How to get more weight to a slim body?
Question:
I am 5’6” very slim and slightly build 30 year old woman. I do heavy exercising 3 – 4 times a week, for about 45 minutes at a time. What should I eat so that my weight won’t go too low. Should I eat more carbohydrates and proteins? In my own opinion I already eat in quite healthy way. The aim is to get more muscles to my thin body. I wouldn’t want to quit running either, because the aerobic exercising gives a good feeling mentally and physically. I also wouldn’t want to try any chocolate and hamburger diets either. What would you suggest, how to get more weight?
Answer:
Once in a while I come across to this kind of problem, building muscle and gaining weight seems to be impossible. There is a certain body type that seems to have this problem, people who’s metabolism is a bit too efficient. There is also a certain group of people who just don’t eat enough and train like madmen, they also have problems when trying to gain weight.
So to let’s get the bodybuilding project started. First thing to do is to start eating 5 -6 times a day. Increase the size of your meals, but you don’t need to add any unnecessary sugars or fats to your diet so let’s keep it as a low fat diet.
The most important meals of the day are breakfast and the meal after exercising, in these both meals your energy levels are low. Try to find something extra energy especially both of these meals, for example a bit of strawberry jam to your breakfast porrdige or cereals will get you more energy.
After exercising you should always remember to take your recovery drink, and preferably a drink which has slightly more carbohydrates than proteins. Eat a warm meal about 1,5 – 2 hours after you have finished your recovery drink.
The energy that a good aerobic workout gives you cannot be denied, so you shouldn’t do less aerobic workouts. You should try to divide your aerobic and muscle exercising on different days so that you have enough energy for both and won’t consume and use your muscles too much. Remember to keep at least one day of rest from exercising, preferably two, so that they are not on back to back days.
As a supplement, try fish oil capsules for getting you the good fats and perhaps a product with omega-3 in it. Most important thing still is to eat enough, but eat healthy.