Need help GAINING weight?

Question

Let me start off by letting everyone know that I am male, 6 feet 0 inches tall, and I only weigh 130 pounds. I need to gain weight, but nothing seems to work. I am currently eating about 8,000 calories a day, and I still dont gain weight. I have a desk job, so I am not burning a lot of calories at work, and I even stopped working out hoping that would stop the burning of calories. My doctor can't even figure out why I wont gain weight. I cant just "eat more calories" because 8,000 calories a day is expensive enough, and I dont make a lot of money.

Answer 1

A good supper every night should help as you burn up very few calories in your sleep.

Plenty of fattening nuts should also help.

Answer 2

Maybe try to build muscel... I personally would never have your problem but I work out in my schools weight room and i see really small framed guys bulking up... You could try that. See I'm taking it you don't want to just gain fat but you're a really small guy now. I hope you get your answer. Best of luck. Please stay healthy in your weight gain travels.

Answer 3

This isn't an answer, but are you sure you don't have some type of bacteria or worm in your body "living" off of you and your food/energy?

Answer 4

Foods high in protein: peanut butter jelly sandwiches, tuna, red meat, chicken, protein shakes: Ensure high protein shakes.Maybe find one of those health smoothie places in your town and ask them which ones are high in protein.

Maybe its just your metabolism.Sounds like you'd be an awesome mixed martial arts fighter....you'd be fighting people shorter than you lol if you wanna go that route.  

Answer 5

It sounds like it could be due to a thyroid condition, since you're eating enough that any average person would gain weight to some degree, with or without exercise.  I would recommend seeing your doctor to make sure there's nothing wrong with your metabolism or hormones.