Posts by sunnynfl

I have a friend who has the same situation. He is 48 now and has learned to accept his thinner frame. He has managed to get to and maintain around 147lbs (he's 5'10") through healthy eating and weight training.

He went through a lot of years of frustration trying to gain and even resorted to eating gobs of ice cream, milk, peanut butter, meats, etc. The result was his cholesterol went through the roof and he was having 3-4 bowel movements a day and gained zilch.

I would still try the weight gain programs if I were you though - just eat healthy and weight train. Count your calories too as Merylwhite1 recommended. His gains were very slow and partly do to getting older. He is very lean now - but fit and muscular.

We actually found that there are genetic conditions and some health disorders that can prevent the depositing and storing of fat on the body. Although you really don't want to gain just fat - if you have very little of it you will look much thinner.

In addition to body building and eating a sufficient number of calories (because even if you can't put on much fat, you can slowly build muscle) I would visit my doctor to rule out any underlying conditions as well.