Weight GAIN tips????

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not your usual request- and i don't want to hear the stupid "just eat" line
I have an extremely high metabolism and i've always been little- right now i'm going through a depressive rut and it's been really hard for me to eat. so obviously i've been losing weight. i can't put food past my mouth. i'm not anorexic- i desperately want to gain and i HATE my body. is there anyone with any meal substitutes or weight gain tricks they swear by?

update: i'm vegan!!! so milk eggs and meat for protein is out

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Protein shakes!

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I totally understand where you're coming from ❤ many people will recommend supplements like ensure or boost.. but these are very expensive and not very healthy . The main method of gaining weight would be to increase your calories. My advice would be to read weight loss advice articles and do the opposite😉 try to drink your calories and maybe make your own nutritional shakes with whole milk, protein powder, and fruit. Add in healthy fats like nuts, cook with oils .fats are high in calories so upping your fats is one of the easiest ways to increase your intake. As it seems like your low mood is  the main culprit. Try looking into some ways to help your mood. Make sure you don't have any nutritional deficiencies,  try to exercise . Sometimes you have to force yourself to get out and ignore your depressive thoughts. You may also want to see your doctor. I don't really recommend antidepressants as a first line of Defense- but that may be something else to consider. Best of luck.

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I'm the exact same way as you! For the last 4 months I have started going to the gym. Work on building muscles: squats, lunges, med ball exercises, etc will help. I've gone from starting at 106 to currently 113 in just 4 months. Didn't even change my diet.

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Oh same here. I have anxiety for one week now and I can barely eat and when I do, I throw up. I am also losing weight like I need that shit lol. I'm tired ugh

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Mad french fries no joke

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I completely understand where you're coming from. I have a fast metabolism and I  eat SO much throughout the day and don't gain anything hardly (not complaining at all.) I played softball at an SEC school and my coach told me my freshman year I needed to put on weight and all this stuff but also while being healthy (not just eating fatty calories for the heck of it). I basically ate protein... all day long. Peanut butter with veggies like carrots for a snack. Almonds, cheese and turkey/ham. Lots of power bars with high protein and low carbs. Eggs. A lot of eggs. Like someone suggested peanut butter on bagels. While eating like this, you have to keep in mind we worked out heavy lifting every day and practiced for 4-5 hours a day. But my biggest jump was my junior year when we did Olympic-style lifting with a new trainer and I ate this way. I jumped from 108-120lbs. So many join a crossfit gym if you have the time/money? Hope this helped!!

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I bulk every year, usually fairly slowly but I like to put on a good 15 pounds over the course of about two/three months. It can be difficult because I train at a very high volume.

Butter on everything. Potatoes. Protien shakes with whole milk, vitargo, peanut butter and a banana. Whole fat cuts of meat, like ribeye steaks. LOTS of peanut butter.

Honestly, sometimes I'll just eat dinner twice.

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Peanut butter on a bagel once a day helped me! High calorie and high protein! And not a HUGE meal either. I can't eat a lot at once. I also tracked my eating on myfitnesspal and found out that I wasn't eating nearly enough food during the day. I think I was eating on average 775 calories a day. So I had to train myself to eat more. It was so hard 😭

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