So, I have not gained any weight since I was probably 14 and I would really like to. I've tried protein shakes but how long does it take for that to kick in? I drank 2 a day plus all the normal food I eat and I didn't see any results. My doctor told me to eat more protein plus all the normal crap I eat. I'm just assuming that I have an EXTREMELY high metabolism because I don't do shit and I eat more calories than I probably should. Any suggestions?

The only way to gain weight is to take in more calories than you expend. There's a scrawny gangster dude in my art class who's trying to get buff, and every day he drinks a couple of these Gatorade protein things in class, but that's not going to do much.

Protein has a lot of uses in fitness, but for pure weight you need calories. If you want to do it scientifically and/or cleanly (little or no fat gain), you might start counting your calories and increasing them by 250 or so every day until you start gaining weight at the rate you want. If you don't care how you gain weight (you probably won't gain much fat anyway, if you exercise), just eat a shitton.


I also didn't gain any weight for about four years, then over the summer I started eating a buttload (and a lot of fast food for the easy, dense calories) and put on fifteen-twenty pounds with very little fat. I didn't feel very lean or strong, though, and you're not really meant to put on that much weight that fast. I've since stopped working out due to time constraints and the fact that I only like to work out at night (although, if you're really into fitness, working out at night is not optimal) and now I generally feel kind of weak and crappy. I still look moderately fit, though. At least I think so. I posted a topless pic (whoamg) in the picture directory from like a week or two ago. I'm obviously not in great shape, but I don't know>_>

Eat sticks of butter. No but seriously, protein shakes plus a decent muscle gaining routine should do you well. If you want to gain weight I'm sure you'd want to gain it as muscle, right?

I eat a fuck load of calories. I do eat a lot more fast food and other various garbage because I don't really know how to cook well. I was pretty amazed when my doctor told me my cholestoral was fantastic.


You are correct. I did work out for a while but I find it hard to work out when I just spent 8hours at school.

I do walk to and from school though (30 minutes each way). So I still do get SOME exercise.

Have you ever counted your calories? It's probably not as much as you think. I need to eat around 3500 a day to stay at about 165 pounds.

When I was gaining weight I was getting 5500+ a day.

I have not, but I think I will start.

EDIT: I guess I should also note I get hungry about every hour to 2 hours.

I'm the same way. I eat TONS of food. I mean a fucking lot of food. Me, my brother and my dad eat about 300-400 bucks worth of food a week (my dad is full blooded Italian, so we eat good above all else). I've never been able to break 165, and I doubt I ever will me. I guess just call us the lucky ones, being a fat fucking bastard would suck.

Yea I've always had a high metabolism and tried to put on weight and it's hard.

I've been lifting pretty hardcore and taking supplements/shakes for a long time now. I still only weight about 135 pounds.

But these guys are right, protein shakes are good and all, but honestly think about it....is two scoops of powder going to make that much of a difference. How do you expect a bunch of protein powder to translate into 10 or 20 pounds of muscle.

You gotta start watching what you eat and count your calories. Start drinking weight gainining powders instead of protein. They have more calories.

Protein isn't going to do it. If you really want to gain weight then eat a lot of carbs not protein. No matter how good your metabolism is, it won't keep up with some bread or better yet some rice, or pasta.

When I eat meat it goes right through me, but when I eat a bowl of spagetti, that's when I gain weight.

Well, I don't understand carbs perfectly, but I've been given to understand that unused carbs make you put on weight because they convert to sugar, which converts to fat. But if you're operating on a caloric defecit or balance you'll still lose (or maintain) weight but lose muscle and gain fat.

I had to read your post twice but yeah what you say is true.

But if the topic creator has the problem that he is way too skinny, you might as well put on some weight even through more carbs.

Walmart sells a pound of angel hair pasta for fifty cents a box. I eat half of that on most nights for dinner, with a ton of sauce. I eat a pretty big sammich for lunch and breakfast is usually pretty small. Frosted mini wheats or a single poptart. Sometimes I'll get a donut as a snack from the store next to where I work. That's what I eat day in day out and I've finally been able to gain weight after years of being 140lbs.

I was browsing through some supplements and I found this

http://www.supplementwarehouse.com/viewite...idproduct=35857

About 2100 calories per serving and only 10 calories of total fat.

ive been stuck at 140 for like 5 years. this topic is relative to my interests.

Weight gain/loss is really simple once you understand caloric deficits/[antonym]. If you get 500 calories more than you can burn off every day, in a week that's 3500 calories. One pound of fat = 3500 calories. You'd gain a pound in a week if you could eat just 500 calories more than what you burn off. I seriously wish I had the metabolism where you have to challenge yourself to do that. Not because I want to, just because I want to see what it's like to have to work so hard to actually eat more calories than you burn off naturally.

You never struck me as much of a soda person (as if I even really know you irl) but start drinking soda. Start drinking a lot of it. Soda is seriously the easiest way to get free calories IMO. I used to weigh 235 pounds 'cause of soda mostly. Mmm high fructose corn syrup.

There's a difference between calories and empty calories.

If you're looking to gain fat and be unhealthy it's cool to eat tons of candy and drink a lot of coke etc.

If you're looking to gain muscle and not get gross inside, calorically dense foods you'll want to look into are more along the lines of olive oil, nuts, red meats (arguably), milk, etc.

Surplus, by the way.

The whole healthy nutritionally packed calorie versus empty calorie is primary a function of maintaining glucose levels and consuming an optimal amount of vitamins under a (reasonably) restricted diet.

If you're trying to gain weight it's very very very hard to do it while sticking to an uber healthy diet. The only way to gain muscle is to weight train. You will gain muscle either way. You will also gain fat either way.

I cannot gain a pound more than 165 (I'm 6' tall). I eat well and a lot, but I guess I'm just a naturally speedy person with a high metabolism. I eat anything I want to usually and fast food pretty much everyday (work lunch) yes I've never been anything but skinny/toned. Even working out and drinking work out shakes and eating well has no effect on me. It's like I get toned and a little more muscle mass then visually I don't get any bigger, but I keep getting stronger.

I'm not talking about only eating healthy stuff, but there's a huge difference even between a greasy ass fast food cheeseburger and a soda. One of them has nutrients in them as well as shit, and one of them is sugar water. The sugar water is no help to your diet at all. It can bring up your calorie count for the day, but it'll reduce the quality enough that what's the point?


I don't eat a ton, but I do have to try to maintain a weight of about 165 (I'm also about six feet). I was gorging myself over summer and got up to 170, but that was really, really hard. I'm not overly toned or strong, though, just pretty skinny.

Gain weight by eating more calories than you burn, preferably more protein, since you'll be looking to gain muscle. None of this "waaaah I can't gain weight". I'm a naturally skinny guy, too. Always simply eat more.

Your body can only process so much protein at once.

Sources of protein are much harder to eat and significantly more expensive than sources of carbohydrates. A bag of skittles has as much calories as twenty ounces of fatty steak.

Seriously, I cannot get fat. Or gain any weight. Working out or otherwise. I burn calories like they're bowls.

some people have a really tough time gaining weight, because they have strange metabolisms. some people's metabolisms will keep pace with them no matter how much they eat/calories they put into themselves.

Lot of room for increased knowledge in this topic.

Feern, what kind of workout did you do?

I'm with feern. I can hardly gain weight. I spent all last summer sitting on my ass, smoking weed and eating chips and I didn't gain any weight whatsoever and I had a barely noticeable six pack (no gut whatsoever). It's kinda bitter sweet because when I did work out, it was very hard to just gain a pound or two. Eating shouldn't become a chore...there's no way I can afford (money and time) now to work out and eat like a machine.

I've always been the same way. But if you actually try to gain weight (IE eat all the time, whether you're hungry or not), it's not hard. It's hard to keep it all lean muscle, though...

I've stayed consistently around 130lbs since High School. I eat...I exercise...and I always feel like I'm struggling to MAINTAIN my weight. Haha....But yeah basically I have the same problem.