Putting on weight

galwayjohn89

I have always been thin, but it has got much worse recently when I was in hospital I lost close to 2 stone in a few weeks. I've been trying to put on weight but its a slow process. I am 20 and now weigh just under 9 stone. I am 5' 10"

The problem is I find it very difficult to eat so foods that 'go down easy' would be really helpful. If anyone has any tips it would be appreciated.

Col_Loki

You could try drinking milk. An extra 2L a day will increase your calories by about ~650 which should help with the process. 1 Pint at Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Night. Pretty easy way to get in the extra kcal's.

Are you lifting weights or doing any resistance exercise? If not then the majority of the weight you put on will be fat.

nice_guy80

eggs are wonderful.
seperate them and eat the whites

Mellor

nice_guy80 wrote: »

eggs are wonderful.
seperate them and eat the whites

Not eating the yokes makes no sense, especially when trying to put on weight.
Whites on there own won't contribute much.

nice_guy80

Mellor wrote: »

Not eating the yokes makes no sense, especially when trying to put on weight.
Whites on there own won't contribute much.

protein?
I'll bow to your superior knowledge

Mellor

nice_guy80 wrote: »

protein?
I'll bow to your superior knowledge

The white is basically only protein, and it does have more protein than the yoke. But only 1g more in a large egg.
The yoke also has lots of vitamins and the extra calories - very important for weight gain.

spodoinkle

Sweet potatoes!!! I eat a kilo of these at a time and still want more after

danlen

nice_guy80 wrote: »

seperate them and eat the whites

Why in God's name would you want to do that?

cosmic

Some peanut butter licked off a spoon maybe?

Zombienosh

cosmic wrote: »

Some peanut butter licked off a spoon maybe?

mmmmm peanut butter, I put it on everything.

galwayjohn89

Thanks for the advice. I'll stock up on eggs, milk and peanut butter. I've heard nuts are good aswell?

Zombienosh

Vuzuggu wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. I'll stock up on eggs, milk and peanut butter. I've heard nuts are good aswell?

Yeah nuts are great. I always buy bags of whole almonds.

JohnSmith17

OPTIMUM NUTRITION PRO COMPLEX GAINER. good stuff

Osborne

I'm in the same boat O.P. I am 5ft 6' and weight 8st. I have done from the age of 16.

I work in the hospitality Industry and have found in the past that I tend to skip meals dues to always being on the run. I know I have got into a bad habit of going without food and then eating loads when I am not at work. I was also not eating the right things.

So, this year I decided to get myself together and sort myself out.

An example of my diet now would be:

Breakfast -

2 poached eggs
2 slices of wholemeal bread
1 high fibre yoghurt
1 banana
1 weight gain shake

Lunch-

1 tin of tuna
1 large baked potato
1 apple
1 pint of milk

Dinner-

2 grilled chicken fillets
wholegrain pasta
3 servings of veg

Snack-

peanut butter sandwiches on wholemeal bread
nuts

I also go to the gym 6 times a week and will take another shake after my session.

I'm finding it pretty tough to eat everything I assign myself but I'm forcing myself to get it all down. I have only been doing this for two weeks and have already put on half a stone. I'm no expert in this field so I might be doing this all wrong but we'll see as time goes on. Good luck with the weight gain!