It's Finally Working, guys!! What I did that worked.
Pot8540
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I've been trying to gain weight for a long time. I was about 20lbs underweight. Weak and sick all the time. Loosing my hair and everything. A lot of how I got like that was psychogical. I didn't find success with eating more meals or snacking. It was very hard for me to sit down and eat when I'm almost never hungry.
Instead I had to hide the extra nutrients and calories in what I already ate. I normally had tea or juice with a piece of toast or granola bar for breakfast. Now I add protien powder to my tea and add peanut butter to my toast. I usually had vegetable soup for lunch. I make sure this has beans or lentils now and noodles or quinoa. I usually have some chicken with rice and vegetables for dinner. Cooking these in olive oil or butter added a lot, I sometimes add cheese. These little changes added up helping me go from 1300cal a day to 2000 or more.
I see a lot of you all struggling like I did and thought I'd put this out there in hopes it will resonate with someone else.
Instead I had to hide the extra nutrients and calories in what I already ate. I normally had tea or juice with a piece of toast or granola bar for breakfast. Now I add protien powder to my tea and add peanut butter to my toast. I usually had vegetable soup for lunch. I make sure this has beans or lentils now and noodles or quinoa. I usually have some chicken with rice and vegetables for dinner. Cooking these in olive oil or butter added a lot, I sometimes add cheese. These little changes added up helping me go from 1300cal a day to 2000 or more.
I see a lot of you all struggling like I did and thought I'd put this out there in hopes it will resonate with someone else.
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Glad you found your way! It took several months before I found some neat tricks as well - adding mayo to scrambled eggs was a big one1
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Eating more works.
Glad your having success.1
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