How can I gain weight?

Question

I am a male/25/6'0"/150 lbs. I have been trying to gain weight for 1.5 years by drinking 2 protein shakes a day and lifting weights 2-3 times a week. I eat normally, yet I can't gain any weight. Can anyone help with some advise.

Answer 1

You might have high metabolism, which mean you would need to probably double you intake of pretein and healthy food to gain weight. I just got a nutritionist to gain weight for football. I mean muscle not fat. But let me tell you, 5 lbs of muscle every 2 months is a really good number, so just remember that.

Another thing, you really dont workout enough to gain weight. you probably do just enough to maintain your weight. I work out 6 days a week. Although is seems rediculous, you just need to have a protein shake after workouts for recovery.

heres the basics of the plan that my nutritionist put me on. Its wokred nicely as i have gained 12 lbs of muscle in 3 months, which is really good.


i dont really know where to start so ill just start blabbering on if you dont mind...ill just list rules in their order of importance:

1-Eat a BALANCED diet...ask yourself if you got protein, fats, and carbs in each meal.

2-Fats are good...make sure your fats are from natural sources...as in; try lots of nuts and peanut butter is really good for you. Its weird but in order to burn fat you have to have fat....kinda like "in order to make money you have to spend it"
****Greasy or fats from processed foods are very bad****

3-Sugars can be very bad...(high-glycemic) sugars actually slow down the process of burning fat....you find them in processed food like soda, white bread, twinkies, etc.

4-The most important meal of the day is a small meal after you work out. If you dont eat a balanced meal (try some kind of protein bar) after you work out your body will end up burning muscle and organs instead of fat. You find high-glycemic sugar in PROCESSED food like candy, snack, etc.

5-NO PROCESSED FOODS...that means no white bread, twinkies, sodas

there's a lot more but those are the basics

and try to take 9,000-11,000mg of vitamin C per day. its basically the best vitamin out there plus us humans cant make it on our own. and take a multivitamin.

BUT dont go on a crash diet...everything i just said above works.
It will take a month of two to notice a difference but when you do you will be happy. Plus, it gives you the flexablity to be lenient with what you eat as long as it is BALANCED. think PCF(protein, carbs, fats)

Answer 2

What type of foods do you eat besides the protein shakes? I do know that carbs and sugar will put weight on you quickly. Also, more meals spread out through the day, in stead of just three. I had a male friend with the same problem. This is what he told me he did to gain weight. He also used some products (like shakes) from the company Herbalife. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Also try eating irregularly - like no more than 3 meals a day, and not afraid to eat stuff that isnt so good for you. Once you build the mass, you can tone it with weight lifting. Your metabolism may be too high for the weight to stick to you. Just a thought...

Answer 4

Go to Nutrition Express website and type in weight gain products. They have it all and specialize in nutrition for body building. The catalog is great too. Good luck. You may have a very hig metabolism and need more calories, especially if you are burning all you take in. Also, next Dr. visit have a metabolic panel done to check thyroid, if it's hyper it can cause weight loss and other symptoms as well. Good luck.

Answer 5

more weight lifting, and how can you be 6'0 and only 150 lbs??!! my father is under weight and 200 lbs, healthy 220
(too much excercise, no car)

Answer 6

u know...if you wanna gain wieght you gotta get it from a fat person (like me)! So i say, go to the grocery store, buy candy and chips and go to the movie store! buy a bunch of your favorite movies, go home and sit on the couch and stuff your face and watch movies all day! no more lifting weights...that will keep you very thin!!!

Answer 7

Basically, you can try exercising more and lifting weights and that will make you hungrier if you are a little underweight. Hope this helps!

Answer 8

well my friend has the same problem she can eat and eat and eat and never gain any pounds. some ways you can try gaining some weight is eating fast foods but also eating bigger portions of healthy foods. to stay healthy eat healthy foods but also eat junk food too ....... lol

Answer 9

thats easy, eat some foreign energy bar like off of mean girls. hah
lol good luck