<p>Okay, I am 6'2", and am 135 pounds. I exercise moderately and play varsity tennis. Also, I eat what I would classify as slightly more than the average person. What is the best way to increase my weight? Specific foods/other ideas are cool.</p>
<p>Eat </p>
<p>food.</p>
<p>count the calories of what you normally eat for a day. add 600 calories to that.</p>
<p>the biggest mistake that people make when trying to gain and lose weight is failure to count calories.</p>
<p>lots and lots of protein...</p>
<p>wow you are really thin. I'm about 5'7" and approximately 140 pounds and I still look thin for my size. I am, as well, trying to gain weight.</p>
<p>those bars from Mean Girls!!! the ones with Swedish writing on them...</p>
<p>Start lifting weights (sensibly - I recommend going onto Amazon and buying Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength, 2nd Edition, or at least visiting Stronglifts.com and downloading their eBook if there's no possibly way for you to buy SS).</p>
<p>Continue playing tennis.</p>
<p>A week or two into that just start eating more. The only real restriction should be to avoid anything with hydrogenated oil on the label; outside of that, it's unlikely you'll see any particular adverse effects from eating anything even remotely wholesome, because your activity level will be so high (well, high relative to the average person, anyway).</p>
<p>Peanut butter?</p>
<p>drink every night, eat and go to bed IMMEDIATELY</p>
<p>omg only 135?</p>
<p>i mean, I weigh 135lbs too, but i'm only 5' 10''</p>
<p>Good nutritious high calorie foods. Eat often. Aim for 3 big money meals a day and 2-3 quality snacks. Lift compound. Continuously strive to add weight to the bar. I was 5'10'' and 135 in high school before I suffered a lung collapse for being skinny. Don't let that happen to you.</p>
<p>p.s. 4 years later I'm 6', 195# and can play with the big boys, so keep working hard. Over the years you will be strong brother.</p>
<p>Drink a milkshake every night. It worked for my friend, lol.</p>
<p>Only on CC, only on CC.</p>
<p>are you looking just for added weight or muscle mass in particular?</p>
<p>I have such an issue gaining weight myself. I was 115 in high school then I lost over 15 lbs during college. I was never able to regain the weight since. It must be even more frustrating for guys. People say just eat more but it's difficult to consume more than my usual portions. Once I'm full I feel nauseated at the sight of food.</p>
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I have such an issue gaining weight myself. I was 115 in high school then I lost over 15 lbs during college. I was never able to regain the weight since. It must be even more frustrating for guys. People say just eat more but it's difficult to consume more than my usual portions. Once I'm full I feel nauseated at the sight of food.
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<p>I know at first it is. </p>
<p>When I first started "gaining weight" I remember I had to shovel every meal down before I lost the feeling of hunger. After a week or two my stomach got used to it and my body expected larger quantities of food before the hungry feeling would go away. </p>
<p>I'm still trying to gain weight though, I just don't have the time to sit around eating lots of food otherwise I'm sure I'd have better progress (only 10 pounds so far over the span of like 3 months)</p>
<p>Eat lots of smaller meals throughout the day that are high in protein. Try adding pasta to as many meals at night as you can, even if you mix whatever protein with those carbs.</p>
<p>weight training will help, but early in day and not at night.</p>
<p>Its something you have to get over or stay at 98 lbs your whole life. </p>
<p>Consider what Kirk Karwoski did to get to 300 lbs. He ate a meal every hour, usually high in protein. Obviously you don't want to or can't get that big, but you can follow the principles. </p>
<p>Just make sure you don't rush it too hard. Under the most ideal circumstances (programming, nutrition, rest, supplementation) being very good, a natural (no gear) trainee can expect to gain about 1/2 lb dry muscle every week. This might not seem like a lot to those who read flex or muscle for midgets or whatever nonsensical newstand mags there are, but thats 20+ solid muscle in a year. Add another 10-15 for water+glycogen that comes with muscle, and about 10-20 lbs of fat, a new trainee could quite feasibly put on a solid 20-40 lbs in a year.</p>
<p>dont go with the 3 big meals a day plan, to effectively gain weight (good weight) you should be eating decent size portions 4-6 times a day. drink a protein shake (or even a glass of choc milk) before you go to bed at night. and to make sure its healthy muscle weight that you're gaining and not just fat deposits you need to lift weights. you don't need to go all out on the weights though. eating right and lifting 3 days a week for a half hour will be much more effective than lifting 5 days a week for an hour and not eating/ resting right.</p>
<p>if you want lots of omega 6 & 9's acids and not many omega 3's you will gain weight. eat lots of corn and soybean,</p>