i am 120 lb how can i gain 20 lb  how long will it take?
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The best way to gain weight and still be healthy is to eat more protein, less carbs and lift weights, smaller amounts of weight but more reps.  I also eat about five to six small meals a day to keep my body energized.
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Gain Weight Step 1 - eating!\n\nEating is the first and most important factor that is needed to gain weight. It's simple - you need to eat more calories than you burn. This does not mean eating anything and everything that is not nailed down. Carefully plan your meals with foods that will help you gain lean mass, not fat. I suggest 6 meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and three other small meals scheduled throughout the day. The goal is to eat every 2.5 to 3 hours.\n\nFocus on foods such as steak, chicken, fruit, milk, vegetables, cheese and assorted types of nuts. It's recommended to eat 4 - 6 pieces of fresh fruit a day, and at least four tall glasses of milk. Milk is a great, cheap protein source - take advantage of it. A sample snack meal would be a glass of milk, an apple, and a hand full of peanuts.\n\nGain Weight Step 2 - lifting!\n\nAs stated, proper eating is of utmost importance when attempting to gain weight, but if you do not lift weights, the majority of that gained weight will be fat - not muscle.\n\nWhen trying to gain weight, I suggest working out three times a week. You need to lift hard and then recover for the next workout. Focus on the big exercises such as squats, deadlifts, bent-over rows, chin-ups, bench press, & military press. These are the exercises that will turn those extra calories into muscle. You are not going to gain much by doing lateral raises and step-ups every workout. You need the multiple-joint lifts that will shock your system and stimulate your body into growth. Focus on getting strong by adding a small amount of weight each workout. If you focus on strength, size will follow. Case in point, look around at your local gym - the strongest guys are also the biggest.\n\nGain Weight Step 3 - supplements!\n\nTo gain weight, you do not NEED supplements, but they will help you gain the weight quicker. That's what they are, supplements to an already good diet and training program. Think of supplements as the finishing touch.\n\nI like to keep things simple and, therefore, I suggest only two types supplements for those wishing to gain weight. The first is a weight gain shake. The shakes I recommend are ProLab's N Large 2. It's the best value out there. The way N' Large 2  will help is by giving you a large quantity of calories in one small serving. It will provide you with 620 calories in one easy shake and is especially great for people who do not have time for breakfast, or snacks while on the go. Just mix a serving with water or fruit juice and gulp it down in a just a couple of minutes. Get yourself a Shaker Bottle to make it even easier.\n\n\n\n\n(I got these answers from the website below...check it out, it has some great advice)
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this is a great source:\nhttp://www.seventeen.com/health/nutrition/spc/0,,658544_662727,00.html\n\n\nIt's give you a sample meal plan for one day to gain weight, it'll give you the jist of what you need to eat.
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You have to build muscle, fat will come, fat will go.\nEat more protien and eat your veggies.\n\nIts a myth that fat makes you fat. No.\nStraches, carbs, and suigar make you fat, not the kind you're looking for I hope.\n\nSTart with a plan, eat every 3 hours. Include protien at every meal.\nIf you weigh 135, eat atleast 135 grams of protien. Lots of water to hydrate your muscles, and if you don't do weight raining, you won't gain.\n\nEat high dense foods like avocado, meats, spinach, nut and seeds, eggs, whey protien, etc.\n\nPoeple who tell you ice cream and junk only put on fat and  years of high cholestrol and health problems.\nDo this for a while. You'll see results in about 3 months.\n\nGood Luck.
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How old are you? If you're full grown and still only 80 pounds, you might want to go to the doctor and have him/her advise you. If you're still a kid, wait until puberty. You'll gain plenty of weight.
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OK if you will seriously try this it will work but it will not happen overnight. it is about changing the way your body process food. try eating many small meals, like five times a day. and add an exercise program to your day. three or four times a week. what will happen is your body will burn calories faster and change fat into muscle. you will seem to gain weight because muscle is heavier, but you will look and feel better
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Try fresh milk. I gained 12lbs in last 7 months just by adding 2 glass of them everyday to my diet. Don't forget to exercise, so you gain weight but not that extra flab.
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Good question, but kind of vague. It all depends on what you're doing.\n\nAssuming you start eating a good weightlifter's diet - low fat, moderate carbs, high protein, and you eat 5-6 small meals a day, combined with good strength training 3 or 4 days a week, you could hope to gain 1-3 pounds of muscle a month AT MOST - and this is for your entire body.\n\nObviously, if you've never lifted weights, or didn't lift very often, you'll gain more in the first few months, then your gains will slow down and stabilize to a consistent 0.5-1.5 pounds a month. This also depends on your body type. If you're real tall and skinny, you're not going to see anywhere near these numbers. If you're built like a fireplug,  you might see more. \n\nIf you are like me, the first time you pick up a weight, you start counting down the time until you look like Arnold, then give up when it doesn't happen in the first six months. The sad reality is 4-10 pounds of natural muscle a year is actually *REALLY GOOD* gains. Don't compare yourself to steroid users, or people who've been training for 8-10 years, or people who do both (not uncommon for the pros).\n\nMix up your routine enough to be interesting. Do cardio in the morning or after your heavy work for maximum results (when your body is hungry, it has no choice but to burn fat). That 4 pounds a year really adds up quick, and once you drop the fat so you can see where the extra muscle is, it doesn't take long.\n\nSome supplements can help your muscles retain water (creatine comes to mind), which will give them more weight, and appear bigger. The jury is still out on what, if any, benefits these supplements provide, and some are just plain dangerous. You're better off eating a healthy diet and having a consistent routine that challenges lots of muscle groups.\n\nhttp://www.intense-workout.com has some sample workout routines and general fitness advise. You might give that a look-see.\n\nCheers,\nOdd
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Weight gain comes down to this formula;\n\n*Consuming many more calories than you are burning. \n*Doing a well-structured weight training program \n*Eating the right combination of nutrients (to gain muscle instead of fat). \n\n\nIf it seems that you can't gain weight chances are that you have a fast-burning metabolism, and are predominantly an ectomorphic body type. \n\nYou will need to eat large quantities of food, and eating it often. See the Gain Weight Calculator for exact calculations on daily calories and nutrient levels. \n\nThis MUST be combined with a good weight training program, otherwise ALL that food will be stored as fat. \n\n\n\nDon't Ever Miss Meals \nDon't ever miss meals (such as breakfast) - it is important to eat often. Whey protein and weight gain powders can help - simply because it's easier to consume the calories in a liquid form than it is to chew your way through them. Sometimes you may need to eat so much, that it feels like you're eating all the time - and certain foods may start to become irritating.\n\nLots of Sleep \nIf you don't get much sleep, it's time to start sleeping more - to slow down, and become a little less active. If you exercise a lot it may be time to slow down here as well - no more than 20 minutes 3 times a week.
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OK here is the diet u need to follow to gain weight..It worked for me but it takes time and patients! everymoring get up early and have a sandwich with peanut butter and make a milk shake using 1 banana and put some ENSURE powder into it. the eat something small at around 10:00 am like a chocolate bar. then at 12 have your lunch including pasta and red meat if you eat it. at around 2 eat something small again..then at 6 have your dinner and before you go to bed drink another milk shake using banana and ensure powder. also drink Vitamins,( good for appetite too)....they help alot! Hope this helped!
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Steroids.  That'll do her, right quick.  \n\nSource:  I put on >28 lb in less than 2 months.  I took steroids for 6 weeks.  Regardless of what you eat, you gain weight like crazy. Oh, you will eat. Stuff makes you eat like a wolf.
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You will gain twice as much once you start eating. Don't do it.\n\nGood luck\nG.G.
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If your 5' 6" then 120lbs isn't bad at all. but if you really want to loose extra weight, not eating isn't the answer. Not eating actually makes you gain weight because your body will just be running on fluids. If that happens you'll start to retain water and bloat. Not good. Here's how to loose some extra weight a little at a time.\n\n1)Don't drink anything carbonated (ex. soda, beer)\n2)Don't eat any excess sugar, no candy.\n3)Don't snack, eat a big 3 meals a day\n4)Don't eat to much red meat, it takes a while to digest\n5)Drink TONS of water, this will flush you system of anything bad (this also improves complexion and hair)\n6)try to exercise as much as possible!!
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I weighed 130 pounds during high school and part of college. I weigh 175 now at 5'07". I gained weight and kept it on by working out and eating a little extra meat protein. Normal weight training won't work. You need to be on a muscle-building program. Work out with weights at near your maximum ability. (For example if you can bench press 160 pounds, you would work out at around 140 to 150 pounds for 6 to 8 repetitions. This is a "set") Then wait 45 to 90 seconds between sets and repeat. Do three sets for each exercise. Work opposing muscle groups each day to rest and heal your body. IE: work curls, Lat pulldowns, and back exercises on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Work Bench Press, Butterflies, dips, and ab crunches on tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.   Supplement your diet by adding a multivitamin (without iron for guys) and a small amount of protein (1-2 cans of tuna, some eggs, peanuts, steak, protein shake, etc.) Do this every day so your body has the tools it needs to build muscles. As you do this your metabolism will change to meet your exercise needs and you will notice muscle growth. This is a long-term process, but it's the only healthy way to gain weight. You should see modest improvements within the first six weeks.
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Eat healthy (eat protein, reduce carbs, alot of veggies), exercise, drink water, live an active lifestyle. Expect 1 - 1.5 lb/week.
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BMI of 20 is normal. If you have it 15 then you are underweight. To increase your body weight, take fat rich diet, dryfruits. you also need proper appetising tonic.
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You NEED to be 97?  Honey, you NEED to rethink that.  If you're 5'5" you need to gain 5 pounds, actually, maybe 15 pounds.