Well, Hunter, welcome to the WG forum.

There are plenty of tips to gaining in various threads on here, so I won't repeat them - just my own three points:

1 - weight goes where it wants to go, it's genetic. Eventually it goes everywhere but you might start with a *** and no belly, or thunderthighs and skinny arms, who knows?

2 - slightly facetious this, get older it is difficult (but not impossible - there are plenty of exceptions) to gain weight young because of lifestyle and metabolism. Once you hit your mid 20s and the metabolism slows down, combined with driving instead of walking or cycling and a sedentary job, the pounds will pile on.

3 - finally, and most of all, alcohol is your friend. Most beer/cider/lager contains about 200 kcal/pint (more for things like Guinness or real ale), and it's all empty calories, so you still need all the usual nutrients. In addition, drinking usually leads to snacking on salty, high-fat foods like crisps/chips, peanuts, pork scratchings and pretzels. Finally, rolling home half-cut from the pub, a greasy kebab or pizza always seems like a good idea!

I was going to say, 'They teach that now?'

Get older.

Seriously, under about 25 it is quite hard for most people to gain, as the metabolism is at its fastest. Once into the mid-20s it slows right down and the weight really creeps on, whether you intend it to or not.

Why choose?

Moved to personals.

Moved to personals.

What johnxyz said.

This is fairly accurate in my case, as I eat a lot of what a friend calls 'beige' food (unspiced, uninteresting) and I do wear a lot of beige

Next goal wins.

wesleyv1, your post was clearly a humorous attempt to emphasise the fact that you don't 'get' a girl fat, but always bear in mind what you think and what other people think may be different, and not everyone may appreciate or understand your sense of humour.

Murphy, you made the point very precisely and succintly, and you should have left it there.

foxglove, thanks for introducing some sanity into the thread.

I've been a bit busy recently and haven't been up to speed on my forum mod duties, for which I apologise. I've deleted all the back-and-forth name-calling posts apart from the clincher from foxglove, as they serve no purpose in this thread or the board. You do not get points for having the last word, so don't get hung up on it.

Any further pouting or general brattiness on this thread will see it binned. Kapische?