Re: How does one put on weight?

[Guest guest]

>> I'm a slim person

anyway and not a big eater, but I need to put on 6 kilo's? Any

suggestions??

Bibi,

Basically, you need 10-11 calories per pound of your optimum weight just

to maintain that body. If you're quite active, you may need

more.

So if your chosen optimum weight (which you should verify with your

doctor) is 140 pounds, you need between 1400 and 1540 calories per day

just to carry on your life processes of a sedentary life. If you are at

all active, you need to figure out how many calories you use up with

activity, and add those. This will almost certainly vary from day to

day.

FitDay.Com can be a useful tool in this quest to get your weight

stabilized.

If you want to gain 1 pound per week, you must consume 500 calories per

day MORE than you use.

If you want to lose 1 pound per week, your must consume 500 calories per

day LESS than you use.

Using Fit Day lets you see just how much you're actually eating, and lets

you track your activity levels so you know when you need to have an extra

snack or reduce the size of that serving of nut-flour goody.

One person a few months ago was quite concerned about his weight loss as

he was a very active person. Turned out, with his activity, he was

consuming something like 1500 calories a day less than he was using -- no

wonder he was dropping weight like crazy and was exhausted all the

time!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Thanks Marilyn,

>

>

> > >> I'm a slim person anyway and not a big

> > eater, but I need to put on 6 kilo's? Any suggestions??

>

> Bibi,

>

> Basically, you need 10-11 calories per pound of

> your optimum weight just to maintain that body.

> If you're quite active, you may need more.

>

> So if your chosen optimum weight (which you

> should verify with your doctor) is 140 pounds,

> you need between 1400 and 1540 calories per day

> just to carry on your life processes of a

> sedentary life. If you are at all active, you

> need to figure out how many calories you use up

> with activity, and add those. This will almost certainly vary from day to day.

>

> FitDay.Com can be a useful tool in this quest to get your weight stabilized.

>

> If you want to gain 1 pound per week, you must

> consume 500 calories per day MORE than you use.

>

> If you want to lose 1 pound per week, your must

> consume 500 calories per day LESS than you use.

>

> Using Fit Day lets you see just how much you're

> actually eating, and lets you track your activity

> levels so you know when you need to have an extra

> snack or reduce the size of that serving of nut-flour goody.

>

> One person a few months ago was quite concerned

> about his weight loss as he was a very active

> person. Turned out, with his activity, he was

> consuming something like 1500 calories a day less

> than he was using -- no wonder he was dropping

> weight like crazy and was exhausted all the time!

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>