Need to put weight back on - Advice

mistercrabb · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:39

What's wrong with your current weight?
I'm 6'1" and 11.5 stone. If you deliberately go much higher than that without building muscle in some way then surely you're just putting on needless fat?

Deluxe1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 13:35

At 6'1 and 11.5 stone you must be abit on the skinny side.

N31L777 · 28 Jan 2012 at 13:42

Deluxe1 said:
At 6'1 and 11.5 stone you must be abit on the skinny side.

I was going to say! I'm fairly muscley, but I'm 11.5 stone at 5'9.

Deluxe1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 13:49

I'm 6'1 and if i go under 13 and a half stone myself i look fairly skinny.

Neil79 · 28 Jan 2012 at 13:54

Deluxe1 said:
I'm 6'1 and if i go under 13 and a half stone myself i look fairly skinny.

Ya some people look skinny even if it's a good weight, like myself I lost it on my forearms and face!. Still can't beat being 8stone

Squid · 28 Jan 2012 at 15:09

BMI is not correct at all ignore it. get body fat body fat calipers 8-15% for men is good range to be in.

gothic_hobbit · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:36

Neil79 said:
Doctors are a bunch of useless **** who would rather pump you full of medication and send you on your way .

I concur.

RoboCod · 28 Jan 2012 at 19:43

Neil79 said:
And I haven't been doing that for the last two years?

Doctors are a bunch of useless **** who would rather pump you full of medication and send you on your way .

Spot on!, you've given me far more useful advice than some highly payed doctor who thinks pantoprazole solves everything

Then I suggest you change your doctor. I have to say my doctor resorts to meds last, she is great at educating me particularly regarding diet.

FreddieB · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:11

I suggest you get yourself on a good 'hard gainers' diet, but speaking from personal experience stay away from the so called weight gainer shakes, 99% of them are just sugars. better to get yourself on the whey protein, there's many out there so have a good look around www.wheyreviews.co.uk Yes you could go and see you doc but basically it's just commen sense, get to know about healthy fats. As I said do a search for hard gainers diet, and stay away from weight gainer shakes, most, not all, are pile of ****.
Good luck any way fella

Please fully star out any swearing in future. Thank you.

CharlieAlbert · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:24

nutrigrain bars are good for gaining weight

pingwing · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:49

"Remember if the paper turns clear, it is your windows to weight gain"

LabR@t · 28 Jan 2012 at 23:08

let him eat cake.

JayMax · 29 Jan 2012 at 00:20

http://banzuke.com/chanko-nabe/

But seriously, I think aiming for 13st at your height and not being an athlete/bodybuilder should not be your goal. However, myprotein.com sell so many different sourced types of protein powders you should find something there that won't disagree with you - soy, pea, hemp, goat.

bhavv · 29 Jan 2012 at 08:42

If I was 13 stone at 5'9, I'd probably end up with a 45 inch gut.

No mass will stay on my arms, face or chest. I dont need BMI figures to show that going over 11.5 is bad, I can easilly see that it is.

As clueless as I also find doctors to be, 5'9 and 13 stone simply from food based weight gain without body building would be a terrible idea. Anywhere over 12 stone is too much for 5'9.

Threepwood · 29 Jan 2012 at 08:52

People are different, as you say yourself you put weight on your gut and not in other places. Two different people with the same weight can look totally different, one may look normal and the other may look overweight, even with the same kind of muscle mass.

I suspect that neil felt most comfortable when he was 13 stone, thats all, it's just somewhere in his past that he felt and looked good.

I'm an inch shorter than him at 11 and a half stone, but im not fat, 32 inch waist etc. But I would love to be 13 stone again like I was in the past before a couple of phyiscal mishaps. Damn, I would look fanbleedingtastic again with that stone and a halfs worth of what admitidally was pure muscle back on me.

Retromatic · 29 Jan 2012 at 09:32

I'm 33, 5"7 and 10st. According to the BMI charts online I'm within normal BMI, somehow I managed to lose half a stone over xmas eating rubbish ?

Threepwood · 29 Jan 2012 at 09:40

BMI is a load of old fishsticks.

This is a good short read about the whys.

mikeyparkster · 29 Jan 2012 at 10:51

gain the GOOD weight, not the bad weight... ie..e muscle / lean JUST EAT load of healthy stuff and AND WORK OUT LOADS with weights

Don't do cardio if you're trying to gain

bhavv · 29 Jan 2012 at 10:58

shadesofgrey said:
People are different, as you say yourself you put weight on your gut and not in other places. Two different people with the same weight can look totally different, one may look normal and the other may look overweight, even with the same kind of muscle mass.

I suspect that neil felt most comfortable when he was 13 stone, thats all, it's just somewhere in his past that he felt and looked good.

I'm an inch shorter than him at 11 and a half stone, but im not fat, 32 inch waist etc. But I would love to be 13 stone again like I was in the past before a couple of phyiscal mishaps. Damn, I would look fanbleedingtastic again with that stone and a halfs worth of what admitidally was pure muscle back on me.

Just putting weight on via eating more and gaining needless fat is bad for you, regardless of where it goes.

Jordan97 · 29 Jan 2012 at 11:02