Effective Ways to gain weight

Consume an additional 500 calories per day. Adding another 500 calories to your diet everyday will lead to a weight gain of 0.5 kg, or a little over 1 lb, each week. This may not seem like a lot, but consuming too many additional calories per day could be bad for your body.

• If you begin exercising more, you will need to consume more than 500 extra calories. In addition to the extra 500 calories you consume, add the amount of extra calories you are burning off through exercise to determine how many more calories you need to consume daily.
• Talk with your doctor or a nutritionist to determine your ideal weight. You can also calculate your ideal weight with a BMI calculator.
• Stick with nutritious foods. Even though you need to consume more calories, you should consume those extra calories from foods that are both high in calories and nutritious. If you eat too much junk food, you risk putting on weight in an unhealthy manner and causing additional health problems.

Eat and drink frequently. If you want to gain weight quickly, you should eat a total of six times a day. Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and enjoy a snack after each meal.

• As a general rule, do not let more than four waking hours pass without eating.
• Your three main meals should be fairly substantial. Do not decrease your portion size during these meals.
• Three or more of your meals and snacks should contain a protein, starch, vegetable, and fat.
• As long as you do not decrease the amount you eat during your main meals, adding snacks in between meals is a good way to pack more calories into your day.

Increase your portion size. Another school of thought is to skip the snacking and simply increase your portion sizes at each meal. This can be done by adding another course to each meal or by going back for seconds even after you feel satisfied with the amount of food you have already eaten.

• The idea here is that, by skipping out on snacks, you will build more of an appetite. As a result, you will be more inclined to scarf down more calories in the form of more food.
• Both practices are valid ways to add calories and gain weight quickly. You may need to play around with both techniques to determine which is more effective for you.

Eat quick. When you eat slow, you give your body the chance to digest your food as you eat, which results in feeling fuller faster. If you eat quickly, you can eat more food before your body has the chance to feel full, making it easier to consume more.

Indulge in a midnight snack. If you were trying to lose weight, you would be advised to avoid eating past 7:00 pm. When you are trying to gain weight, though, the opposite is true. Eating a late dinner or having a snack immediately before you go to bed is a good way to give your body calories that it will not have the opportunity to readily burn off.

• Additionally, the body builds more muscle and lean tissue during sleep. Eating a snack before bed supplies your body with the nutrients it needs to build more lean tissue as you sleep.

Whet your appetite. If you have a hard time feeling hungry, there are a few things you can do to increase your appetite before mealtime rolls around.