Anyone else just trying to get a bit fatter?

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  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    Try to go for calorie dense nutritious foods. Nuts as mentioned are a good one. For desert mebe strawberry with lashings of cream and sugar. Honestly im so envious right now. I'm the other end of the scale.

    There are some days I would just KILL to just enjoy a large bowl of walnuts. As it is the few i can fit into my snacking tend to just make me feel like having more lol.
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    If I was in your situation, I would probably just choose the food I liked the best and start eating a lot more of it!

    With a BMI of 15 your first priority should be to gain weight. There is no need right now to force yourself to eat foods you hate or make you feel sick just because someone else recommends them.

    Once you get better at increasing your intake, you can worry about hitting reasonable macro targets and developing a better workout routine.
  • Ms_Wire
    Ms_Wire Posts: 22
    Thanks everyone, some helpful advice. I'm definitely going to start some strength training (as I said from the start), but I think I'm going to try and just get a little bit of weight on first, to see if I even can. It's been three weeks and I've manged one pound so far, so I'm not convinced that just isn't a fluke....
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    Me! I've been trying to maintain for the last month, using the calories MFP told me to eat, and have lost an additional 3 pounds. I'm thinner than I like now and am trying to adjust my thinking to be able to eat enough to gain a couple of those pounds back, as the loss of body fat is making my hormones do some weird things. I think I am going to be having fun eating pie and cheesecake and delicious full-fat Greek yogurt. Also, protein/fruit shakes made with full-fat milk and Greek yogurt are delicious. I think they make me less full if I don't add protein powder, however.

    I would like to gain muscle too, but in summer most of my activity is gardening, and I don't want to be indoors doing weights when gardening is kind of a strength-enhacing activity already. Plus, like you, I would rather gain a little body fat first.
  • yyc8
    yyc8 Posts: 1
    Hi,
    I'm 22, 5'2 and 39.7kg. Ever since 13 I have not pass 40kg... Like you, I loveee food but people still judge me on appearances and think i have an eating disorder. There are friends who will care about you and ask how comes you're so skinny and defend you when people make judgement, those are the type of friends you should cherish. For those who whisper behind your back or just make up assumption, screw them, they are ignorate and condescending. I hope you reach your goal <3
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