Tips on How to Increase Weight

Obese and overweight people will be elated if their weight stops increasing, however, for underweight people, low body weight and thinner frame can be a concern. For overall well-being, one must have a healthy body weight. If you wish to gain weight and get a muscular frame, don't be baffled with innumerable diet advises by your peers. Here are some tips that will help you to strategise your diet plan properly, which is a prerequisite to increasing weight.

   1. Frequent but Healthy Eating

For gaining weight, you need to take at least three meals a day. Your daily caloric consumption must be 500 calories for healthy weight gain. If you have a sedentary lifestyle and the required caloric consumption can harm your health, consult a nutritionist to structure a diet plan as per as your activity level. If your schedule doesn't allow you to take more than three meals, make sure you never skip your breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fresh fruit juices and shakes that are high on calories will aid you further in gaining weight and managing your metabolism.

   2. Pies and Snacks

Other than three major meals of a day, you'll need to take calorie-rich desserts after your meals. Brownies, a slice of pie, ice cream milkshake and desserts prepared with protein powder are laden with calories. Similarly, snacks in between the meals will not only keep you full, but are also good food options for weight gain. You may include nuts, granola, peanut and dried fruits in your snacks. Snacking helps to balance out calories, proteins and fats to help you gain weight.

   3. Carbohydrates

Foods that contain carbohydrates are necessary for building muscle mass and maintain it. Multigrain and whole-grain carbohydrate foods, sauces, spreads or dips will provide you energy and strength to religiously work out to attain a muscular frame with healthy body weight. In your breakfast, you may eat toasts with jam along with peanut butter, pasta topped with creamy sauces, take a glass of milk with a bowl of oatmeal or two-egg omelet's.

   4. Workout

For quick weight gain, you will be required to engage in intensive resistance and weight training exercises. For long-term maintenance of gained weight, you have to indulge in all forms of physical activities. Engaging in exercises will keep you in shape preventing accumulation of flab. Intensive training aids in improvement of muscle strength along with fulfilling your weight gain objective.

The most important thing to remember about gaining weight fast is to track your progress in order to keep yourself motivated. Take pictures to know the difference and/or keep a journal to write about you are going through in the process. A positive outlook about gaining weight will reap results!