Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16-year-old DS is 5'10" and 135lbs three months ago. Over the summer, he followed the following diet and gained 25lbs, mainly muscle, by eating around 5,000 calories a day:

6am: One avocado, one banana, one apple, seven white eggs with edamame, zuchini, and spinach,

7am: workout at the gym

9am: two glasses of goat milk, one avocado, one banana, one piece of toast with peanut butter,

10am: 60 minutes of endurance training,

12pm: one pound of chicken with steamed veggies, and quinoa, and a glass of milk,

1pm: take an hour's nap,

3pm: one avocado, one banana, three servings of almond, pistachio, and sunflower seeds,

​4pm: 45 minutes of lifting weight,

6:30pm: one pound of either chicken or tuna/salmon/lobster, steamed vegetable, quiona, and a glass of milk

He had his physical last Friday, and weighed in at 160 pounds. I don't think it is that difficult, but YMMV.

Thanks so much for this! Some really good ideas. He made a huge effort to eat more this summer but I think his diet definitely needs some tweaking. I want to say he was eating about 4K calories based on his tracking, which probably is not quite enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.

I so hope my son does eventually too. I think the large height growth is making things a little more difficult for him…like all the calories are fueling that right now or something.

Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.