Underweight?

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 15:37

I'm 5ft 10 and I weigh 10 stone, this puts me 1 stone under my recommended weight.

How can I add weight without eating unhealthily? I'm not fully sure whether being underweight is causing any ill effects but I do find I get tired quite quickly.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 15:45

Raikiri said:
Eat larger portions of what you already eat, you don't have to ram McDonalds down your gullet to gain weight.

I already eat large portions, example last night I had pie, chips and 2 slices of bread.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 15:53

My diet is probably quite high in carbs, often having sandwiches for lunch too. Lot of bread products in general really.

The pie was home made and the chips were cut from potatoes, not from a chippy.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 16:04

Typical Week:

Breakfast: Crumpets/Toast, very occasionally a sausage roll.
Lunch: cold meat sandwiches and a packet of crisps, steak and kidney pie once a week, hot bageutte or small pizza
Dinner: Chicken/Fish/Sausage, with potatoes or chips, vegetables. Beans on toast with a fried egg if feeling lazy.
Supper/Snack: more often than not, bowl of cornflakes with whole milk.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 16:10

Back on topic please

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 20:28

mrthingyx said:
Do you drink a lot of fizzy pop in there, too? Or drink tea/coffee? That amount of carbs will lead to at least one crash a day...

Tea.

I just don't feel particularly energetic.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 22:04

mrthingyx said:
I'm not surprised. Ditch the bread for oats and do some exercise.

Oh I do exercise, I go out for about 40 minutes with the dog at lunchtime and cover a couple of miles, I play badminton once a week for a couple of hours and I walk a lot at weekends.

PiKe · 9 May 2012 at 22:35

Zefan said:
All of which will most likely make you lose weight.

But my diet seems to contribute to feeling lethargic.

PiKe · 10 May 2012 at 09:02

mrthingyx said:
Did you not read my posts or something?

Too much easy carbohydrate in your diet will lead to your insulin crashing the excess glucose levels in your blood, making you feel tired.

As posted - several times now - ditch all that bread and easy carbs for something better.

I'm reading your posts, I'm responding to other posters.

PiKe · 10 May 2012 at 12:37

To be honest a lot of it is because I'm still living at home and I don't get any say in what's for dinner, it's just put on a plate in front of me.

Started snacking on fruit today, had a banana and apple this morning.