Whats the best way to GAIN weight?

[Amebix]

You just need to take some time off your stims. If you take em for school, take the weekends off. Also, add ice cream to your diet. It's richness will make you feel sleepy at night, too.

Full-fat ice cream, I would add. Whats funny though is I've actually heard stories of people LOSING weight by eating ice cream every night. And when they stopped eating it they stopped losing. I doubt its going to happen to the OP but I think its interesting.

 

[p-mo]

Dude. When did you last get a cholesterol check? Eating 30 eggs a week can not be good for your heart

Using 1980's science much?

Dietry cholesterol is not related to blood cholesterol at all. The only reason foods high in cholesterol tend to cause high cholesterol is because they also contain sat fats. Its also since been discovered that not all sat fats are as bad as once perceived.

 

[RhythmSpring]

My question is how to gain weight if you're a raw vegan for other health reasons?

i.e. - Starch, sugar, meat, dairy cause me inflammatory problems (very painful and debilitating), sinus problems and mental clarity problems.

Lots of avocados and nuts?

 

[moonyham]

My question is how to gain weight if you're a raw vegan for other health reasons?

i.e. - Starch, sugar, meat, dairy cause me inflammatory problems (very painful and debilitating), sinus problems and mental clarity problems.

Lots of avocados and nuts?

Yeah i guess if you can handle eating LOTS of avocados and nuts. I think it would be relatively safe health wise as all the fats in seeds etc are pretty good for you anyway.

Simply eating a handful for nuts is a mission for me though, so i could never do it. Avocado on the other hand.. well damn i can get them so cheap and they taste so good, i could live on the things easily.

 

[brandonerr]

I've got the same problem, I recently hit 145 and can't eat enough to gain any weight, on top of that there's usually little food around the house so my stomach is mostly empty, I've been using cocaine to supress the hunger but it's no permanent fix, if anyone knows of a healthy food, low in price and high in fat, I'd love to find out what it is

 

[That-Strange-Guy]

I've got the same problem, I recently hit 145 and can't eat enough to gain any weight, on top of that there's usually little food around the house so my stomach is mostly empty, I've been using cocaine to supress the hunger but it's no permanent fix, if anyone knows of a healthy food, low in price and high in fat, I'd love to find out what it is

Hate to sound like a dick but if you can afford cocaine than you can afford a few boxes of oatmeal, a few cans of tuna, and a few liters of milk. The question is what do you really want more?

 

[davez]

I'd personally recomend smoking some cannabis and ordering a large dominoes pizza. Works a treat for me.

 

[halley]

My question is how to gain weight if you're a raw vegan for other health reasons?

i.e. - Starch, sugar, meat, dairy cause me inflammatory problems (very painful and debilitating), sinus problems and mental clarity problems.

Lots of avocados and nuts?

oh dude, yeah, same issues, mostly. For me I have celiacs, so it's not starch for me, just gluten which sucks because I can't advantage of a lot of the staples of grain awesomeness - I simply cannot physically compete with a runner on a whole wheat diet for example. But yeah, it might just be a gluten thing: try allowing yourself gluten-free starches and see how that goes.

For a while last year I was working overtime on a manual labor job and I was cooking all the time. It was ridiculous trying to fill 4000 calories a day on a roughly vegan diet, here were the things in that diet which were in starch but could still be used as bulk-up fodder:

Oat bran. Go for 100% Bran muffins. If you don't like the oat bran go for the wheat bran or rice bran if you're good with gluten. Two big muffins every day for breakfast. When you're baking it, load it up with ground flaxseeds and nuts, and make sure to give it plenty of that canola oil, don't be stingy now..

Quinoa, Hominy grits, dal, gram and sorghum all worked a charm. I'm no longer working that job but I still make gram rolls every week. 10 minutes throw in the oven.

Tofu, sesame-based stuff, expensive; but you can load up on raw soybeans, beans, and lentils for cheap if you're ready to cook. I can have lots of cooked legumes in one sitting, but I don't like having them more than once a day. So if you're trying to bulk up just have a huge rice and beans dish for dinner. Shovel it in there fast before your stomach starts getting sick of it. :D

And of course, to repeat everyone else here: Peanut butter: phenomenal, barato, put it on everything for flavor. Get it no-salt so no worries about having it by the bucketload.

 

[RhythmSpring]

I am a RAW, gluten free-vegan. Kinda narrows the playing field, doesn't it?

 

[R.ticle One]

Unless you've got guts of steel, or no allergies, or tendencies to food sensitivities, I'd be careful with downing buckets of milk and shitloads of peanut butter. I love the taste of both, but they both make me feel sick in numerous ways. Two pretty allergenic foods right there, so take care - and good luck!

 

[p-mo]

Lots of beans. Soy, kindney, Pinto, etc... Perfect for vegans- high in protein and low GI carbs.

 

[8L4YN3]

Milk is also full of saturated fats, a crapload of that isn't any better for you than sugar, worse even. Personally, I'd go the fruit juice, every time (not that I'd want to gain weight anyway, I'm already carrying enough as it is )

Oh, and just to clarify for the OP, I'm talking about freshly squeezed juice, not the crap from a bottle

Dude for gaining mass milk is a 1000 times better than bloody fruit juice. All the sugar and vitamins arent going to build much actual usable mass, like muscle.

But fresh juice is dope, im not down on juice at all. But for the OP, who just wants to gain weight, drink 4L of milk a day and you'll exlpode lol

 

[azgaza]

Don't just go to eating more unhealthy snacks, it cán help you gain weight, but it will definatly make your organs less healthy. The best way I think is to make your actuals meals a bit larger and eat more tiny ones in between. Just get the total calorie intake higher on a day.

Personally I think a good way is to eat all your sandwitches with a good amount of mayonaise. Mayonaise is tasty fat in a tube, so it can help you when you're dangerously low in weight.

I'm personally underweight too, at 108 pounds at 5'9; I'm not doing anything about it though. I know I eat more then enough, I sleep well, I'm very healthy overal and I know for a fact my calorie intake is not too low.

If you're healthy too, with a good immume system, enough energy and no problems related to the low weight, you can also consider accepting its natural for you and that the fact its officially too low doens't intsantly mean you are too low for your own built, everyone is built different.

Still, if you're very determined to gain the weight (or are unhealthy or just think it looks bad to be too thin); this is my advise
- larger meals
- add mayonaise, or if you don't like it very creamy butter
- take more in between snacks

You don't have to stuff yourself, just get the amounts slightly higher. Also some fattening food is much more filling then other fattening foods; so choose the ones that don't make you feel too full; that way you can eat more in a comfortable way.

 

[Amebix]

Regarding fruit juice somehow being on par or superior to milk, id just like to point out that cows milk has been specifically designed by nature to turn small mammals into large mammals in short order through hormonal release and suitable macronutrient breakdown, among other things. Fruit juice is just sugar, water and vitamins.

 

[belarki]

Haha yeh, I just read the following article, looks like milk is a great way of bulking up if you're not lactose intollerant:

http://stronglifts.com/gomad-milk-squats-gallon-gain-weight/

Has anyone tried this? I think I'd explode drinking that much milk a day O_O

 

[Slapdragonx]

That sounds possible, but milk is like $4 for 4L so 4 * 30 = $120 a month.

 

[8L4YN3]

Of course milk is great for growing and adding mass. It's "designed" for growing mammals. Packed with calcium, protein and fat, that's alot better than fucking fruit juice. Milk is actually going to make your bones denser and muscles stronger, where as fruit juice will just rot your teeth and load you up on empty calories which you body cant really use to do anything other than add useless fat.

And the bullshit about eggs adding to your cholestoral problems has been disproven ages ago.

 

[SpelunkingTheMind]

Haha yeh, I just read the following article, looks like milk is a great way of bulking up if you're not lactose intollerant:

http://stronglifts.com/gomad-milk-squats-gallon-gain-weight/

Has anyone tried this? I think I'd explode drinking that much milk a day O_O

i've been drinking 8 uk pints (like 1.2 gallons, milk isnt sold in gallons here) a day for the better part of 2 months now.. thanks to traveling and getting pretty ill twice i missed a total of maybe 2-3 weeks (missing both drinking milk/eating a lot and going to the gym), but i've gained about 25 pounds in that time, going from about 165 (didnt actually weigh myself, based on knowing where i usually am and how i looked) at the end of february to just over 190 now. while i didn't gain 25 lbs in 25 days like the title boasts, i definitely can see it happening.

i actually got the idea from that same site, and have been doing the stronglifts 5x5 workout plan on there for a little less time than i've been drinking the milk. gotta say, i've been thrilled with both. most of the weight i've put on is muscle, notably in my thighs, back, and shoulders.

it seems like (well, it is) a whole lot of whole milk, but you get used to it pretty quickly. i tend to drink about 1/4 of my day's take in one sitting and spread those out throughout the day, some with a meal some on their own. i'm lactose intolerant so have to pop a pill each time - it'd probably be even easier if i could just drink throughout the day.

but yeah, if you're going for weight gain (and especially muscle gain), whole milk is bomb

and slapdragon, yea 4L of milk might be $4 which does add up, but 4L is also like 2500 calories. how else do you propose getting 2500 calories with a nice split between protein, fat, and carbs, with tons of calcium and other nutrients, for under $4?