Hey everyone. Rescently I've been trying very hard to gain weight. I'm 18 and I weight 125, and on good months 130. I have a G'tube, though I rarely do my feeds...I really need to get better about that. But enough about me...
<b>Some things that have worked for me in the past:</b>
- Scandishakes, Boost, Ensure are all GREAT ways to gain weight. Everyone tells me that they hate the taste, although when it comes to being malnourished, I'd rather drink 10 Scandishakes a day than be a stick!
- Eat every 2 -3 hours! Try eating small snacks/meals that pack about 600 calories per snack/meal. During dinner, I always try to pack in a huge dinner. I estimate that my dinners are about 800 - 1000 calories. In that sense, if you eat 3 small meals and one large meal, your already getting 2800. Obviously, I would suggest eating 3 large meals. That's what I'm going to try. 3 large meals and 3 small meals...I'm thinking that if all this is done, you'll have about 5000 calories by the end of the day
- Add condiments to your meals like cheese, butter, and dips! Like someone earlier said, it really adds up.
In case anyone cares here's my recipie for scandi's (About 7 servings):
- 1 scandi shake pack
- 1 table spoons of Cookies and cream Ice cream
- 1 table spoons of Peanutbutter
- 12 oz's of milk
<b>Some things that have worked for me in the past:</b>
- Scandishakes, Boost, Ensure are all GREAT ways to gain weight. Everyone tells me that they hate the taste, although when it comes to being malnourished, I'd rather drink 10 Scandishakes a day than be a stick!
- Eat every 2 -3 hours! Try eating small snacks/meals that pack about 600 calories per snack/meal. During dinner, I always try to pack in a huge dinner. I estimate that my dinners are about 800 - 1000 calories. In that sense, if you eat 3 small meals and one large meal, your already getting 2800. Obviously, I would suggest eating 3 large meals. That's what I'm going to try. 3 large meals and 3 small meals...I'm thinking that if all this is done, you'll have about 5000 calories by the end of the day
- Add condiments to your meals like cheese, butter, and dips! Like someone earlier said, it really adds up.
In case anyone cares here's my recipie for scandi's (About 7 servings):
- 1 scandi shake pack
- 1 table spoons of Cookies and cream Ice cream
- 1 table spoons of Peanutbutter
- 12 oz's of milk