I need help gaining weight?

Camilalea
Camilalea Posts: 18 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
Hello. I don't have a weight loss problem - I can't gain weight, and I am consistently under my calorie goal. The problem is that foods that contain a lot of calories are generally full of sugars and chemicals and things that I just don't want in my body.

Any ideas of healthy foods that can help weight gain?

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  • fxst78
    fxst78 Posts: 221 Member
    Nuts, avocados and full cream milk.

    And lift heavy things and put them back down again.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Meat.

    Fruit.
  • Saezimmerman
    Saezimmerman Posts: 93 Member
    Avocados are calorically dense but full of great nutrients. I really like them sliced up on salad. You could also try adding milled flax seed to yogurts or smoothies. It's also nutritionally and calorically dense.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    Hello. I don't have a weight loss problem - I can't gain weight, and I am consistently under my calorie goal. The problem is that foods that contain a lot of calories are generally full of sugars and chemicals and things that I just don't want in my body.

    Any ideas of healthy foods that can help weight gain?

    Get some all natural bacon. Eat it by the pound. Or some natty peanut butter
  • _Kate_P
    _Kate_P Posts: 132
    No worries, you can steal some of my weight! I've got some to go around.
  • pipsqueak12
    pipsqueak12 Posts: 31 Member
    Hello. I don't have a weight loss problem - I can't gain weight, and I am consistently under my calorie goal. The problem is that foods that contain a lot of calories are generally full of sugars and chemicals and things that I just don't want in my body.

    Any ideas of healthy foods that can help weight gain?

    Get some all natural bacon. Eat it by the pound. Or some natty peanut butter

    Whats all natural bacon? Do you mean bought from a butcher or...?
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
    Up your portions in each meal and add a few more meals in your day. Nuts, avocados, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, sweet potatoes, nut butters. Small things can be added to oats, smoothies, etc like chia seeds, nut butters, etc to up the calories without adding much bulk to the meal. If you really can't manage to eat more of your calories, then start drinking them as well. You can make your own shakes and add what you like or there are some pretty decent natural fruit/veggie drinks out there. I don't ever have a problem hitting my targets and typically have a hard time just sticking to my bulking calories and not going over that even on clean foods.
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    Hello. I don't have a weight loss problem - I can't gain weight, and I am consistently under my calorie goal. The problem is that foods that contain a lot of calories are generally full of sugars and chemicals and things that I just don't want in my body.

    Any ideas of healthy foods that can help weight gain?

    Are you wanting to gain mainly muscle or fat?
  • Samrny
    Samrny Posts: 62 Member
    I've had to help my mom gain weight, so I'm a pro at this. ;) Some of my tips might seem weird because she for a time didn't want to gain although she was almost emaciated, so I "hid" calories in her foods.

    Try and eat small, frequent meals and snacks instead of "3 squares"

    Add things into your foods, such as:
    stir in powerded milk or potato flakes into food, if you don't add too much you won't taste it, but it will add nutrients.
    Put dried fruit and nuts on or in anything where you think it would taste good.
    Nut butters are your friend, they add lots of cals in a small amount.
    Add cheese to things

    Use whole milk in place of skim.
    In baking or where it tastes good, use 1/2 and 1/2 (use your own sense here, if its too rich, you won't eat it!)
    In things like oatmeal, where you usually use water, start using milk.

    Replace some of your water with fruit juice or milk.
    ADD diet shakes to your diet. They are a complete meal and many won't fill you up
    Add smoothies too. Blend in bananas and peanutbutter if it sounds good to you.
  • Derpina7
    Derpina7 Posts: 552 Member
    You can have some of mine :bigsmile:
  • JulieDerda
    JulieDerda Posts: 163
    black beans, nuts, whole grain stuff...........
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