Putting on Weight

kash786 · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:01

wordy said:
Post up an example of what you eat on a daily basis.

MORNING:

Bowl of Cereal, always.

LUNCH:

Sandwhich/Crisps/Choc or if i'm at work, i'll pop into my local Morrisons and get some pasta. Also, somedays i could have fish/chips/beans or jacket potato for example, so varies day by day but will almost never skip lunch.

DINNER:

Again, varies from Chicken/Meat Curries to Pizza/Burgers/Chips etc..but again a meal i won't skip..

I also tend to snack in between meals, on the whole i'd say that's a fairly standard day for me. My portions i guess could be bigger but when in the past i've tried increasing them, i've physically been/felt sick..

Xire · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:01

Thegoon84 said:

OH MY GOD!

Theres pineapple on that pizza.............

kash786 · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:06

Orange Peel said:
Kash how old are you. I'm 6'4" and didn't start putting weight on until I hit my mid 20's. I was always 12 stone, not 15 stone and getting a belly lol.

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"andy" · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:06

kash786 said:
MORNING:

Bowl of Cereal, always.

LUNCH:

Sandwhich/Crisps/Choc or if i'm at work, i'll pop into my local Morrisons and get some pasta. Also, somedays i could have fish/chips/beans or jacket potato for example, so varies day by day but will almost never skip lunch.

DINNER:

Again, varies from Chicken/Meat Curries to Pizza/Burgers/Chips etc..

I also tend to snack in between meals, on the whole i'd say that's a fairly standard day for me. My portions i guess could be bigger but when in the past i've tried increasing them, i've physically been/felt sick but again a meal i won't skip..

worrying lack of food. especially when comments like 'almost never' are included meaning that some days you just eat a bowl of cereal and a small portion dinner

find something you like and eat lots of it

16-bit · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:09

Xire01 said:
Theres pineapple on that pizza.............

But that's because pineapple is so goddamn good on a pizza!

LiE · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:11

When I was skinny I joined a gym and started training/eating to gain clean weight. It's taken me many years but now I'm 13stone and still lean. This is the route I would recommend. Head over to the sports forum if you need some more advice.

p4radox · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:16

You don't eat enough - it's that simple. I'm 6'3 and used to eat hardly anything and was skinny as a rake. I fell for the "fast metabolism" BS hook, line and sinker. The truth is, I wasn't eating anywhere near as much as I thought.

/edit: as long as you have a clean, high calorie (and high protein) diet, you'll be well-placed to put on clean weight. Especially if you get yourself to a gym and start regular strength training.

wordy · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:24

You're not eating enough and the stuff you're eating isn't good enough, pizza and curry every night might not put fat round your waist but it won't be doing you insides any god at all.
At 6 ft + your quite a big lad so you need to eat a lot more calorie dense food than what you're getting presently.

Street · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:30

LiE said:
When I was skinny I joined a gym and started training/eating to gain clean weight. It's taken me many years but now I'm 13stone and still lean. This is the route I would recommend. Head over to the sports forum if you need some more advice.

Thats the route I took, I used to be really skinny and thought I ate well. Joined a gym and ACTUALLY started eating well and now I'm about 13 stone and not fat.

kash786 said:
MORNING:

Bowl of Cereal, always.

LUNCH:

Sandwhich/Crisps/Choc or if i'm at work, i'll pop into my local Morrisons and get some pasta. Also, somedays i could have fish/chips/beans or jacket potato for example, so varies day by day but will almost never skip lunch.

DINNER:

Again, varies from Chicken/Meat Curries to Pizza/Burgers/Chips etc..but again a meal i won't skip..

I also tend to snack in between meals, on the whole i'd say that's a fairly standard day for me. My portions i guess could be bigger but when in the past i've tried increasing them, i've physically been/felt sick..

Cut out eating the crap like burgers and chips, eat lots of things like chicken, eggs, and wholewheat foods, skimmed milk etc. Combine that with a decent gym routine and you'll put on weight without getting fat!

Scania · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:18

Hmm, I'm 6'3" yet I'm 17.5st ish.

I suppose a change of job should do it?

http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/careers/

Clearly, it worked for me!

shoes · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:26

crikey! I'm 6'2 and 16st - I should really be thinking about losing some weight!

Vampire · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:30

Tunney said:
Start playing World of Warcraft?

Lol I was going to say that, 4 years in a raiding guild eating junk food and drinking many cans of coke/fanta every day will sort you out some pretty epic weight gain.

Sadly I know this from experience.

TNGL · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:39

I was once the same... always eating crap. But when I started to eat healthier foods and eating more pasta, I put quite a bit of weight on and feel so much better for doing so.

But as suggested, eat more; obviously, don't make yourself sick.

shoes · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:01

Surely you want to gain weight properly and not just get fat though

kash786 · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:04

hmm, some interesting food for thought. Guess i'm not eating nowhere enough for a guy my size, it's difficult to break out of the routing im currently in, as i'm so used to it, will start with bigger portions first i think and see how i go. I'm definately getting signed upto a gym too, that's another re-occuring pattern you guys seem to state!

kash786 · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:06

shoes said:
Surely you want to gain weight properly and not just get fat though

Course. Do not want to get fat and then have issues removing weight! Think the irony would kill me!

ChroniC · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:07

Epistane.

kash786 · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:10

ChroniC said:
Epistane.

Used it?

ChroniC · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:11

kash786 said:
Used it?

Then you probably have an eating disorder. Most skinny people actually think they're eating a lot more calories than they are.
Shakes, 3 a day for months.

Nerusy · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:15

From what you posted you really don't eat a lot. I am surprised it gives you enough energy to live. your should eat more, much more food. Serials for breakfast is nothing. Also snacks in between.

Really it does not sound you have a high metabolism you simply do not eat enough. Find out how much calories you take then increase that every week.