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?!

Ermmmmm I don't know what more you can do my lovely, but this is what I ate today....

A bacon sandwich on 50/50 bread with tomato ketchup
A kitkat chunky
A ham and cheese baguette
2 chocolate biscuits
A bowl of cheerios
A bowl of strawberries and banana

And I've had loads of orange squash.

See thats similar to me in amounts ... arrghh its so annoying

I drink robinsons or fresh squash so thats the same too ..

Have you been checked for under active thyroid Lisa, just a thought thats all. Or what about protein shakes , like build me up? (sorry not the type of answer u were prob after!)

Yeh had everything checked, there is nothing at all wrong with me!

I tried those types a few years ago, and they make me ill as so much milk, I think the doctor said it triggered IBS or something similar :-( I wish they would work cos that would be easy!

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!)

Ummm so your just one of those people who cant gain weight then....i know what will work, go on the implant i swear i put on like 2 stone in a few months!

Today iv ate (and iv gained 3lb since xmas so am eating too much!)

Bowl of cheerio's + skimmed milk

Cheese and ham pannini & sml scoop ice cream at farm

2 pieces breaded chicken and wedges. (with mayo)

Im getting hungry again now so will prob make a toasted ham sandwich in a bit.

I eat way to much bread & processed foods. I know if I cooked properly I would lose weight. I also drive everywhere. My diet of cereal, fruit, yoghurt and soup is starting on mon!

Tbh I dont think sugar in tea, full fat milk makes that much difference. Its hard to know what to suggest without eating crap like me, or frying everything. If you ate a share size bag of crisps and 1/2 packet of biscuits every night im sure you would gain... but its hardly healthy. What are your portion sizes like? Mine are huge eg if I get a pasta ready meal it shocks me because its about half the size I would serve myself if it was home made.

P.S Im trying to think outside of the box!
Lisa at the docs is your weight classed as underweight/unhealthy? Did the docs have know suggestions?

you need more cheese woman!!!

Have you ever strictly kept a food diary for a full week? Im only saying because at WW it helped me see how much I was eating, and often id forgot what id ate. Maybe if you wrote it all down and calorie counted you would be surprised that some days you only eat 1500 cals, when maybe you would need 2500 consistently to gain. x

I am classed as underweight, but nowhere near unhealthy thank goodness, it just seems to be my natural weight - doctor isn't worried, and never have been, my mum was the same at my age. I just hate it.

I currently weigh 7stone 4pound, the lowest I have ever been is 7stone 2pound and the most ever when I last went on a really unhealthy diet of eating crap to gain weight I went up to just under 8 stone, but to get there was hell - egg and bacon butties for breakfast, pub lunches, pies, all sorts of stuff!

Im a size 8 usually and Im 5'5" and I feel wayyyyy to thin, not just slim but skinny

Aww Lisa it's been annoying you for a while hasn't it.

I think you should come and live at mine for a week, I'd soon have you going up a dress size.

Today hasn't been a normal day as I've had a hangover.
Tiny bowl of cocoapops with semi skimmed milk
3 sticks of celery with cottage cheese and pineapple
Small bag of nik naks
Shamrock pie and carrots.

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

Maybe I should keep aa record?!

LOL Lisa that diet today is awful! No wonder you have been shedding the pounds!

And Donna! Naughty

Red Bull is a gooden for weight gain my friend got addicted and ballooned right out!

LOL Lisa that is not typical! I'm usually a pig! I'd had way too much wine last night and suffered for it all morning and afternoon!

oh and apart from cheeeeeeeeeeese i found having a baby that doesn't sleep was pretty good for keeping all that baby weight - snacking on high energy gimme sugar treats all the time works fantastically well.

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!

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)

mariheartselijah wrote:

oh and apart from cheeeeeeeeeeese i found having a baby that doesn't sleep was pretty good for keeping all that baby weight - snacking on high energy gimme sugar treats all the time works fantastically well.

Today was cheese free, normally I eat quite alot! We go through 2 large blocks every week and thats kinda just me cos Izzy has her own cheese and Dan doesnt eat much

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)

do you think the caffeine I get in tea and coffee isnt helping then? I'll happily give it up if I need to I did when I was PG

it sounds like you're just destined to be thin, the only thing i would suggest is maybe cut back on the amount of sugar, eat a lot of carbs and fibre rich foods.

i think caffeine can boost your metabolism - alcohol slows it down though, maybe you need to start drinking pints instead

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.