Not all people want to lose weight, some women want to gain weight, yes it is true there are lots of skinny women do not know how to gain weight, and if somebody asked about information how to gain weight she will be met by a blank look!!

So follow these tips to gain weight in a healthy way,

Identify if you have a poor appetite

A friend of mine asked me last week how to gain weight she is skinny so she made me come up with the idea to write about this. If you are really thin the first thing you have to is to identify that if you have a poor appetite, if you don’t feel like eating most of the time , if you have  a poor appetite then you should see your doctor regarding that to see why actually do you have a poor appetite, sometimes there are some underlined conditions maybe a deficiency in several vitamins and minerals or maybe you’re anemic and that makes you not to have a good appetite for eating, so you have to treat that in the first place to have a normal appetite so you can eat in a normal level and gain weight.

Follow a high calorie diet

If you have high metabolism and you don’t have a problem with your appetite, you feel that you are eating on regular basis so you have to concentrate on eating high calorie foods or follow a high calorie diet, well that doesn’t necessarily means to go out and eat lots of junk foods but you do need to eat more healthy fats for example, seeds, nuts or avocados, you need to prepare your food with healthy oils like canola oil or olive oil so those fats are truly healthy fats very heart healthy fats, they are not going to raise your cholesterol levels or triglycerides, you still can get a lot of vitamins and minerals and they are high in calories so you can include them into your diet to gain weight.

Another high calorie food to add are dairy products, choose whole milk or yogurt and full fat cheese, now even those food have more saturated fat in them than the other fats I’ve mentioned previously but they are not going to make a significant increase in your cholesterol or triglyceride levels if you use them for a short period of time just to gain your desired pounds, once you reach the weight you want to be so you can start cutting back those saturated fats in dairy foods and depend on taking the plant sources of fats, the healthy fats, which I talked about previously like avocados, seeds, nuts, or olive oil or even olives themselves.

But make sure that you stay eating other foods like fruits and vegetables, lean sources of protein like fish, meat and poultry but again make sure that you are eating those healthy fats on daily basis.

Start your weight training, get over you fears

Another thing you can do to gain weight is to go to the gym do not be afraid of training go to the weigh section because muscles weighs more than fat so incrasing muscle mass should be a part of your plan to gain weight, don’t worry you are not going to look like bodybuilder women who have lots of muscles they mostly use unnatural steroidal drugs. A normal amount of regular weight training will just show your natural feminine curves nothing more besides it is good for your health.

Lessen your stress levels

Some people may gain weight if they became stressed, others may lose weight. Stress and poor rest are the main factors these days, not only for obesity but also in making thin girls lose more weight. That is because when you are stressed a hormone is released by your adrenal glands called Cortisol. Cortisol is a catabolic hormone which takes nurtients and sugar away from muscles and enters it into the bloodstream which makes you lose muscles and weight.

So decreasing your stress levels and improving your sleeping patterns are very important to be considered to gain weight in any woman. Make sure you are getting 8 hours of undisturbed sleep at night. Try some yoga or relaxing bath or massage, creat some time to be alone by yourself , try meditation.