How can I put on weight, High calorie foods, How can I gain weight safely?

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Before you try to put on weight, you should check if you’re underweight for your height. If you are, the best way to gain weight will depend on what caused you to lose it. You may also need some medical treatment.

Get advice
If you think you’re underweight, you should get advice from your GP. They can check if you’re a healthy weight for your height. You can also try our healthy weight calculator.

Why have I lost weight?
Losing weight without trying to do so can have many causes.

If you’re underweight for your height, your GP can check for any health condition that may have caused you to lose weight, for example:

•overactive thyroid gland, or
•a condition that prevents your body from absorbing food properly, such as coeliac disease.
Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, can also cause people to lose weight.

You can find information about these conditions in our Health A-Z.

Gaining weight
To gain weight, you need to eat more calories than your body uses each day. You need to do this regularly. It’s not enough just to have the occasional extra snacks.

Your GP can also give you advice about eating healthily and making changes to your diet, to help you gain weight.

Anorexia nervosa
If your GP thinks you have anorexia, you will need an overall assessment of your health. This assessment may also involve other healthcare professionals.

Treatment for anorexia usually includes:

•psychological treatment (talking to a therapist or counsellor), and
•advice on eating (your diet and nutrition) to help you gain weight safely.
These treatments work better when combined, rather than on their own.

Your healthcare professional will give you advice about how to increase the amount you eat so you can gain weight safely. They will help you to re-establish or develop healthy eating habits, so that you can:

•eat more food,
•eat more healthily, and
•increase the nutrients and calories you get from the food you eat.

Question and Answer

Question:
I would like to know how to put on weight. I can eat and eat but don’t seem to gain any weight. I have good muscle tone but no body fat, and the veins in my arms and legs stand out. I would like to put on about five to eight kilograms.

Answer:
Be patient, as gaining weight can be a slow process … it seems in “skinny” people that no sooner do they gain one kilo, they lose it. What you need is not to give up exercising (as muscle mass is important) but increase your kilojoule level by at least 2000kJ per day more. Make sure you eat frequently, snacking on dried fruits, nuts, cheeses and small sandwiches. Never skip a meal, even if you are not too hungry. At least have something like crackers and eggs. Choose drinks of higher nutritional and kilojoule value, eg fruit juices, milks, milkshakes and egg flips, high-energy drinks like Ensure plus, Resource plus and Sustagen are useful for those extra kilojoules.

How many calories in high calorie foods

Bacon fried 2 rashers 50g 250 calories
Bakewell Tart 100g 400 calories
Batter fried 100g 500 calories
Black pudding fried 100g 400 calories
Brandy Butter 100g 550 calories
Burger Mcdonalds Big Mac per item 461 calories
Butter 100g 750 calories
Butterkist Popcorn 100g 420 calories
Buttermilk mix 100g 100g 500 calories
Canary Pudding 100g 500 calories
Cashew Nuts 100g 600 calories
Castle Pudding 100g 480 calories
Cheese quiche 100g 350 calories
Cheese Cheddar 100g 440 calories
Cheese, egg & bacon Flan 100g 400 calories
Chocolate 100g 500 calories
Chocolate biscuits digestive 100g 500 calories
Chocolate nut spread 100g 550 calories
Coconut fresh 100g 400 calories
Coconut Oil 100g 900 calories
Cod liver Oil 100g 900 calories
Corned Beef tinned 100g 100g 300 calories
Corn Oil 100g 900 calories
Crisps (chips US) average 100g 500 calories
Donner Kebab with mayonnaise 100g 600 calories
Dripping 100g 890 calories
Duck 100g 430 calories
Fresh Cream double 100g 450 calories
Fresh Cream Clotted 100g 590 calories
Hazelnut & herb stuffing 100g 480 calories
Hazelnut milk chocolate 100g 600 calories
Honey average 100g 360 calories
Jam Roll 100g 400 calories
Lard 100g 890 calories
Leicester Pudding 100g 700 calories
Low fat spread 100g 400 calories
Luncheon Meat 100g 100g 400 calories
Mango Chutney 100g 460 calories
Margarine average 100g 750 calories
Mayonnaise average 100g 520 calories
Meringue 100g 460 calories
Mince Pies 100g 450 calories
Olive Oil 100g 900 calories
Pastry Puff 100g 500 calories
Pastry shortcrust 100g 600 calories
Pate Brussels100g 100g 400 calories
Peanuts 100g 100g 600 calories
Peanut Butter 100g 620 calories
Peanut Oil 100g 900 calories
Pie Melton Mowbray 100g 400 calories
Pie Shepherd’s 100g 550 calories
Pine Kernels 100g 600 calories
Pizza average “Capricciosa” 100g 890 calories
Pizza average “Pepperoni” 100g 1050 calories
Pizza average “Margherita” 100g 800 calories
Pork Pie 100g 450 calories
Pork Scratchings 100g 680 calories
Queen of puddings 100g 510 calories
Red Wine Sauce 100g 400 calories
Safflower Oil 100g 900 calories
Sesame Oil 100g 880 calories
Soya Oil 100g 900 calories
Sunflowerseed Oil 100g 900 calories
Salami Danish 100g 600 calories
Sausage German Frankfurter 100g 450 calories
Sausage Smoked 100g 450 calories
Sausage Rolls 100g 100g 350 calories
Sausage Bockwurst 100g 600 calories
Scotch Eggs each 100g 380 calories
Suet 100g 820 calories
Table sugar 100g 400 calories
Taramasalata average 100g 490 calories
Tartare Sauce 100g 320 calories
Thousand Island Dressing 100g 480 calories
Treacle Tart 100g 400 calories
Vegetable Oil 100g 900 calories
Wimpy International Grill 100g 750 calories