i have.. a problem.
i can't gain weight. no matter what.

i've tried eating more junk food, and i've stayed about 85ish pounds since like, the 4th grade.

And i've noticed i've been eating a lot less. i dont have an appetite a lot anymore.

my mom says it's nothing. i think i'm underweight based on my BMI and stuff, but she says i'm not. i do not believe her.

do you have any suggestions on what to do to gain weight heathily?

It's just because you're still young. I weighed around that much until i started puberty. Wait.. how old are you?

i'm.. 12 o_o
7th grade. :P

Your mom.. .

It's not healthy if you eat a lot of junk food. :( Just eat a lot of healthy foods.

i cant gain weight either, no matter how much i eat. but over a year, i ate healty and gained 10 pounds. it was a sucess. maybe you should only try eating healthy.

Tobyyyyyy, I always thought you were 16-ish.
I remember there was a meal plan on Seventeen.com that helps you gain weight...
http://www.seventeen.com/health/nutrition/..._662727,00.html.

Yeah, don't eat so much junk food its unhealthy...just eat more calories from healthier food and don't burn more than you eat, so make sure to eat more than you active if that makes sense.
I wouldn't worry too much though, you're only 12. Over the next few years, you will bulk up.

i don't gain much weight either. your metabolisim is probably really fast.
check with your doctor. maybe they can help you some how.

you have a fast motabolism

i'm in 9th grade; 5'1 [or 2] & 100 lbs. its normal

I want to slap you. In the nicest way possible. DO you have any idea what I would have given to be skinny as a kid? Geez. Look, love it while it lasts. Before your behind expands and you get fat in weird places like your armpits and your kneecaps. Its a great blessing to be s thin girl in this day and age. Everyone seems to be dieting to look like twigs, and you don't have to be unhealthy. In fact stop eating junk food because skinny girls with guts are very unattractive, and thats what will happen. Please eat healthy and stay active so that when you grow to appreciate your thin body while all of your girlfriends are dealing with rolls and plus size clothes, you will still have it. You are going to be glad you did, especially because statistically people pay more positive attention to skinny people because they are plastered everywhere we look. Just eat some broccoli and some chicken and exercise. If you don't like being skinny, work out (push ups and sit ups and stretching) and gain a little bit of lean muscle mass. Nothing looks better than a slender toned person. AND BE GRATEFUL!! I'd kill to be skinny.

hmm...well you should start off by planning out more of a healthy meal. junk food isn't good for you. you should just eat a big breakfast, lunch, and dinner. i mean go to your doctor or something so he/she can suggest the right about of cals and such you're supposed to eat each day. i do believe they can do that. and if you still can't gain weight then maybe you're supposed to be naturally small...i mean after all you are only 12. just don't worry about it too much.

heh.. no one really can gain weight.. but i think your fine the way you are toby.

Eat lots of bananas! And drink milk! And eat spinach!

Actually, I really have no idea. I haven't gained weight either. I'm still 92 pounds.


I've been 92 pounds for about a year and a half.

Hmm... I'm about 87-90 pounds... Have been for a while now, I guess... I've always been slender and I like it! Plus I do eat fairly healthy; my mom's a good cook! lol

i have the same problem. ive been under 100 for my whole life and i cannot gain weight. its because of your metabolism is fast. if you want to gain weight, then eat foods that have fat. and dont excersize to burn off calories. but you have to bcareful because fatty foods = clogged arteries. and you can die from that.

your metabolism could change..that's what happened to me
wait till puberty

You are lucky!
Fat kids would LOVE to be you!
It's probably just like something that runs in your family.

you probably have really high metabolism. lucky...

Exercise and get more muscles from it. Muscle weights more than fat.

Oh. thanks. i didn't know there was such thing as a fast metabolism. actually, i didn't even know what that was. okay, i'll eat healthy. XD it's just that my ribs show when i change in p.e. class and i find that embarassing somehow. ;x thanks. :D

Yup. Like others said, you have a fast metabolism. If you'd like, you can ask your doctor to refer you to a dietician that can help you gain weight health[ful]ly.

omg I have the same problem its so frustrating...and I eat A LOT...and the thing is im a Jr at a high school and im pretty sure I weigh around 80-95 :( so I get made fun of it at times. it sucks in my opinion.

a full breakfast lunch dinner will help you gain the weight.=]

Work out...muscles weigh more than fat. HOWEVER, don't think that weight's all that matters...just as long as you're not getting any health problems regarding it.

eating tons of hot pockets work

I would try to work out a little bit, you could get some muscle, and you'll look bigger. Eat lots of macaroni and cheese, pizza, anything really greasy.

eating food doesnt help as much as exercising and working out. muscle weighs more than fat. i am also a bit underweight for my age and my height. and whenever i see some dieting commercial i think "why dont people have 'get fatter' commercials?"

just keep eating healthy...or eat foods (that are healthy) that you like...ex, spaghetti, ice cream (well it's not that healthy, but i'm sure it's healthier than potato chips or something..), steaks, etc...well, yeah.

psh. same here. i eat a ton and enevr gain a pound. sometime si gain about 3,but then they just go down again. im really underweight,as my friends say.
most of my friends are 90-96 and im 78?
they say i just eat a lot but my body digests it all really fast.
sucks.

How do you expect to gain weight if you eat less and less? You can't.. I know it from experience.

Just start by eating whatever food you eat daily, and every day, add 200 calories to what you eat. Count the calories you've eaten all day though.. it's important! And make sure you eat a little more each day.. at LEAST 200 calories. That worked for me.. I'm 17, 5'3 and I weight 102 pounds. I was about 98 before I did that for a few weeks..

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you will eventually gain weight probably wen your metabolism slows down and you grow into a MAN :P

I wrote a topic on this, this would be against the rules. but I'm in the same situation as you. I'm 13 and in 8th grade, and I weigh 85 pounds as well (I'm 5'0) and my BMI says that I'm healthily skinny, but I still wish I could gain weight. you may be skinny for the rest of your life, but trust me, it's a good thing. as long as you're eating enough (as much as you can take is fine), then you're okay.

I was in the same situation just a short while ago. Eat more. You don't necessarily have to eat junk or oily food more often. Snack more! And my mom and sister have noticed me gain a bit of weight so it's not too bad.

um. eat healthy foods. veggies?? haha. ionno...
jeez i DONT wanna gain weight......be glad u ARE skinny rite now =]

ROTFL i wonder how many hot pockets YEN eats every day...lol.

a 15 years old cber like me will help ya out, spiritual winged aura: :]


eat alot of carbs for dinner or before you sleep. why?

You store all the carbs while you're sleeping. these carbs will transform into fat.

however, you need to be patient enough to gain weight. i weighted from 107lbs to 125lbs in six months now.

guess what? i'm perfectly healthy. how did i do that? i eat enough healthy stuff for snacks, lunch, and breakfast.

you gotta eat heavy meals :] heavy meals = sleep better while your junkies turn into fat.

=] Don't worry, as soon as you hit puberty you'll gain some weight. Trust me. I made a topic similar to this last year, freaking out that I was losing weight while already skinny. Then I got to be more n more of a teenage and boom! Out of no where I suddenly gain some weight. Of course, now I don't really like it..but yeh.

dooont worry im 13 and 86 pounds, im gaining slowwlyy. i asked my health teach how i can gain weight she said eat lotsa dairy products, bread & grains. make sure u dont get under 1,400 calories a day. ur hormones will eventually start acting up & ull start gaining weight. good luck (;`.

Don't eat junk food!


..It's not healthy for you and shit.
Try eating a variety of food from the food pyramid, and if you're that worried, start by counting your calories [if possible]. Make sure you're getting the required 2,500 cals. to gain a few pounds.

You're in 7th grade... wait until you get a little older and your metabolism begins to slow down and you start gaining more weight then you'd want.

Don't TRY to be fat. Being skinny is only bad if it's because you don't eat at all. Just keep eating healthy foods and doing the same thing you have been doing.

Ha.. That happened to me. I need to start working on getting rid of the beer belly

3 meals a day?

you lucky girll. eat healthy food 24/7 might help/ iono.

i can't seem to gain weight either, ha! but i've seen a little "ab baggage" down there, so i think it'll be slowing down soon. nooooo! :D

lol wow i have the same problem! i eat like a pig and i still stay skinny. some people think im anorexic, im soo not! its genetics lol my dads skinny and mums fat. but some ppl say if u eat alot when ur young, even if ur thin, ur gonna be real fat when ur older

I thought the same thing, based on my BMI I'm about 20 pounds underweight. But the thing is I'm perfectly healthy. If there's nothing wrong with you, I wouldn't worry about trying to gain weight.

i'm exactly the same way. i'm stuck at 90. at 15 years old. no matter WHAT. everything i do....nothing works AT ALL! doctors say it's normal and stuff....but for my height, weight, and age....if i lose about 6 or 7 lbs...i'll be in trouble (aka anorexic) and i hate getting teased about how skinny i am...and it's NOT something to be jealous about. but i've found out that since unhealthy food doesn't matter it any better than healthy food, but instead will do damage to your body, then it's just better to accept yourself and eat healthy. and ask your doctor. i did, and she told me what i just told you!

That's not as bad as some of my friends. Especially one of them. She's 18 and going off to University next year. She's a tad bit shorter than me (I'm 5''3 - short =[) or just the same height. Anyway, she only weights 90 or so. She went to 95 after 4 years, but she got sick once, and dropped back to 90. I guess it's also her health, because she has some infection thing. I guess it's really because she's unhealthy though. But it's still not good.

BANANAS !!! AVOCADOS !!! WHOLE MILK !!!
healthy but high fat content foods
aztecs ate avocados since they needed fat and energy since they worked all the time and avocados has highest fat content of all fruits