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Posted by: Melissa K on 2010-03-15, 06:16:00
Try nutritional supplements definatly, along with consumeing more dense foods! - Ensure Plus/ Boost Plus are great nutritional weight- gain supplements and are healthy with the benefit of probiotics/ omega 3's/ 8+ essential nutrients/ a source of calcium and protein! Consume either Ensure Plus, or Boost Plus twice per day, ontop of dailey regimes/ eatting- do not decrease. (Chocolate flavours taste best heated in a mug in the microwave- tastes like hot chocolate, other flavours taste best chille) Also try these dense food's! Whole dairy - Whole- 3% milks - Cottage cheese - Greek yoghurts - Added cheese (sliced/ grated/ shredded/ diced) - crackers, sandwhiches, salads, cassaroles, homemade meals, pastas, etc .. - Added powdered milk to cassaroles/ oatmeals/ mashed potatoes - Cream based soups/ sauces instead of broth/ vegetable based Complex wholegrains - Wholewheat pasta (with pesto/ cream sauce, added cheese/ extra vegetables/ optional lean protein- turkey/ lean beef- soy meatballs, chicken, shrimp/ scallops, ground lean turkey/ beef, etc ..) - Brown/ long grain rice - Couscous/ quinoa - Thick- cut wholewheat bread/ bagels/ wraps/ pitas/ english muffins/ waffles/ flatbread - Bran muffins - Wholegrain crackers/ flatbread crackers (with cheese, hummus, peanut butter, or canned white tuna) - Granola/ musili - Wholegrain/ fiber granola bars (Nature Valley) - Oat/ hot oatmeal made with milk/ added natural crunchy peanut butter stirred in - Yams/ potatoes (mashed/ roasted/ baked) with olive oil/ margerine, milks/ cheeses, sour creams, herbs, cinnamain/ nutmegs, etc ..) - Added whreatgerm/ bran to cereals/ oatmeals - Added margerine/ olive oils to cooked vegetables/ startches/ pastas/ breads Dense fruits/ vegetables - Dried fruits (added to yoghurts, cereals, oatmeals, salads, trail mix, etc ..) - Canned fruits in syrups/ added custard on fruits - Fruit juices (Odwalla juices) - Bananas/ avacados - Apples/ celery/ bananas with crunchy/ smooth natural peanut butter - Steamed/ cooked vegetables with added margerine/ olive oil/ grated- melted cream cheese) - Canned vegetables (added margerine/ olive oil) - Regular salad dressings - Vegetable juice - Crunchy vegetables and hummus/ bean dip - Black olives Lean meats/ meat alternatives - Salmon/ fish- seafoods - Canned white albacore tuna (in olive oil) - Breaded chicken/ turkey breasts- fillets, halibit/ cod/ etc.. - Lean steak/ pork tenderlions - Lean beef/ pork pot roasts - Ham steaks - Lean ground turkey/ beef - Nuts/ seeds - Natural smooth/ crunchy peanut butters (sandwhiches, oatmeals, crackers, fruits- vegetables, milkshakes, etc..) - Egg's - Quorn/ tofu/ soy - Baked beans/ refried beans - Chickpeas/ hummus - Lentils - Olives - Red wine/ coolers/ beers/ alcohols - Dark chocolates - Etc .. Moderational foods like fast foods/ dessert like foods (icecream/ startches- donuts/ cakes/ etc ..) would'nt hurt in the weight-gain process (you minus while enjoy being able to consume these sort's of foods more frequently while you can in the weight- gain process) Hope i'v helped, goodluck! |
