what to eat to put on weight?

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sum advice people out there

Answer 1

I'm trying to put on weight too. What my nutritionist told me is that WHAT i eat isn't as important as the CALORIES. You need to be getting at least 3500 healthy calories in order to gain some healthy weight. Some foods that help me do this are lean beef, whole milk, peanut butter, POTATOS AND RICE, healthy oils (such as olive oil and flax seed oil) and I suggest adding a formula to every meal such as "Carnation Instant Breakfast". It adds 500 calories to every meal! Thats very helpful.

Answer 2

Peanut Butter

Answer 3

Instead of bothering for what to eat pay attention to how to improve your hunger. Eating is not important, digesting and assimilation is important. Hence never eat without hunger.
Try a glass of warm water + lemon early in the morning.
If you wake up late have some citrus fruits + milk or only fruits -if hunger is poor- for breakfast.
Always eat fresh, less but proteinous healthy food.

Answer 4

I used to be a "hard gainer", too. By following a proper bodybuilding and eating plan I went from 160 lbs. to 210 lbs. in 18 months! I can't make promises that you'll do the same, but this works, believe me! I am a Certified Trainer, too, so listen up!
I'm assuming you want to add lean tissue (muscle) weight and not blubber. Yes? I'm also assuming you are probably naturally thin with little lean mass. Yes?

First of all, to add muscle to your skeletal frame requires physical exercise-HARD physical exercise! I am talking about weightlifting and bodybuilding, not walking on a treadmill or riding a bike. Those activities metabolize fat but do not build muscle.

Here's the most basic starting point I can give you. To figure your daily caloric needs, do this:

Multiply your current body weight by 10. This figure is the MINIMUM calories you need daily to support your basic needs such as digestion, heartbeat, etc. It's called the Basal Metabolic Rate, or BMR. Multiply your BMR by .10 if your daily activity is low, .15 if it is moderate, and .20 if it is high (be honest with yourself). This figure is the amount of calories you need daily IN ADDITION to your BMR in order to gain lean body mass. Example: Let's say you weigh 150 lbs. with high daily activity.
150 X 10 = 1,500 calories (BMR)
1,500 X .20 = 300 calories
Your daily MINIMUM caloric intake should be 1,800 calories (1500 + 300= 1,800).

This is just a starting point. You may need considerably more than 1800 calories daily to gain weight.

Here's how to stucture your meals:
5-7 small, calorically balanced meals throughout the day. Your calories should consist of 60% complex carbohydrates (rice, potatoes, whole grain bread, pasta), 20% protein (dairy, lean meats like fish, chicken, beef) and 20% fats. You can actually supplement with fats like flaxseed oil, grapeseed oil, olive oil.

This equals 1,080 calories of carbs (270 grams); 360 calories of protein (90 grams); and, 360 calories of fat (40 grams).

Six meals (every 2 to 2.5 hours) daily is a total of 300 calories per meal, dividing carbs, protein and fat equally between them. 300 isn't very many calories. If you're getting hungry between meals or are not gaining weight, increase all proportionally until you are gaining weight weekly. Incidentally, hunger IS important!! It's a signal that your body needs food. Initially, you may want to eat every 2 hours whether you feel hungry or not. This, in addition to bodybuilding, will increase your metabolism substantially in a very short time.

You HAVE to weight train to gain muscle!! Food does not build muscle, it only supports the process nutritionally. You can eat steaks all day and it will not add one ounce of muscle to your frame. Hard weight training is the catalyst, rest and proper diet the support.

You'll find excellent diet and training advice in the book, "Power Factor Training- A Scientific Approach To Building Lean Muscle Mass", by Peter Sisco and John Little. Pete has a whole series of books on the subject. Also consider, "Bodybuliding- A Scientific Approach", by Frederick C. Hatfield, PhD. Older book but still scientifically relevant.

BTW- Muscle magazines will not give you the best advice. Stick with the science!!

Answer 5

Not certain on what to "eat", but from personal experience know that drinking light cream or Half and Half can put weight on fast. I used it for one month (both drinking and in my creamed soups like tomato) for the specific purpose of gaining weight...put on 22 pounds.

Answer 6

A BOWL OF MASHED POTATOES WITH SHREDDED CHEDDAR CHEESE ON TOP! Trust me, you will gain weight from this!!!

You can also add gravy instead of cheese. Gravy is very fattening! If you never tried mashed potatoes with the cheese, you gotta try it! It may sound weird, but its good. Eat starchy foods like breads and potatoes.

Answer 7

Obviously higher caloric foods, and more of them BUT be more specific in what kinds. Not high in fat, good proteins and lots of complex high carbs, ie potatos. Then mix that in with some training so it does not all go into fat. Ideally resitance type training is best.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Ice cream & butter

Answer 10

candy, chili cheese fries, peanut butter, weight gain shakes, cheese