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Sindre · 12-31-2007, 05:18 AM

Hi everybody, I've been thinking about this thread for some time, and now I'm going to post it. I need some real good advices on how to gain weight.

All my life, I've been very underweight. I'm 22 years old, 175 cm and about 53-55 kg. No matter what I eat, I don't seem to go up in weight. I face the opposite problem than everybody else. I've been a bit frustrated all my life about all the intense weightloss-fixation, when nobody cares to think about how it is to have the opposite problem. Why don't anybody make me a product that will help me gain weight?

Of course there are alternatives already out on the market, but I want to know the best one. In 2005 I started weight lifting and situps 3 days a week and kept it going for about 2 months. I combined this with some sort of shake I was told would be good (it tasted awful, even though it was chocolate) and some creatine. I could see some results. My body looked a bit more muscular, but not much. I was still thin. I think I was 58 kg at the most. But it didn't take long before I was back to my old habits, and the training have been totally gone now for 2 years.

And there's another problem... the big problem, that this topic was really going to be about: I am extremely ..I don't know the right word in English. But I don't like much food. I have a eating-problem (and it's not that I'm eating too much

) I simply don't like the taste of most food. So I don't have a big variation in my eating. It's been like this all my life. I was hoping to grow it off as I got older, and I'm actually eating more now than before. But still not enough.

Even though I agree that becoming vegetarian or vegan is a good and right thing to do, it simply feels impossible to even go there for me, at least right now. Then I wouldn't eat anything. I can't live on fruit. Even the fruit I like, I can't eat much of it at the time. I can't afford to get any thinner. I'm at my thinnest. It can and most only go up from here. So I have to stick with my not-so-healthy food habits just to keep living. Ironic, isn't it? I don't think my body looks nice inside (at least I've never smoked, but still). I am secretly concerned that this lifestyle won't be good in the long run. But what should I do? I want to break out of it. How can I start to gain weight at the same time as I'm gradually giving up my old food-habits? I don't even know if it's possible.

Some examples of what I like to eat and drink:
French fries (lots of it, since I was a boy)
Hamburgers
Pizza (and not vegetarian pizzas)
Soda (Cola) (lots of that to, every day..

) (but I recently started reducing this to only Thursdays-Sundays) (that's 30-40% less cola-consume a week)
Chicken
Pasta
And the list goes on...

I know this must have been a nightmare to read for you veg(e)an/tarians out there.

Anyone been in my shoes, or at least somewhere near by? I really appreciate any advice. I will trust it more coming from you guys, who are not trying to sell me anything

Thanks and happy new year to you all!

12-31-2007, 05:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sindre Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 67	I need to gain weight!! Hi everybody, I've been thinking about this thread for some time, and now I'm going to post it. I need some real good advices on how to gain weight. All my life, I've been very underweight. I'm 22 years old, 175 cm and about 53-55 kg. No matter what I eat, I don't seem to go up in weight. I face the opposite problem than everybody else. I've been a bit frustrated all my life about all the intense weightloss-fixation, when nobody cares to think about how it is to have the opposite problem. Why don't anybody make me a product that will help me gain weight? Of course there are alternatives already out on the market, but I want to know the best one. In 2005 I started weight lifting and situps 3 days a week and kept it going for about 2 months. I combined this with some sort of shake I was told would be good (it tasted awful, even though it was chocolate) and some creatine. I could see some results. My body looked a bit more muscular, but not much. I was still thin. I think I was 58 kg at the most. But it didn't take long before I was back to my old habits, and the training have been totally gone now for 2 years. And there's another problem... the big problem, that this topic was really going to be about: I am extremely ..I don't know the right word in English. But I don't like much food. I have a eating-problem (and it's not that I'm eating too much ) I simply don't like the taste of most food. So I don't have a big variation in my eating. It's been like this all my life. I was hoping to grow it off as I got older, and I'm actually eating more now than before. But still not enough. Even though I agree that becoming vegetarian or vegan is a good and right thing to do, it simply feels impossible to even go there for me, at least right now. Then I wouldn't eat anything. I can't live on fruit. Even the fruit I like, I can't eat much of it at the time. I can't afford to get any thinner. I'm at my thinnest. It can and most only go up from here. So I have to stick with my not-so-healthy food habits just to keep living. Ironic, isn't it? I don't think my body looks nice inside (at least I've never smoked, but still). I am secretly concerned that this lifestyle won't be good in the long run. But what should I do? I want to break out of it. How can I start to gain weight at the same time as I'm gradually giving up my old food-habits? I don't even know if it's possible. Some examples of what I like to eat and drink: French fries (lots of it, since I was a boy) Hamburgers Pizza (and not vegetarian pizzas) Soda (Cola) (lots of that to, every day.. ) (but I recently started reducing this to only Thursdays-Sundays) (that's 30-40% less cola-consume a week) Chicken Pasta And the list goes on... I know this must have been a nightmare to read for you veg(e)an/tarians out there. Anyone been in my shoes, or at least somewhere near by? I really appreciate any advice. I will trust it more coming from you guys, who are not trying to sell me anything Thanks and happy new year to you all!