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My husband has a very hard time gaining weight. He's 5'7" and hes about 135 pounds. He's very thin, and he never has a good appetite. It's like trying to feed a baby, he just isn't into eating.

I want him to gain some weight and he does too. I got him those calorie packages that help pack on weight.. but he doesn't want to have to mix anything, they just taste absolutly horrible.

Does anyone know if there are any pills or vitamins he can take that will help boost his appetite and/or help him gain weight?

Thanks so much in advance :)
 
If his build is thin, the first thing he needs to do is admit that he will never be big. If he sets out to gain weight with this in mind, he won't be disappointed when he's not the next Mr. Olympia.

The key to gaining weight is to eat big, lift big, and sleep big. No pill or vitamin will get around this fact.

Unless his issue with appetite is psychological (anorexia, etc), his appetite should pick up once he starts lifting. Appetite is driven by the need for energy at the cellular level. If more is needed you get hungry, if it's not, you aren't. This is an oversimplification, but it's basically how it works.

Build a heavy lifting routine based on squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press and pull ups. Search around this forum, there have been lots of them posted. Ad then eat. A lot. Eat meat until it's coming out your ears. It's the only way, I promise.

Also a side note, just from looking at your avatar and taking an educated guess, if he's taking any stimulants, he MUST stop. Coke, meth, you name it. If it's an upper, it suppresses appetite and will keep him from picking up the appetite from the heavy lifting.
 
Portillo said:
Whole milk.
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OOhhh another trick is to take your normal milk, and add a heap of skim milk powder to it. Maybe a tablespoon per cup of milk? This will add a ton of protein and lactose (making the milk a little thicker and sweeter). Cheaper than whey protein etc.
 
Rabbi said:
If his build is thin, the first thing he needs to do is admit that he will never be big. If he sets out to gain weight with this in mind, he won't be disappointed when he's not the next Mr. Olympia.

The key to gaining weight is to eat big, lift big, and sleep big. No pill or vitamin will get around this fact.

Unless his issue with appetite is psychological (anorexia, etc), his appetite should pick up once he starts lifting. Appetite is driven by the need for energy at the cellular level. If more is needed you get hungry, if it's not, you aren't. This is an oversimplification, but it's basically how it works.

Build a heavy lifting routine based on squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press and pull ups. Search around this forum, there have been lots of them posted. Ad then eat. A lot. Eat meat until it's coming out your ears. It's the only way, I promise.

Also a side note, just from looking at your avatar and taking an educated guess, if he's taking any stimulants, he MUST stop. Coke, meth, you name it. If it's an upper, it suppresses appetite and will keep him from picking up the appetite from the heavy lifting.
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He does have thin build. But he isn't looking into body building. He really in a sense just wants to put on weight, get fatter if you want to say that. Sometimes he does work out a little bit on our home equipment, but nothing really too deep.

Just really looking for something to add some extra weight. Like I said, he doesn't eat much, even when we aren't doing our drug of choice, as you nailed it on the head. We go months being sober, and yet he still doesn't build up an appetite.
 
Don't get too wrapped up on associating weightlifting with bodybuilding. They're two entirely different things.

The look you see in bodybuilding mags is from very specific exercise, nutrition, supplementation (and often, steroids) I assure you that a little muscle will look nothing like that and will be much, much healthier than trying to gain weight through diet alone.

I'm 5'7 and 140 at 6% body fat, so I'm likely a very similar build to your husband. I also used to be very, very skinny at 125 when I was in high school. Weight lifting helped me get past my lack of appetite, and despite the fact that I've won several power lifting competitions, I can assure you that I've never been mistaken for a body builder.
 
Rabbi said:
Don't get too wrapped up on associating weightlifting with bodybuilding. They're two entirely different things.

The look you see in bodybuilding mags is from very specific exercise, nutrition, supplementation (and often, steroids) I assure you that a little muscle will look nothing like that and will be much, much healthier than trying to gain weight through diet alone.

I'm 5'7 and 140 at 6% body fat, so I'm likely a very similar build to your husband. I also used to be very, very skinny at 125 when I was in high school. Weight lifting helped me get past my lack of appetite, and despite the fact that I've won several power lifting competitions, I can assure you that I've never been mistaken for a body builder.
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Thank you for your help :)

I am going to tell him to start working out some... and maybe that will boost his appetite. Thank you again for your insight.
 
I topped out at 140, 6.25 ft, lifting weights 3x a week.

2 years of intensive cardio followed by progressive malnutrition have dropped me to 120 pounds .. All the dairy and carbs in the world do nothing to help :-\
 
Carbs build fat, not muscle. If you want to gain weight, you need to eat meat, meat, meat, and more meat.
 
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