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Originally Posted by Loosheesh
I'm trying to do some meal planning, which I've never done before, and I'm lost. Hubby does majority of cooking at home but I need to take more interest now because my doctor says I need to gain 10-15 pounds (BMI says I'm close to underweight). My weight hasn't shifted (up or down) more than 3 pounds in more than 20 years. I don't know how I'm supposed to do this. I can't eat large portions so I have to break up my eating times (breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, bedtime snack). All that eating; my stomach revolts at the thought of it  |
Can you work out? Building muscle makes for healthy weight gain, and your body will eventually start to demand more fuel to build the muscle tissue with, which hopefully means you'll be able to eat more. Your doctor should be able to get you in contact with a nutritionist or other expert in diet and nutrition who can help you find out what to eat that is high in calories without being unhealthy for you. If calories was all that mattered, you could meet your goal easily by just drinking lots of hard alcohol every day... but that would have some rather unhealthy side effects to the weight gain, that your doctor probably would not want for you.
