x.st.angel.x

Hey everyone all my life i have struggled with being underweight...i tried this weight gain program and i manged to gain 1 kilo in 2 weeks and i jumped on the scale today and i lost it again....so frustrating so now im turning to science...does anyone know of any tablets that slow down metabolism? i know they exist (i used to live in south africa and once i moved they invented the stuff...how ironic) anyways its called natura struma (1 or 2) but i cannot import to where i am now (australia) sooo anyone...please help? maybe even something i can import would be fine

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x.st.angel.x

anyone? please

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Haven

Don't worry about tablets. Gaining weight is pretty simple: just eat bigger portions and, while you're at it, build some muscle mass by hitting the gym. Muscle weighs more than fat and it'll keep you looking toned as you put on weight from fat.

Be warned though, if you gain weight too quickly you might get stretch marks. I learned this the hard way... I weighed 54.5 kg at age 19 (and I'm a guy) until I dropped my vegetarian diet and did exactly what I'm recommending to you. Now, at 70.5 kg, I'm much stronger and healthier, but I got there a little too fast for my skin to adapt.

x.st.angel.x

Hey Haven good advice but the problem is i have tried all that. My weight problem is due to my metabolism being freakishly fast! It's like that with my entire family. My weight bugs me so much, i went to gym for months and it did nothing so i gave up on disapointment. I went onto a weight gain diet plan and that also was unsuccessful im currently now on another one and im slowly getting discouraged as im seeing no results....

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Haven

When you try something and it doesn't work, the problem isn't always with what you tried - sometimes, it's in how hard you tried. Did you eat double portions of everything? Were you having snacks between meals and snacks between snacks? The weight gain diet you used was probably for people with average metabolisms, you might need more fuel for your fire.

If you make a conscious effort to "pig out" there's no way you can fail to gain weight. Apparently some people do it as a hobby. Read this:

Follow a diet plan like that and your metabolism won't stand a chance!

(Seriously though, don't just eat fat - eat a lot but keep hitting the gym so you convert as much protein as you can into muscle. You'll also want to stop well short of your ideal weight, because your metabolism slows down as you age and your new eating habits might be more difficult to wean yourself off of than you might think.)

x.st.angel.x

hey thanks for that! im going to try my best for the next month or 2 and if i see results i know i'll continue!!

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Wordsmith

I suffer from the same problem. I'm tall and my proportions are just a bit bigger than those of a supermodel. (Yes it's scary thin) I've tried gaining pounds by overeating tons of unhealthy foods but I've never liked the results. (It all just goes to my butt and legs) Next I tried hitting the gym and going for runs, but I just ended up losing more weight than I started with. (NOT the weight in my butt grrr stupid butt) Finally I asked the guys from my high school's football team and they directed me straight to the weights. To my suprise it's actually working! My arms and legs are gaining just a bit of definition and my butt is starting to firm up. Despite my medication for ADD which curbs my weight, I find that after every work out I'm starving and a heaping plate of carb filled speghetti hits the spot! The trick for me was switching jogs with weights, and junk foods that my metabolism would just burn off quickly with three solid meals that cover all the food groups and especially emphasize good carbs and protien.