Too skinny (body)

If you've lost your weight suddenly, maybe you have some troubles with health. It can be caused by very different diseases. So go to your family doctor and ask him or her for advice.

Energy-dense foods are perfect for healthy gaining weight.

Here is the list of the best ones:

• High-fat dairy: whole milk, full-fat yoghurt, cheese, cream.
• Nuts: walnuts, macadamia nuts, almonds, etc.
• Dried fruit: raisins, dates, prunes and others.
• Meat: chicken, beef, pork, etc.
• Fats and Oils: avocado oil and extra virgin olive oil.
• Grains: whole grains like oats and brown rice.
• Tubers: potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams.

Make different cream soups, smoothies and other fluid dishes as you can drink more than you can eat even if your drink has more calories. Use it for gaining weight, especially if you have a lack of appetite for some reason.

Eat regularly, at the same time and at least three times per day. Also, make sure to eat plenty of fat, carbs and protein. It will help you to gain some weight.

It is always tastier when something is topped off with cheese, or cream, or ketchup, etc. And this way you meal becomes more caloric. So use it for gaining some weight and eating with pleasure at the same time.

When you skip meals, you leave your body without fuel it needs to be active. So it dips into your energy piggy bank and you loose your weight instead of gaining it. Eat something at least every four hours, better even oftener.

You can gain some weight in a gym. It will stimulate your appetite and you can always find an instructor there, who will give you some tips for special dieting and exercises.

When you drink water before your meals, you may tend to eat less. And the less you eat, the less weight you'll gain. So better drink water only after eating.

Drink milk instead of tea, coffee, etc. It will give you more high-quality protein and calories, which will help you to gain weight.

Weight gainer shakes are very high in protein, carbs and calories. So you can try to drink them regularly for gaining weight.

Smokers usually weigh less than non-smokers and quitting smoking often leads to weight gain, so why not to take a chance? In addition, you will become healthier.

Write down your usual meals per day and count the calories they give you (approximately). Add 100 more calories every day until you feel it's enough. Then eat the same quantity of calories every day.

Stress can make you very skinny and it's very bad for your health and for gaining weight to be stressed. Find some solutions for reducing your stress on Solutionbay.

If you've lost your appetite, maybe you don't get enough vitamins and minerals. Get them from special supplements, they must contain vitamin B and Zinc as they are the best for increasing appetite.

Even if you have a lack of appetite there must be foods that you really love. Choose them when you go to grocery store or to a restaurant and you will eat more than if you would be eating usual food.

Make a vegan fat shake regularly to get more calories.

Here is the recipe:

• put 12 ounces of almond milk to your blender;
• add 2-3 tablespoons of almond butter;
• add 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed;
• add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil;
• add 1 tablespoon of flax seed oil;
• add 2 tablespoons of chia seeds;
• add 2 scoops of soy-free veggie protein powder;
• add 1 teaspoon of maca powder;
• add 1 banana;
• add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract;
• add 1 teaspoon of wheat grass powder;
• blend all ingredients together.

There are special weight gain pills that increase your appetite very much. You can try EatmorMAX Appetite Stimulant. It is good for both, man and women.

Muscle Meals is a special book for men who go to a gym and want to gain some weight. It contains best healthy recipes.

If you are still treating food as an enemy and can't eat normally, read "Why Can't You Just Eat?". It is a book written by a girl who had eating disordered. Her story is very deep and educative, so there are all chances that you will get back your normal appetite after reading it.

So you will know if you are so skinny because of your fast metabolism or no. You can do it through the internet.

Find some solutions in another topic of Solutionbay about eating disorders. It will be very helpful if you are trying to gain weight after long dieting.

If you have pets at home and you've suddenly lost your weight, maybe you got belly worms. So undergo the special medical test and, if you really have them, take a medicine against them and give the vet medicine against worms to your pets as well.

If you were dieting for too long and now you want to stop, but you can't gain weight or you can't eat anyway, it might be anorexia nervosa which is a quite serious mental disorder. So you will need some help from a good psychologist. Find him or her in your area or online.

If you eat often, you gain weight faster. You can eat whenever you want, so always have a snack with you and feel free to eat it when you feel a little hungry.

If you eat before sleep, you can gain some weight faster, because it is harder for your body to burn calories while you are sleeping. So feel free to eat something healthy every evening before bed.

Small plates cause people to automatically eat less. On a big plate, everything looks smaller, so you can put more food there and the portion will seem not so big anyway. It will be easier psychologically to eat more food than usually.

Creatine monohydrate is the muscle building supplement. It can help you to gain some weight. You can ask for supplements with it in a pharmacy store of in a gym shop.

If you don't sleep enough, you loose your weight quite quickly, because it's a big stress for your body. So find a way to sleep well every night. Check out these solutions for bad sleep.

If you have different foods on your plate, eat high protein foods first. Eat the vegetables last. This way of eating will help you in gaining weight. And if you decide that you don't want to eat anymore, when your plate is still not empty, you've already eaten the most caloric food.

If you have a lack of appetite, you get full very quickly. So better eat smaller portions but more often. There is a chance that you will fool your mind and won't feel too full but will eat more food per day.

If you eat one food it is very easy for your body to burn it. But if you mix different foods together, the task becomes more difficult. Use it for gaining your weight.

Eat in a good company when you have a chance. If you have a good time while talking and eating, you don't concentrate on the quantity of food you eat, so you won't get full to early.

If you were dieting for a long time, you have a lot of dieting friends (online or offline). Try to communicate less with them at least for the first time, when it's hard yet for you to come back to normal diet.

If you were dieting for too long, your stomach shrank, so it's hard to eat a normal quantity of food for you. Don't torture yourself and add more food little by little every day or even every week. In some time, your stomach will get its normal size and you will have a normal appetite again and gain some weight.

After long dieting, your gut microflora might be very poor. Help it with probiotics and your organism will be able to take more from food you eat, your appetite will become better as well.

Your vegan diet must be balanced if you want to have normal weight, so find soy alternatives for dairy and meat products and have enough of them every day. Protein is the most important for gaining weight.

It happens from time to time that you spend your time with not vegan people, who take you to not vegan places where you can order only a drink. So always have a nice vegan snack with yourself to be sure you won't skip any meal.

"8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder" will help you to recover after eating disorders you could get while long dieting. It is very interesting, smart and easy to read.

Marijuana has great medical parameters against depression, insomnia, anxiety and lack of appetite. It increases appetite so much that you can eat 500-600 calories more easily. If it's legal in your country, use it for gaining more weight.

If you don't eat more than your body burns in calories you'll always stay skinny.

So eat healthy and more than you usually do.

Protein is the most important nutrient for gaining weight. So change your diet a little and let there be lots of high protein foods, which are meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms, different beans, cheese, tofu.

Even if you like black coffee usually, sometimes we all want something special and joyful. In such days put some cream in your coffee and get more proteins and fats that will help you to gain some weight.

If you were dieting for too long, it can be psychologically hard to get back to normal diet, because you were treating food as an enemy. Some of your friends enjoy eating for sure, try to spend more time with her and him and eat together. In some time, you will get a normal attitude to food again. 

If your child is too skinny, show him or her to a paediatrician. If the doctor says that there are no troubles with health, don't worry, it's just because of many body processes and activity of the child. Your kid will gain weight during adolescence.

"The Skinny Girl's Guide To Gaining Weight" is a special book that will give you some tips for gaining weight, if you are too skinny. It is very easy to read, so you will read it quickly.

There is a different problem on Solutionbay for people who are willing to loose some weight. Read it, so you will know what to avoid.

If you have a lack of appetite and you get full fast, try to eat only foods high in calories and forget about low calory meals. For example, if you have an egg and an apple, choose the egg, you will get full as well as you would get full with an apple, but you will get more calories.

If you love sports, it's just great, because there is a big chance you will fix your appetite by doing what you love. You can choose any active exercises you like, gym, yoga, jogging, etc. Exercise regularly and it will increase your appetite.