i cant gain weight help....... - Women's Health Message Board

heather530 · 04-15-2009, 06:31 PM

I have always been very skinny and never been able to gain weight. Im 5'10" and weigh 110 lbs i dont have any eating disorders i just have a weight problem. I have been on birth control but it didnt help either and i dont know how else to gain weight.

rae1103 · 04-15-2009, 09:03 PM

have you talked to a doctor about the possibility of a problem (thyriod (i think can cause underweight as well as excess weight not 100%) or parasites etc) you also could just have an intense metabolism i'm not sure how much you normally eat but try keeping a food journal for at least a week (either by hand or electronically, ipod has some great free aps and see how much you are really eating and then try to increase daily intake by at least 500 that should help! also this may sound opposite of most advice but if you don't workout try adding some light cardio and strength training that can help adjust your metabolism as well of course adding that in you'll need at also add in more calories as well

shisslak · 04-16-2009, 11:46 AM

Spring has arrived-try having one very thick milkshake (with lots of ice cream) once a day. (Burger King has a killer oreo ice cream shake). I actually had this prescribed to me by my doctor--long long time ago. I of course do not have that problem anymore. I now have the opposite--thanks to child birth at an older age. (love the child, do not like what she has done to her mother.)