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Originally Posted by Sindre  Thank you everybody, great advices. I loved your example here, VacMan. You described it in a way I never thought of before. I'll remember that when exercising.
But would you guys recommend me to first start eating more (someone mentioned 3000 calories a day, and 6-8 small meals a day), and gain more weight first, and then after gaining some weight, begin exercising? What will be the best approach in my situation right now? I don't wish to lose more weight, so I feel it could be right to "make the building more solid" and have a better chance to make it even more solid when beginning exercising later. Instead of risking to make the building weaker by starting exercise right now, while I'm still not eating as much as I should...
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I see health as a whole package. I wouldn't use the work "risking" if you're starting to exercise - Other than extreme circumstances, exercising can only help your body, not harm it.
And you definitely would
not start eating
more pizza, fries, and burgers to "prep" for exercise. If you're looking to give your body energy to fuel movement, and building blocks to build muscle, getting more empty calories is not the first step.
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while I'm still not eating as much as I should...
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How do you know you're not eating as much as you should? What are you basing your "should" criteria by?
Since you're eating a lot of high-fat foods, which are by nature calorie-dense, you're probably getting more than enough calories for a person of your body weight. What your body needs isn't "more food"/more calories, it's higher quality foods that allow your body to do what it needs to do.
To track how many calories you're actually getting, and if you're eating "enough," try:
Nutridiary :: Free Online Diet Diary
Cheers