I'm 20 years old, about 5'9" and only 125 pounds. My arms are too skinny, twig wrists, tiny shoulders, etc... I have always had a small body type, but recently i've been getting skinnier. I am starting to become nervous about my weight, questioning whether a disease is contributing to my weight loss. 1, what can I do to gain more weight, and 2..why am I getting skinnier? I eat at least 3 meals a day, get about 6 hours of sleep average on weekdays and work out a couple times a week. I also have been smoking weed everyday for the past couple years (only at night to relax), and ocassionally (once, twice a month) do recreational drugs(ecstasy, coke, opium) maybe that has something to do with my weight loss?
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Intestinal parasites. Also lots of different diseases could be responsible. See a doctor!
520993
Diet pills, I don't really feel are going to work for you.  They either suppress appetite or increase metabolism.  You seem to have a very balanced and healthy diet and didn't mention any snacking problems, so an appetite suppressant isn't going to be your best bet.  You have done so much already to increase your metabolism already, that I doubt a pill is going to do much more.  If anything, maybe just drink a bit of green tea eith EGCG.  It'll increase metabolism, but it won't be much, so it's going to be safe.\n\nA few suggestions/questions:\n1. are you lifting weights on all the areas of your body, every work out?  To give your muscles a chance to grow, you need to let them rest at least one day, so you should alternate days or muscle groups each time for it to be effective.  Increased muscle can help speed up your metabolism.\n\n2.  What is your body fat %?  If it is already low, losing more fat is going to be difficult, and you don't want to lose muscle.  Muscle is good!\n\n3.  How do you feel?  Do you like your size and diet?  Is this 10 pound loss more about the number or a size that you are striving for?  If you are happy with your diet and your current size, there is no biggie about these vanity pounds.  \n\n4.  Is this a lifestyle you enjoy?  If you don't already enjoy it very much, limiting yourself more may help you lose the weight, but once you get back to an eating plan that you truly enjoy, you'll just put those 10 pounds right back on.\n\n5.  How varied are your workouts?  If you are doing elliptical for an hour everyday, 6 days a week, your body is going to get used to the repetition and get bored and your workout won't be as affective.\n\n6.  How much are you limiting your calories?  Do not, under any circumstances, consume less than 1200 calories per day.  Since you are so active, I might even say no less than 1500 cals.  Low calories and high activity level could make your body go into shock or survival mode, and it is going to hold on to each pound of fat that you have for dear life.\n\nPlay with your diet a little - try increasing it a little, try 6 meals instead of 5, don't eat after 7 pm, etc.  See if the weight loss changes. \n\nIn the end, if you have tried everything you can, it might be safe to assume that those pounds just aren't meant to come off. :)  Your body knows best, listen to it.\n\nGood luck!
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This cannot happen in a few days.\n\nExercise to build up your muscles, and talk to a nutritionist (or go online) to get a good regimen that will help you gain some weight.\n\nPeople who are thin or fat can be in good OR poor health - these things don't necessarily correlate to each other.
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To increase your weight you can eat lots of healthy snacks throughout the day and also workout 2x -3x per week doing strength training. I would recommend high protein and high calories healthy snacks such as chicken minus skin, lean beef and turkey minus skin. Fit in some different kinds of nuts and peanut butter throughout the day with whole-wheat breads as well. \nYou can read healthy alternatives at www.caloriesperhour.com and they have a section on the forums where they talk about gaining weight =).\nI would also recommend talking to a doctor about your weight decrease as it might be something physical. \n\nGood luck to you!
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Recent research in this area suggests that there may be multiple factors involved.\n\nFirst of all, there is a correlation with overeating and sleep deprivation; under-sleep, over-eat.  Try getting 7 to 8 hours a night.\n\nSecondly, there is, apparently, a group of people who eat food the way an alcoholic drinks.  Several physiologic feeds have been identified for that.\n\nThird, there is a psychological component.  People commonly eat as "displacement" activity: they want to do something, but cannot, so they eat instead, or they turn to food for solace when they're distressed, lonely, depressed, elated, etc.\n\nFourth, there's an age issue.  If you're still young enough to be growing in linear height, physiologic changes occur right before a growth spurt and they'll give you an insatiable appetite.\n\nFifth, some medications will cause excessive eating; I recall being on high dose corticosteroids for a medical problem I had, and I was eating everything in sight for a couple of weeks.  Got off the high dose steroids, appetite disappeared, and so did MOST of the pounds gained...  Some street drugs will produce the mega-munchies, too.\n\nSixth, some people develop excessive eating habits after stopping any one of a handful of street drugs; amphetamines and cocaine are big players, here, but don't figure they're the only ones.\n\nSigh, wouldn't life be nice if it was simple, and our wills controlled everything about ourselves?
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People have different frame sizes and would look absurd being a size 0 or 2...My weight has fluctuated all my life ...my lowest weight was like 145 and people told me I looked sick..as in way too skinny. Yes there are diseases and genetics also factor into metabolism and stress can for some people pack on the pounds. I had a recent weight loss and I was doing real good getting it off I had lost 60+ pounds in a course of 5 or 6 months but about 1 year later starting right after my mom died, I started gaining weight and no matter how much I tried to stick to the plan (diabetic food exchange) I still gained weight back I have gained about 40 pounds and in a course of 4 months and my eating has not changed that much to explain the gain, they say that stress make blood sugar go crazy (now I believe it). I am choosing the more excellent way in not mouthing off my opinion of your opinion, because after all you are entitled, just hopefully people don't use the same magnifying glass you use when you look at others when they look at you.
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You are not at all over-weight. Get ur BMI(Body to Mass Index) checked. If its 24 or less, I think you are just doin fine. You really dont want to be called skinny, do you?
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Try looking on www.differentu.com and look under weight management and look at nutritional shake mixes. They say weight loss but will also help you gain it just depends on how you use it. All you have to do to gain weight is take a shake with every meal you eat and thats it. You can add all types of things like fresh/frozen fruit, yogart, ice, etc. So check it out and see what you think. God bless you and I wish you the best!!
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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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That is the key you eat all day and you workout which increases your metabolism.  My son is also 20 same height and he weigh a little less than you but he looks great because he is cut.  Don't worry about your weight, that is the least of your concerns right now.  Keep staying active, you are young, when you are older your metabolism slows and you wish you could look the way you look today.  Enjoy it hon and don't fret yourself.\n\nSass
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Are you obssessed with your weight? Do you sometimes spend the day eating nothing just to feel thinner? Do you feel insufficient energy? If yes, you might have an eating disorder. But if you eat normally and still thin, it's just your metabolism, don't worry about it. It means you're just lucky!\n\nBe careful with your health whatever you do.
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Your weight all depends on your height and body frame. Some people have larger bones and frames than other people. If you go back to your question and add more details, I will keep checking and give you an answer. At your age, you should worry more about eating healthy, low in fat foods, lots of fruit and as many vegetable as you want. A bit of a drag heh? Even if you get a low fat salad dressing to dip your veggies in, it can be more fun. If you play outside with your friends rather than sitting in playing video games and TV, you will loose weight. I know, here I am on the computer when I should also be more active. The most important thing whether you are too big or too thin, is to like yourself. Hopefully, you read this and I'll put you on my watch list, so I can get back to you. Bye for now.
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haha i have the same exact problem... my boyfriend is skinny and eats like a pig..(we never have left overs) and he does not gain one ounce it makes me sick because i eat unhealthy with him but i gain mine and his weight.. i started taking hoodia and it curved my appetite but i felt like when i got off the pills i ate more than usual.. if you find a cure make sure you inform me haha!
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You may be a little over weight but as long aa your happy with your self then dont worry about it to much. But since it sounds like you are, here is my advice. Since you are already active, try cutting back on what you eat and how many caories you eat. They say its best  to excerise 3 times a week 20 mins a day min. Also have your doctor check your thirods, this is what helps your metabolism and sometimes your thirods for some reason could be slow or not working.
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i no what your going through im 14 and ive got the same problem as you,people tell me that it is normal but its safer to gain a bit more weight because it can corse health problems but i rthink if im happy with my weight then that is all that matters and you should think the same too.hope ive helped you :)
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It sounds like you are at a pretty good weight.  You have to be happy with your body, nobody else.  If you feel underweight gain a few pounds, but if you feel overweight lose a few pounds.  Its you being happy with your body that is important.
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I'm very much like you - not able to gain much weight, etc. What I have done (I'm 19), is swim (whole-body work-out), and play tennis (really builds your arms), and I run once a day (except on weekends - so that your muscles have a relaxation period where they are able to repair, and build themselves stronger) - the running builds your whole body (especially your legs). Your waist is fine, if you build up the rest of your body. My waist is very small as well. As for dieting, I've been eating eggs, toast, and stuff like sausage, and bacon for breakfast (only eat this kind of stuff if you are planning to work out, because it has a lot of protein in it, which will contribute to your muscle and weight gain only if used through working out), and eat things like a lot of meat, carbohydrates, like pasta is excellent as long as you use it to your advantage, and work out, so that it goes to your muscles, lots of fruits, and vegetables, energy bars with a lot of protein, but low counts of sugar, and milk (for your bones), and lots and lots of water. Make your workout routine different, and exciting (try biking, hiking, mountain climbing, etc.), and just strive your best to eat healthier than you have ever eaten, and you should definitely notice a difference in about 3-4 weeks. Also, if you feel more comfortable, you can join a gym, and work with a personal trainer a couple of times, and they will be able to give you a personalized routine, and diet based on your weight, and muscle mass, etc.\n\nHope this helps, and good luck! :)