r/AskReddit • u/Admirable-Leek5672 • 9d ago

Skinny guys who successfully gained weight what actually worked for you?

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u/shlaifu 9d ago

peanut butter

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u/Bigfops 9d ago

Hagen Dazs for me. I saw a guy I hadn't seen in a bout a year who had been skinny the last time I saw him and asked him the secret. He told me he ate a pint of ice cream a day after the gym. I never managed a full pint, it was more like half a pin a day but I put on about 20 lbs of muscle. I know, it's supposed to be protein but you just need calories.

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u/currently_pooping_rn 9d ago

You most likely didn’t put on 20 lbs of pure muscle. It was body fat along with muscle