How To Gain Weight

To understand how to gain weight let us first get into psychology of weight gain. The question is simple

Why do you want to gain weight?

• You feel you do not look good as a skinny thin guy.
• You are captivated by the idea of a idol male body.
• You feel women perceive you as a skinny guy and are dissatisfied with it.
• Your clothes don't really good on you.
• You want to feel strong and powerful.
• Your natural attempts to gain weight have failed and you are not able to understand what is wrong with you.

 

'Ectomorph' - Does that terms surprise you? If you are reading this page, the chances are pretty good that you are also an ectomorph. It means someone with ' skinny body type'. It implies you have a high metabolism rate that makes it difficult for you to gain any weight. So how do you turn yourself into 'big'. That is the keyword -"big", write it down if you are serious about gaining weight. What does this keyword means, it means you got to eat big and also lift big.

The key to weight gain is

• Weight Training or Weight Lifting

• Eating More/ Increasing your diet.

Here are some simple ideas on how to gain weight

Keep a track of your daily calorie input. It means that start quantifying your daily diet in terms of calorie that you are taking in, and keep a track of it along with your weight.

Add up to your calorie count. If your daily average input is around 1500 calories then try to raise it to 2000 calories. One of the easiest way to do is to start taking more meals, try to increase your meal count to 5-6 per day.

Perhaps one of the most important one is to start weight lifting. Go to a gym and join a weight lifting routine. You can consider this e-course for a perfect weight gain routine.

Track your new calorie count at the end of week and also your weight. You should see a minor at least 1-2 pounds gain. Don't expect too much its a progressive routine, you should still be able to add 5-8 pounds a month. Make this a habit and you will never have to worry about weight gain again.

Some tips on increasing your diet for weight gain

 

Eat Often:
Eat small but nutritious meals and often, force yourself to five meals a day.
Have a full meal at the time you feel the most hungry. Don't deny yourself.
Keep snacks at easily available places and make sure to have one before you go to sleep.
If you are in habit of forgetting your meal then use a reminder.

 

Eat what you like:
This will promote your eating habits. If cheese appeal to you more than vegetables, then keep it close and have a snack now and then.

 

Eat high calorie food and don't fill yourself with low calorie foods:
The following tips are applicable only if you want to gain food. Some of these food items constitute of what is categorized as bad fat and should be taken with precaution. Try to limit them.
Fats like butter, salad dressing, mayonnaise, oil, gravy all add up to fat in your food and hence to your weight.
You can take fried or deep fried food but remember you might be picking up some of bad fat.
Don't for "light" products, go for regular versions.
Go for meat including bacons, sausages that are high in fat.
Go for whole milk and not skimmed milk.

 

Have a protein diet
Protein includes cheese, eggs, meat, poultry, beans, nuts, milk.
Try cold sliced meat.
Eat out canned white beans or kidney beans. Alternatively add them to soup or casseroles.
Increase your diet on eggs, add an extra one or two to your cakes or you can add boiled eggs to your salads.
Add cheese to your diet. Use grated cheese with soups, tacos etc.
Add sugar to your drinks and foods. You can also rely on honey for sugar content.
Add gelatin to your juices, milk, soups.
Add milk powder to soups, cereals, scrambled eggs etc.

 

Desserts:

Choose ice-cream, frozen yogurt, fruit yogurt, puddings.

You can also add chocolate chips to these diets to supplement them.

 

High Calorie Drinks:

Buy drinks like Ensure, Boost etc from your regular stores. You can also take advice from your pharmacist. The content of these drinks is quite balanced and is normally of high calories.

Try out sugar/protein powders to add calories to your meals. You can also opt for puddings, soups etc for high calorie content.

 

Vitamins and Minerals Pills:

Talk to your pharmacist before you opting for "one a day" vitamin pills.

 

Additional tips for gaining weight:

• Water, drink lots of water. This water not only helps you in digestion but also give your more energy.
• Rest! take proper rest. Sleep at least 8 hours a day. Your body develops while you rest.

A very important thing to remember is that trying to add weight without fats is not possible unless you are going on steroids. But a little bit of extra fat is not bad as long as you can stay fit. Also even if you put on some fat while gaining weight, you can always burn that later.