It sounds like you are on the right track ,eating whole foods makes a big difference, and your goals can easily be reached thru a quality diet. It will take time and consistency with your diet. we all store fat in certain areas, everyone is different,and you only need minimum loses at your weight, b...

Pretty good advice on the diet, coming from a similar hard gainer I can tell you consistently keeping protein at 1g/lb has been the key for me. At 17 I was 6'4 165 lbs and was eating 5000 cals a day to try gain weight , hit 200 lbs around 22 and 215 around 25. Am now 41 and 220. It is a very slow pr...

whole foods are the key , they don't have an ingredients list like many of the processed foods you will find. protein - eggs/lean beef(round)/lean pork (loins)/chicken breast/greek yogurt/cottage cheese/salmon/tuna/sardines/skim milk carbs- brown rice/whole grain cereal & breads/quinoa/oatmeal (...