The market today is so full of products that promise you to lose weight in a matter of weeks. Almost all the products you see in the groceries and supermarkets and on advertisements have "zero calories" or "no calories" or something that suggests minimal calories on their labels. There are also a lot of equipment you can use to aid your weight-loss regimen.
People are so conscious of their calorie intake and so they are also conscious of the food they eat. They have to lessen sweet and oily foods, fatty foods and the like to maintain their figure.
But how about people like me whose major problem is being thin? I am not really so thin like a stick but relative to most people, I am really thin. Below average. There was never a point in time since my childhood years that I can say I am fat, 'coz really I wasn't. My parents have bought me supplements to help increase my appetite but still I am like this. Which makes me wonder where have all those vitamins, supplements and food gone? And you know what, I still weigh the same as when I was in high school. For many years now, I secretly wish to gain at least five kilograms more than my weight.
So i searched for some articles and tips on the web on how to actually achieve my target.
I found one article that tackles about taking up a certain level of calorie per day to maintain or increase weight.. and how much calories you have to add in your diet to increase your weight while doing excercise. And I have started on doing this.. like when I go to groceries or supermarkets, I would actually look at the nutrition facts of a certain product and compare it with other products and buy the one which has more calories. But it isn't really that simple because I still have to take into account the source of calories.. whether it is more on fat or is it from protein or from carbs. The article suggests that I should be getting more calories from protein so it would add to my bones' mass. And I should also have to stay away from trans fats since these fats have tendencies to be carcinogenic because of free radicals.. or is it, these fats are carcinogenic.. anyway, it's something to that effect.. (i already forgot our lessons in FN 11 and HRIM 103)
I am dead serious about gaining weight so no matter how tiresome, tedious and cumbersome this may be as what I have learned now, I am very eager to go through all these trouble just to hit my target.