Desperately in need of help gaining weight!!

Gotta eat more.

Since you have a particular medical condition, I recommend talking to the doctor that is helping you treat it. He/she can refer you to a dietician with expertise/experience in dealing with your type of issues.

I haven't got a flippin clue what that is or how to get round whatever it is it does. But my usual advice with anyone who asks how to eat more food is peanut butter with everything.

Hey, I have Crohn's.

Have you tried meal replacement shakes such as ensure, boost etc? I drank them in addition to my meals not as a replacement. When I was underweight my dietician gave me some called "vital" ( made by ensure but for those with malabsorption). Vital is super expensive so I only drink it when I have free samples.

I don't have an appetite at the moment so I make my meals more calorie dense like using peanut butter.


I am at normal weight now (20.3 bmi) but I wasn't for a long time until my Remicade started working. I was 110 at 5'8 for quite a long time.

I still have the millions of food restrictions and eating hurts

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I'm so sorry to hear about your medical condition. I think that including more calorie-dense foods such as peanut butter, avocado, nuts/seeds (& other healthy fats). Google "healthy calorie dense foods" for more suggestions Mostly you want the most caloric bang for your buck. If you can't eat much, you want what you can eat to be dense in calories. Also, I would explain to your dietitian that you need more than print outs and need real suggestions.

I can kinda relate as I have had some struggles with digestive issues to the point I was losing weight and always sick. I basically cut out dairy, most sugars, most processed foods and spicy foods. Pretty much eat fresh, organic when I can, low gluten, lil seasoning, lean meats. I found through researching alot of healthy fresh food has the healthy fats we need, I just need to increase how much I eat. I went from 91 to 102lb so far and I'm 5'3. I still get sick sometimes but not as bad as before. Do you keep a food diary?

I would recommend not eating nuts lol nuts are really hard on Crohn's GI systems. Same as seeds. I would avoid those like the plague but smooth peanut butter is fine.

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Yeah I do. I guess I need help with the meal planning.

Apetamin.Google it

Not the same but being severly underweight with anorexia nervosa for years has seriously damaged by organs and I find it a celebratory day if I have a day where I am not sick or in pain by eating , also having an endoscopy to check at the end of the month to see if it is an ibd or something similar . What has helped me in gaining with these issues is a lot of peanut butter ( i know it's been said sorry !!) - 100g has around 645 calories ( and i do eat nearly this amount a day as well as raw nuts but only peanuts and cashews - others are bad for me ). Avocados are dense and you can made desserts by mixing with unsweetened cocoa powder ( no irritating sugars etc ) and some veg or banana ( whatever you can tolerate ). Dark chocolate without the added artifical stuff or sugars / oils are ok for me in small amounts and dense ! I use a lot of butter too and dont eat anything with yeast as i cannot tolerate it but yeast free rye bread is great if you are the same. Do you have supplement drinks ? I get prescribed malnutrition drinks with 300 cal in 125ml of drink that I have depended on the last 3 year or you can make your own shakes such as your milk of choice ( full fat is best ) - however amount of peanut butter, cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Or add oats if you can tolerate them. Make your own granola bars / truffles / brownies ( such as chickpea brownies - google them! No flour or sugars etc like normal ones and onviously no irritants like store bought ). Greek yoghurt is great and can add to shakes ( full fat = more calories). Oat bars are your friends ! Google a recipe that suits your needs with what does and doesnt irritate your stomach. ( i make some with 450 calories + each bar ! ). Dried fruit are great if you can handle them . Add oils and butters to vegetable soups. Mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes with milk or cream and butter are my friends. Stir fry vegetables in lots of oil. Make oats with milk, peanut butter and full fat milk or cream. Eggs if you can tolerate are great on crackers or toast ( butter these too !). Cheese can be added to anything. Soft cheese spread is so dense and easy to swallow and easy on the stomach if you are ok with dairy. Popcorn is great and light. When I am very bad I heat cereal ( ones without sugar ) with full fat milk until very hot and mushy - goes down easily. Or heat and mash a couple of bananas until piping hot.
It really depends on what irritates you.. hope this gives a little inspiration and sending much strength your way !!! X

Maybe u can try Apetamin look it up it slows down your metabolism and speed up your appetite