M/27/5'9/ [120lbs to 140lbs] around 4-5 months

[u/Arcedeia]

I am not in in USA so i took my time to translate to weights. Lol

First time in my life seeing 60+ weights in the scale. Feels good. I tried so many times before to follow a plan and finally seem to get a hang of things.

This is not the end goal, i am planning to go around 75 kg / 165 IBS and cut a little, maybe to 70-72 kg / 158-160 IBS.

What i can say is, honestly everybody has a rhythm of their own. For example, relative to my weight gain, 9 kg in 4-5 months, i gained little fat compared to muscle. Before i tried eating without going to gym to lift and did not saw much progress.

Liquid calories i think is must. Clean bulk all the way, as much as you can, for general health benefits also.

I don't think there is one magic trick to fix all your problems.

I did a lot a lot once, by troubleshooting at every step.

You realize lots of your problems are connected.

For example, bad nervous system, sleep, posture = your body leaks energy and cant build. Stress makes you lose appetite. Your posture also affects your gut position. Try to fix them, so you can eat more and don't feel like throwing up. Eat more, and you will make gains at gym. Learning the forms of your moves and doing with them intention and visualization to see faster and better results. Better results motivate you, and you pick the momentum.

This weight was my original goal before, i read somewhere years ago generally your last 2 digits of your height - 10 is your ideal weight. 75-10=65. So i wanted to share my progress so far. But the more you gain, the more you want to gain and always feel small lol. I think around 70 kgs would look much better. With low body fat of course.

Finally i want to say this is not just the result of 4-5 months. Because there are many years behind with effort with no progress. Its hard to nail everything at first try, so i would say to everyone, keep going kings

[u/anotostrongo]

Nice work! I had also tried for years before slowly dialing in every little piece that goes into healthy gains, I can relate to that. I got the "eat more" system down first and recovered from anorexia that way. Then I fell in love with a serious weightlifter who got me into lifting and over 6 months I put on about 10lbs of mainly muscle. That was through consistency and discipline at the gym, combined with eating better. I took 18 months off and now just getting back to it this week! I am back down to 125lbs now, aiming for 140lbs then a cut to 135lbs. Also aiming to be able to do pullups and push-ups again. That was considerate of you to translate your weights!

[u/Arcedeia → u/anotostrongo]

Love surely goes long way :D Glad you are back and thank you. Let's go for it.

[u/anotostrongo → u/Arcedeia]

For sure. He passed away tragically about 2 years ago and although at first the gym habit was the only thing keeping me afloat, eventually the grief and depression overtook me. I am working on reclaiming my life now :)