Hi comrades
I want to start handling my nutrition and fitness better. I usually work out at home and can do pushups etc., I would say I’m quite underweight.
While I’m reading the guide by CriticalResist on Prolewiki, I decided to count my calories. I barely reach 1500 calories a day which at this point I’ll go malnourished. I just feel full very quickly. I do not eat processed sugars and avoid sweets, and I’m basically vegan at this point.
I exercise too and can do push ups, squats etc with no problems whatsoever, though as expected I cannot build muscular mass, most likely because of my nutrition. I don’t have the money to go to a gym so I want as much as possible to work out at home, I saw that calisthenics might be a good option? Though they seem unreliable for building muscle mass and strength. I want to put more weight but not fatty weight, which had happened to me in the past. I do eat healthy, but I eat way too less because I feel I just get full quickly. This might be due that in the past I was overweight and conditioned myself to not eat much, but now I’m basically starving myself.
How would I go about increasing my caloric intake while putting muscle mass (preferably at home)?
Peanut butter is good for calorie boosts that are protein dense, same with cheese and dairy in general if you aren’t committed to veganism. Eggs and canned tuna as well!
If you do want to stay vegan (I eat a bunch of vegan stuff), beans (red, black etc), chickpeas, nutritional yeast, soy milk, tofu, seitan etc are all good. I have had bariatric surgery so I can’t eat much either, fair warning that it is difficult to achieve a good protein intake as a vegan but not impossible.
Good luck future Swoletariat, I’m rooting for you 🫡
I will definitely try to eat more beans, as I see it’s recommended everywhere for a good protein intake. Thank you!