Please help me to put on weight

Scrambled eggs with some smoked salmon? A daily walk going a little further each day should help with muscle tone.💪

My daughter was in Intensive Care for 3 months and lost 4 stones. Before admission she enjoyed healthy meals, was a healthy weight and slim so you can imagine how frail and weak she looked with loss of both muscle and fat.
A dietician saw her and advised me to give my daughter a minimum of 6 small, high Calorie meals a day served on a tea plate so as not to overwhelm her. Long time ago but I remember protein drinks, crisps, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, Jaffa cakes and nut butters were recommended.
My daughter had daily physiotherapy for a few weeks after which she continued at the local gym and I got hold of an exercise bike which she rode daily too.
She had little appetite and needed lots of encouragement but progressed well gaining 2 lbs every week.
Nowadays she is well and loves exercise, particularly cycling and recently did a 160km bike ride for charity.
Good luck and I hope your strength returns soon.

I'm sorry you have been poorly and I hope you are now feeling better. If you just eat normally now with a focus on balancing your meals your weight will come to its natural level. Best wishes. Xxx

My friends might be jealous of the weight loss maw, but not the 'frail' look or the saggy flesh and crumpled skin. It's horrible! And terribly aging!!

kittylester

My friends might be jealous of the weight loss maw, but not the 'frail' look or the saggy flesh and crumpled skin. It's horrible! And terribly aging!!

I’m sure you haven’t got such sad friends kitty.

Sorry to hear you are having such a struggle. I lost weight through illness this summer, but not so much as you. I do not agree that you should try to keep the weight off, however, because if you are like me you haven’t yet got your strength or energy back and almost certainly won’t until you re-gain your weight. What I did was to eat very, very healthily and small meals at regular intervals. It was a struggle though.

But I’m now back to my normal over-weight ness😄. And feeling much better.

There is a school of thought that having a little weight around ones person as one ages is no bad thing.

PS I planned my food and kept a diary - bit OCD but it worked and I hadn’t much else to do at the time.

Also looking like ones elderly mother is NOT flattering😄😄

I look slightly better now but at one stage I looked like mine shortly before she died.

kittylester

I look slightly better now but at one stage I looked like mine shortly before she died.

😄 and me! And mum died at 101😮

I tend towards 'lanky' and drop weight easily with any illness. To gain weight back I eat mashed potatoes or rice, which I do love, with every meal, extra bread, and sometimes an extra sweet with tea.

Good Luck, it's quite frustrating.