Lost too much weight

jen73fit4life

I've been looking for support on gaining weight but I'm not trying to bulk up. I've lost too much weight and I'm looking unhealthy. I'm struggling to find help with gaining weight unrelated to bulking up; just gaining 5-7 pounds back so I'm healthy. Any advice or tips? Please post and also add me if you want to. I'm feeling a bit lost. My husband tells me I'm too bony and he's right -- I took my weight loss too far.

Tblackdogs

Eat healthy, high calorie foods. Avocado and nuts are two good suggestions!

Buff2022

I am sorry you got a negative comment. I had a friend who was just skin an bones...ate like a cow. God I miss her and let her RIP. People would give her so much crap. But eat healthy and add maybe 200 calories a day and see if that works. Keep adding till you get that weight you need back on.

jenncornelsen

i have seen this happen with a few of my girlfriends where they became borderline anorexic because they were so afraid to go back to being fat. don't let that happen with u its just a whole new issue and actually worse than being a few lbs overweight. increase your calories on here to gain 1lb a week. it might seem like your eating alot and u might not get there everyday but it truly is important. good luck !

arditarose

How much do you want to gain back? You could do something like aim for .5 lbs per week. MFP will have you set to eat 250 calories above maintenance daily. I think using the TDEE method is a little easier when you're trying to gain though. Are you familiar?

jen73fit4life

I'm wanting to gain 5-7 pounds back. I set my calorie adjustment to gain .5 pounds a week. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it!

AsISmile

Good luck. Gaining intentionally can be hard.
Try to eat in a way that will fit the way you eat when you transition to maintenance.
Your desired gain is not a lot, so increasing portion sizes will most likely do the trick.
If you already start eating smart now, and adjustment in portion size will help you transition to maintenance.

jennifer_417

It's great that you're responding so well to feedback and wanting to be a helathy weight!
As far as gaining, there are lots of foods that are calorie dense without much volume. Try cooking with oil, adding butter to your food. Mayo has lots of calories, and a little goes a long way. Nutella has 100 cals a tablespoon, and would be an awesome addition to a protein shake or smoothie.(I like it on toast) Full-fat milk, if you like that, is pretty high in calories, as well.

auddii

You gain weight the same way to bulk as you would to gain some fat, by eating more. To bulk and limit fat gains, people recommend progressive lifting. I'd recommend reading the tips on bulking as they are still going to apply (especially the difficult mindset of trying to gain after trying so long to lose).

You can either ignore the lifting suggestions or add them in. While you don't want to get "bulky" that's really determined by how much fat you have over your lean mass. Many people bulk and then do a cut to get rid of the fat they gained during a bulk.

So, you could bulk and lift and put on a mix of fat and muscle and not cut afterwards. This could give you some long term benefits like improved strength and bone health.

Or you can eat more with no (or little) resistance training and just put on weight, which a good portion of it will likely be fat (which may be what you are looking for).

While I assume you'll pick the non lifting riute, this might be a good read for you:

http://bretcontreras.com/how-to-attain-a-slender-look-like-jessica-alba-zoe-saldana/