My wife is own to 89 lbs. How can she gain about 20 lbs.?
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You have every right to be worried!  First of all, does she have a chronic disease process that could cause this weight loss?  Is she diabetic? Is she depressed? Does she see her doctor on a regular basis?  If not, she should.\n\nTo help her eat, serve her several small healthy meals a day.  Sometimes a big meal is overwhelming when you don't feel like eating.  Crackers and cheese for instance, is a good small healthy snack.  Peanut butter on fruit, things like that.  Small amounts of protein.  If she eats several small meals like that she will get as much nourishment as 3 larger meals.  Also you can supplement with something like Ensure if she finds that to her liking.  If that is too expensive for you, Carnation Instant Breakfast mixed in milk has the same calories and vitamins and minerals as the Ensure at half the cost.  Please get her to a doctor too.  Bless you both.
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you can gain weight in muscle. or just eat a lot of healthy foods.
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My wife breast fed so the extra weight just slipped off. At the end she too had around 10 pounds or so and just had to hit the gym. She focused on abdominal exercises as tolerable to strengthen that area back up (don't go overboard though, it takes a couple of years for them to heal naturally and you don't want to tear anything worse than it already is), and mostly did cardio for overall fitness and calorie burning.
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If she is gaining weight at all, then you do NOT need to give her anything to make her "get fat". Get a new doctor!
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You can't, honey. Sorry. There's really no quick fix when it comes to weight and your health.
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There is a healthy way to gain weight.  If you want to gain weight increase you're carb intake.  A favorite of mine is to eat just whole grain bread with a lot of peanut butter on it.  It contains a lot of carbs and protein, and not a lot of fat.  Also you could eat any number of carbs, make sure they are whole grains, like brown rice of whole wheat bread and such.  Don't be concerned with getting fat, but if you work out and haven't increased your calorie intake that could be thinning you out.  Take in like 3000-3500 calories per day if you are trying to gain weight.  Cottage cheese is a good source of protien and good fat.  Tuna fish is loaded with protein and essential fatty acids.  You would do well with red meat like beef that has a lot of protein and fat.  Lean meats that are high in protein are chicken breast and turkey.  Either one will help with lean mass.  Stay away from empty carbs like potato chips or candy because you'll be on here asking how to lose weight in a few months.  All in all thought load up on protein, not fat.  I personally take in one gram or protein per pound of body weight.  It is tough to achieve unless you take some sort of protein supplement which are relatively cheap and 100% safe.  The is no such thing as too much protein.
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If she is taking insulin she has type 2 diabetes.  There are medications she can take to help with the weight gain. Weight gain is a problem with type 2 diabetes.
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Find out your maintenance calorie mark, the number of calories you burn without doing any strenuous exercise during the day.  Then add 250-500 calories per day.  This will help you gain about a pound a week or about 52 pounds a year.  That should be easy enough.  Unless you're trying to put on flab, I'd recommend weight training and *some* cardio to go along with it.  In which case, you'd probably want to add an additional 300-500 calories.  Eat *lots* of complex carbs (oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potatoes, etc.) and more protein (chicken, fatty fish, lean steak) and a little more fat (mostly from oils such as flax seed, fish oil, peanut oil and other sources such as natural peanut butter).  You'll be bigger *and* healthier in no time.  Eat 6 big meals throughout the day.  It will boost your metabolism but you won't spike your insulin as much (again if you want to gain in a healthy manner).  \n\nIf you really do want to gain weight and don't care about your health, then whoppers, milk shakes, french fries at least once a day and no exercise should do the trick.
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More than likely it sounds like u are an endormorph which means it is very hard for you to gain weight.. 86 is rather small... eat lots of protein!!! if you feel you look unhealthy you should see a nutritionist good luck
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Well, she needs to think about taking Iron pills so that she rebuild the iron in her blood and increase the fat cells in her body. She needs to eat healthy foods...not saying she can only eat salad because that would only add water fat to her body and that's not what she needs. You can feed her small amounts of what you cook and over time increase the portion so that you can increase the size of her stomach...and as her stomach size increases you will see a difference in the fat level in her body. Her long term anorexia has stunted her menstral and over time she could see problems with her menstral since it hasn't came in two whole years...she could possibly not have children. The only true advice I can give you is not to rely on the internet for help...take her to a doctor. That's the only thing that could help her.\n\nYou can offer her your love but that isn't all she needs. She needs medical attention. The first step I tell most parents to take is to remove all the mirrors in the house. Not only will it create a mirror free house but she won't be worried about what she looks like constantly. The second step is to tell her she is beautiful all the time...the third step is to slowly increase her food intake...step four is let her know you love her and you accept her and maybe you can move the mirrors back into the house after you see an improvement.
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Are things or situations putting a lot of stress on your wife? Have you and your wife had any kids yet? Have you gained weight yourself? What things have happened in your lives such as eating habits and changes in lifestyle that might have encouraged this weight gain? \nFor one don't divorce her. Two, hopefully you married her on a higher level beyond her looks even though that also was an attraction you had towards her. Also for her to ask you she is already aware of the fact that she has gained this weight and would probably would like to hear such things like, "We can do it together, take it one step at a time,etc..." Do things with her like eating healthy, and exercising, so she knows she has your support in it. Also, try different sexual positions, be more exotic and make love to her because she wants it not just because you want it. Sex can also be a very exciting and fun way to lose weight. If all this doesn't work and you still don't find her sexually attractive then this is beyond her weight and I would advice you get help.
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your lucky to have high metabolism. try gaining at least another 20lbs. - then you'll be just fine.
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You weighed 255lbs when you married your husband obviously  found you attractive...It doesn't really seem like he is being a pig but more or less supportive. I applaud you for trying to lose weight because that is extremely difficult especially when you feel as though your husband is losing interest. My fiance and I have been together three years and in the beginning we had sex everyday now maybe twice a month. It's not that we aren't attracted to each other anymore but with stress, work, family and alot of other things we are just to tired. Stay motivated your husband just doesn't seem to know exactly how to encourage you without you becoming discouraged. If I tell her she needs to diet then she'll feel unattractive but if i tell her she is fine the way she is then I am not being supportive of her diet. Basically he's trying and so are you...Good Luck!
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The only diet she needs is healthy eating and lots of excercise. Make sure you don't starve her.
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I have an 17 year old daughter who is at this time 5'6 91 lbs.\nWe have started a program of 500 calories a day more than her normal eating habits of 1000 calories a day and within\na month we hope to have her at 2000 calories a day.\nWe have also started a cardio and weight training program to gain lean muscle mass not fat, Lot's of pasta, chicken, fish, fruit, whole milk, and protein shakes we prefer Muscle milk for it's taste and calories.Good eating habits are hard to keep up with at any age but you can get pretty creative with good foods and protein shakes.REMEMBER GAIN MUSCLE NOT FAT  good luck
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Not if they gained it all at one meal, then stuck me with the tab. \n\n300 lbs is a lot of weight... might be time to find a gym.
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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.