The Need to Gain Weight
Wednesday December 13, 2006
With the rising rates of obesity and being overweight, it is easy to overlook all the people who are too thin and wish to gain weight. In order to gain weight you need to take in more calories than you expend physically. Adding weight training exercises will also help to increase muscle mass, which also add healthy pounds to a thin frame. Read How to Gain Weight to learn more about gaining weight with a healthy diet.Related Artiles:
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I am glad that someone out there understands the way it is with thin people, not all of us want to be thin and some like myself want to put on weight. I am 23 and I weight just under 8st. I try to put on weight, I even eat a lot but I don’t put the on weight. The issues with thin models go both ways, yes teenagers will think that they need to be that thin but also thin people like myself feel that it is not normal to be thin. More awareness about thin people should be issued, some of those models maybe naturally thin and it is not fair to judge them. I am glad that finally there is somewhere thin people can look to gain weight. I hope this opens the eyes of everyone who is judgemental to the models who maybe naturally thin.
Absolutely! I’m sooo glad I’m not alone. I wish people like us could talk about these issues without having people look at us or treat us like we’re out to rub their noses in their own personal weight issues. I’m 31 years, 5′3″ and weight between 86-89#. I find it utterly disgusting and hate looking into the mirror only to find a wraith-like creature staring back at me. It has a terrible effect on my self-esteem and although most of the US feel that where we are is the way they should be, it’s not. It’s unhealthy and extremely hard to physically accomplish even the simplest task because our muscle tissue just won’t accumulate. I eat constantly and sometimes unhealthily (?) just in the hopes that I can hoard a bit of inner fat so I can change it into muscle. I fear at this rate once I hit menepause I will have nothing to support my bones from breaking. I do not, nor have I ever used drugs…It’s just simply the way I was born and it seems nobody out there is sympathetic to my concerns or willing to help. Not all of us want to be this way.
I’m overweight, my mother is underweight. Thank you for the great article, I’m just following up on some of the links. The suggestion about eating smaller meals more frequently might suit my mother. She gets full quite quickly.
finally i have answers
its hard i want to gain weight people dont believe me they don’t i dont like being skinny!
I myself cannot gain weight. I am 31 5′4 and weigh 105. I have had 6 children and still cannot keep weight on. I am on the constant go. People always have comments and when I tell them I cannot help the fact that I am skinny I hear “I wish I had that problem” same if I say I cannot gain weight. When I was pregnant I felt great I didnt have the achiness that I do when I lose my weight. I feel unhealthy and hate buying clothes that fit. I am glad to hear there are more people out there that have the same problem I do.
i am dyin to put on weight….i hate lookin at myself in mirror,especially my skinny legs
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HAVE ANY OF THE WOMEN WHO POSTED THEIR COMMENTS ON HERE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS US SKINNY PEOPLE HAVE, NOT BEING ABLE TO GAIN WIEGHT. I AM 29 YRS OLD HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND ONLY GAINED WIEGHT WHEN I WAS PREGNANT AFTER THE BIRTHS OF MY KIDS I WENT RIGHT BACK TO MY SAME 110 ITS SO FRUSTRATING. I JUST WANT THE BONES IN MY BODY TO NOT BE SO PRESENT, ALTHOUGH I AM COMFORTABLE IN MY SKIN I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY BODY APPEARENCE IN THE PAST. ITS JUST COME TO THE POINT THAT THIS IS ME AND I HAVE EXCEPTED THAT, BUT IF ANY WAY I COULD GAIN ABOUT 15 POUNDS IM ALL FOR IT. THANKS FOR LISTENING AND IF ANY ONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE SHARE.
I am sick and tired of all of these commericals and advertisement about losing weight!!! what about people like me that is dying for some weight. i have four kids and im 5′1 and i weigh about 105 and i am sick of it i wanna weigh at least 120-125… i am african american and we like breast butt and thighs and i wish i had some… i lose weight at the drop of a hat and the first place is in my chest and my face gets really skinny… i wish that a weight pill or an appetie opener was advertised….
Hi there…..It is refreshing to hear people who actually WANT to gain weight and loose it…I too am sick and tired of hearing people talk about how they wish they could loose weight because and they are people out there who wish they could be my size blah blah blah….like Nafeesah I’m african american and I can loose weight at the drop of a pin…and it starts in my face and I hate it….I’m about 5 ft 4 and I weigh in about 110 if so much…..I’m trying desperately to gain weight and nothing has happened…I wish there was some kind of center or something we could go try and spend some time and I don’t even know what I’m saying….LOL…LOL…being thin get u that way LOL
i’m only 18 years old. i’m 5ft 3 and way only 110. sometimes i’m comfortable with my weight until someone says “girl you so skinny!”i have a nice shape but guys like thick girls. i put on my tight dresses wishin i had more. a lot of big people give me compliments. i wonder do they mean it or just because they wish it was them. i wear an 3 or 4 in jeans every year i get a size bigger. before my mom and sisters had children they was naturally thin i wonder will it happen to me also later in life. i want to be 130. is there any pills out there