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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Officer's Club - I need to gain weight. |
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spiroth10 Paratroopa                  Since: 01-28-06 From: USA Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| I look like I'm borderline anorexic. Problem is I already eat plenty. Lots of meals + lots of junk food.
I'm about 5'8" tall, male, and 16 years old. I should be about 135-145 lbs, but I'm only about 115 lbs. I'm VERY strong (for my size), so most of what I have is muscle (barely any fat at all), but I look so pathetic and weak (and unattractive) due to my low weight that my strength does not matter. my wrists have a full half inch of space around them if I put two fingers around them, and the rest of my body follows suit. My Pex and shoulders look about average, so I just look strange without a shirt on. my arms get noticeably smaller on the way down, and I look like Im a flat chested girl because my stomach has very little fat on it and I have a pex. I need to slow down my metabolism -- food passes through me like water (even proteins). If I eat breakfast, Im almost crapping my pants during the first block of classes. I can eat eight pizzas and barely gain an ounce. hell, every night I lose about 3 pounds in my sleep!!! any ideas on how I can gain some weight? I want to get weight gain supplements, but thats not an option for awhile. |
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Milly Metal axe  mrew~We're downpouring again! Affected by 'wtf I'm posting Syndrome'   Since: 11-17-05 From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| I'm about the same, except not much muscle and less underweight (115-120lbs too, but 5'5") ... I don't do anything to keep my weight low either ...
My arms and wrists are just as thin, and I have some odd bumps from my bones ... but it's probably not as bad in my case 
The metabolism apparently slows down with age, though, and I think I gained a few pounds this year, but that can take a while  (edited by Milly on 12-10-06 03:43 PM) |
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Squash Monster Bouncy  Since: 11-18-05 From: Right next to myself. Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6280 days |
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| The only advice I can think of would actually make your metabolism go up even more. And that's to start doing heavy exercise for the parts that don't look right.
You might end up having to eat even more, but muscles take up room and should balance you out. |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| Eat stuff before going to bed.
But, exercising and stuff would probably help a lot more. I don't know. (edited by Racer Xeo on 12-10-06 01:03 AM) |
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Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| Heh. I'm nearly an adult and weigh 115 and am 5'10". I look like a scarecrow. I've tried eating everything--that includes both bad and good fats--but that doesn't seem to work. I'll try gaining muscle mass next, but I really don't know how to solve this problem, sadly. | |||
Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6282 days |
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| I have the ability to stick my pinky and thumb around my wrist with room to spare, I've obviously had a problem with weight as well.
I'm about 5'10" and 125 pounds, but I've weighed 125 ever since I was 5'2". I think I've started losing some tone recently, which sucks... Should get back into some exercise. Problem is that it's winter, and that I have about a block worth of dead-end road until I hit a 50MPH road with people that like to drive in the shoulder... Guess I'm stuck inside for exercising. If you're already skinny like that, chances are food isn't going to help at all. |
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blackhole89 Moronic Thread Bodycount: 17 (since 2006-08-21 09:50 EST) F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 Since: 12-31-69 From: Dresden/SN/DE Last post: 6281 days Last view: 6279 days |
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Heh, I am 6'5" (196cm, curse the imperial length measure system  ) tall and only weigh like 150lbs... despite my nutrition being the single unhealthiest you can imagine (lots of coke, fridge pizzas and meat-based dishes) and me hardly ever doing anything other than sitting at the computer. I usually get more problems from being that tall (bumping head-first into door frames and stuff) than looking like a stickman though |
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| 115 lb at 5'8" isn't that bad. If you're already eating decent, and your body naturally stays at that weight, then it would probably be unhealthy to try to force the weight on by binging or something.
And just to add myself to the list of underweight tall people, I'm six feet even, and weigh 126 lb. But I really don't eat enough. My body got trained on not having a lot of food over the years, so now I rarely have much of an appetite. On the upside, it puts the muscles close to the surface, so I get to have a six-pack just from going to work every day. I guess it doesn't matter though, since I don't take off my shirt. |
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Young Guru Snifit  Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| Eat fish. If you want to put on weight it's the best protein to eat. If you really want to increase your weight don't take a supplement, take a look at your excercise and diet. If you work out what do you do, do you run more than five miles a day, do you only work out a few of your muscles with weights? Both of those will not help you gain weight. If you want to bulk up you need to do weight lifting/excercises for all of your body. I'm not going to explain every workout but find a book or ask someone that knows and start doing weight lifting (and include things other than just biceps and pecs, do forarms, back, abdomen, legs, triceps, shoulders, etc.). Also, if you do run a lot don't stop, but you need to moderate it because running is the easiet way to lose weight and if you keep up a lot of running it'll be really hard to gain weight. Also, diet wise, if you're trying to gain weight you really need to ramp up your diet. I remember when I was on the basketball team in HS I would come home and eat two steaks on some nights and I still dropped from 180-155lbs during the 6 months of the season. When the season ended and workouts cooled down a little bit I was able to start working out to gain weight and was able to get back up to 185 for the next season. Basically, what I'm saying is, if you're working out a lot you need to eat a lot, and I mean a lot to gain weight. I was eating easily 3500-4000 calories a day and still not gaining weight, so you're going to need to eat a lot (and not junk, you want healthy carbs, vegetables, fruits, and proteins (mostly fish and chicken, and a little red meat)) maybe around 4000 (I've heard some people say 5000, but that'll sometimes through your entire body into chaos if you up your calorie intake that much) calories a day. And don't take weight supplements, those are just going to screw you up more than you want.
And I guess from what I'm reading I'm the only non-skinny tall person in this thread, 6'5" 195lbs (though currently I'm trying to drop down to 175 by this time next year so that I can be in a lighter weight class for boxing, taking this year off because I'm studying abroad and working out was a little too difficult (costly, damn London being so expensive) to get around to). But yeah, I've hovered around 200lbs for the past two years, after dropping 35 pounds in the first two months of college two and a half years ago (it's amazing what happens to you when you have to actually pay for all the snacks and treats you eat (i.e., no more snaking during college because it cost too much, only drinking on the weekends as opposed to junk every day, all day)) |
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Cruel Justice I have better things to do. Since: 11-18-05 From: At my house! Last post: 6280 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| -Eating so much at once will make your metabolism work harder.
--Reduce your meals (assuming you eat 3 big meals every day) into several small meals. Eat about every 2-3 hours. -Avoid smoking, again it can boost your metabolism. -Avoid spicy foods, sodas, chips and all the nasty junkfoods. -Eat as many poultry and dairy products as you can. -When exercising, keep in mind your body needs time to recover. Do 15 reps, take a 1-2 minute break, do 15 more reps. I'd start with a goal of 60 total reps of at least 3 different exercises. That's only 180 reps and it won't take very long to do them. DON'T overwork your body. You'll tire yourself, hurt your body and gain nothing. -Increase your weight training every 3 weeks. -Create a 6-week plan for yourself and check at the end of 6 weeks. Make sure you do a solid 42 days of work or you'll lose progress. -Drink plenty of water!!! The nutrients cannot go from place to place without it. Drink at least 8 glasses a day. -Get plenty of rest, 8 hours minimum. -If you eat right before you go to sleep, you'll gain weight easier. Hope that helps! Help NEVER starts with the letter "I". |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| I thought having 6 small meals as opposed to 3 large ones kept your metabolism working all day therefore helping in weight LOSS? I'm not positive so if you're right, good advice, as well as starting off slowly on the weights, don't want to hurt anything. | |||
RedFlameZero Bot  Since: 01-28-06 From: Syracuse Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Well ... Im the total opposite, im like 6,Somethin 200lbs and i eat Jack Squat, i eat a Cracker and i gain 1/2 a pound .... man this Blows, and my Metabolism is STILL going to slow down ....... ill be Obese by 18 wahhhhh (edited by RedFlameZero on 12-25-06 10:37 PM) |
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the real wart Paragoomba Since: 12-22-06 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| try this (Although I am thin) Eat a whole box of twinkies and other hostess stuff. A whole quart of eggnog (Not fat free) and eat a whole box of belgium chcolates. Now don't throw up! Or just to walk and watch TV eating pizza. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6279 days |
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Originally posted by the real wart And hello type II diabetes. |
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Bloodstar   660 blue boar boobies Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /var/www/acmlm.org/board/profile.php on line 42 Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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Originally posted by the real wart Can you suggest something healthy?
I've never been in this predicament, nor have I heard much about it, strangely enough. I would suggest some of Cruel Justice's methods... Especially when it comes to planning things out. That's possibly the number one step to a goal such as this. |
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the real wart Paragoomba Since: 12-22-06 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by BloodstarOriginally posted by the real wart potatoe chips? no wait, celery, carrot cake, zucchini bread. See?! Loophole. |
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ICheatAtGolf Rat  Since: 01-01-07 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| i have the same problem, though not as severe. i am 5'11 and weigh 160 pounds through HARD training and extremely careful diet balancing. i have 6% body fat. it just takes some work. and if you were as strong as you say you are, well, muscle weighs more than fat. otherwise i would be around 130. | |||
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6279 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| Peanut butter. Seriously. | |||
Dragoshi Tektite Since: 01-04-07 Last post: 6280 days Last view: 6279 days |
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| Yeesh. I'm like, the partial opposite. 6'3", Prolly' somewhere in the lower two-hundreds-higher one hundreds, though i've been recently LOSING weight with the way I eat. ...Somehow. But, anyway, I second Ziff's suggestion. Seriously. | |||
Spit Red Paragoomba  Since: 01-17-07 Last post: 6282 days Last view: 6281 days |
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| I've got the same problem.. I'm 6'0 and 130 lbs. I think its just high metabolism (For youre case and mine) I've got no hips tho. Any pants i wear sag to the extreme..I have NO upper body strength.. Muscle does weigh more than fat tho. You might want to consult a doctor (If someone hasnt already told you that....) |
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