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Want To Gain Weight?

Saz

By Saz
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Saz Explorer
Saz
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Hey

I have always been thin, I have been fortunate enough to have not ended up in hospital or have been forced to gain weight by doctors. I think I have managed to stay about 5-10kg above what would be considered "dangerous".

I would like to gain a little weight, and was wondering if anyone new of any foods I could eat to help with this?

I don't really want to drink one those supplement things if I can help it.

Also I know there are some exercises you can to help, however this is not suitable for me as I also have a physicall condition.

If any one has any ideas please post.

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Budew Rookie
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My diet is really resticted and I work hard to maintain 114, I am 5'6". Personally I keep the calories up using butter and sugar. Not very nutritional but it helps. I can use those drinks to gain because of all the stuff they put in them, but I thought about it.

I think back to when gaining was the hardest. It was before I was diagnosed. I think it is easier to gain now because I am absorbing better.

I also noticed that I was not digesting fats. Gross but everytime I would go to the bathroom I left a fat film on the water. With butter and flax seed iol that does not happen so the fats must be getting through. My doc checked cholesterol, my levels are very low.

I just started having a milk shake made with icecream and whipping cream before bed. Also a high calorie dessert is whipped cream sugar and fruit.

I have seen several people on this board who struggle in this way. I hope one of our suggestions works for you.

Best of luck.

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
Posted

I was 5'5" and 115 lbs two weeks ago. I gained 5 lbs by going on the hypoglycemic diet and eating 6 times a day and late at nite right before going to bed.

I wasn't trying to gain weight though. I am naturally small boned (celiac ?) and am comfortable with my weight. I can't carry 125 lbs like the charts recommend.

Marcia

Budew Rookie
Budew
Posted

I eat all day sometimes. Mostly before bed.

I just posted a not relating to your bumps on the belly. Not to be redundent but I wonder if it is a Nickel allery.

mellajane Explorer
mellajane
Posted

Im not sure if this will help or not... I had been sick since seven and am now 30. I have been wheat and gluten free for 3 years in Janaury.I have been taking a multi vitamain for a month now and in the last 3 months I started gaining weight. I am 5'4 and 113lbs as of yesterday! It feels great. I have always struggled with my weight and used to be very sick. I think it gets easier and takes a long time. I had to think about how long I had been sick and how mal-nutrioned my body actually was.

Good Luck it does get easier!

super-sally888 Contributor
super-sally888
Posted

Hi,

Some ideas for gaining weight:-

Try to eat nutritious high calorie foods:-

- Nuts

- Fruit juice

- Dried fruits

- Ice-cream (try to get the natural stuff)

- Eat natural fats (like the skin on your chicken), oil on salads/veges etc. Be wary of processed fats/ deep fried stuff - though it has calories it is not healthy...

- Don't eat anything low fat - I reckon regular fat is healthier anyway....

Try to eat very often. If you can snack all day instead of eating main meals.

Supplement drinks can help:- Ensure/Sustagen/ etc. and can be easy to take...

Christmas Wishes

Sally

Saz Explorer
Saz
Posted
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Thanks for the ideas! I actually got some Sustagen the other day and am making sure I drink once a day.

It is Christmas and I have literally got a ton of Gluten free goodies to enjoy, so hopefully I might be able to put al litte bit in the next few weeks. It would be nice to be able to not have to wear a belt with my shorts!

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BRUMI1968 Collaborator
BRUMI1968
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I was having trouble keeping weight on. I added two or three tea lattes a day. I make them with loose black tea in a pan with rice milk and hazlenut mik (mixed), with nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and some agave nectar (a great sweetener). Once I started doing this, I gained about five pounds. And I haven't kept gaining...I'm about 130 now at 5'9 (I was down to 120)...and that works for me.

Also avocados. I don't know where you live, but if they are any good right now where you live, they are high calories and full of good fat.

Sweet potatoes and squash are good.

Anyway, good luck. Try the tea latte. You could make it a regular latte too, if you drink coffee (I quit), or you could make it a matcha latte if you drink green tea, or a decaff chai latte. You get the drift.

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