How do you gain weight in a healthy way?

Answer by  Sciffy (61)

Gain weight slowly by adding 500 extra calories per day. If you want the weight to be muscle, not fat, eat high-quality foods like meat and vegetables; avoid processed food.

Answer by  wj (646)

Follow a normal healthy balanced diet - fruit, vegetables, lean white meat, fish, pasta, rice, etc - but simply increase your portions. Don't binge on junk food or stop exercising! Snack on nuts and avocados which are a healthy source of fats and calories.

Answer by  kungfukid (1241)

A good way to gain healthy weight is to work out with weights to strengthen and increase muscle tissue. This is a good way to gain healthy weight because you will get in to better physical shape, increased muscle mass causes higher metabolism rates which makes you healthier even though your weight has increased.

Answer by  bubbyboy (9929)

The best way to gain weight and be healthy is to eat more frequent small meals with lots of calories. Eating a lot of sweets isn't the right way to do this. There are high calorie nutricious drinks available, too.

Answer by  HawaiianGirl (6906)

You can gain weight healthily by eating healthy foods. Eating high fat, or fried foods is definetely not the way to go. Increase your proteing intake, and eat "healthy" fats such as peanut butter, and avocados.

Answer by  ambi901 (473)

Add butter or margarine (trans fat-free) to food. Use whole fat dairy products, use heart healthy oils when cooking meals like olive oil or canola oil and add healthy extras to dishes.

Answer by  Jacob5243 (5)

Eating a balance of carbohydrates, fats, and protein from natural sources with a low glycemic index. My recommendation is tracking your calorie input, lean protein, unsaturated fat, and carbohydrate intake for one week of eating with your normal habits, and then increasing your calories by 5-10% and consuming 10-20% fats, 50-60% carbohydrates, and 20-30% lean protein in 6 daily meals.