tips on gaining weight?

I've always been underweight and normally my weight stands around 125-130, which isn't much for a 6'0" man, but didn't seem unhealthy considering I always ate a lot. In the past week two people have asked me if I've gotten thinner, which I brushed off as kind of ludicrous, considering myself not to have any signifigant weight to lose. Out of curiosity I just stepped on a damn scale and found out I only currently weigh 118, which kind of scares me. There's no good reason I should be losing weight. Anyway, I really want to put weight on, which is a very difficult thing for me to do. Extra calories just make me hyperactive or keep me up at night. Does anyone have any experience with intentionally gaining weight or tips on how to do so?

I'll happily loan you some of mine.

That's not much help, really.

118! girrrl... you need some burgers i think, with like, cheese and bacon

and FRIES

(w/ chipotle mayo dip)

sorry i don't think you can gain weight without eating more calories!

maybe try to biggie-size your breakfast and eat constantly all day instead of in bursts so you don't get all highs and lows. i don't need to lose or gain weight but i have to do that (eat all day, not eat huge breakfast) or i feel like i will pass out all the time.

i like the phrase "biggie-size"

way xpost to Rev: sorry, if I eat a single french fry, I gain 10 lbs, so I have the opposite problem. If "extra calories keep you up at night," you might be in a bit of a conundrum, b/c I can't really envision a way to load up on fat without consuming lots o' calories.

Oh, and there's the added stipulation that I need to do this in starving student w/ no job (prob. how I ended up so thin in the first place) stylee. I know that doesn't make it easy.

xxp: I often run out of the house with no breakfast. I am so bad. :/

yeah breakfast would help, and maybe the rest of your calories wouldn't make you hyperactive if you ate it more often. also eggs are cheap esp. if you buy them like 18 at a time!

i believe in you, you can do this

I forget what Jared Leto did to put all that weight on to play Mark David Chapman, but it was very effective. I'll look for it & report back.

he drank microwave-melted pints of haagen-dazs iirc

having no money actually helps you gain weight cuz you're forced to eat JUNK

My main problem w/ breakfast is that I have to catch a bus at just past 7. And even getting up at 6:20 I feel mad rushed. Maybe I should set my alarm all the way back to 6:00.

xp: the prob is I don't even have money for JUNK tbh

find out whether your thyroid is overactive. serious advice.

Will do.

Eggs, I should def eat more eggs tho. PROTEINZ.

here's a tip. FUCK YOU ASSHOLE

seriously i hate you

also potatoes, they can make you fat and are mega cheap

AFAIK the "becoming a target of obscene verbal attacks" theory of weight gain is a myth

lift weights

According to this, Jared Leto gained 67 pounds to play Chapman by drinking microwaved pints of ice cream mixed with soy sauce and olive oil every night.

yeurgh

interesting, pretty sure that would cause me to lose weight after i vomit up the contents of my stomach

once you've got your thyroid checked out, maybe you should try some weight training and plenty of protein.

<3 u too, musically

Okay. BIG breakfast. Eat all day. (I kinda do that one anyway) Eggs. Potatoes.

Ugh, I tried lifting weights recently and even with tiny little weakling weights it kicked my ass. I should get into the habit of doing it tho.

Maybe you could get some ideas here.

there's weight-gain stuff at your local Fred Meyer or whatever but seriously thyroid workup.

you know i'm jk rev, only love in this club

but seriously fml

rev i have this same problem - i've weighed 115-120 lb from high school until now, and only until the past 6 months have i started gaining anything (i'm 26 now). now i'm about 125 lb. i think having a beer or two every night has played some role in my recent subtle weight gain.

yea, u basically do have to start eating more calories, b/c, uh, that's literally the only way that you gain weight. eating more calories than u burn = u gain weight. eating fewer calories than u burn = u lose weight.

basically just eat a lot more proten, carbs, fats - and none of these means u have to eat lots of junk food. eggs, avocadoes, nuts, whole grains. lots of all these things

OK the Jared Leto ice cream thing is revolting.

u prob show the skinniness more than i do tho - ur 6'0? i'm only 5'7''. still i rarely meet dudes thinner than i am

can I just say though that I weighed 120-130 from the time I was 18 until I was 34 or so and if it's not a thyroid problem then my advice to you sir about your skinniness is ENJOY THAT SHIT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.

yea that's prob otm^

Yeah, I'm trying to go about this smartly. Mark's list looks awesome. Proteins and carbs = good. Fats, not so much. I have made effort to eat healthier in the past year or so, but that was more about excising junk food from my diet than trying to do anything with my weight. I have felt a lot more energetic since I stopped being all fast food and coca-cola.

here's a tip: fuck you

mark cl is otm here---just eat more and better calories

develop a drinking problem

u will be biggie-sized in no time

def don't eat constantly all day. a huge meal once a day would be ideal.

lol i didnt even see this before i posted:

here's a tip. FUCK YOU ASSHOLE

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:04 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

why u want to gain the weight rev just to be more handsome or

i wish u ill

jho: Because I feel uncomfortable with the fact that I was losing weight from my already underweight usual state. Really, I'd just like to get back up to my usual weight of about 128. Maybe if I put on some muscle, up to 135.

cank: musically had more flair tbh

I'm 28, 5'8" and been about 115-120 since I was 18. I eat terribly and often, do not exercise and have a healthy drinking problem. My thyroid checkups have returned normal. So if you figure something out, lemme know.

I agree with John D.'s thyroid check rec - it can't hurt.

I can't even begin to imagine how different my life would be if I had this "prob". Guess body image weight issues can fuck you up in some may not matter which end of the spectrum you fall on.

errr "in some way no matter" . . .

I'm 28, 5'8" and been about 115-120 since I was 18. I eat terribly and often, do not exercise and have a healthy drinking problem. My thyroid checkups have returned normal. So if you figure something out, lemme know.

Same exact thing with me, only I'm 25 and 5'10". And, although I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, can I just say that the "fuck you" thing is cute and skinny people laugh it off, it's actually really fucking annoying. I've been skinny and weak for as long as I can remember, and it wasn't fun growing up and being made fun of constantly for it. And even today it sucks to be at a restaurant and just KNOW someone's going to make some stupid comment about food. I realize being skinny is some sort of goal for some people, but from my perspective it just means you feel like shit when you look in the mirror and your butt bone actually hurts when you sit for too long.

Anyway, Rev I don't have any advice. Nothing works. But if you want to get in a friendly "attempt to gain" weight competition I'd gladly participate.

fuck you die eat shit

rev, you really need to eat breakfast. it will make you feel hungrier during the day and therefore make you want to eat more throughout. i hate making food in the morning too (uhh i def do NOT need to gain weight, but i'm trying to eat healthier and routinely) but clif bars are a great sub for a 'proper' breakfast, or you could do what i do: i cook up a few days worth of stuff (just boring stuff like rice or pasta with a little oil and vegies and fake-meat patties or something) at night and put it into small containers for my lunch, so i can just grab it on my way out and reheat it at work.

btw if u dont like being skinny, go to the gym and get ~*swole*~

just eat tons food is all - lifting weights will make u hungry and feel good - eat a bunch of white rice thats super cheap - buy some cheap cuts of meat and braise them chicken thighs chuck roasts some awz porks - cook a bunch of it at a time and keep it in the fridge so youll always hav something to eat - put some of that white mexican cheese on top - do some green veggies too i mean dont be totally gross - eat bunch of ice cream after - eat breakfast lots breakfast w/syrup

prob tho u wont gain that much cause yr just a naturally super skinny guy - but at least youll hav a fun project to work on

xps: Oh, I definitely have had huge body image issues. I'm a lot more comfortable with my skinniness than back when I would always wear several layers of baggy clothes and would never dream of wearing shorts or going shirtless in public.

i think the prob w/getting too butthurt about the 'fuck you eat shit die' issue is that being overweight/obese has some serious social/health ramifications that being skinny doesn't (barring some underlying medical condition).

btw i'm short, so

rev, you really need to eat breakfast. it will make you feel hungrier during the day and therefore make you want to eat more throughout

yea breakfast is serious - even if it's something easy as hell like toast w/ some kind of protein spread (peanut butter, hummus, etc) or cheese

thought u were a vegan??

no, it's just that fat people are grotesque monsters in the eyes of god, whereas being too skinny is just sort of less than ideal. also; physically, in general, women will only punish guys for one or two things i) being fat ii) being short (sometimes).

tips on getting taller

xp yea i am but i assume rev's not so i'm not gonna be all 'eat soy cheese + tofu"

Rev - I will say this as someone who knows how fucking awful dealing with body image/weight issues can be - being too skinny is definitely the better than the opposite. People treat you a hell of a lot better than they would if you were "too heavy" whatever the fuck that means.

So I guess that as much as it may suck, it could be worse.

oh and milkshakes, drink more milkshakes!

PS i ordered a pizza today, like for myself, and ate half of it

!!

Ok Surmounter, now you're just asking for it.

ok ok sorry, i just get reallly excited about foods

im having fantasies abt doing the weight gain regimen i suggested - i dont deprive myself of food but i do make some half hearted attempt at eating healthy and not overeating - but going whole hog the other direction just trying to copiously overeat sounds like fun - prob get gross after a while tho - btw today i ate a carnitas torta w/cheese an avocado salad and a pint of green tea gelato - so i was pretty much on the rev diet except i only ate like half as much - o man i could get so fat on the rev diet especially if i cio w/the exercise

My ex is 6 foot 5 and about 120 pounds - he looks sickly, but its just how he is. Eating a lot of junk will do nothing but screw up yr endocrine system - what worked for N was weights and pushups and eating a lot more decent food.

He's still skinny mr. no-ass though.

Oh and ppl as skinny as him don't have a great time of it either - everyone assumes you are a junkie. Thats not a lot of fun!

No, I'm sure it's not and maybe this is something that's different for women and men but - gah, I have too much to say about this. I'm gonna step away and try not to turn this thread into something else entirely.

i learned by watching kurt & courtney the other nite that kurt cobain used to wear like three pairs of jeans at once all the time - of course he was a junky - but i think he was always skinny like that

couldn't eat because of extreme stomach problems or something like that, yeah

rev, if you want to go to Costco for cheap eggs+cheese+butter+etc, I could swing around your way on my way home (next time I drive to work, probably like Wed or Thurs next week) and we could hit the one near Edmonds. Or find one of those URM Cash & Carry restaurant supply places - they are less than a grocery for eggs especially, but still sell to the public.

Even a quick bowl of cold cereal for breakfast (pour half-n-half on it instead of milk) or Poptarts would be better than no breakfast at all.

lol this is like skinny intervention

super skinny dudes always seem to get more clam than sculpted gym rat types, is what i'm saying - the only upside to being fat is getting to eat what you want, i guess

and bigger boobs

x-post Did u see the intervention with the woman who couldn't swallow (as a result of childhood sexual abuse) so had to inject her food directly into a feeding tube in her stomach? It was insane.

omg no. that show is so scary.

this thread just makes me want to pantomime cocking a shotgun and shooting you all in the face

chik-chuk, BLOOOOOSHHHHHH

haha just kiddin!!!

Did u see the intervention with the woman who couldn't swallow (as a result of childhood sexual abuse) so had to inject her food directly into a feeding tube in her stomach? It was insane.

― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:09 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

wha

Yeah, she stopped being able to swallow anything at all (including her own saliva) after being abused. As an emergency measure they'd put in what was supposed to be a temporary feeding tube but she'd never had it taken out and had been injecting liquid food substitutes for like 15 years. They send her to rehab where she learned how to swallow baby food but she quit after a month and relapsed.

rev i know you're lacking for time in the morning but there's this breakfast that is utterly delicious and full of healthy calories that u should try. i had at this awesome french cafe place in NYC and realized that it's really easy to make.

basically it's avocado spread on some healthy 8-grain toast or something like that. sprinkle some sea salt + fresh ground pepper + some crushed red chiles. a little olive oil + lemon juice. sooo good. this is basically what i eat every morning in the summer. has whole grains + healthy fats + protein if u get some hearty bread / nuts/seeds in it

or get some granola w/ tons of almonds thrown in it

Rev, I think you see how many coxes of fruit snacks you can eat without getting tired of them. I think you can get 5 boxes of them for $5.

boxes*

lol E i don't know why but that intervention story is SO a story you would've watched. i can't even imagine your face

Oh and ppl as skinny as him don't have a great time of it either - everyone assumes you are a junkie. Thats not a lot of fun!

― 65daysofsugban (Trayce), Friday, May 8, 2009 3:00 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah. I'm 6'1 / 145lbs (Rev I'm shocked to discover anyone scrawnier than I am!), recently a friend's dad thought I was a heroin addict at first, not the first time I've got that. (Also I don't think it helped my image that I was wearing a shirt that said HARRY PUSSY six times across the chest.)

This thread's makin me hungry, I'm gonna make a load of fish and chips!

Thanks for all the advice in here J0hn and everybody.

LOL btw I didn't put that shirt on planning to meet him, I just stumbled outta my room after waking up and he was there in my house.

i have a super skinny friend like this and a heroin dealer down the street from him was convinced he was a junkie and would always try to sell to him and after a while started getting all hurt that he wasnt buying like u walk past me every day i got good shit and u wont even give me a shot wtf u think ur too good for me is that it - u know its bad when someone w/a trained eye thinks yr a drug addict

^^^skinnycelsior

rabies that meal sounds super dope

lol E i don't know why but that intervention story is SO a story you would've watched. i can't even imagine your face

― Surmounter, Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

It probably looked something like this only less blurry:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/P4110317.jpg

I swear I could eat 30 pouches of fruit snacks and still be hungry enough for dinner.

But I haven't tried, it's more like a fantasy that I have

that pic otm!!

btw - that was me expressing shock/excitement over my new slapchop

My 2 cents. Basically I was in the same situation a few years ago. I'm 5'9 and at some point I weighted 118 lbs. It may be a good idea to go have a check up, but if it's all normal, yeah then try eating more meals. Careful with working out though, lifting weights will actually make your muscles SMALLER unless you eat significantly more protein and carbs; plus if you don't have a lot of muscle you can hurt yourself. Also if you smoke, quitting helps a lot because you get more hungry.

lift heavy weights and drink muscle milk - i hav no idea if itll work but it sounds amzing

tonight i had the junk food trifecta of tacos, pizza, and cheese-covered french fries. not my usual, but maybe you should try it.

i've gained about twenty pounds over the past two years or so, i attribute it to several things:
-pizza
-beer
-burgers (with cheese, at least a few times per week.) (and hot dogzzzz)

since finals started i have been str8 chubbing on burritos and take-out (no beer tho). feeling it :-/

i also eat a lot of cookies.
and eggs 2-3 mornings per week, usually with bacon or sausage.

eggs are pretty healthy on their own

bagels n eggs

i hate you ian.

not really.

two eggs, bacon, cheese on a roll or bagel = a fuck lot of calories in 5 minutes or less.

A note to those of you too thin and still in your 20s: just wait a while is prob the best answer.

I was 45kg until I was about 24 (thats 99 pounds). I am only 5ft 4 though. But I ate whatever and never exercised, it made no difference.

Until I hit 30. I'm now 154 pounds and turning into a blob. :( Age will change your metabolism in many cases!

My dad has the exact same build as I do. So does his sister. :\ Which isn't to say I can't ruin my metabolism, but it might take effort. Won't surprise me I guess if I eat my words in ten years, I don't exactly have healthy eating/exercise habits.

Boh, there goes that idea! Yeah I was all "man I'll never put on weight dont be daft!" not bothering to notice all my dad's sisters and their ballooning pear shapes and guts. Til I got one of my own. Wahh. Stupid beer.

most super skinny dudes just get a lil pot belly when they get older - kinda lol

^^ yea that's what i'm worried about!! when i went from ~115 --> 125 it wasn't really spread out. i got a lil belly instead. prob not very noticeable to most people but i'd rather be skinny than have this belly thing

I gotta do something about this 14 yr old boy chest, then.

i hav a friend w/this body type who drinks a ton and is just generally unhealthy and voracious and he has quite a large pot belly now but still the same spindly limbs

btw u guys following this nowiski to wed con lady story

After acknowledging that he's "going through a tough time in my personal life right now," Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki insisted Thursday that his teammates needn't worry about the arrest of a woman at his home affecting his performance for the rest of the Mavericks' second-round series with the Denver Nuggets.

On Wednesday morning, while the Mavericks were flying back from Denver after a Game 2 loss that dropped them into a 2-0 series hole, Dallas police officers went to Nowitzki's house to arrest Cristal Taylor after confirming the existence of warrants for her arrest in Texas and Missouri, according to Dallas Police Department spokesman Lt. Andrew Harvey.

Sources close to the situation confirmed to ESPN.com the warrants were discovered when Nowitzki's team of legal advisers hired a private investigator to research Taylor's background. Two Dallas television stations (KXTA-TV and WFAA-TV) have reported Taylor to be Nowitzki's fiancée.

She was booked into jail Wednesday as Cristal Taylor, but authorities in both states have linked numerous aliases to the 37-year-old, including Crystal Ann Taylor, Christian Julie Wellington, Christian B. Travino, Crystal Nobles, Christy Nobles, Kristi Briana Westerhauf, Cristal Taylor Westerhaus, Christa A. Westerhays, Deborah Jackson, Shana Mancini, Crista Santiago, Crystal Ann Santiago, Crystall Ann Taylor and Kristin L. Rogers.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4150488

props to his people for the due diligence

wrong thread dude? don't u mean ILH

lol rong thread

haaa

its a good story tho - universal appeal i recommend it

think about how much each of her aliases could eat

A note to those of you too thin and still in your 20s: just wait a while is prob the best answer.

Yeah, that'll work MOST of the times.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K-PQ53KthC0/SbGWQlOOu5I/AAAAAAAAAbE/A9rk-BY8tR4/s400/furthercomplications.jpg

lool. I read that entire thing really curious how it was going to be about weight control.

i have done this. here's my advice. be warned, it's hard tho. and you need to be committed to it.

you HAVE to exercise. this will CHANGE your metabolism, and make you hungrier. DO NOT, however do any "cardio." i suggest:

Day 1: "Push" day--do every exercise you can think of that involves pushing outward with your upper body. do them all until you get very tired and wobbley.
Day 2: "Pull" day. same deal but pulling weight towards you.
Day 3: Legs. same as above.
Day 4: Rest

Most importantly, and above all: Eat AT LEAST every two hours, preferably more. Doesn't even have to be alot, but never let your stomach be empty. Make sure you get some protein but at this point it's not terribly important. (i assume you're not trying to be a body-builder, so any weight gain is fine.)

it may not be the ideal solution but if you agree to become my girlfriend i guarantee you will gain 25% of your body weight in three months or less.

never failed so far.

I had to do the 'gaining weight' thing. (long story)

There's this milkshake thing called "BuildUp", perhaps?

Eat more, but also exercise, especially stuff that will increase stamina (something that a lot of skinny people are lacking)

Oh and I'd second/third/fourth getting a thyroid check, but I think that if it was that there are other symptoms that you'd have noticed before the weight loss

Big fucking portions of lasagna washed down with pints of Guinness, with chocolate brownies for dessert.

This thread has moved from "how do I shot weight?" to "what would you like to eat right now?" - and I would like some Tiramisu kthx...

I made chocolate mousse before I left for work, to have for dessert tonight. Looking forward to it, oh my. 150grams of dark choc, 3 eggs, 100mls double cream, two tablespoons muscavado sugar, teaspoon instant coffee, oh wow. It tasted good off the whisk but out of a chilled wine glass OH MY.

oreo cookie cheesecake

crushed oreos, melted butter, conbine & freeze for base.

whipped double cream, softened cream cheese, small amount of crushed oreos mixed in for topping.

^^^^^^^^

http://www.kraftfoods.com/assets/recipe_images/Quick_OREO_Cheesecake.jpg

think i just explained why my gf's put on weight. i feed them up with this type of shit like i was the wicked witch tbh.

up side: The Reverend, etc. will put on weight
down side: they'll have arteries like piano wire

(I would nomnomnom that cheesecake though...)

Not to say you're a liar, but have you kept a diary of your food intake? A lot of people who are skinny claim they eat a lot but when you track their food intake, it appears it's much less. Also, it could very well be you move a lot more than the "average" person. I don't mean do more sports, but just fidget most of the time, don't sit still,...

I'd recommed pure glucose: that shit goes straight into the fat bank.

Urgh, me, I gained five kilos in a month or two. Just got off wagon and I def need to get back on. :-(

Another tip: get a few kids. I've forgotten to eat a lot since I got kids. No time and you're rushed.

OK the Jared Leto ice cream thing is revolting.

There.

Anyway, Rev I don't have any advice. Nothing works. But if you want to get in a friendly "attempt to gain" weight competition I'd gladly participate.

― Leif. (Z S), den 8 maj 2009 04:35 (9 hours ago) Bookmark

Count me in. I've actually thought about starting a thread like this before but abstained due to the fear of abuse, so I'm glad someone else brought it up... I constantly tro put on weight, I eat a lot of pizza, beer and late night sandwiches, all the stuff people mention is bad for you, but nothing's made a difference except for perhaps an upset stomach (tmi sorry).

i think i cd put on a bit more weight. but i dont want it to go on my stomach, which is what im worried about. so im going to just stay rakish lol.

I will destroy you all in the Attempt To Gain Weight competition

I'm a lot more comfortable with my skinniness than back when I would always wear several layers of baggy clothes

what I wanna know is, why don't people tell us that baggy clothes only make us look skinnier, and a worse kind of skinny at that?

I'm 5'9 and used to be about 120, but I've gained a bit of weight since then and now I have a little belly to go with my jutting pyramid hipbones. :'(

I was gonna say 'don't knock it', but on checking how much 118 pounds relates to, I now say "I'd go to the doctors mate"

Seriously, when I was 23 I was 8 stone, and I went. (TMI part excised). and now I'm 12.5 stone but still on the healthy size.

I was 10 stone at 19 (so 140lbs). I'm 5'8". I'm now just over 13st at very nearly 30. So 185lbs or thereabouts. I love food and I don't play football anymore.

at 5 ft 10 i'm 210lb or so, and that's with football twice weekly. i definitely could do with shifting 20-30lb of that

lol i still try and do the added layers thing, even in summer, but sometimes its just too hot to keep it up. im around 12 stones and about 6'/6'1".

I say let's move forward with the Attempt to Gain Weight 2009 competition. Although I humbly request that we get at least 3 participants before beginning. That way at the end we can photoshop the winners' heads onto the SNES Mario Kart awards ceremony platform.

I guess we'll use DK, Bowser and Mario's bodies as the winners, and NOT Luigi.

will someone please, please explain the rationale behind addition of soy sauce to Jared Leto microwaved weight-gain sundae please please please

ice cream on its own would have made him too happy to sing emo

My only guess is extra sodium to cause water retention.

eat shit, build muscle

also: smoke weed

smoke pot, lift weights

do you smoke, Rev? just wondering.

anyway, i have weighed b/w 120-135 since i was about 15 (now fast-approaching 25). i see it as a blessing but am also deathly afraid of being fat, as i once was...my friend j9 calls our fear of being overweight 'gay fat,' since really, so many young homos of both sexes are unbelievably self-conscious about this shit.

me at 13 (grabbing my friend's tittay):
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v10/39/69/4101534/n4101534_30038087_8252.jpg

me at 23 (sweating to the oldies):
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v132/100/27/4303992/n4303992_30716919_7445.jpg

If you smoke cigs, quit. Sure fire weight gain.

xpost!

YEA I AM QUITTING SMOKING THIS SUMMER. i have a date set and everything and am determined to stick to it.

(i never realized there was a baggy of w33d in that picture of me sweating to the oldies)

A friend of mine had difficulty gaining weight. Her thyroid tests were normal and she went to a dietician and everything. Nothing worked, until she pooped out a TAPEWORM! Got it from eating sushi in Japan a year earlier. So yeah, make sure you don't have a tapeworm.

i suggest drinking like a pint plus of whole milk (or whatever you call it, full-fat milk? that stuff) every day. Not all at once though cos that stuff kills the appetite stone dead.

tapeworms are quite possibly the scariest shit ever

like, that thing lives inside of you

and grows

ugh

TS: tapeworms vs babies

haha

Tapeworms make you skinny FTW.

(I have done the workout-and-protein-drinks thing twice, both times I got muscles I was really happy with and then they melted away like 2 weeks after I stopped.)

Okay, today I ate...

Breakfast: Two waffles slathered in pb, a banana, a glass of lemonade

Lunch: Salami & cheese sandwich w/ mustard & mayo, turkey salad, cheez-its, vitamin water (lol)

Dinner, 3 slices of pizza, pint of beer

I'll probably be having another beer and maybe a snack by the time I sleep. I weighed myself at 122, tho that was right after eating.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about my eating habits, and it occured to me that it was altogether typical of me to have a banana for breakfast, a cup o noodles for lunch, and a light dinner, with maybe a snack somewhere in there. I've spent the past day ramming it into my brain that that's not normal, that's what people do when they WANT to lose weight. I also talked to my sister who is in a similiar situation (as a result of a struggle with bullimia) and she commented that she had almost asked me if I'd been losing weight, too.

btw, I do not smoke

sounds like you're on the right track, rev. when you eat a sandwich do you eat a sandwich between two slices of bread or do you get a hero/sub/roll/whatever? i favor light breakfast; large lunch; large, later dinner. Also beer, definitely.

I don't get it rev, do you not like to pig out on snack food?

this is all shitty advice, including my own. go see a doctor.

Hey! I thought quitting cigs (assuming he smokes them) was brilliant advice.

listen here is some unimpeachable fuckign advice

u have a new mistress my friend

and her name is little debbie~~~

you have to eat the whole pizza not just three slices

noob

yeah step it up, I just finished a burger and like a whole bag of nachos. plus I'm on my third beer for the night, gaining like crazy.

when you eat a sandwich do you eat a sandwich between two slices of bread or do you get a hero/sub/roll/whatever?

BREAD SLICE

I don't get it rev, do you not like to pig out on snack food?

I don't usually keep much snack food around, tbh

you have to eat the whole pizza not just three slices

2 pizzas split 7 ways, there was none left. big slices tho

i've started to think a good way doing this is drink alcohol (preferably stronger stuff) on a more regular basis? like every day. it makes you hungrier and also helps you burn less fat and calories etc since your body is preoccupied handling the booze

hey rev how is this going btw

Someone please live out my dream of eating 10 boxes of the kroger brand or publix fruit snacks in one sitting. Empty each pack into a big enough bowl and then eat them a small handful at a time. You won't feel full if you eat them quick enough. Live the dream

The flavor burst would be overwheming in a good way

Your fatty dream binge is on fruit snacks? Seems like such a waste.

That dream just seems more feasible to eat a whole lot given the quickly-edible nature of that snack.

But the more that I think about it I would love to eat ice cream snickers, ice cream sandwiches (and variations of them)n or heath bars nonstop. Or maybe sals dorritos... I could go on forever. Maybe I should make it my goal to live out one of these dreams when I get off the Atkins diet (I started it again almost a week ago).

lift weights

I will second this. If you're prone to being skinny and you don't want to develop a nasty drinking habit (which does work, btw), putting a little more muscle on your frame works wonders. Wonders even apart from the weight gain.

Also it's a lot healthier than getting fucking fat.

i have been eating a shit ton and am gonna start working out this mon

Usually stay around 130, started working out in January, eventually getting up to 150 around August. Stopped working out for two weeks and lost it all. :\

Started living alone again, eating out a lot, and sipping whiskey nightly and I'm up three pounds. Uh, don't do that one, guys.

I'm back up to ~125. I don't feel as unhealthily skinny as when I started this thread, that's for sure. I think I've put on some of muscle. I haven't been on any particular excersize regimen or whatever, but I'd gotten very inactive at the time I started this thread (I think that's what part of the problem was, that I was losing muscle mass) and now I've returned to a more active lifestyle.

http://www.hundredpushups.com/

I recommend this. Full disclosure: I cannot do a hundred pushups, and I've been doing this for at least 10 weeks. I keep skipping days, repeating weeks, etc etc. But I can do about 40-50 pushups in one go, and on a frame as skinny as mine, that much muscle looks pretty damn good. Also I've gained about 7 pounds, all of it muscle.

my metabolism is finally slowing down (32) so now i can stay pretty filled out w/o forcefeeding on rice and beans and corn and shit around the clock which is nice. i still have to remember to eat tho, and a couple missed meals and i lose ground instantly. not as fun as it sounds, almost. egg nog is smoothing out my sharp edges pretty well this year actually. do lots of cardio it helps jumpstart the appetite even more than weights for me.

35 is gonna fuck you beanpoles up, just sayin' ; )

I'm 35

not necessarily ;)

No, really, I can prove it. ;)

i hoped you wouldn't do that, but then you did.

Damn kenan, now I want to try that.

35 is gonna fuck you beanpoles up, just sayin' ; )

― velko

I've gained about 7 pounds.

― kenan

I'm 35

― kenan

kenan I'm doing that now too! been stuck at week 4 for about three weeks now

Yeah I've done week 5 about 4 times.

also been doing 200 squats which leaves me panting and sweating after a workout

I figure, it's not like I'm doing myself any harm. I'm just not getting to 100. I also don't have a trainer screaming at me the whole time. Maybe that's what I really need.

Oh, and also to stop smoking. :(

Fuck 35, SMOKING is going to kick my ass way harder.

lol I enjoy my post workout smokes :/ xp

Back in the weed days, I used to love to get high right after a workout or a bike ride. Your blood is seriously moving, and it hits you hard and fast and just right.

ooh, i want to try that pushups plan now. not that i need to gain weight, i really don't, but i would like to be a bit stronger.

a post-workout beer is pretty much the most relaxing thing EVER. never tried weed though.

found this site brought to you by the us govt:

http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx

custom food/eating plan generator that tells you if are too thin/fat and creates plan accordingly. science n shit.

i tried the push up thing when my knee was fucked up and i couldnt run but then my knee got better after like two weeks - i hear theres an iphone app btw

yeah I got the iphone app, it's kind of bullshit, you can do the same just by printing out the schedule and using the timer function of the clock app. only nifty thing is that it keeps a log/graph of your total # of pushups over time. but hey, it's only a dollar

I mean if you're really serious about doing it over 6 weeks or whatever it's worth it for the convenience. that's like, 2.3 cents a day you know

...And, although I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, can I just say that the "fuck you" thing is cute and skinny people laugh it off, it's actually really fucking annoying..
― Leif. (Z S), Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:35 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

fuck you die eat shit

― What funky dudes; I'm voting for them. (cankles), Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:36 PM

looool, oh cankles

To gain weight, just drink beer. It's worked wonders for me.

I've been working that strategy hard for the past decade or so, it's not workin'

how much do you drink?

way too much. The problem is that most of the short-term downsides of drinking (getting sick, gaining weight, occasionally being an asshole or crying or doing something idiotic) don't really happen to me. I hardly ever get a hangover, I don't gain weight, and in general (and SADLY) I'm honestly more social and enjoyable to be around when I've had a few drinks. Of course, I'd definitely get liver cancer when I'm a bit older - IF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE WORLD WILL EXPLODE IN THE YEAR 2012. So you see, there really is no downside to drinking for me.

Then I tell you to chug more pints per day then.

can't afford that strategy

pints of pbr are a buck fiddy per at the Alberta Street Pub until 8pm nightly

The trick is to eat while drinking, because your digestive system is too inebriated to tell you to stop. Four beers plus some cheapass pizzas, and you're set.

ugh even cheapass pizzas are out of my budget. also large amounts of beer.

basically anything I haven't made from scratch is beyond what I can afford right now.

chug all the spiked eggnog you can while it is still seasonally appropriate

crash all the free pizza events at some local university

eat fried dough and milkshakes always

haha my roommate has trouble keeping weight on, it's because he eats almost nothing for two days and then makes something full of heavy cream and cheese and figures that will make up for it. no you need to be on a steady diet of heavy cream and cheese.

these non eating people are pretty mysterious to me

yeah wtf

I had a roommate once who didn't like eating. It was so fucking weird. He ate virtually nothing and weighed about 100 pounds. Eating is awesome. I don't get those ppl at all.

we had a thread about that. everyone was being dumb on it.

except me ; )

x-post - New ILE board description.

well technically it was abt forgetful to eat people

right right

i don't get it myself, but my aforementioned roommate is a mathematician with add, so it is really not that surprising that he forgets to eat.

waking up to equations scribbled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror

The guy I'm talking about actually hated eating. If he could have gotten all nutrition in supplement form I think he would have. I'm pretty sure there were some food related mental health issues at hand but it was really sad actually. He just didn't get any pleasure from food. At all.

das messed up man

aw, that's sad.

Anorexia: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia is a serious psychological disorder.

i mean, it's not all about "ooh i'm fat i hate myself better stop eating"
see also: karen armstrong in the convent

karen armstrong in the convent?

yeah that lady, my dad loves her books

i actually do too. was she anorexic in the convent?

Yeah no, I know. I'm not sure he was anorexic for certain but there was definitely something going on.

I have also met other ppl who weren't so extreme who just didn't enjoy food and the aversion def wasn't eating disorder related.

yeah, she wrote a book about how she realized that she didn't want to be a nun, and during this difficult time she basically stopped eating. it wasn't that she had an eating disorder as they're commonly understood, like self loathing --> relationship with food becomes disordered. it was more like she lost her appetite completely and it affected her health. she referred to it as anorexia in the book.

i like her books too.

anyway sorry this has nothing to do with tips on gaining weight.

chug all the spiked eggnog you can while it is still seasonally appropriate

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, December 18, 2009 7:02 AM Bookmark

ewwww. eggnog. gross

You don't like fat enough. That's your whole problem. :)

she realized that she didn't want to be a nun, and during this difficult time she basically stopped eating. it wasn't that she had an eating disorder as they're commonly understood, like self loathing --> relationship with food becomes disordered. it was more like she lost her appetite completely and it affected her health. she referred to it as anorexia in the book.

It was basically suicidal tendencies, born out of sudden and extreme directionlessness. She was a nun, so it wasn't like she could develop a drug habit. This was the only self destructive behavior available.

(BTW, I think she's brilliant.)

I have also met other ppl who weren't so extreme who just didn't enjoy food and the aversion def wasn't eating disorder related.

Yeah right. "I have friends who just have no interest in sex at all and identify as 'asexual'. That doesn't mean that something is deeply, deeply weird about them or anything, just because they live in denial of one of the two most basic things that all living creatures on the planet do."

You don't like fat enough. That's your whole problem. :)

― kenan, Saturday, December 19, 2009 12:40 AM Bookmark

I don't, really. I haven't always avoided fatty foods as much I have in the past couple years, but egg nog has always triggered my gag reflex.

Maybe try cheesecake? I have trouble with sugar metabolism-wise. but cheesecake is always pure love.

Not that I recommend buying a couple whole cheesecakes and going home and eating them in one sitting or anything

Although if you do, pics plz

Never liked cheese-cake either. I tend not to deal well with rich flavors.

That's too bad. Cheesecake is awesome for breakfast.

man, not dealing well with rich flavors makes the weight gain problem a little clearer.

"I have friends who just have no interest in sex at all and identify as 'asexual'. That doesn't mean that something is deeply, deeply weird about them or anything, just because they live in denial of one of the two most basic things that all living creatures on the planet do."

but maybe the "deep weirdness" doesn't really go much further than lack of interest? there's a wide range of "normal" in terms of appetites for food and sex, and it makes sense that a small number of people would happen to just be outside that range.

Fair enough. I guess I would describe such people as undatable, but that's beside the point since they ain't asking anyway. So, yeah, you're right.

the trick with those people is you gotta feed them some cheesecake first, then they'll be interested in sex

describing asexuals as undatable, thats racist!

On the other hand, you could just date someone who knows how to eat, regardless of whether they're into sex.

Here's a tip - eat all the crap I managed to stuff my face with over the last week while on vacation. 100% money back guarantee.

Hahaha. But seriously tho I wouldn't place that bet with me.

I weighed myself in at 129. :)

i'm at ~125 atm — wanna get up to 150 by july. did it a couple years ago but it all dropped off as soon as i stopped working out/eating more. gonna be kinda tough on a vegan diet and other people have pretty much said 'you can't be vegan if you want to gain weight'.

how tall are you? just curious

about 5'11"

why would anyone want to be a vegan?

i like some privation

Are you drinking protein shakes already? It's the only thing that comes to mind.

My vegan friend who ate nothing but greasy hash browns and beer upon entering vegandom might have put on a couple of pounds.

how old are you out of curiosity? I weighed about 135-140 from ages 18-24, and then at age 24-25 I gained 20 pounds and hit 160. Stayed at that weight until about last year, then gained another 20, and now I'm 180. as you age, I think you'll probably start to see your metabolism slow, but I totally know what it's like to be that thin!

sund4r — yeah, I bought a wholefoods brand soy protein. it's not tasty. the last time I was working out I was drinking this which had a lot more calories and tasted better. I might consider going non-vegan just to use that again.

san te: I'm 24

btw rev where are you at now?

Vegan protein shakes + lifting heavy weights

Four shakes (pea protein or hemp or w/e) @ 30g protein per shake in addition to whatever else you eat would help you immensely in putting on muscle.

BEER and PIZZA

I know plenty of chubby vegans and vegetarians wtf.

pizza is actually what kickstarted my last 20 pounds

The question is do you want to put on muscle mass or just a front porch? Because I can only give tips on one of those.

I'm trying to gain muscle — I did really well from Jan-Aug 09 but felt like I hit a wall and just stopped. I want to keep going this time to see if I can go higher than 150.

good luck with your quest

as someone who is not much taller than you but who must have a much larger frame, i cannot help you on this quest

and so all i can say is

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4h4wi6dRp1qzt4vjo1_r1_500.gif

u_u

Oh man I wish being underweight was still a problem I had...

get swOle

eat more baconators

Less of a problem after age 30, ime.

stop pooping

@aimless -- yes as a new 30-something I am learning this :(

Vegan protein shakes + lifting heavy weights

Oh, yeah, I was assuming that you were doing weight training or body weight exercises as well.

There's a flyer in the health center at my college that I looked at once about how to gain weight healthily (relevant to my interests as I am 5'8" and weigh like 118 pounds) and one of the food recommendations was to eat "six buttermilk pancakes" for breakfast.

Which, like, who has that kind of time, much less can eat that many pancakes

Pancakes vary in size. Too bad the flyer wasn't more specific.

mmmmmmmmmmm pancakes

btw, it doesn't take any time at all to throw together buttermilk pancake batter. I can shoot you a scratch recipe, or you can buy the just-add-water mix. Any time required is in heating the griddle to the proper temp, plus the eight or so minutes to cook 'em to a golden brown on both sides. The eating takes no time at all. ;-)

You might find this site helpful to keep track of numbers and proportions of calories. You could surely enter a 'weight gain' target: http://dailyburn.com/index_2011

xpost Really don't recommend the buttermilk pancakes.

corey, maybe try making nuts and beans more of a staple? walnuts, almonds, peanuts, lentils, lima beans, kidney beans etc. i eat a lot of those. but i'm definitely not veg and i suspect most of my gains come from animal proteins. i'd definitely look into finding a vegan shake that isn't terrible. probably lots of options online.

are you on a workout/weight gain plan?

soy protein + chocolate silk = mmmm

I still find that I'm jittery after workouts, need to up my calories I think

lol i love this thread its like some comical bizarro universe

srsly

peanut butter, lots and lots of protein, *do not overtrain*! you don't need to spend tons of time in a weight room.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/

The 1 set to failure and 5/5 cadence tips are *mega important* I feel.

I'm trying to gain muscle — I did really well from Jan-Aug 09 but felt like I hit a wall and just stopped. I want to keep going this time to see if I can go higher than 150.

You might find this site helpful to keep track of numbers and proportions of calories. You could surely enter a 'weight gain' target: http://dailyburn.com/index_2011

xpost Really don't recommend the buttermilk pancakes.

uh ignore that

lol i love this thread its like some comical bizarro universe

― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:14 PM (27 minutes ago)

tips on going broke?

tips on getting girls to reject you

some ppl r constitutionally thin u guise :|

im aware of this its just sort of well funny

have u talked to markers about this corey

lol

also I dunno I think setting a goal weight (on the uptick) is sorta weird and unhealthy (both physiologically and from a body-image pov). a better alternative imo would be to get on a training program that makes you as strong as possible, not one that aims to make you as big as possible. any mass gains will be incidental to functional gains, but at least you'll be fit. if yr just a naturally wiry dude you should probably just get used to the idea and stop trolling ppl that have difficulty keeping weight off

btw, it doesn't take any time at all to throw together buttermilk pancake batter. I can shoot you a scratch recipe, or you can buy the just-add-water mix. Any time required is in heating the griddle to the proper temp, plus the eight or so minutes to cook 'em to a golden brown on both sides. The eating takes no time at all. ;-)

recipe please

(not that yr trolling, but asking for tips for "gaining weight" as opposed to "building fabulous muscles" isn't always well received)

xp

tips on getting sensitive

lol wut

the aunt jemimia just add water buttermilk mix is p dope - just ate some w/blueberries inside today

xps I only chose that weight cuz that's what I got to the last time I was working out regularly

tips on getting girls to reject you

― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 23, 2011 4:44 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

also: trolling? :(

yeah I didn't really mean that

liquids fruit juices milkshakes jamba juice beverages

constant eating, no moving

not enough depleted uranium in your diet, imo

FIVE GUYS FRIES

xp ah okay — I do know it could be seen as boasting, like "oh I'm so naturally skinny, aren't you jealous" but really I don't feel good or bad about it — I wouldn't mind weighing 25-50 lbs more though

xps to gbx btw

This programme was on the Beeb a year or two ago, and seemed to show that some people just aren't going to gain weight no matter what....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-A0iHSdcA

i think gbx is more or less otm? i started a plan and have been good about hitting the gym 3x week for about 2mo now, after a lifetime of basically avoiding all exercize. i'm v much on the skinny side, and i can already see (slight) change in appearance and (slight) weight increases, but i weighed myself and i haven't gained anything significant. a few pounds, maybe?

i'm sure i could radically change my diet and exercise regimen, but really that's vanity more than a real goal (but maybe it's all vanity ha). i just want to get stronger and more fit and however my body does that will be interesting to see. i really doubt i'm going to get more hulked out at all.

tips on staying fat, insecure, and jealous.

recipe please

I stopped using a recipe a while back, but here's the gist:

~1 cup of flour (at least 1/2 of this should be unbleached wheat flour, the rest is up to you. I often add buckwheat flour to mine.)
3/4 tsp. of baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 large egg
~3/4 cup of buttermilk
oil for the skillet

Preheat the skillet to medium heat or a bit higher. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the egg and buttermilk and stir until well mixed. The batter can be as thick or thin as you prefer by varying the amount of buttermilk. It should be pourable, but not gloppy or watery.

Having a thoroughly preheated skillet gives best results. I make my pancakes roughly the size of the palm of my hand. When bubbles appear and the edges of the pancakes start to solidify, they're probably ready to flip.

Since you are trying to gain weight, serve with butter. Good toppings besides syrup are jam/preserves or applesauce.

up to 132 lbs btw (started at 127)

Oh man I wish being underweight was still a problem I had...

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:52 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

really happy to have my belly back @ 165 lbs than weigh 125 lbs at 6'1" like i did in october

why such a difference? were you ill?

To the five + people I just saw at the office ice cream party eating not only enormous waffle cone sundaes with all the fixins but also ice cream filled cupcakes, I HATE YOU ALL A LOT.

Should have said, to the the five + really fucking skinny people

I've given up on gaining muscle. It's not worth the time or effort.

Eat only PBJs and spaghetti and stay in bed for a year. Hello +100lbs!

x-post - C I felt bad as soon as I put that cause I know that skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies etc but this was the first place I thought of. I don't hate you even if you it tons and tons of ice cream. These ppl chowing down across the hall still need to die though but they're awful for other reasons too.

a friend of mine who's become a total workout/health freak in the last couple of years told me to basically just eat meat, and that would do it. thing is, i guess i'm just not that hungry :(

skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies
skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies
skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies
skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies a 1000 times yes

covert whiney zing?

ZS I know and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have even posted that here. I was just amazed at and jealous of their ice cream eating ways.

Oh I know it's nothing personal E! And everybody says stuff like that, and I can understand why.

totes.

I mean, don't get wrong, I totally had some (awesome and FREE) ice cream but a reasonably sized portion. It's just wild to me when I see really thin people eating insane amounts of food like that because if I ate like that I would literally weigh like 300 pounds.

maybe they dont ice cream that often?

i'd been lifting weights for a few months now, saw some results but not as much as i'd wanted. after some reading i realized i should probably just be eating more (something i was less than thrilled about). but the advice i found would have thrilled some people: "do nothing but eat and lift things. after weights, just watch tv on the couch - avoid cardio at all costs. eat before you go to bed..."
anyways, after 6 weeks of this i gained 10 pounds! (lost 3 now because i've been sick all week tho)

xposts. so i'm at 142 now (sorry enbb)

I read somewhere that sumo wrestlers gain weight by only eating one meal a day; but it's a massive meal, right before they go to sleep at night.

x-post - Evan, yeah of course I realize that might be the case esp because it's like FREE STUFF FROM WORK OMG etc. but still.

man. now i want ice cream.

I have to say, it was pretty damn good.

here we go again

plan this time is to wake up earlier than usual (~6:30), eat a big breakfast (which would be the only large meal i'd have time for) and work out an hour before work. now the only trouble is getting up that early.

why not work out for 30 min and make time for another meal with lots of calories in it?

larger meals would probably be a good idea, it's just that more food would also cost more money.

peanut butter is pretty cheap, cmon

i'm away from home pretty much all day during school (work from late morning to late afternoon, class until late evening) and have almost no time to really eat.

http://jcdfitness.com/2010/04/gomad-gallon-of-milk-per-day-is-it-for-everyone/

lol bleurgh

this may require some planning and prepping on your part, but you can make better meals happen. have you ever been to the phoenix tofu company on broadway? they have super cheap high quality tofu from organically grown soybeans (it's a tofu factory) and you could throw some together with rice and vegetables and eat it whenever. you could also make lentils and rice with little sides of parsley, hot sauce, whatever you like and then eat it at room temp when you have a second.

just some ideas.

super cheap = $1.70 for roughly 2-4 servings worth (maybe more), depending on how much you like to eat at one sitting

i've never been — that sounds delicious. i never buy tofu because it's always overpriced at dominicks (the only actual grocery store near me)

they are open until 3
sounds like your schedule is crazy, but if you have the inclination, a lot of grocery shopping can be done on the cheap on that corridor of broadway from the asian markets to the tofu co to the ethiopian market up the street. if you're feeling adventurous you could head west on devon, but it's not even entirely necessary. great places to stock up on sauces too.

i am the queen of room temp food because i am cheap and afraid of the tiny ancient microwave at work.

tanuki and i have now been to the tofu factory

i'm away from home pretty much all day during school (work from late morning to late afternoon, class until late evening) and have almost no time to really eat.

NUTS NUTS NUTS! make up a decadent container of trail mix: unsweetened coconut, dried fruits, mixed unsalted nuts, flax seed, hemp seed, choc chips, anything else that takes your fancy. nuts and dried fruits are sort of pricey but they're also calorie-dense. bananas are good too - my new favourite breakfast is half a banana mashed onto toast. and am@nda otm with the beans and veggies and rice.

skinny people aren't always happy with their bodies a 1000 times yes

I well understand this. Before age 30 I was rail thin with my hip bones poking out and my belt pulled tight to keep my jeans up.

Good news. Not only did my metabolism change in my 30s, allowing me to gain weight, but even if this doesn't happen for you, the silver lining to being a scarecrow is you dodge all the health problems associated with overweight - and they are a multitude.

Low percentage of body fat has FAR fewer complications for your health - although it's true that nerves and brains do need fat to stay healthy, you can easily eat enough dietary fat to serve their needs.

yeah i expect my metabolism will slow within the next 10 years. until then i'll just eat as much as i can stand and lift every other day.

tanuki and i have now been to the tofu factory

i just made a heaping bowl of stir fry w/ the fried tofu and snap peas i got, and sprinkled some bean sprouts on top. :)

yay! did you make enough for leftovers?

you know it

I've started the One Hundred Pushup Challenge and boy is it hard as fuck. After the initial test I started at Week 4 and I'm pretty much dead by the last set.

These days my weight is hovering just above 140, which is about 10 lbs more than the default weight I've been for most of my adult life.

This seems useful:

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/weight_gain_calculator.htm

according to that, i should be shooting for 2955 calories per day (380g carbohydrates, 137g from protein, 98g from fats). fuuuuuck! i've been tracking my exercise and eating really meticulously, starting a few weeks ago, and i was feeling pretty good about things because i've upped my intake to about 2500 calories per day. guess that's not enough.

also, tanuki, thanks for posting that last week. i've been doing a bunch of pushups on the days where i'm not running. we'll see if it helps.

maybe i should post that picture of the person squeezing the tennis ball between her bunz again? it seems appropriate.

Five Guys

I should go on the Tips for Losing Weight thread and post a picture of someone exercising.

What about eating loads of fruit? (Lots of sugar.)

it recommends i eat 3067 calories a day if i want to gain weight

:O

I would try to find a weight gain powder with a very high calorie count. The one I'm taking (Serious Mass) has 1250 per "serving" — which is basically two scoops the size of a laundry detergent measuring cup. I usually spread it out during the day (one scoop after a workout and another before bed) and have taken to mixing it into fruit smoothies.

i've been drinking protein powder concoctions every night, but that's only 240 calories (120 in the milk, 120 in the powder). and a bunch of protein, i guess.

yeah most are around that amount but the servings are probably also smaller. you could just drink a lot of it, but stuff is 'spensive :\

i'm doing 600 a day, plus just generally trying to eat more protein

600 a day meaning from powder

i've put on like... 5 pounds since the beginning of january. first time i've consistently been over 135 in my entire life.

i should prob be doing two shakes a day but..... blech

135 is my pt. 1 of my goal (never been over 125)

well, i'm heading out to a bar and i'm 800 short of 3000 so...guess i'm gonna have 5 or 6 beers?

whole foods sells an unflavored soy protein powder that mixes well with other things — especially with chocolate soymilk.

weight gain bros thread

unrelated but total classic display name from rev at the start of this thread

there's a chocolate flavored protein powder that i get (from whole foods as well). i guess you're supposed to mix it with water but i go for milk (extra 120 calories + more protein)

i've actually gotten used to the flavor.

you could all be like jared leto and eat ice cream mixed with soy sauce

tubs and tubs of it

i do half water/half milk so it doesn't taste totally like shit but it's a bit drinkable

sometimes my boyfriend will blend protein shakes w/ fruit and shit in them but i'm way too lazy for that

and olive oil, apparently. ewww

xpost

the more milk the better it tastes imo

sometimes my boyfriend will blend protein shakes w/ fruit and shit in them but i'm way too lazy for that

otm

whey protein is by far the most palatable yall, good w/banana n yogurt in a smoothy sort of all emulsifies together, quite tasty

I had a shake that was: unsweetened soymilk, two bananas, a heap of strawberries and some blackberries — with some protein powder mixed in. Bananas are dirt cheap so I think I'll be using them a lot.

smoothies not gonna be a ton of calories tho, do you guys not just eat cheeseburgers and ice cream all the time cause its gross or what

i kind of like the idea of drinking at the end of the day to "top off" my calories to 3000. i've been searching for a decent excuse to drink for a while now

this thread is fascinating btw

i'm a vegetarian (well, actually closer to a flexi-pescetarian because on the rare occasion i do eat fish (i just said that to be annoying btw)) so eating five guys or whatever is not an option. i should get some ice cream.

i usually ate pretty protein heavy for lunch & dinner anyway but the big things for me are eating breakfast and eating peanut butter or nuts or tuna or w/e as a snack instead of chips or something. also shakes.

I ate half a small tub of green tea ice cream the other day. Won't eat burgers cuz I'm a veggie.

personally i just can't eat a ton at any given sitting most of the time. like if i went to 5 guys i'd probably eat half the burger, maybe a lil bit more.

yr capacity will increase if u keep stuffing yrself ive heard

Drink alcohol with meal to suppress the full feeling

Then drink more alcohol to stunt your metabolism.

Oh yeah, and eat a lot right before you go to bed.

I say let's move forward with the Attempt to Gain Weight 2009 competition. Although I humbly request that we get at least 3 participants before beginning. That way at the end we can photoshop the winners' heads onto the SNES Mario Kart awards ceremony platform.

― Leif. (Z S), Friday, May 8, 2009

seriously, let's fucking do this. only in 2012.

my eating capacity has changed over time - after a period of eating smaller portions regularly, it felt really gross and bad to all of a sudden eat a big burger

and vice versa - after regularly eating big portions, I felt hungry after eating small portions

i forgot about some trail mix i ate earlier today (270 cals). so now i only need 3 beers to get to 3000.

can i just say that i love my running+eating.xls?

your mid-30s selves will be all kinda lol but mostly sad if they ever re-visit this thread

anytime i look back 5 years i'm deeply embarrassed, so whatever

i see some gaunt ass 30 year olds and i'm like "i do NOT want to look like that in 8 years"

the skinny 45 year old dude at punk shows is nagl

the way i got fat was drinking a bunch and eating nothing but delivery, so i recommend that

oh also pints of ice cream

I drank a lot of sugary drinks (uncarbonated)

http://www.juscocityhk.com/ShareLibrary/product_image/002834984/002834984-1.jpg

There are some gaunt middle-aged people, but that isn't the norm.

Also, lol at 30 being the "future"

Also, get yourselves an immersion blender -- it's easier to clean than a regular blender and you can just pile frozen fruits + protein powder + flax seed + kefir + juice into a delicious smoothie and zoop it up in ~ 3 min max. I have done this every day for as long as I can remember -- like since 1998 or so? The only annoying thing about it is the shopping and making sure to always have individually portioned frozen bananas.

The one I have is Kitchenaid and comes with a plastic vessel to blend in. Much easier to clean than a trad blender.

I've been wanting an immersion blender for a while — mostly so I could make leek and potato soup.

theyre p handy

protip get one w/a whisk attachment

how cheap can you get those

I gained weight by eating a lot of cream cheese frosting straight from the can.

protip get one w/a whisk attachment

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:52 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how cheap can you get those

― iatee

$30 at costco, think maybe about the same on amazon

zs i will bake and send you some of specialty high-calorie cookies, they are delish and i guarantee you can eat about 1000 cals of them in one sitting.

Oh man, YES

email me your latest address, i'm baking some for 2 other people this weekend anyways. do you have any allergies? you okay with nuts?

This one is $36 http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=kitchenaid+immersion+blender&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5396116353962178188&sa=X&ei=nPBrT76hOMXkggeIoo3MBg&ved=0CLYBEPICMAU

My problem with this thread is most of the solutions sound insane to me. The idea of consuming protein powder makes me gag.

You would not gag if you ate it all blended up with some mango, banana, yogurt (for your digestive needs), and juice of your choice. You wouldn't even know it was there, almost guaranteed. (I say almost because I don't know how sensitive your palate is, but it would take a p sensitive palate to get past mango banana yum)

hey nice - other people are trying to pack on weight too! how have i never seen this thread before?!

strike that last comment. i now remember posting earlier...

so, as an update... i've put on another 12 or so since May!

i enjoy smoothies w/a splash of OJ, carrot juice, coconut milk, blackberries, bananas, kale, some protein powder, and ground flax. you blend it long enough and it turns into a nice drinkable shake.

This thread is very strange to me.

I play 5-a-side football 2-3 times a week lately, road cycle between 50-100 miles a week, drink only about a bottle and a half of wine or equivalent each week (even on a night out at a casino in London at the weekend I only drank a few glasses over several hours, despite friends quaffing a bottle or more each), and I still weigh just over 12 and 1/2 stone at 5'8" tall (I've been exercising like this for about a year now, and weight about 13st 4lbs previously - admittedly I've turned quite a bit of fat into muscle, but I've still got a gut).

I pretty much never eat crisps or chips (chips or fries to you Americans), cook pretty much every meal I do eat at home myself so exercise a decent amount of control over what I eat, but I do have a weakness for cake, biscuits, chocolate, etc etc, as well as big portions. However, I'm pretty good these days at not indulging anywhere near the amount I used to. I love food.

The idea of desperately trying to gain weight seems pretty alien. At university I put on a stone a year by drinking a fuck-tonne of Guinness and red wine, and existing off extravagent pasta dishes and chillis, and didn't really do any exercise other than walking for a couple of years. I'd recommend this approach!

nick .. i hear you re the never ending battle re the spread.
did you catch the recent horizon re 'the truth about exercise' ?
apparently all you need is one minute of intense exercise ..
i've been doing this myself in recent weeks and cut down food intake (just fruit @ lunch as opposed to a doorstop sandwich), and it seems to be working.
the outcome all depends on whether your bodysystem is a responder to exercise
to summarise : if you are in the responsive sector, then all you need is 1 minute, and if not, then doing 60 minutes will make little difference at all.
the scientist who presented the docu was very negative towards the research to start with, but succumbed once the stats etc were looked into.
fascinating stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17177251

um nick i think they mean putting on weight as in muscle, not a paunch

kind of feel "looking in the mirror" will always be a better guide to your progress in exercise than weighing yourself though

(i have no tips, i started exercising properly - cardio & resistance - when i went freelance, just took it very gradually and not mega-seriously, but the results are satisfying. i have a vaguely regular exercise regime but no real diet regime beyond "eat kinda healthily w/r/t proteins and green stuff")

This thread is not strange to me.

I am 6ft1", don't drink much (let's say a bottle wine a week, a couple beers and that's it on a big week), exercise is going to work and back, walking into t'town and around on a weekend, am around 12stone. When I was 21 I was 8stone thanks to intestinal problems which got operated on, so it'a full-time job eating to keep up my weight. I know in that sense I am fortunate about being a 'healthy but light' weight, it gets no sympathy from various people I know, but hey.

I was certainly prompted to eat more red meat/guinness etc, but what if you don't like that stuff? I think red meat made me more ill anyway. Anyways, it was all about the "Build-Up" 'just-add-milk' drinks back then. I don't kow if it helped much, but I do OK now.

Still, love pastas, chillimeals, thai stuff, so.

oh and protein shakes post-workout but i don't obsess about them

that's all i really do in the shake dept.
i live on my own and work keeps me super busy - so if i keep fresh fruit/veggies around the majority will spoil.
what i've been doing lately is snacking on cottage cheese. up until 6 months ago, i couldn't tell you when the last time was i had bought any now i'm going through about a tub a week.

i live on my own and work keeps me super busy - so if i keep fresh fruit/veggies around the majority will spoil.

no excuse, pal! frozen fruit is better anyway.

i do do that sometimes. not crazy about fruit out of the freezer tho when it comes to smoothies, and the bananas will always wind up as banana bread!

I guess I like what frozen fruit does to the consistency of a smoothie -- it's thicker, feels more substantial. And if you have leftovers you can freeze them for a late night snack. Or at least that's what I do.

question: how long is too long for fruit (bananas esp) to sit in the freezer for?

I usually go through ~ 6 bananas a week, so they never last that long. I've run out and dug around for/found/used old ones and I can't say I noticed the difference tbh. I would say indefinitely?

Also a chunky monkey smoothie (double banana, chocolate sauce, nutella, almond/peanut butter/protein powder) is a super idea for weight gain/covering up the flavor of gross protein powder.

If that sounds a little revolting, it's because it's basically a milkshake.

ARE YOU CALLING MILKSHAKES REVOLTING?!

This thread is very strange to me.

haha i was reading this thread dripping w/ envy

not to be johnny gym teacher here but you folx should be lifting weights! few repetitions/highish weight too.

I've been doing several sets of pushups (going by the 100 pushups site), pull-ups and crunches, with a bit of weight exercises for shoulders. I can't really work out my legs as I inherited bad knees, though I do bike pretty much every day.

goole - this IS what i'm doing!

i didn't play ultimate or ride my bike at all this winter either.

ok jeez i was just saying generally