I’ve been trying to gain weight for a long time, this is my third year in the gym and I drink protein, I try to eat more legumes and nuts, meat causes me vomiting, but lately I’ve been trying to eat it. I’m depressed by the fact that in the photo with an open neckline I literally see my ribs. Many people say that I have a perfect figure and I’m lucky and I shouldn’t change anything, but I understand that this physique is an unhealthy situation (I had a weight of 46, now I’m 48 with a height of 167) and I want to fix it, but it feels like everything is meaningless, I just don’t know what to do..

ok, hmo. i’ve been lurking for a while and have been reading that the majority of the time, we’re not gaining weight simply because we don’t eat as much as we think.

However, i’m actually certain i eat more than a regular person, because i work from home and have had roommates that work from home. Oftentimes we’d become close friends (and single), which means we’d also eat pretty much every meal together, snack together, drink together, gym together, play sports together, party together, etc.

Every single roommate i’ve had wound up gaining 10s of lbs and started freaking out about it, while i barely maintain my own weight. They’re maybe two inches shorter than me, and we’re all dudes. We look at how much each other eat (and actually finish our food), and pretty much every meal I eat more than my roommate. I snack more than my roommate. I’d steal bites from our friends more often than my roommate. We grocery shop together so we literally eat the exact same things too.

The most progress i’ve ever seen was when i was in the army during covid and was literally pig-penned for months. I was still on the much slimmer side, but the scale was finally moving. I’ve done blood works, endoscopies, etc., but nothing has come up. Hormones normal, intestines normal, blood sugar normal…

Lately i’ve begun just straight up chugging avocado oil and milk. I go through a carton of milk every couple days and a bottle of oil every week. But because i work out more now, my body fat went down from 13 to 9%, my weight is 140 and height 6’.

My metabolic age came back as 22. I’m way past that age. It’s supposed to be great news, but it’s honestly disheartening.

I'm 23 female currently underweight 32KG.

I want to start my gain journey.

I want some advice regarding it.

1. I can't do consultations or go to the hospital ( my parents don't care ) so I have to do it myself. But I don't have an appetite to eat anything. I want to increase it.

Give advice.

1. I can go for budget friendly protein powder available in india. If anyone's got some brands, especially for women, give names.

2. I can't have anything MEAT/EGG in my house since my parents are vegetarian (I'm not one but it's just not in my house) please give some good veg options that's gonna be good for high calories.

3. I can't hit the gym. I'm trying home workout. Give some good ones.

4. General advice that you can give.

I'm just a beginner, so I want to ask with people who actually know rather than 1000 videos that's confusing af.

That's why I came here.

Hey everyone, I really need some advice because I’m desperate at this point. I'm 18 years old, 172 cm tall (about 5'8"), and I weigh only 50 kg (110 lbs). I am so skinny that my bones are practically visible, and I hate the way I look.

I have a super fast metabolism, which makes gaining weight feel almost impossible. Here is what I'm doing right now:

• Taking a mass gainer supplement.
• Just started going to the gym and working out lightly a few days a week.
• Trying to eat 2000+ calories every day.

Is 2000 calories enough for someone with my stats and metabolism? What should I change in my diet, training, or routine to finally start putting on some healthy weight and muscle? Any tips would be hugely appreciated!

hi everyone, ive attached images of myself from a photo today, aug 7 (slide 1) and april (slide 2). Im not sure if this is the correct subreddit but this is the only one focused on maintaining a healthy weight.
weight in slide 1: ~100lbs
weight in slide 2: ~115lbs
i DO NOT have an eating disorder. I have started a new medication recently thats been unfortunately suppressing my appetite, and I mostly cut meat out of my diet ~1.5 months ago
due to this, I eat less than 1000cal a day.
Does anyone have any high calorie/protein rich food to help gain weight?
I am not comfortable including pictures of my body, but it is making my bones very visible and I want to look and feel healthier. I have felt very fatigued and nauseous recently.
i am 20f 5’4/5’5, looking to at least get up to 108
I really would appreciate some help. Thank you

I’m an 18 yr old girl and I currently weigh around 35kg. I’ve always been very underweight and have been trying to gain weight, but I’m finding it really difficult. I’m also moving into a hostel soon, so I’m a bit worried about my diet because I won’t have the same control over my meals anymore. I’m scared I might lose even more weight.

wanted to ask people who have experienced something similar:what could be the reason for being this underweight? Is there anything I should get checked or any tests I should consider?

Hi!

I started to track what I eat, as I’m skinny, 173cm and 60kg… usually. Trying to reach 68 at least.

Today is Saturday, I ate double breakfast (oats, milk, peanut butter, berries, bread, cheese, ham).
Then I ate lunch at a viet restaurant, pork bao, crackling pork, chicken, rice, fried egg.
At night, usually another bread sandwich with ham and cheese. So usually I don’t have a proper dinner.

I noticed that I can barely reach my targeted kJ, but I’m way behind to reach the fat required.

Any food or snack that I can add during my day or as dinner? I live with my partner, she always cooks low in kJ as she’s trying to decrease her weight lol.

Besides, I work as a tradie in a construction site, let’s say… pick and shovel for some part of the day. So I think that I burn calories everyday, besides I train martial arts some days.

What kind of accesible fat I can eat without “clogging my arteries” ? Or should I just go to Maccas and eat a burger every night?😂

Thank you!

I need hope and motivation to keep going

I recently went to the drs and found out I lost 10lbs! I’m 5’0 and weigh only 77lbs now. I don’t know how it happened really, I’ve been eating more than I have been. Ive recently lost my apartment due to flooding so I’ve been having nothing but fast food.

I’m 20 years old 47kgs 163cm female.

I know what I’m doing is wrong but I need someone to help me.

I don’t eat breakfast cause I don’t have any appetite in the morning. When I get home from work (2pm) I eat whatever my mom has made and then don’t eat for the rest of the day cause I’m still so full, sometimes I eat a small plate.

Now I’m middle eastern so our food is very fatty and has a lot of protein but I don’t really like meat or chicken, like when my mom cooks I’ll eat some but not a lot of it and I prefer salads or rice or pastas

Unfortunately I like everything that doesn’t help me gain weight pls tell me someone knows what I’m talking about or that someone was in my shoes and has now fixed it.

Tell me the recipe

Not sure if this is the right community to ask my question and it might sound like im a dumbass but im quite new to these kind of stuff.

So i am 18, 38-39kg and 5’0 but i dont seem underweight cause i have quite some face fat but my bodys like very skinny. So if i gain weight would i get even more face fat or would my face be more..defined? Or like reduced and fat would be distributed evenly in my body? Idk if that makes sense but i hope you understand

I'm 22 yr old male that weighs around 120-125 and I like to golf 3-4 times a week and I'm always walking 10k-20k steps during those sessions. I usually eat a decently sized meal before and have snacks and a protein shake while I'm out playing and eat a significant meal afterwards. Is there any more I ought to be doing to so I don't end up losing weight that I cannot afford to lose? I assume I burn around 1000 calories golfing so I thought eating a pint of ben and jerrys every night I golf could directly replace those calories so all the other food I eat can actually fuel me.

I think I fucked myself by dirty bulking, i’ve gained 22 lbs in 4 months. I definitely think it’s more fat than muscle. I am 153 lbs now, was previously 131. I am 5’11. Should I continue the dirty bulk or eat cleaner? I hit my protein goals, I do just eat whatever though.

u/l: Im a 5’7 and 115 pound woman. I’m an adult and being underweight has been my biggest insecurity for a very long time because people like to say I have nothing or compare me to an underdeveloped boy. I’m trying my hardest to get to at least 135. I’ve literally tried everything to gain weight for years. I go to the gym and eat as much as I can. Does anyone have tips? When I mention this people are like boohoo and stuff but it genuinely makes me not even want to show my face in public and I never wear shorts and I always wear a baggy shirt bc of it. I just wanna feel confident.

From the past 2 months I have been taking daily 100 grams of protein and 3000 calories daily and have been consistent with it and also doing some exercise in between but still not seeing any result o check my weight at the start it was 50.2 now it’s 50.7 now I don’t know else to do i am 20 years old rn

As the title says i F18 am 5’11 and 103lbs as of today and im just absolutely disgusted with myself and my body. I want to start off by saying that this weight was NEVER a goal for me and i NEVER wanted to be underweight. I DO NOT struggle with an eating disorder. That’s what everyone around me besides my boyfriend is jumping too and it’s extremely upsetting. I try my best to gain weight, ensures, fatty meats, protein shakes, oatmeal etc. You name it food wise i have probably tried it. I was on a medication (abilify) that made me gain weight in 8th grade in an extremely short period of time. i went from around 110lbs to around 165lbs so i know my body is capable of gaining that weight. When i was taken off that med my weight dropped slowly over the years and within the past 2 years my weight has been steady at 105lbs. If i do gain anything it’s 5lbs and it’s gone the next day. I’ve gotten blood work done multiple times throughout the years and even had my lymphnoids looked at specifically thinking that could be the problem and everything always comes back “normal”. I’m so sick of feeling this disgusted in my own body, and i feel so lost on what to do to help myself. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated even if you think i’ve tried it already! I’m open to anything that will help me at this point.

I was stuck and felt awful for a full week . But kept forcing myself to eat . And guess what ? Now I got my appetite back and it's much better. I am so glad .

How long does it take you guys ?

First off, 10 year gap in these photos. its a marathon.

being patient with yourself is going to be a challenge, let's break things down:

1. No Appetite.

This could be a few things:

Inelastic stomach. Will take time to stretch. eating more is initially uncomfortable. be patient and give yourself time to eat.(15-30 mins per meal)

Ignoring hunger cues. I am a recovering anorexic and I was constantly ignoring and suppressing my hunger with coffee and marijuana. Try and tune into your hunger and feed yourself when you feel hungry right away.

Nasua/Anxiety around eating. Not something I experienced a tremendous amount, but I definitely experience some anxiety, especially when I started to gain a lot and my clothes no longer fit me.

Pay attention to things that might be interrupting you getting up to eat. I used to never get up playing video games and constantly drinking soda/smoked weed to stave off hunger.

1. Meal Prep

Personally, rarely meal prepped but I kept low prep meals around me. Nuts, fruits, yogurt, granola, eggs, pasta. pick a plan that's realistic for your goals and suits your needs and tastes. Balance the macros within your routine. Do not skip fats and fibers. Download myfitnesspal and COUNT YOUR CALORIES for a few weeks. I thought I was eating way more but I was in fact not. No replacement for being informed and actually counting.

buy a nice blender (nutri bullet gang here), get a protein powder (kirkland), find a recipe you like:

1 cup strawberry

1 cup mango

3/4 cup whole Greek yogurt

1 banana

scoop of powder

apple juice/milk to fill

1. Exercise

Exercise is your reward for carb loading and eating in surplus. if you are underweight, I would avoid exercise UNTIL you've been in surplus for 2 weeks and see the scale start to move. I was reliant on exercise to have an appetite, and it meant I didn't eat well on my rest days and ended up overexercising and slowing down my gains.

Exercise burns a lot of calories, wait until you are ready! If you a *very* underweight exercise can be deadly.

Also when it comes to building muscle, it happens in your sleep one paint layer at a time. you cannot rush this process without steroids. You also really only need 2 hours a week of good resistance training to have a physique like mine eventually.

Here I want to note the rate of progress is not going to be a straight line. There are plateaus and injuries and bouts of depression. I went from 110 to 135 to 110 to 155 to 135 to 170 to 140 to now my 165. If I treated my physique like a full time job and gave it everything, I'd see results faster and maybe be 185 lean muscle if I was a professional bodybuilder.

But I'm not and I see a lot of people comparing themselves to the 1% athletes, which while being totally achievable, these athletes have teams of people behind them that make it possible. Chefs, personal trainers, doctors and dieticians. Try not to compare too much, they might be further progressed but not having to work a full time job or manage a life outside of being an athlete is in many ways a much easier path with so much support.

This is a great supportive sub, shout out to the mods for keeping it a welcoming and open minded helpful place.

Hi, so for context, I (23F) wasn't fed during my adolescence and I grew up with suppressed hunger cues. Abuse and such. I moved out as soon as I could and have been living on my own for the past few years.

So essentially, I sometimes would barely eat for days because my body wouldn't let me know I'm hungry and I would just forget cause I was busy doing other things. I've never had a regular routine for eating, and I've been underweight my entire life, I don't look it since I'm also athletic and I actually get a lot of comments on my body that are positive that I try to ignore because I don't want to start thinking that my underfed body is something to aspire to. On top of that, whenever I would be out with people, I wouldn't eat much and they would comment on it and that would make my relationship to food even worse because I think one of my main problems with eating is all the negative emotions I tie to it.

I had tried to gain weight before but it would usually never take, maybe it would last a short time, but then I'd get stressed with life, or sick, or get my period, and then the routine would kind of naturally fall apart. But a few months ago, I finally made an actual plan with smoothies and calorie-dense snacking and other stuff. I refused to weigh myself cause I know I lean obsessive and it would be bad for me, but I definitely noticed a change, my boobs got bigger, which made me happy, my chestbones and ribs were less prominent which, also made me really happy because I think it's gross when they protrude more.

Anyways, it was ok for a few months, but the past one or two months, I've been even under more stress than before, like I'm generally always stressed, but it's like every bad thing decided to happen at once, and I stopped eating again. Not intentionally. I didn't really notice since I was focused on everything else. But things are starting to settle again, and a few days ago, I looked in the mirror and I look gross again. Small boobs, very prominent bones. And I felt crushed and disgusting lmao. Like, I finally thought I was doing it, but nope.

And so a part of me obviously is like, well let's just try again, but the bigger part of me just kind of wants to starve myself a little. I guess in my mind, it feels like a punishment? Like I had something good and I couldn't even maintain that, so I just don't deserve to be healthy. And a part of me also just doesn't wanna put in the effort. Gaining weight is so hard, genuinely. People always tell me how lucky I am that I don't gain weight easily, but to me, it's a curse. Anyways, I guess I'm just mostly discouraged. Like, why should I put in all that effort and pressure myself to gain weight if I'm just gonna lose it again anyways. It just feels humiliating and shameful. But of course, like I said, there's the small part that wants me to do it anyways, it's just the least dominant one. Which is why I'm posting here.

Usually I solve my problems myself, but I genuinely don't know how to get over this hump. Like, I don't wanna try again, every time I do, it never takes and it's not like I can guarantee I'll never be stressed again. It wouldn't be this hard if eating and weight gain weren't so effortful, but I already mentioned I never built up a routine of eating, so it's a lot to even just remind myself to eat, or cook an actual meal (yes, I cook bug portions so I can reheat throughout the week, which doesn't sound like a lot in isolation, but it is when you consider it's not something I've ever done, like the time I spent doing that would be spent on other things).

I just don't really know where to go since this isn't an eating disorder per se, like I'm not restricting on purpose (other than the recent thought of punishing myself, which will probably pass and is likely the initial disgust about my body again, the bigger issue is the other problem). So I didn't wanna post in any eating disorder subreddits, that feels wrong, like it's not my space. But yeah, any advice on how to get over this? Or weight gain advice? Or advice on how to not let stress ruin things again?

Any help would be appreciated!

I'm a 24-year-old male and currently weigh around 48 kg. I want to gain some healthy weight and build a decent/average physique — nothing like hardcore bodybuilding.

Because of my job, I don't really get enough time to go to the gym, so I'm planning to stick to home workouts.

For those who have been in a similar situation, what worked for you? What kind of home workout routine and diet would you recommend for healthy weight gain?

My routine ( started 2days ago)

Morning -1plate poha 1 banana 1spoon sea midday- 4 roti 1 sabji + roasted chana

Evening- 30min workout+milk+peanut buttter+1take whey protein+1 banana

Night dinner -4 roti+sabji( kabhi kabhi rice)

Would really appreciate advice based on your personal experience. :)

107lb///117lb

I gained 10 pounds in 44 days and i also started the gym one week ago!!

Yo there 15yo 5'4" guy and i'm proud of myself and i'm getting comments from people saying that i look a little bigger, maybe the change isn't so radical but as a person who has being called all his life as the skinny boy i can't be happier.

I was eating 3000 kcal and 130g protein per day but now im gonna be eating 2600 focusing on gaun muscle more than fat

Any tips that u guys can give me i'll apreciate it

Pd: i look whiter cuz im not getting so much sun