I cant seem 2 gain weight and I really want 2 cuz none of my clothes fit me and I'm gettin so skinny my family thinks I have an eating disorder but I dont I eat fine anyone know how to gain weight that might really work cuz I've tried just about everything I can think of??????????
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Gain muscles by eating a good diet with extra protein and lifting weights.  Make sure you are getting at least 2000 calories a day by keeping track, like dieters.  While doing that, you can see if you have a balanced diet.  Don't just start eating fatty foods to gain weight.  You will cause health problems.  If you keep a record of what you eat, you also have the proof to shut people up.
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I was a wee skinny thing when a bit younger. What I eat has very little relation to my weight. However, I lose weight dramatically if I'm stressed or ill. So my advice to you is to find ways to be more contented - like a cat, you'll get smug and plump when happy with your lot. Sort out any problems that are lurking, make sure work/school makes you happy, find a wonderful partner to love and spoil you - and just be content that you have a figure so many would kill for. I know it's hard to be skinny when everyone is jealous and feels they can comment on it, but be happy with the way you are, dress to impress, and smile 3times more than you do - it really works to make you feel better!\nBest of luck x
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STOP POSTING THIS QUESTION, you need help. You have anorexia. you are gonna die soon. people, stop telling lizzy she is skinny, this only makes the problem worse\n\n\nIf this is some sort of joke, its NOT FUNNY
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It sounds like you already have anorexia.  You need to see a doctor and get this treated.  Being scared to death to gain weight is a sign of trouble.  See your doctor before something serious happens.  Without getting this treated there is a chance you could die from health complications.  Karen Carpenter a famous singer of the Carpenters died of complications from Anorexia so get some help.
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you are right to intervene and worry. im 5'2 and when i was 18 i weighed 88 lbs and still thought i was fat. i hardly ate and whatever i did eat i threw up. my friends went to the school guidance counselor and told her...i was furious! but you have to do the same thing. shes so young and her body is still growing. she is missing needed nutrients and it could get so bad she could stop getting her period, start losing her hair, faint or even die. i didnt gain the weight back until i went to college and gained the freshman 15 putting me at a normal weight. its a psychological thing too. maybe talk to her first....find out why shes not eating. it could be the media always emphasizing skinny is better or it could be problems at home or with a boy and she is seeking attention in a very detrimental way. but as soon as possible tell someone close to you or her. you need to get her help quickly before something serious happens. you will be doing the right thing.
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I used to be anorexic and I had a baby last December. It was probably easier for me because I had already recovered... but still I was a little anxious about gaining weight. \n\nI ate healthily while I was pregnant, gained an appropriate amount of weight (20 - 35 pounds is recommended for an average sized woman), and most of the weight came off pretty quickly. If you don't gorge yourself (by eating a whole cheesecake because you're "eating for two") and make good food choices, eating enough for both you & the baby will cause you to gain weight, but it will be just baby weight. \n\nYou'll want a good support team family & friends as well as a therapist, a dietician or nutritionist, and an OB or midwife that you can trust & who makes you feel comfortable.\n\nGood luck & you can email me if you want to talk.
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Hon, If i could eat and not gain weight, I would eat everything.. Life is to be enjoyed and lived to the fullest. Don`t worry about that kind of stuff. Eat what you want to and savor every bite.. There will come a time when they take all that good stuff away.. (when you are older) You are young, Enjoy life.. Taste what it has to offer.. ONLY then can you grow... Hugs from Texas.. {;-)\n\n<><
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Please stop yourself before you make any serious, life-altering decisions. Once you develop an eating disorder, it is likely that you will struggle with it the rest of your life. I am on the road to recovering from anorexia. Believe me, it is not as glamorous as you may think. I am 5'5 and at my worst I was 76 pounds. It is an absolutely horrible thing to endure. Please, e-mail me if you need someone to talk to. sophiebear2002@yahoo.com
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hey i have the same problem but its not mi mom its just other people @ mi school. there is such thing as being skinny and still healthy. \nI KNOW i LOVE TO EAT TOO. i eat constantly because im always hungry. but we just have an insanely high metabolism. and plus i swim competitively too. im really skinny but i am healthy-i eat all the time and i dont over do it on the exercising. i dont count calories or anything, and im even trying to gain a couple pounds.\nmake sure you eat in front of your mom to show her you actually eat. and just because you dont want to go to the doctor doesnt mean anything...i hate doctors too, so thats not a very good excuse. so just talk to her and make sure she understands that even though your really skinny that you are healthy too.
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I've actually had a similar situation.  I used to weigh about 30 lbs. more than I do now.  And everyone who knew me then tells me I am so skinny now...too skinny.  I'm 5'5" & 135 lbs!  I'm perfectly healthy.  I guess some people just look better "thicker"  I also got a lot more attention from the opposite sex when I was heavier.  As long as you're healthy & happy, don't worry about what other people think!\n\np.s. your "friend" is a jerk for saying that!
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WHOA! You must be incredibly tall & solid muscle if you're skinny! If you feel you look good & are healthy, who cares about what your weight is?   I wouldn't care if I weighed 350 if I looked skinny!\n\nsorry to hear you're in pain, sweetie! Have you tried stretching and a hot bath before bed? If this is causing you this much greif, I'd have my parents make a doctor's appt and also look on www.webmd.com and check your symptoms.\n\nGood luck.
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Your eating habits, not your weight determine whether you are anorexic. If you feel the need to be even skinnier, or even if you consider your current weight to be acceptable, then you most likely do have some kind of eating disorder. \n\nIf you do think you are anorexic please seek professional help now. Anorexia is a killer, and looking like a corpse even before it kills you is NOT attractive.\n\nIf you are eating normally then there must be some other reason for you being unhealthily underweight, so either way you should really speak with your doctor about this - sooner rather than later.
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Ask your doctor to give you a referral to a Dietician.  They will give you a specialized diet plan to help you gain weight the proper way. Make sure you eat 3 good meals a day and 3 good snacks in between.  Junk food will put weight on you but not the kind you need!
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You be a lucky one, first you need to identify where you would like the weight and when you figure that out, you need to find a exercise program to build up the muscle there.  It will entail some of the diet, but I do not recommend you just eating junk food to gain weight, it will go where you do not want it and then it will refuse to leave.  Do it intelligently and be thankfull you have that ability.\n\nJohn B.
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OK, slow down. First, being anorexic is not the answer. It even cause you more problems, it will ruins yourself for sure. It's not a diet method and it's not something you can learn. I've been anorexic before, so trust me on this. Just pick a type of diet you like and stick to it. Don't be lazy, exercise, play, walk your dog, go to the mall, anything. Ask someone you can trust to watch your progress, keeping your diet on track. For your info, most guys don't like too skinny girls. Btw, big are you now, and how skinny you wanna be, height and weight?
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How To Gain Weight \n\n\n\nThis one seems like a no-brainer, eh? How do you gain weight? You eat. You cannot gain weight without eating... in the exact opposite of losing weight, actually, you cannot gain weight without consuming more calories than you burn off. \n\nThe bigger question, in our weight-loss worshipping world, is why would you want to gain weight? Fact is that sometimes we become too thin, dangerously so, to the point where we begin to suffer all these negative side effects and eventually death. Sometimes gaining weight is a pretty attractive option by comparison. Being at a healthy weight helps every system of our body function better, allows us to heal from damage, and gives us reserves as protection against stress or illness as well. \n\nThe tougher part of weight-gain is how to do it in a healthy manner. Just as rapid weight-loss can be dangerous, so can rapid weight gain. Many EDs who go through rapid recovery end up with too high a bodyfat percentage, too much fat stored around their internal organs, compromised health, and high cholesterol. This is in part because traditional anorexic "recovery" diets are aimed at bulking up the patient as quickly as possible by fat-loading everything they eat with no thought for the health quality of the food being given. \n\nIt's safer to aim for a gain of one or two pounds a week so as to not put undue stress on your recovering system and to know that you're rebuilding bone, muscle, and nutrient stores instead of just frantically storing fat. It's more important to restore your body's protein, elemental, vitamin, water, fat and sugar balances than to simply send the numbers on the scale up. Once you do this, given sufficient raw materials your body will rebuild itself more strongly. \n\n\n \nIn The Beginning\n\nIf you're deciding to gain weight, odds are it's because you're underweight. If you're underweight, barring a purely illness-related weight-loss problem which should really be addressed by a doctor instead, you have probably not been eating enough. If you haven't been eating enough for a while, your digestive system will need to be retrained. Same goes for extended or extensive purging... it screws with your entire system, and there will need to be plenty of time devoted to patience and healing. \n\nExtended periods of time with insufficient solid food intake causes your entire digestive system to slow down and lose efficiency. Amounts of digestive chemicals in production may drop, and the tiny fingerlike cilia that absorb foods in your small intestine may become paralyzed or die off. The peristaltic muscles that move food through your system may weaken or atrophy. Large meals or a lot of food at once may confuse your stomach and intestines to the point where they cramp up and have trouble remembering what to do at all. All this will need to be repaired slowly, given time to reaccustom itself to the concept of processing and utilizing food again. \n\nStart with liquids. Rehydration is extremely important, since without food our overall water content drops significantly, and the digestive process requires a great deal of water. In the first few days of refeeding you may notice a sudden gain of several pounds... this is most likely, if you're doing everything right, your water balance trying to straighten itself out. You may feel bloated for a while as this happens and it's extremely important that you allow it to take care of itself and do not try to correct it with diuretics; limiting caffeine, which acts as a diuretic, may be a good idea here. Potassium can also act as a mild diuretic but do not try to limit that, as it's an important electrolyte and part of rehydration is bringing your electrolytes back up to a good strong level. You may benefit more from drinking water and juice between meals, instead of with meals, as liquids during meals can make your stomach feel fuller and may slow digestion a bit.
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Can I ask why you are worried?\n\nAt 14, your body will store "energy" to grow.  This is not to say you should plant on the couch and stuff burgers in your mouth, but do not obsess!\n\nBe active.  Dance, aerobics, whatever you enjoy, but don't sweat it.  Your body will go through odd spurts to grow.  Please don't worry too much about it, but just try to remain healthy.\n\nAFTER your body has reached it growth peak, you need to burn more calories that you intake, to lose weight.  If you are truly concerned, see your doctor for advice.\n\nI say this as someone that had to overcome an eating disorder.