. I mean, any of us can just sit down and eat a jar of peanut butter or a bag of cheetos. And we can all eat junk food all day, which wont fill you and will oviously make you gain a million pounds. However, as martial artists, we want to gain muscle weight, or weight that will benefit our overall strength and fitness. For this, I will have to disagree that it is easyer to lose weight than to gain it.

[mongo]

All people are different for example I gain weight very easily but loose it more slowly.

I will give you some recomendations I have heard from powerlifters plus a little first hand experience.

Eat fast. Your body relases sesation drugs into your blood, most people have about 15 min before they start to feel full. If you are trying to loose weight do the oposite

Make sure you are drinking caloric liquids. milk, juice etc.

wake up and eat at night once,

stick with easier to digest foods so you can eat more often.

You might look at a protien powder called Muscle Milk. As I recall from my last squat cycle(I am overseas so I dont have my notes) 2 scoops in whole milk make it arround 600+ calories.

It will be tought to eat like this at first you will have to force yourself. Your success will depend on how much you want it and how disciplined you are.

As an asside make sure you are doing enough volume of training to support your eating or you will just get fat. For a little fun you could try googling smolov.(warning you may hate me later if you try it.)