How do you put on weight????

[Greg Ward]

Just back from the bush where I spent 2 weeks fencing, spraying weeds and mucking around with Mal's new bandsaw.

Back in Sydney. weighed myself....... down to 75Kg. Used to be 88.
I'm 188cm tall.

No wonder my pants keep falling down.

I eat a extra large meal in the evening, good breakfast, maccas for lunch, or some sandwiches, don't snack. Have a few beers each night. Work in an office in Sydney.

What do you have to do to keep weight on???????

Advice appreciated.

Greg

[Honorary Bloke]

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!

:gaah::ranting2::minigun:

[Ivan in Oz]

At 75kG you are in the Middle of the BMI
@
88kG you are at the upper limit.


Oh!!
To your question........Wear Braces

[wheelinround]

Greg I need a full list of your time at Mal's hrs spent doing it and then Mal's contact details

:D I wish I was that size again

[Waldo]

Weight?

Only put weight on when I pick something up and lose it when I put it back down. :D

Ask SWMBO, and she'll say the beer has done something about my tum tum. But she's wrong. :no: I eat what I like when I like and as often as I like. :2tsup:

[switt775]

What do you have to do to keep weight on???????

Advice appreciated.

Greg

Before I turned 40 I couldn't answer, had the same problem.

But from my limited experience the formula is:

1. Injure your knee, requiring 4 operations to sort of / kind of / almost / fix.:(

2. Lift something you shouldn't and blow out two discs in your back.:C

After that, all you need to do is stand in the same room a a doughnut to put on weight.

[Andy Mac]

To your question........Wear Braces
I think braces would be the perfect sartorial detail for the modern lumberjacking male.:D Or go buy a new wardrobe!

Cheers,

[big_gumbo]

What do you have to do to keep weight on???????

Advice appreciated.

Greg

Be less active and more lazy.

I tried to put on weight once. Ate everything in sight and sat on the couch for a month and only gained 4kg. Couldn't be bothered doing that anymore and lost in all again in just a few weeks. Some people are naturally skinny

[fred.n]

What do you have to do to keep weight on???????

Advice appreciated.

Greg


Work in a lollie factory like me :C:U also shift work dosen't help :oo:

[woodbe]

Keep active and you will maintain your ideal weight. seems like yours is not 88kg.

I'm about the same: 187cm 72kg. I used to be 84kg before I decided to stop being lazy and deskbound at the end of 2004. Now, I make sure I exercise every day, and every second day is harder than the 'off' days. I've racked up nearly 3 million metres on the rowing machine, and I'm fitter than I have been since high school.

Buy new clothes, celebrate. Book in for a regular checkup at the doc's. We men tend to ignore our health, and there are some things that shouldn't be left to chance, especially past 50...

woodbe.

[manoftalent]

eat more fuel than you burn off and you will easily put weight on.....your body seems to be running smooth at the moment with what you eat and your size ...I am a little concerned on what your eating though....have you had your cholesterol checked lately??...my body is about the same as yours ..183cm...just on 80kg .....and yes I lost a bit .......my cholesterol is almost on the edge requiring tablets ...thats bad ....you dont want that ..its the kind of stuff that hardens the arteries and gives us a stroke/heartattack..........have it checked 6monthly ......be happy with yourself and your size ....buy new clothes .....in the long run your much better off :2tsup:

[frog's wife]

I'm sure if we all threw heavy stuff at him, he'd eventually gain weight!


GRRRRR




Sonja

[davo453]

Beer, chips and cheese did it for me.

Took me ages to loose it too.

[Pat]

Two words . . . Chocolate & Sloth:U

[Greg Ward]

Thanks for comments.

I've cut back on the beer and red wine, so maybe the appetite is falling as well.

And I guess there is a genetic side to hyper people...we don't put on weight

But a loss of around 10kg over a few weeks did seem a lot, and it wasn't really a hot Christmas at Rollands Plains. I thought muscle weighed more than 'fat' therefore hard work would have increased my weight.

Back to potatoes and less cucumbers, lettuce and other salad stuff.

Regards
Greg

[funkychicken]

I'm about 6' 2" and I weigh 57kg.


Yeah I have the same problem, just can't (and won't) pack on the pounds


*sigh*

[prozac]

Greg next time I'm at your place just stand next to me, maybe you'll catch some of mine.

Perhaps I should come and put in a week or two at Mal's place!

prozac

[Harry72]

6'2" and 57kg dam you must be a bag of bones.
Im only 5'11" and 92kg BMI is 29... and I go to gym 6 days a week!

[snowyskiesau]

Putting on weight? Just breathing seems to do it for me !

[Matt88s]

Snacking and soda does it for me, I can drop 10-20 easily if I stop drinking soda. I always have to be drinking something though, water, tea, juice soda pop, coffee, just something, preferably cold, with ice, or chilled to approximately 32.5 degrees. Soda is the easiest and usually cheapest to get wherever I am, there's always vending machines around or a cafeteria, about the only place I'm limited to water is at work, I'm lucky with that, I'd probably weigh a lot more than I do if we had beverages at work.

The gym also worked for me, although not in the right way, I only went for a semester but I walked in 200lbs and walked out 215lbs.:B A brawny 215 but still 215. :no: In theory the more bulked up you get, although muscle weighs more than fat, the more calories you burn even just stationary, didn't really work for me though. :U

[underused]

Summer time in Japan does it for me (being a Brit), gets very hot and humid here.
The Karate training gets really hard here, in the summer...after training, there's puddles of moisture dripping off the walls and ceiling:D I can ring-out my Dogi (uniform). Our master won't let us use the Aircon...says it'll make us weak:rolleyes:

[Groggy]

I'm 188cm and 105kg. I'm too short for my weight. For most of my life (under 30) I was 75kg (very fit), then studied and jumped to 90kg (up to 40), my knees went and I got a desk job and crept up to 105kg at 49.

[astrid]

This is giving me the giggles,
I thought only us women were supposed to obsess about weight.
and groggy for your height and age you look ok
and yes you can lose 10 unwanted and excess but familiar kilos in a few weeks.
HWMNBO went to japan, with change of diet and no car I thought he was emaciated two months later until i remembered him sharing my levi's 20 years ago. He lost 15 kilos in 8 weeks:U

went to the UK and put it back in 4 weeks.:no:

Astrid:rotfl:

[wayfarer]

How to put on weight?

Give up smoking and turn 40 in the same week. Worked for me.

Was 181cm and 67kgs... I had a metabolism like a race horse. SWMBO said grey hound, as she would.

Now 180cm and 86kg :(

But hey, I walk my 10K steps per day otherwise I get huge! Nearly 90kgs once!

[ss_11000]

i'm 183 and around 70kg. i think i run to much.

just eat a whole lot of KFC, that should put on some weight

[astrid]

nah stirlo,
your definatly over weight for your hight,
when i was 16 i was 169cm weighed 48 kg:C
congrats on the new job:2tsup:

astrid:U

[ss_11000]

nah stirlo,
your definatly over weight for your hight,lol..i wish i wieghed a couple more right now.:shrug:
when i was 16 i was 169cm weighed 48 kg:Cjust a wee bit underweight with a bmi of 15:oo:
congrats on the new job:2tsup:cheers

astrid:U
cheers

[Optimark]

Greg, don't wish to alarm you, but have you thought of seeing a doctor regarding your reasonably quick weight loss?

I ask this as a person who has seen a few close friends lose weight, feel really quite good about it, sort of. Then start to notice a few other possible symptoms of diabetes.

My mother went through this phase before it became detected. It was only after she, in passing conversation, told her doctor about her great weight loss. She suffered from diabetes type 1.

My God daughter's father, in his early fifties also lost weight, and, as it was warmish weather, didn't notice that he was drinking a bit more water than normal. Also, as his appetite started to gain, his weight didn't. He has always been a very lean person and active, he is a farmer. He has diabetes type 1.

Mick.

Ps:- I also have two younger brothers, who noticed similar symptoms, they now have diabetes type 2

[Greg Ward]

Men don't visit doctors....... but I will take on board and thank you for your concerns, I think it more likely to be a combination of hot weather, hard work and plenty of salads rather than anything terminal...
But I will watch.

I've also cut out drinking red wine on a daiy basis, I don't know what affect that will have.
I feel like a science experiment..

Greg

[astrid]

Yeah, i was a bit on the slender side.
but dont forget women carry less muscle so i think our bmi is different.
I was down to 54kg last year, just hard work and thats about perfect for my age and build.
Put a bit on since sitting on office 3 days a week.
Think I'll go back to my shed full time.:U

Astrid

[AlexS]

I've also cut out drinking red wine on a daiy basis, I don't know what affect that will have.
Greg

You won't feel so good.:D

[WoodyKnot]

First of all get an xbox 360 and plenty of games & a comfortable vibrating chair. Then make your own milkshakes with 5 times the flavouring, 4 scoops extra creamy ice cream, 3 tablespoons full cream milk powder, 3 cups full cream milk, 2 tbls milo (if it's chocolate flavoured), 2tbls of malted milk powder, 100ml cream, 150ml baileys then mix it all with an electric beater and have it once per day with 2 or 3 meat pies. This helps one sleep too. ;)

[Dirty Doogie]

LOL - What !! only 2 TBLSPNs OF MALT ???

[WoodyKnot]

LOL - What !! only 2 TBLSPNs OF MALT ???
Well I guess one has to watch the figure grow a little at a time:)

[tea lady]

Yes. You don't want stretch marks.

You could also try going for a swim. Counter intuitive I know but it always makes me really hungry and I have to have fish and chips for dinner.

[funkychicken]

6'2" and 57kg dam you must be a bag of bones.


You must mean "bag of muscle":D



i'm 183 and around 70kg. i think i run to much.

just eat a whole lot of KFC, that should put on some weight

Killed Funky Chickens?!?!?!
Remind me never to go to your place at feed time:oo:


First of all get an xbox 360 and plenty of games


That works for my friend....:no:

[Harry72]

"Bag of muscle" nope definitely "Bag of bones"
I've actually managed to loose some weight... down too 88kg and 14% body fat!:D
Cut down my food intake(I normally eat double size I need)and I super set all of my workouts(1/2~1 hr per day, 6 day routine)and during my cardio I keep my HR above 150bpm for 40min every day except sundays... because the gym is closed:(
To loose 4kg its taken me 2mths.