OnyxStar wrote:Id go with a mix of carbs and fats. Even healthy fat like olive oil, meat, nuts have a high fat content- especially cashews, peanuts and pistachios. Avacadoes, bananas, pineapples, any fruit like that. Melons and strawberries dont have too much natural sugar and are mainly water, so those dont work too well. Potatoes, and grains work, if the meal doesnt have too much protein/fiber in it, it will take longer to fill up. Insulin will rise and fall, and then you will be hungry again shortly especially if using white grain products. Peanut butter is good, roughly 100 cals per Tablespoon, can add up quickly. Heavy cream is good, but if her body is t used to ingesting a lot of fat, 1/2 and 1/2- really good with chocolate in it. Ive been trying to mix starches/sugars with fat, it seems to work better than straight fat, or sugar, or carbs by themselves. I dont have the biggest appetite, but its better now.
Also, fluid intake. If she is drinking lots of fluid before the meals obviously she will be more full. Often the body will process thirst as hunger, so what Ive been doing too, is eating until full when I get that feeling, then I will drink my water or whatever.
There are tons of ways to gain healthily. I would suggest looking into bodybuilding sources on the net or even type in a search about healthy weight gain. A lot of body building sites have bulking diets especially if she is looking to add muscle too, as protein is very good for that.
Anyway, congrats
It takes some courage to admit preferences to people sometimes. I hope things really do go very well for you two!
Happy Gaining
Thank you so very much. This was extremely helpfull for us, hand thank you for your best wishes