GAIN WEIGHT THE RIGHT WAY: THE 5 STEP PROGRAM FOR ALL

Eat More, Eat Often

If you define your body type as skinny, this is probably when you should start paying attention.

It is estimated that people who fall below 15-20% of the appropriate height and weight for their age-group are underweight. As most of you must already be calculating your BMIs, rest assured, it is the best way to find the appropriate weight.

Being underweight can have many reasons, medical conditions like Hyperthyroidism, Diabetes, eating disorders etc. beside more serious ones like Tuberculosis, Cancer or even HIV. If you find yourself a patient of the latter your prerogative should be preventing any rapid weight loss or loss of strength thereof. Building your body can be kept for a later stage when you have warded off imminent deterioration. Your doctor will be capable to give you the best advice in this case to benefit you specifically.

For the rest, here are 5 simply worded steps to follow.

• Eat More, Eat Often.

Large meals cause accumulation of nutrients and ultimately wastage. Breaking up your lunch in 3-4 uniform parts at regular intervals until the next meal will help your body digest the entire food and optimum utilization can be expected. New researches also suggest that Late-Night Snacks will help you pile on more weights.

• Eat Healthy.

You will find countless diets online and countless more experts that will help you do this. More often than not a person’s diet depends on his body type and needs. So avoiding any specifics, let’s set some ground rules. A High Protein diet is a good diet, but flooding your body with proteins and nothing else will cause your body to start utilizing these proteins for energy requirements and not for muscle growth or weight gain. A diet must include requisite amounts of Complex Carbs like Potatoes, Nuts, Brown-rice, Whole Grains, Fruits etc. will keep your proteins focussed on your muscles alone.

• Record your Calories.

Choose from a plethora of Applications or Websites to record your daily meals and you will get suggestions to increase intake for the following ones.

Exercise Right

• Exercise Right.

One should focus more on Compound Exercises as they will distribute the effort uniformly to your entire body. The key is to make yourself stronger by lifting more weights and your body will follow suit and the difference will be visible.

You must rest every muscle you exercise for at least 48 hours to regenerate and the best way to do so is by sufficient sleep, anywhere between 8-9 Hours.

Lastly and most importantly, weight gains may appear to be slow but wise men have always said appearances can be deceptive; so learn to be patient and motivated results are guaranteed.