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OK I am fed up of not gaining weight
This was what I ate today

Breakfast - 2 waffles with butter
Snack Porkpie
Lunch BLT on brown bread with brown sauce
Tea Chicken curry and rice
and now Im having pancakes with butter and sugar

On top of that I have tea/coffee with sugar and a shed load of biscuits every day, plus other nibbles and cake etc.

So what more can I do?!
What food do you think I should eat to help?!

Right well Im going to get decaf in the morning then (just bought a HUGE box of tea bags typically! Dan drinks it though)

I find it hard to cut down on sugar - I have 3 sugars At new year I went down to 2 and it was horrible, and now its crept back up, me thinks I need to try harder

kenty wrote:

Lisa wrote:

kenty wrote:

my life at the moment consists of protein shakes, egg whites and one main meal (am on a low carb, low fat, high protein diet!)

i was going to suggest weight gainer shakes but i see that's a no-no, so i really don't know!

(and i'm dead jealous of the stuff you eat!)

what did you do with that 41lb? Send me some!!!
Anyway what you still on a diet for, you looked fabby last time I saw you! You dont want to end up a clothes horse like me!

i happily would send you some, but it's i think it's still hiding in my arse :O
mine isn't teshnically a diet, i'm on a program to reduce body fat and build muscle...so within the next year i hope to drop another stone...but replace it with pure muscle(think totally ripped six pack type physique)

definitely not helping if you're a constant tea/coffee drinker...caffeine is a fab energy booster, but it boosts metabolism too, if you're drinking a fair whack a day(spread out, not all in one go) then that'll definitely be giving it a boost.

Yeh I do and strong stuff too (tassimo pods) - oh dear I hope they do decaf pods!

oh and there was nowt hiding on your arse! but good on you for being so focused!

kenty wrote:

mara wrote:

Redbull and loads of it!! Thats mainly my diet!! xx

nooooooo that'll boost her metabolism more(the caffeine and taurine in it) so she'll burn calories quicker and it'll help her drop weight not gain it!lol

(also a substantial part of my diet)

So you reckon thats whats helping me lose weight? How much should i drink a day cause i have 2-3 cans at the mo lol xx

you sound like my OH , he has hollow legs !

he was 10lbs 4 at birth and now weighs 10 stone 4 ,,, he has huge biceps etc but he is slim 28/30 jean size !, he eats alot ! , he can eat a whole pizza as a pre dinner snck a full meal ! then 2 rounds of cheese toast before bed and he does not gain a lb , he never only eats 1 bag of crisps at a time

Nor me, bags of crisps should be twice the size!

cakes and dominos!!

that's why I'm 2 stone overweight!!!

Oh i didnt know that about caffeine! Lisa have u tried sweetners? I used to hate them but have finally got used to them in tea, i switched to them in Jan

My oh is the same. he always sets targets to gain weight on the wii and he always loses.

anyway. drink full fat milk? start drinking 2-3 cups a day?

Im out of ideas. defo cut down on caffeine

xx

cheese lol. toasted cheese sandwichs will make u put on a few pounds. they did with me

im a fatty atmo. still need to stay at my target weight while im preg..

i had yesterday

all bran and fiber with skimmed milk
lean bacon sanwhich and brown sauce
a chicken and mushroom slice
prawn cocktail walkers
and nearly a while big fat bastards bard of caburys... so so bad lol
oh and a small (i mean small dinner..) quorn chicken thai curry with some white rice cooked in with onion and peas



today ive already had..

some chocs from my chocs from mothers day
a lemon cold drink thing at costa, and a rocky road cupcake
and prawn cocktail walkers
tea and coffee with one sweetner and skimmed milk

My OH is (was) the same.
He's always had real trouble gaining weight. He would eat and eat and eat..but never put weight on.
Back end of last year he started having panic attacks and palpatations..really knocked him for 6. Well he bit the bullet and stopped smoking and cut out caffeine completely. He switched over to Hot Choc's..and OMG he's a right porker He's gone from about 11st to 13st. He looks so healthy for it too. (although now he keeps saying he's too fat..but he's not..I loooove it )

oohh hot choc mmmmmmmmmm I could do that easy! Tassimo do loverly hot choc PMSL its gunna cost a bomb though!

Well I'm a right fatty so today I've eaten
Big mac meal
3 packs of crisps
a yorkie
turkey drummers and chips
glass of coke
and im just about to open a chocolate orange

My oh finds it impossible to put on weight his whole family are liek it though, he seriously eats like a horse and weighs 10 and a half stone. He tried weight gain shakes for six months and gained a grand total of 3lb

You can get powder to add to your food for weight gain instead of shakes lisa? Might help. Id gladly send you a bunch of my excess weight, 2 stone do ya? That way id only have 2 left to lose lol

I was going to suggest CHEESE too, and lots of it! I think maybe for snacks eating weetabix with full fat milk, and nuts, and dark chocolate would be a good start. And definitely reduce the caffeine, it may be affecting your appetite too. The other thing is relaxing and sitting still!! Over the past few months i have been really stressed and could barely sit down i was so busy, i was eating loads of rubbish but losing weight. Also not sleeping very well. Since i have started to feel better the weight is coming back on and i am needing to eat more healthily again (boo!).

x x x

yeah lisa, try pro-cal.
and also, mmmmm milka hot chocs with the tassimo! lol
x

marioandthestuntbubs wrote:

You can get powder to add to your food for weight gain instead of shakes lisa? Might help. Id gladly send you a bunch of my excess weight, 2 stone do ya? That way id only have 2 left to lose lol

oh never heard of that - do I have to get from GP - they've never mentioned it!

BUT YEh, anyone losing weight...send it my way I will take it gladly (especially excess boobage!)

just eat crisps and loads of them thats what keeps my weight goign up :O( i lurrve them though

eat lots of take aways and drink lots of beer. thats how i ended up putting on 2 stone!!

im trying to lose it now tho after having alfie but its bloody hard!!

today ive had:

ww ocean pie meal
steamed veg
mullerlite yog
handful of grapes
handful of styrawberries
banana
ww pizza

mara wrote:

So you reckon thats whats helping me lose weight? How much should i drink a day cause i have 2-3 cans at the mo lol xx

oh yeh, that's definitely going to be giving you a boost...i have 2-3 a day(one first thing to wake me up, one about lunch time and one when the kids go to bed so i have enough energy to do a workout) that's a fine amount to have as it takes about 15-30mins to kick into your system and gives you a boost for a good hour or two

the only downside is that the caffeine is addictive...i get headaches when i go a full day without it

I had exactly the same problem as you in my teens and early 20's, and went to see a dietician, I went from 6 stone 9lbs to 9st with a high calorie but healthy food plan, its important not to have too much bad fats. I still have the plans, am just off to bed but will pm them to you tomorrow x