How to make myself fatter?

[ellieperenge]

I really need to gain weight. I've always eaten properl my whole life. Big meals and small snacks in between. It's the way I was raised. Missing a meal was unacceptable. Yet I get made fun of all the time and get called anorexic and I am sick of it. Now I am being call bulimic by a bunch of older women at work because I eat huge lunches. So they think that I binge and then purge. It's because a few weeks ago I wasn't feeling good, and I was throwing up and the one older lady was in there. So she automatically assumed I was puking up my lunch.

I just come from a naturally thin family. My mom and dad are both extremely skinny. My younger brother is 19 and he is skin and bones even though he eats a lot.

This one girl I know spent a month just eating nothing but chocolate and fast food after he boyfriend broke up with her. She gained 20 pounds.

So I've been doing that because I'm on holidays until mid January and I was done work Dec 16. I've been spending it just sitting around except when I go out with friends eating junk. I stopped going to the gym. I stepped on the scale today, and nothing.

What can I do to gain 20 pounds before work starts? I don't want to be fat, but I just need more meat on my bones so I'm not called anorexic or bulimic anymore. They ruined it for me with a guy I was seeing for only a week because they told him I was bulimic and he dumped me. I'm tired of it.

[Socialiste]

First of all, metabolism is different from one person to another. I mean, some people will gain 4 pounds by eating an apple and some others will lose 2 by eating 7 cheeseburgers. This cannot really be changed.

Second of all, if the guy wanted to date you, love how you looked but dumped you just because some people told him you are bulimic, well... this tells way more about him than it does about you.

Since your question is not about metabolism or this guy's quality, the answer is to make sure you get more calories than you burn. Of course, not going to the gym is one thing. After that, eating high density food will help that. By high density, I generally mean with oil, fat, grease. However, just eating that alone won't help you since the body tend to just eliminate more waste. Look at the calories on the box of what you eat and try to get the maximum. Even if you want to get bigger, try to keep at least the essential nutriments each day. Eating well + eating fat at the same time, if you know what I mean.

I don't know how small you are, but also remember that if you're made to be thin and you actually get fat, this fat won't necessarely go where you want and may not have the shape you want, just saying. Still take care of yourself, and I hope this will help

[wallaber]

I could list you all the scientific stuff, but I don't think it helps that much. There is one method that can help put on weight. Keep eating these healthy, big meals of yours and along with that, try 'GOMAD'. Haha GOMAD stands for 'gallon of milk a day'. So pretty much try to drink about 4 litres/1 gallon of milk a day. This can because pretty rapid weight gain but if done right, can offer some good results. Good luck!

[ellieperenge]

well I love milk so this shouldn't be hard for me, lol. I'm making an appointment with a doctor first in case I am sick, and that's why I can't gain weight. If there is nothing wrong then I will try this. I've actually heard of the GOMAD. I know a guy who does it, I just didn't know it was GOMAD. he just says in the summers he drinks a lot of milk so he doesn't lose too much weight because he's active.

[Cynthia325]

If your OK with being thin then don't worry about it! You are healthy. I was very thin growing up and I ate a lot too, people would always ask me if I wanted to eat when I was at their house, and if I didn't they thought it was because I didn't eat. I know its annying, but its because they wish they could be that way. Your lucky! And now that I'm older, I've naturally gained weight, stil thin but not skinny. Its all apart of growing up, but don't make your self un healthy just to please others opnions.

[ellieperenge]

but I'm 24, I don't think I have much 'growing up' left to do.These women are in their 30's and only the one is big... the rest are maybe average sizes 6,7,8 or around there so definitely not fat, just not as small as me. I'm ashamed to say my size though, lol

[KrystalMeth]

Go to the doctor, there MIGHT be something wrong. Diabetes, worms or crohn's disease can make you not put on weight. It's best to rule things out. Plus they can give you drinks etc to make you gain weight, being thin can really effect your organs so be on the safe side.

[ellieperenge]

I did in the summer. He said there isn't anything wrong with me, and that he has been telling my brother the same thing. I guess my brother is more ashamed of being skinny than I am, because he is constantly going to the doctor and saying he must be missing something. The guys have been bugging I guess. But he has started lifting weights at the gym.

[KrystalMeth]

Well I got told for two years there was nothing wrong with me and there was, ask for a second opinion (seeing another doctor)

[ellieperenge]

I might do that then. What was wrong with you then? Are there any symptoms I should watch for? I rarely get sick except in the winter. I could have diabetes because I drink a lot of water and I heard that people with diabetes drink a lot of water because of thirst. I've never heard of crohns disease but I'll google it. I might have to let my parents and brother know too. My mom is about my size too.

[KrystalMeth]

I have cystic fibrosis, it's more to do with your lungs but it also effects your pancreas and makes you totally unable to gain weight as you don't digest the fat in foods. I'm not saying you have that the point I was trying to make is not all doctors are "good" many misdiagnosis or don't diagnosis at all. Yes a diabetes symptom is drinking more, there's many illness that because weightloss but the point is there's always a reason for weightloss, it shouldn't be classed as "just one of those things"

[ellieperenge]

Well I haven't really lost weight. I just can't seem to gain it. I'm only 10 pounds heavier since High School, and I was tiny then. I called my mom lol and was like "You'd better not be turning into a hypochondriac like your brother" but agreed to give me a number of another doctor she knows. So I'm making an appointment tomorrow. So we'll see.

[KrystalMeth]

Haha yeah its very easy to become hypochondriac so I wouldn't recommend googling your symptoms or anything, but good luck seeing the doctor - better to be safe than sorry!

[ellieperenge]

well I went to a second doctor and she said that there isn't anything wrong with me. On the plus side I did gain two pounds. I've been eating nothing but chocolate and McDonald's but the only problem is it made me sick all day yesterday and when I checked this morning I lost a pound. The doctor gave me a list of foods to help me gain weight. So I'll start tomorrow. She said chocolate and big macs are a bad idea but I ignored her. how do people gain weight so fast though? lol. It's so hard.

[KingofSnitches]

Awesome forum: link

I'm using it to gain weight as well. Good luck!

[Erwin]

eat ALL the snacks! But then again some people are born like that. Don't bother with what people said. As long as you're healthy that's more than enough.

[Anonymous]

Rice Pudding, especially after 8PM and before bed

[GodsGift2Every1]

Just eat a lot of Mexican food.