Posts by mdrake123

Hm.  I guess that's where it all adds up eh? 5700 more calories!  Damn.  I gotta start eating breakfast.

But with me I KNOW there are days when I won't eat breakfast, like on the weekends if I go out theres no way I get up in time for breakfast, I just go straight to lunch.

I picked up this QuickMass powder that basically as like 50% your daily intake of almost everything you need (carbs, protein, minerals, vitamins), and each serving contains a 1010 calories so I guess I could just make a shake of that with lunch to catch up if I miss breakfast right?

c8yleeca,

To be honest, I've kind of always thought that.  I really am actually not too concerned about it.  I guess it's just the odd comments from people that start to get to you sometimes like "man you're thin" or something.  It makes me think "hmmm, maybe I should be helping my body out by eating more or finding some supplements".

Honestly I thank you very much for your words of wisdom.  They gave me more confidence in who I am.  I also realized I might not always be looking at myself from my point of view, but also from what I think others think, which is a bad habit to get into.

While I don't mean to offend or be prejudiced, I have to say that if you are as old as you say you are then I am extremely impressed!  Not everyone your age (or my grandparents and maybe even my mother) could find this website, sign up, understand how an online forum works, and reply to people's posts!  Good for you for keeping up with technology!  Thanks again for the kind words.

Thanks for your reply leiann.  It must be water then, but my point really is that not everyone drops that drastically and it is NOT my scale - haha.

 I do plan to start working out as I said, but right now am just trying to learn to count my calories and ensure I eat enough calories in a day so as to even maintain/gain weight.  It is really frustrating for me because I have never needed to be so hard on focusing what I eat, when, and if it is high enough in calories.

 Thanks for your advice.

Yea k your right I'm still confused.  I don't really need a doctor.  I am going to start working out and eating healthy as well as high-cal foods to gain weight.  I calculated that I need around 2700 calories just to gain a pound a week.  That's quite a lot more than an average diet of 2000 cals.

As dm84 says, jdpickle, I am underweight (according to BMI) as well as by looking at me.  But you're right.  I am not UNHEALTHY and by no means do I have an eating disorder.  I've been told by the doctor a while back that I am just a skinny kid and I would eventually bulk up maybe a couple years after my late teenage years.  Is there anything wrong with saying, "hm, I don't really want to wait, I'd like to gain weight now and bulk up?".  I don't think so.  I have a metabolism that knocks 3-5 pounds off while sleeping sometimes and it pisses me off having to fight an uphill battle.

So unless anybody can tell me some scientific information about the danger of having a high-vitamin, high-calorie diet then please let me know.  Otherwise I am going to pick up some Quickmass weight gaining powder (1010 cals a serving) and start working out, eating a high-cal diet, and hopefully putting my insanely high metabolism to rest. 

 dm84, and everyone else, thanks again for the tips!

Original Post by bbritt07:

Is anyone out there trying to GAIN weight?? What methods are you using and do you know of any healthy foods with alot of calories?

Don't worry!  You're not the only one trying to gain weight.  I started a similar topic here (http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/760 49.html).  Some people left some suggestions, so you could check there and see some recipes and tips that have already been posted!

Thanks guys!  That helps quite a bit.  dm84, are those safe to use (sorry for being such a noobie)?  Can too many calories at once be dangerous or will it just really make you pack on the pounds?

 red_herring thanks so much for your words of wisdom.  I never eat breakfast but I usually have a good size lunch and a large dinner and sometimes a midnight feast on snacks and stuff.  I know it's not too healthy but I am trying to change that.  I also have heard breakfast is a really important meal to have, am I right?

 I have not measured out on average per day how much protein I get but I am guessing not enough considering my high metabolism.  I am starting to use the tools on this site to log how much I eat per day and will get an idea of it soon.  Do you know how much an 18 year old should be getting per day?

 Thanks again so much for your help!  Any other help is really appreciated.