Can't gain weight...

[chel86]

Anyone know any reasons for this? I'm 5'6" and now my weight's gone from 8st 10 to 8st. In the morning I'll be 8st and then I'll lose a few pounds overnight. I eat sooo much and am trying to put weight on, but short from drinking glasses of fat nothing's working!! I was happy with my original weight, but now I just look skinny and, worse, it's gradually going down.

Any ideas? What it might be or how to put ON the pounds?

If you haven't changed your diet particularly or the amount of physical activity you do then I would see your gp for a check up.

Have you always found it generally difficult to put on weight or is it a new thing?

My dp and some of my family find it very hard to put on any weight (unfortunately I find it very easy ) - to the exten thtat a couple of them had to use build up shakes on top of their meals to keep them at a reasonably healthy weight.

It would be worth checking with your gp and assessing your diet first though - what do you usually eat and do in a day?

It was difficult for me as a chgild, but when I was a teen I went up to a size 14-16. Started clubbing and down to a nice size 10, had 2 pregnancies and put on weight but managed to lose it. But now, I don't know what's going on. It used to be that if I ate chocolate etc then I would pay for it. But now...

I don't, and have never since I was a teen, eaten breakfast, and I have tried, but I just can't do it. I have a mid morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, big dinner, then snack again in the evening. And the snacks range from yoghurts to chocolate, to biscuits, anything I can get my hands on!! The meals are balanced and I out eat my DH.

Trip to the GP then!