I need to gain weight please help!
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:13 am
I need to gain weight. My name is Rob I'm 32 male 5' 11'' and I hover between 136 Lbs and 140 Lbs. I was diagnosed with celiac disease in late 2009, (I tested positive for antibody's and then had a biopsy of my small intestine). Pryor to celiac disease I weighed 150 Lbs with my heaviest post celiac weight being 162 Lbs (heavy meat diet couldn't poop). I've been eating a plant based diet since late 2013 and love it, most of my symptoms of celiac disease have cleared up I still get a little acne around my mouth from time to time though. when I started eating plant based I weighed 147 I think, I eat mainly rice, beans, potatoes, tofu and steamed veggies. I've tried adding avocados and flax seed in but they make me breakout well anything with a high fat content makes me breakout except tofu. In a typical day I eat a bowl of oatmeal with a apple cut into it for breakfast. 4 smoothy's that all together have 4 cups greens (dandelion or spinach), 4 bananas, 4 cups frozen mango berry blend and 2 oranges, about 12 cups of beans and rice at work and a couple bowls of food at dinner last night we had black beans and sweet potatoes, I also use condiments on my food and drink at least a gallon of water everyday. I used to be able to eat 10 bananas everyday and I stayed around 145 Lbs for the first year (plant based) however they started giving me heartburn about a year ago, for some reason if I blend them up with other fruit I don't get heartburn. I had my teeth pulled and have dentures now so eating raw veggies is impossible I have a good blender though. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance.