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Tips to gain weight
I know usually people are seeking help on shifting some pounds but I really need to gain some, or a stone ideally!
I'm 5ft4 girl and just under the 7 stone barrier. I've always been slim but since having a pretty physical job I can't seem to keep any weight on and i'm always fighting to keep it on. I try to eat often and have a good appetite but there's not always enough time in the day to eat, I work 9 - 6. I was thinking about buying some calorie drinks or protein shakes but everything seems directed at people body building and trying to gain muscle.
Does anyone have any tips or experience in struggling to keep weight on? Or know anything about these protein drinks? I went into a health food shop and it was a minefield of different powders and things.
I'm 5ft4 girl and just under the 7 stone barrier. I've always been slim but since having a pretty physical job I can't seem to keep any weight on and i'm always fighting to keep it on. I try to eat often and have a good appetite but there's not always enough time in the day to eat, I work 9 - 6. I was thinking about buying some calorie drinks or protein shakes but everything seems directed at people body building and trying to gain muscle.
Does anyone have any tips or experience in struggling to keep weight on? Or know anything about these protein drinks? I went into a health food shop and it was a minefield of different powders and things.
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One week I ordered fast food every night (plus ate tons during the day and barely left the house) and only gained like two pounds, which I quickly lost after a day or two.
Do you drink coffee ? If you do, try to use a pint of full fat milk a day by having a milky drink.
The fact that you say there is not always enough time in the day to eat is telling. If you don't eat you will lose weight, it's that simple. If you want to put on weight you will have to make time or you never will.
The weight will pile on.
If you want to gain weight more quickly, you just have to eat more. Keep eating what you currently are as it probably isn't very fatty if you don't gain weight, but increase your portion sizes. If you usually have one helping of pasta, starting taking 1.5. After a month, increase it to 2 etc.
You basically need to increase your stomach size by filling it with more (hopefully still healthy) food. Also snack between meals. I gained about 8 kgs in under 6 months doing this when I was in my 20s and underweight. As my portion sizes increased, so did my stomach size, and I became hungrier more often, and this in turn made me eat more and gain more weight. It's a cycle.
http://m.activebeat.com/diet-nutrition/11-foods-that-will-make-you-gain-weight/
Supplements:
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/vitamins-supplements/weight-gain/#totalNumRecs=45
I don't drink alcohol or coffee, but i'm getting on the chocolate milk
I've started to count calories in order to make sure I push over the 2000 mark everyday, even if it means eating the wrong things.
After looking through the weekly food diary which contained plenty of fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and so on and she suggested we should put aside the healthy home cooked meals and feed our daughter fry ups, a couple a week at least.
Generally it's harder for naturally thin people to gain weight when they are younger,under 30,And sometimes you pay for chasing the weight gain when you do hit your 30's.
Don't bother with the protein shakes,the majority of the calories in them come from the milk you mix them with,just drink the milk.
Also some exercise with weights could help.
I'm 22 and apart from me I think it'd be far to say all my family members who were similar to me at my age are now overweight and on diets!
I just feel uncomfortable and childlike being this small, I want to get to a reasonable weight.
Sainsbury's 'big breakfast' sandwich - 850 calories (breakfast)
Large Big Mac meal with McFlurry - 1,500 calories (lunch)
Pizza Hut deep pan meat feast - 4 slices - 1,100 calories (dinner)
Snack on crisps, biscuits and chocolate. Drink sugary colas and energy drinks. Eat side dishes like garlic bread covered in oil.
On 4,000 calories daily (at least) should help you 😄
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And if it doesn't help with the weight gain it'll help with giving them diabetes and a heart attack. It is possible to increase the calorie intake in a healthy way.
Unless you are unhealthily thin (i.e. eating disorder) then I'd just enjoy what you are, many people will really envy you. If you feel you must gain weight then at least eat more healthy calories rather than junk food and use weights to build up muscle rather than fat but be very careful what you wish for.
Am near 30, 5"4 and petite.
When I was younger I was healthy ate what I liked but looked ill. I know how you can feel people judge you and assume you're ill. I can also confirm what a previous poster said about getting older and naturally weighing a bit more, happened around 25 for me.
You can do small changes to your cooking for a quick fix, eg not making a tomato sauce but a cream sauce with dinner. Adding cream will add the calories without trying.
To be honest, if you are really worried then see a dietician, but my personal opinion is; don't worry, yes you want a bit more meat on your bones, but age will do it's work and catch up.