Putting on Pounds - What Every Hardgainer Needs to Know

Hard to believe it takes 3500 calories to gain one pound of muscle.
This may seem like a daunting number at first, but you will learn that it is not really all that hard.
It is also important to distinguish between simply gaining fat, and actually building muscle.
Please note I said one pound of muscle, not just merely one more pound of bodyweight.
After all we are after good health too.
If we use our above number of 3500 calories a week, we can easily see that we need to consume an extra 500 calories to what we are currently consuming.
How are we going to accomplish this goal you may ask, and it is a fair question.
There is so much information out there on the subject that most people get information overload and then do nothing.
Too much information can be just as bad as having almost none at all.
If you follow the below rules you will gain weight consistently: Eat Often: You need to make a time to have 3 large meals and at least 2 substantial snacks every single day.
Eat Bigger: Your normal portions are not big enough, you will have to increase the portions of the meals that you are currently eating.
Higher Calorie Foods: Dried fruit, starchy vegetables, dense whole grain breads, cereals, nuts.
Bring on the Extras: No more eating things just plain.
Unsaturated Fats: Olive and canola oil, nuts, seeds, peanut butter, avocados.
Healthy Carbs and proteins: Jam, Honey, dried fruit, wheat germ, protein powder.
Every Beverage Counts: No more soda as a main food source.
Milk, juice,water and we all know my love for the Smoothie.
Resistance Training: You are never going to gain any true meaningful weight that is going to translate into muscle without weight training.
I know everyone hates going to the gym in the beginning, but you are going to have to if you really want to build an impressive physique.
You are also going to have to find a good program to follow.
Failing to plan is a plan for failure.
This is just a quick little guide.
If you are like me, you want to keep it simple in the beginning.
As you learn more you can vary your routine, but in the beginning the shortest distance between two points is a straight simple line.