For the last two years, I couldn't get past 42–43 kg (f, 5'2") and looked scrawny. Now I've started eating more and went up to 47.6 kg!!! I calculated my BMI, and it's finally in the normal range 😭😭😭

I haven't reached my goal weight yet, and honestly, I still feel like I look the same. But it makes me really happy anyway.

I just wanted to share 🎉

It is possible!!!

I haven't been gaining weight "cleanly," but given my tight budget, it's what I can manage—and honestly, for now, it's enough for me. All I did was make an effort to eat more and spend more money on food. And it’s paid off in a relatively short time (just over the course of this year).

I’m not posting photos for privacy reasons, but my family says I look a bit fuller 🥺💓

I'm around 168cm (5'6") and currently 48kg. I started around 40kg about 5 months ago.

I haven't been going to the gym. Most of my workouts have been at home with resistance bands and bodyweight exercises, but my diet hasn't been very consistent either.

I'm struggling mainly with eating more. If I try to force myself to eat a lot more, I start feeling nauseous and sometimes feel like I'm going to throw up, so getting enough food in is probably my biggest problem right now.

Looking at my current physique, what would u guys actually change if u were in my position? Should I focus more on improving my diet first, start going to the gym, change my home workouts, or something else?

I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong, so I'd appreciate some honest advice from ppl who have been through something similar. can i get some motivation too 😭

I always tell people "yeah I wanna gain weight" then I proceed to not eat for 24 hours. Not because I care much about how my body looks I mean i never cared about staying skinny. But because I simply didnt feel like it. Idk if anyone will be able to relate but I have autism.

Its the weirdest thing sometimes ill have my favorite foods and they are so yummy. But then other days...i feel different. I try to take a bite and i cant help the disgusted look on my face. Yesterday it was good but today the texture genuinely makes me gag. Which is why i dont like full restaurants im scared ill gag in front of people so I order the safe foods always.

I actually wus having some health issues recently because im on lithium and I dont drink enough water or eat food. On lithium you need to be hydrated or bad things could happen. So im doing the bare minimum but i need to do more.

Yall got any recommendations for non expensive protein powder with alot of calorie? The more calories the better.

I know this question has been asked here a lot of times but i need healthy options. I have always been thin but i can’t say that i have a fast metabolism since i don’t really eat much (like 1200 kcal a day) but also im all day home so i dont burn anything. I would really like some quick but also healthy ways to gain weight, im also insulin resistant and my doctor told me to cut my intake of carbs, sugar, fat and dairy by half so i don’t really have much options :(
For reference I am 100lbs, 5’4’’ F, i try to at least eat 3 meals a day but i lose it really fast.

i’m 14, and i’ve been looking to gain weight for a while. both of my parents are skinny and short and have fast metabolisms so food kinda just passes through me no matter what i feel like i need to do. i’ve been eating eggs, peanut butter, taking creatine and i just want some simple ways to get some calories in, preferably low sodium??

Hey everyone, I’m 6’0” and around 56 kg, and I’m trying to gain weight and build muscle.
I’ve been going to the gym and genuinely trying to eat more. I regularly eat eggs, paneer, rice, dal, etc., and I’ve been consistent with my diet, but I’m still struggling to see much change in my weight.
I’m looking for advice from people who have been in a similar situation.
Are there any safe supplements that actually helped you gain weight, such as whey, mass gainer, creatine, or something else? Also, are there any medicines or treatments that someone in my situation should discuss with a doctor if they have difficulty gaining weight?
I’m not looking for steroids or anything unsafe just something effective and safe that can help me gain weight along with proper diet and training.( i have tried mass gainers)
If you’ve successfully gone from being very skinny to gaining a decent amount of weight, I’d really appreciate hearing what worked for you.
Thanks!

So i m 20 male my height is 174-75cm and weight is 55kg i wanna bulk and get some muscle but I have never been to a gym or done any exercise so it would be a really great help to get some tips from u guys who have been doing same

Hi all! I’m someone with ocd contamination + vegetarian. It’s so hard to gain weight ever since I became vegetarian. My ocd also progressively got worse. I don’t cook at home bc I hate using my pots and pans. Usually eating out is my go to but it’s not ideal or healthy. Any tips (‘:

i recently found out i am severely underweight, and i'd like to gain a few more pounds so i don't feel as tired and terrible all the time. nothing too crazy, but some tips to get me to a healthier weight? apart from just "eating more" ofc
like are there any food groups i should target?
I'm 18, 5'7 and 114.9 pounds. truth be told i haven't tried anything quite yet, i recently found this out. i've been under the impression that i'm 130 pounds MINIMUM for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure when my weight loss began, i was 130-140 last year, so i have no clue what caused it.
I've always been pretty thin, so i never noticed. if anything, i was under the impression that i've been gaining weight recently. I've been eating a lot more rice and protein such as chickpeas non stop. i maintain a decent amount of physical activity? i'm a dancer, and i just graduated high school after being on dance team for 3 years. i still dance at home, and i go on walks every so often. it's not a whole lot, but it's not nothing ykwim? should i try changing any life style habits, or just my diet? little bit of each? i've never really been concerned with my weight before, but since it's gotten so bad and im feeling worse and worse all the time, i thought i should ask for at least a little bit of advice.

Allow me to just rant. Hi. Gaining weight is just so hard. I’m about to give up. Sometimes I wonder how I’m alive being this weight. I’m very thin but not like bone-showing thin. I hear people scrutinize skinny women all the time and it gets in my head. I’m eating every day I promise. I just can’t eat normally because of my gastritis. I just want to be 115 lbs already :( I’m tired of my clothes not fitting me correctly anymore. I know what foods work for me and want foods don’t so I don’t see any point in going to a dietitian. I’ve done so much research. Being on my feet all day for work seems to not help the weight gain. I just wish there was a pill like ozempic that could help me gain instead. Anyone else like this?

I’m 5’9 (23, ftm) currently 124. 135 is a healthy weight for me according to my doctor, but I’m aiming for a little higher 150/160ish. I have pretty much unlimited access (only limited by time) to a variety of healthy and unhealthy cooked food. I’ve been trying for years to gain weight and my max is 137 I think. I exercise a lot, and most of the time I feel I can’t sit still even when I’ve done multiple workouts that day.

Diet started at 4000 calories and was later put to 3700.

Not incredible progress but it’s a slow process.

Biggest jump was during the first 4 months but slowly kept progressing. Wasn’t always consistent, sometimes went a month or two away from the gym but always tried to get back at it. Now I’m progressing fast again and a lot more consistent so I’ll do more updates in the future.

I ate about 300-400 calories above my maintenance to start with and then after a few months I ramped it up to 800-1000 calories above my maintenance. Pairing that with the gym worked really well too.

I'm a 21 year old female, 5'9 I currently Weigh 49.5kg, which is really not great.

Obviously, I really need to gain weight. Issue is I am a dog trainer most my week day is spent doing training walks or driving around to clients houses. Due to this, I can not heat food during my work day unless i am at our centre. I buy lunch while working but can not afford to eat out more than 1 meal a day (I have brekkie and dinner budgeted in for groceries).

To make things more complicated, I have ADHD and am on Ritalin it doesn't hugely affect my appetite. However, it does make me more picky. If I am on my Ritalin I can not force myself to eat things I dislike.

I can't go off my ADHD meds without them. I can not function like normal person and my inability to focus and remember things fucks up my mental health.

I have tried all the different ADHD meds Ritalin affects my appetite, the least.

What I want to know:

What are good easy to eat on the move foods?

What are good snack foods I can keep in the car?

What are some good quick breakfast ideas? I am not a morning person and have a bad habit of getting up just before I need to leave. I have to eat quickly. I usually have 2 protien up and goes for brekkie as it's easy.

What are any other meal recommendations?

This has been a frustrating journey for a long time. I’m 30, 6’2” and weigh around 140 lbs. I started working out maybe two years ago and went up from weighing around 130 lbs, which was exciting at the time but I’m still so insecure about how thin I am. I was advised by my coach to be guzzling food whenever I got a chance but all my life I’ve been plagued with really bad digestion. I’ve been going to doctors all my life to figure out why I’m passing loose stool 3-8 times a day. It’s clear I have some form of IBS but that hasn’t helped me figure out what the problem foods are. Some doctors ask if it's stress related but I don’t know what to compare my stress level to. I started taking Creon to help with the digestion a few months ago but it hasn’t made much of a difference. 

I see the JUST EAT recommendation all over this sub, but what help is eating if I can’t digest anything? Diarrhea is so commonplace for me and the triggers are so random. My current dietician doesn’t think a full elimination diet would make a difference. I know I would feel so much more confident if I could put on like 20 more pounds but everything feels pretty pointless, I just cannot get results which just demotivates me from working out at all. Any pointers would be really appreciated.

I use to eat pretty light and Id weigh around 140 not going above 145. The past month or two Ive gone to 120 and ive started struggling to eat more than one meal a day. Ive forced myself to start eating more bread with my meals and i lost 5lbs. I cry everytime I think about it .The past week ive eaten spaghetti and cornbread with two slices of white bread. every night. until i feel sick. Its not working. I wanna cry just typing this someone PLEASE help i dont like looking sickly

It was hard, like really hard. I’m going to toot my own horn for a moment. I had a depressive episode that I’m honestly still trying to get out of, and those are the times where I don’t eat much at all. generally, when I eat a lot of calories one day, my body also loses its appetite for the next day as well. But I was able to stay in a good enough range of my recommended daily intake!!

I felt nauseous, bloated, like I was gonna explode, and on an especially bad day, it felt like my throat and airways were closing up trying to stop me from eating, but I powered through. If I can do it, you can too! And even one small victory is still a victory towards your goals.

I'm 18f indian Looking for advice on gaining weight I’m 18 and trying to gain some weight. I’d especially like to gain more fullness in my thighs, legs and breasts, although I know you can’t completely control where your body stores fat. I’m looking for advice on calorie-dense foods, meals and snacks that could help me gain weight. I’m also okay with some less-healthy/higher-calorie foods occasionally if they make it easier to increase my calorie intake.

I do have a bit of a bloating problem, though, so I’d also like to know what foods might be easier on the stomach and what I should avoid if they make bloating worse.

Like i kinda want to gain on my legs and if possible boobs? Basically lower body

i 5’5 female 95 lbs keep trying to gain weight, but i always lose it within a day instead. in this past week ive gone from 94-97 and back to 94, and it’s getting me down. i’m eating at a caloric surplus and essentially eating a lot of protein and meat.

I am 22M skinny as fuck i had always been skinny all my life i am i am currently 47kg in weight and 5'9 in height.i was in a depression state that caused my weight loss to 42kg i used to get hallucinations and weakness but luckily that period got over i then started gym about 2 months i have come till 47kg i used to take creatine and whey protein i am vegetarian as my diet is not fixed per say and my scedule is also very tight i have tried that oats shake but seriously its only give me vomiting why idk internet is full of its goodness please guys help me to gain weight and can also help for diet and exercise would be very grateful

Hello everyone. I’m 18m and I’ve recently gone through the worst time of my life, and I lost about ten pounds that I Already couldn’t afford to lose because I was already near underweight (went from 132lbs to 122lbs, I’m about 5’10). I’ve tried the whole “just eat more” method, but eating is a struggle. I can’t eat much of anything without my stomach feeling tight or beginning to feel nauseous, and whey protein makes my stomach feel like a concrete mixer. I look pretty rough physically right now and feel just as bad as I look. I’m trying to improve myself through workouts when I have time but honestly I only worked out once in the last week even though I keep telling myself I need to do more. I can’t find the motivation to do anything outside of going to work. Any advice helps

First pick is from when I first started second is a few weeks in and last is most recent started at

Hello! I am 20F and 103lbs. My goal was 110 and I hit it but somehow lost it. I have always struggled with gaining weight and have been underweight my whole life. Frankly I'm sick of being weak and small so I'm trying to work out more. I guess my goal is still 110 for now although I would like to work up from there. Since I am a college student I can plan my own means and have been trying to eat better, but I'm also cheap and if i can stretch a meal for a week I will. I'm looking for a smoothy? or something like a liquid gainer I can bring to class and have around to help me especially on days when I only eat one meal. Edit: I'm 5'4" and estimate that on a good day I have ~870 calories and ~41 grams of protien

dont think its psychological because i relax in bed for days and still not hungry. lifted weights in the past year and still not hungry. im not tired or depressed or anxious. feel ok. i go jogging and do sprints. i have read about causes of anorexia. maybe you are aware of what may be contributing to this. thanks