Hello, I am new and I am looking for some advice from older, wiser people please. :D

Well my problem is I can't seem to eat enough. I am female and a teenager. I am only 4'11" and weigh 101 pounds. Putting on weight is pretty hard and I should probably, at my age, weigh more. I'm totally picky with food and generally I only eat chicken, bacon, potatoes, rice, curry, pasta and cheese pizza etc. Nothing like salad so I think I am pretty unhealthy.

I am hoping someone has any tips on how to gain weight with my limited taste or knows of any calorie rich foods? Thanks alot, and I know its kind of vague... :(

You would like to eat more calorie rich food? Honey, you are already eating it!
And by the way, 101 pounds is not that skinny at 4'11" so don't worry about putting on more weight. If you continue with your eating habits, more weight will come eventually but why would you want it?
What you need to worry about is eating more healthy food, not just more fattening food. Gaining fat is not the issue, gaining healthy eating habits is. You are very young so there is a long road ahead. Choose healthier foods, exercise (it doesn't need to be at the gym, just keep active) and make it your way of life, not a temporary fix.

I agree with Rita. You don't need to eat more, but might want to try to make healthier choices. Eat breads made with whole wheat flour. Have egg whites regularly, and drink 1 or 2% milk. Yogurt is a good source of protein, and of course fruits and vegetables should be a staple of any diet.

Try to eat more foods that are rich in protein and fiber, and less things like bacon and cheese pizza, which are high in fat. Of course you need not eliminate these things completely, just remember to make them the exception, and not the rule. :wave:

I totally agree what these people are saying. I'm also a teenager and 4'11'' and i weigh about 97 lbs. I am even trying to lose about two lbs. You should REALLY REALLY try to eat healthier because with the foods that you have listed, in the future, you will most likely have health problems if you continue with that diet. I used to be like that but i easily got into the habit of eating healthy foods and now i won't even touch the foods you've listed. I became a vegetarian also.. that way i'm not tempted to eat meat that contains harmful fats and such. i'm not saying that you should do the same but its something that helped me quite a bit into getting into new habits. My favorite food used to be chocolate but now its APPLES :D and i feel better with the diet change. SO GO FOR IT! lol

Thanks alot for advice everyone!

p.s. [removed] i thought at my age we were supposed to be chubby hehe

You are welcome but at no age we are supposed to be chubby. Well, maybe a bit chubby as babies but not after that. In fact, research has shown that fat babies may become fat adults.

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In my family, fat babies have grown very tall and the small babies like myself have stayed small. in my family as soon as we see a fat baby, totally round we know his genetics are preparing him for a huge stretch when he is a teen. but now I am small and fat. Lol as I eat the same amount as someone tall, but I’m not.

I too am 4'11 and I have always weighed lots, but never knew why, I guess I eat alot of sweets and junk food, not good. right now I am 150 POUNDS!! which is obese for my size.

I never ate things that would clog my arteries like bacon and eggs, but I have started eating them during the last few years... I did some recherché and found that eating bacon does not help you gain weight in your body, but it goes into your blood. Some thin people have very fat blood, (high cholesterol) like my husband, who is 5’11 and 109 pounds, and he has heart conditions, because he had always believed that bacon and milk and meat where good ways to gain weight. But only in your blood. Pasta, rice, fruit, pizza are healthy ways to gain weight. And if you do eat food high in cholesterol, you also need to eat food that helps fight cholesterol. I personally don’t have high cholesterol so I don’t really know how to fight it other then a changed diet with good carbs and exercise. But my advice is: don’t be like me and eat too much refined sugar and carbs, and don’t be like my husband and eat too much fatty meats.