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Problems with putting on weight & keeping it
BillieTheBot
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Is there any way of me actually being able to put on weight and keep it without eating all the time? I noticed this morning (and last weekend) that I've lost weight - which I really don't need/want to do right now.
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Just eat lots of carbs, and try and up your portions a little bit at a time. I was having pasta for lunch every day which seemed to help a bit. Snack on pancakes, have extra potatoes etc...
Just keep at it.
I'm sure it's much harder putting on weight when you're trying to than people who're trying to lose. :rolleyes:
Anyone for a fat transplant?
I will try to do what you say and see what happens, thank you.
Was talking to my dad about something earlier and he did say that being skinny (as well as being short) does run in the family.
Id gladly give you some of mine. i have plenty to pass around;)
Basically to gain weight you need to eat more than you are burning off.
Dont go down the route of eating a load of crap though, it may make you put on weight but not the good kind, you need to eat more carbs and protein than you are currently eating.
Try adding an extra chicken breast to a meal or add an extra handful of pasta etc..your body will soon get used to eating more
I think I know what you're talking about. Wasn't it something along the lines of drinking Slimfast milkshakes (which I can't have anyway) and then have a meal as well?
You can have the stone I've had from the pill as well! Just bulk up slowly and add more protien/carbs to your meals.
Been told to get shakes for actual weight gain, not like the protien ones, apparently theyre different, cos protien ones put muscle on the areas you work on rather than actually body mass kinda thing, dunno if thats right like
Sucks not actually bein able to keep weight on :impissed:
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It's just extra calories. As long as you don't drink them instead of meals, it can help. Why can't you have them? If it's a lactose thing, try getting the powder instead of the actual shakes (most supermarkets do a cheaper version) and putting it in soya milk or lactofree.
I just managed to put the stone I needed on quite recently, and have been maintaining it quite nicely since the end of January. There's no big secret to it, you just have to get the calories in. I got my appetite back quite spectacularly just after Christmas, and it paid off.
If you can't face eating absolutely shitloads, try snacking on high calorie things that are actually good for you, like nuts and seeds. I used to chuck a whole load of pine nuts in almost everything I ate.
Lastly, if you haven't changed your eating habits or started exercising more and have suddenly dropped weight, you should consider seeing a doctor.
It is because of the milk. I think we do have some of this somewhere.
Will do. I think what's makes this harder for me is that because of the buses and where I'm based a few days a week, I have to walk anything up to about 2.5 miles in one day.
The lady speaks the troof :yes:
Eat chicken, and lots of it. Chicken for lunch, chicken for dinner. I had a meal with chicken in it (chicken fingers, fried chicken, buffalo wings, chicken filets, whatever) at least once day for around 2 weeks last year and I put on 10 pounds in that time, haven't lost any of it either. I have a really high metabolism so it's nearly impossible for me to put on weight, but for some reason this worked. Also, make sure you eat some kind of fried chicken as much as possible in this diet (you may want to cut this part out if you don't get regular exercise).
I would suggest trying some of the more proven techniques everyone else described first, but if they don't work, give this a shot.
Weird.
Does kind of make me wonder how you came across this technique in the first place though... :eek2:
I think I'll have a go at the Slimfast thing. Anyone know if they do a lactose free version of this stuff? Or would I have to just buy the powder and mix it with soya milk?