what are some ways to gain weight? i have a high metabolism and no matter how much i eat, i hardly ever gain any pounds. what can i do?

Keep eating.

You may not be able to do anything about it. One friend of mine is six-foot, 145-150, and he's had to resign himself to the fact that he will never, ever be bigger than that, even though he's been known to eat, then have friends come over two hours later who are hungry and eat with them. Another guy (friend of a friend) went to a Mongolian BBQ joint and ate nine bowls- two to three are enough to fill a big person- and the only reason he stopped was because he had to go back to work from lunch.

yeah, i guess the only ways would be to 1. eat alot or 2. not shit (I hear you can have 3 coils if you hold it for about 5 days)

try working out more too, you might be able to increase your muscle mass by strength training.. yeah, you'd burn off more calories, but you should still be able to actually gain weight, that way.

Look for advice on building muscle for "hard gainers." That's what you are.

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Back in my early high school days of wrestling, we had a differnt type of team. Instead of most of us trying to go down a weight class, our coach encouraged us to gain weight if we wanted. So this one guy, who weighed 140, decided he wanted to bulk up. He too, had a high metabolism and could eat anything.

After a month of trying different bulking foods, he found success! Peanut butter. For the rest of the wrestling season he ate a couple containers of peanut butter per week. By the end of the season, he weighed 170, and was still in excellent physical condition.

I bet he had a hard time taking a shit if he even could...I bet he was just full of shit.....

You could always take weight gain pills...
If you want to gain weight, its better to have a more muscle mass, rather than to be fat. Try to work out alot, and dont try to gain weight by eating lots of junk, thats just plain unhealthy.

If pills arnt your thing, eat oily foods. However, i doubt they are good for you. Working out is probally the best way, work out, eat, then work out some more. You gain more muscles, you eat more, you gain more. Hopefully that will work.

Eat lots of chicken, drink lots of beer like Guiness, and lift weights, muscle weighs more then fat. You may not be able to gain though. Stayed the same weight from HS until I reached 30, and only then did I start to fill out.

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Originally posted by vinman56:
yeah, i guess the only ways would be to 1. eat alot or 2. not shit (I hear you can have 3 coils if you hold it for about 5 days)

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i dont want to seem like a dumbass, but what do you mean by '3 coils'
-its better to be a fool for a day than for eternity

work out with heavy weights (dont hurt urself if our young or overload too much), eat lots of protein, try using creatine maybe a protein powder, stay away from lots of cardio

ok lets say exact opposite how would one lose weight and keep ones muscle mass (not increase)

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Originally posted by warweed12:
ok lets say exact opposite how would one lose weight and keep ones muscle mass (not increase)

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Run 10 miles a day. Very slowly. Takes about 3 hours. After a week take it down to 3 miles.

And if you do that running in the morning, before you eat, it will be more effective. And don't eat late in the evenings. That's what I do, but i don't run for 3 hours... who's got that kind of time?

Eat Lots of eggs & mayonaise.

I know what ya mean. I can eat more than a 300 lb person, and all burn all of it off by just walking down the stairs, I have however gained a bit of weight since quitting drugs.

Eat Human flesh~lots of it.

Dont you people watch the simpsons?? if you want to gain weight, rub all of your food on a piece of paper. If that turns the paper translucent to transparent, than most likely, the food will make you fat. Homer gained A LOT of weight by doing this. then he could go on disability.

BEER!

lots of it. although you may not like the results. the weight tends to go to the ass and gut and neck first.

Been said mentioned already but let me reiterate, start with creatine, that will fill your muscles with water and give you crazy energy, you should put on a few pounds with that alone. Then start hitting the protein shakes, a good rule of thumb is to take in 2 or 3 grams of protein per pound of body mass per day, yeah it gets hectic keeping this kind of intake up but you are almost guaranteed alot of mass. good luck!

errr....u know that protein powder milkshake stuff your supposed to use when bodybuilding? well no matter what your fat genes in you DNA are (the ones that tell your body to store fat or burn it), you still gain weight VERY QUICKLY.

not only body building, of course o protein power wont do much without working out, but as long as you lift weights any source of protein will help.

Peanut Butter shakes.
Chocolate Chakes
Alot of Bread
Sweets
Abundance of food.

But that would also be harming yourself.

Try asking your doctor to prscribe you some forti-sip or ensure-plus (high calorie drinks - although you can also get forti-soup, but I wouldn't recommend it). They have a mixture of nutrients, so it's not just like packing away the fat. I you can't get it via the doctors, you can buy similar things (build-up) from supermarkets or pharmacies.