Gain weight?

DaveH

DaveH

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I shifted to a low salt diet a few months ago by doctors orders. The problem is it's so radically different from what I used to eat, that I've lost 50 lbs.

You'd think OK maybe good, but at 6'4" I now weight about 160.

protein shakes?
 
Increase calories while maintaining low salt. Protein shakes should help. :thumbup:


Chris D. :D
 
Carbs man. Bread, pasta, cereals, whole grains, lots of rice pudding, etc.

That and sit around. :D

If you want a more healthy gain, increase your caloric uptake by about 50% and do a couple miles of running a week. Try to make it all extra carbs.
 
Don't worry about it because you don't have to do a thing. If you're too low you'll find your weight creeping back up a little on it's own. The only people I've ever known to stay skinny (without massive exercise) are those who were born that way. If you weren't then your body will adjust itself automatically to a healthy medium. The trick is to maintain that medium once you've reached it.
 
See www.johnstonefitness.com, and browse through the forum section for new folks (forgot what its called) and look at the stickies. While much of it is aimed at weight loss, there is a lot of good stuff on "bulking", i.e., the phase of bodybuilding that is the opposite of "cutting". Basically, there is a phase where these bodybuilder types want to gain weight, which is what you are after.

What one45auto said is pretty darn right on too, IMO.

I used to want to gain weight, until I hit about 40 and my metabolism turned off.

:eek:
 
If you try some of the protein shakes, just watch their sodium content. Some can be high. Check the label.
 
I've been dieing to tell someone this: eat more, excercise less!

Sorry, not very helpful I guess but...
 
I am salt restricted-hypertension, etc-and have switched to using "NoSalt" a Potassium Chloride salt substitute. After a short period of getting used to the taste difference-not that great-It fills the bill for a lifelong salt freak like me. I am sure it will help you choke down the needed weight gaining fat and protien.
 
I was that weight and height too when I was 19. Now I am 44, and 240. It is hard to keep it off. Bulk up with protein powders and lift some weights, heavy weight so you do 4 sets of less than 10 reps. Keep 2 days rest of muscle groups between workout so the muscle has time to rebuild. I used to do a push one day, and pull the other day routine. It was a struggle, but I got cut up pretty good. :cool: I could kick someones ass if they called me skinny. :D Like Powernoodle said, at 40 your metabolism slows down, and then you find the weight. I do not like tying shoes anymore.:o
 
Thanks for the advice, I need to visit a store. I looked at a couple of supplements the local drugstore had. two had high sodium, the RTD muscle milk only had about 250 calories.
 
I would tell you to eat meat, but meat needs salt to sing.
I would tell you to eat pasta, but pasta needs salt to sing....

However, rattling around in my memory is something that could be a useful tip. Making your own fresh pasta will almost guarantee that you'll gain weight (cause it's so tasty and filled with eggs and carbs to boot) but the problem of salt remains...IIRC, a long ago friend had some trouble with salt intake but was a gourmand, and used a teaspoon of fish oil per batch of pasta dough to balance out the flavor and make it sing as if it were salty.

You don't really need a pasta maker to make pasta if you're comfortable using a rolling pin and sharp knife, but the makers can be had for reasonable prices these days.

Mixing in various herbs, spices and finely chopped veggies like sun dried tomatoes could give you a nearly endless variety of a proven weigh gaining food that would otherwise be monotonous if store-bought.
 
Gollnick said:
If you try some of the protein shakes, just watch their sodium content. Some can be high. Check the label.
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And drink extra water.
Increased protein intake can be hard on the kidneys if you don't ingest enough water.
 
+ on protein shakes. Get some with plenty of carbs in it, too (as long as it's low sodium). If you're willing to exercise, I suggest weight training. For me, it's much more fun than cardio and is a great way to bulk up. Do you smoke?
 
Too bad the other 99% of the US population doesn't have this problem (including me). I could stand to lose a good 50 lbs although you really couldn't tell by looking at me. I carry 290 lbs on almost 6'8" pretty well, I was about 240 in college tho.

Any more advice/thoughts on your low salt diet that could help us fatties lose weight heh?
 
bobofish said:
I would tell you to eat meat, but meat needs salt to sing.
I would tell you to eat pasta, but pasta needs salt to sing....
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No, it doesn't. I eat very little red meat and my doctor told me to put some salt on my other food to make up for what I was missing.

For pasta or rice, splash on some lemon or lime juice, just a sprinkle, to simulate salt.
 
i have a hard time attributing that degree of weight loss to a low salt diet alone over such a short time course.

outside of a profound decrease in caloric intake, it usually takes a significant exercise program coupled with dietary modification to lose and maintain that kind of weight.

i would recommend a follow up visit with your doctor to make sure there is not anything else going on
 
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