need to gain atleast 5kgs and i eat healthy foods

botessune
botessune Posts: 3
edited November 16 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I'm trying to gain weight I'm female 19 years old 1.78 and I weigh 51kg I eat lots of healthy protein food but I'm allergic to all nuts and avos make me sick so that's a big cut out of my list of can eats I can't seam to take in the amount of calories that I should what foods will help up my calories ?

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  • CatHunterFit
    CatHunterFit Posts: 194 Member
    What do you eat in an average day now?

    Do you eat fruit? Health carbs? Brown rice, sweet potato, quinoa? Cheese?
  • botessune
    botessune Posts: 3
    Today I had weet-bix with full cream milk then 2 eggs with bacon and cheese. Then biltong and drank a ensure shake to help gain weight then had chicken and butter nut and corn. I don't really eat bread or potatoes or rice no pastas do you think I should start eating more of those type of things?
  • CatHunterFit
    CatHunterFit Posts: 194 Member
    Yes, try eating more carbs. Seems to be lacking from your diet at the moment.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    honestly OP ditch the whole "healthy vs unhealthy" mantra. As long as you hit your calorie/macro/micro goals for the day there is nothing wrong with filling in the rest of your calories with ice cream, bagels, pasta, cookies etc….

  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    edited April 2015
    Why don't you eat bread, potatoes, rice, or pasta? Do you like them? If not, have you tried quinoa or barley?
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Have you tried sunflower butter? It is a good substitute for peanut butter. Also, coconut butter is really yummy:)
  • Tresiel
    Tresiel Posts: 98 Member
    Work out how many calories you need per day to gain at a rate comfortable to you 1lb every week, 1lb every 2 weeks etc. Then calculate your macros how much protein, carb, fat you need.

    It could be your diet is fine you just need larger portions it could work out to be easier to incorporate higher density foods or simply foods that taste nicer.

    What type of training are you doing? E.g weight training is known to increase your appetite if you struggle with volume of food.
  • botessune
    botessune Posts: 3
    Thanks for all the comments I will up my pastas and breads. And will try the smoothies thanks :)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Switch weetbix for granola (higher fat), cook in oil (coconut), use fattier cuts of meat (chicken thigh, fattier mince or steak), more carb dense vegetables, and fruit, add grains, eat dessert! Use olive oil on your salads, make smoothies or have juice to drink some of your calories.

    You don't have to stay "healthy" for every single food choice, but if that's your choice there are plenty of calorie dense options with healthy ingredients. make yourself some sweet treats, or buy some - they could be grain or gluten free, dairy free, all wholesome ingredients if you choose! Eat a bit of chocolate or icecream, again, there are "healthy" but calorie dense versions.
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