I've been feeling that i need to gain weight for a long time, and even though i eat loads, my weight always stays around the same.
Does anyone know any tips on how to gain weight or any websites that give that kind of advice? All i ever see is losing weight tips and it does my head in lol
Natalie - I have exactly the same problem as you - no matter how much I eat, I am still underweight.
I went through a bad time for many months (after my mother died, and having an awful lot of other personal problems at the same time) where my appetite just vanished - I was at one point living on just a pint of milk and a bag of crisps a day. I WANTED to eat, as you'll see on my other posts on here that I love food, but the thought of food back then just made me nauseous. I got over it by just eating what I wanted be it smoked salmon, roast beef (funnily enough I could eat a full roast beef dinner - don't ask me why!) or just anything I felt like. It worked, and now my appetite's back to normal, but I am still underweight.
I don't know if anything I've put rings true for you, but I do know how you feel - you can feel just as bad about being underweight as you can about being overweight. At one point, I was in pain in the morning, where my bones had dug into the mattress, and friends were very concerned for me.
I think the best thing you can do is to switch to full-fat milk (drink a pint a day) and dairy products, if you haven't already, and eat LOTS of protein - chicken is good, that's what body-builders almost live on. Don't be tempted to try any pills or alternative stuff - they are usually a total scam, and could even make you ill.
Like mrs_o says make sure with everyday things like dairy - milk, butter, cheese etc that you choose full fat varieties. That will bump up calorie intake a little
