Did your skinny son have any success putting on weight?

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Sorry. . . I misspelled Creatine

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.

I so hope my son does eventually too. I think the large height growth is making things a little more difficult for him…like all the calories are fueling that right now or something.

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One of my sons was always super skinny. He's 27 yo now and still super skinny. He has to make an effort to not lose weight. He'll often lose weight when he goes on vacation or comes home because he's out of his routine and not eating frequently enough. He eats a perfectly normal amount of food at mealtimes. He's just not interested in snacking. No chips, no sweet stuff, no soft drinks. He's not depriving himself of it; he genuinely isn't interested. It was always hard to find pants when he was younger, and that hasn't really gotten much better. He's perfectly healthy and happy; he's just skinny.

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My 16 year old is identical height and weight, OP. He is a soccer player too—so lots of running. He lifts too.

But so damn skinny. The rest of us are bigger boned, bigger muscles. He just can run on fumes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.

I so hope my son does eventually too. I think the large height growth is making things a little more difficult for him…like all the calories are fueling that right now or something.

100 percent. Also focus on lifting gaining off season when cardio is down. Mine is swimmer

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My DS is 21, 6’1” and 145, and he hates it. Cannot gain weight.

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Why does your son want to gain weight? Aren’t skinny boys like Timothée Chalamet considered attractive?

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My DS is like this. Also a late bloomer and he's 20 now, still working to put on muscle. Which he has, but he just has a lean build and still hasn't really broadened much.

I look at him and am envious (he did not get that build from me or my side of the family), but I get it for guys wanting to be big.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16-year-old DS is 5'10" and 135lbs three months ago. Over the summer, he followed the following diet and gained 25lbs, mainly muscle, by eating around 5,000 calories a day:

6am: One avocado, one banana, one apple, seven white eggs with edamame, zuchini, and spinach,

7am: workout at the gym

9am: two glasses of goat milk, one avocado, one banana, one piece of toast with peanut butter,

10am: 60 minutes of endurance training,

12pm: one pound of chicken with steamed veggies, and quinoa, and a glass of milk,

1pm: take an hour's nap,

3pm: one avocado, one banana, three servings of almond, pistachio, and sunflower seeds,

​4pm: 45 minutes of lifting weight,

6:30pm: one pound of either chicken or tuna/salmon/lobster, steamed vegetable, quiona, and a glass of milk

He had his physical last Friday, and weighed in at 160 pounds. I don't think it is that difficult, but YMMV.

Thanks so much for this! Some really good ideas. He made a huge effort to eat more this summer but I think his diet definitely needs some tweaking. I want to say he was eating about 4K calories based on his tracking, which probably is not quite enough.

4K of GOOD calories, not the calories from junk and processed food.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it will happen eventually. My son was like this he’s now 6’2” headed to college and is thrilled he almost hit 160. I expect he’ll gain another 20 pounds in college but he feels good about himself now. The filling out is much easier once he stops shooting up. But for my son (also an athlete) he ate a large bowl of ice cream every night, I started cooking steak for him even though I don’t eat red meat; his chipotle order is a burrito and 3 tacos. He lifts with a trainer 1 x week in addition to his sports practices and he takes Kreitien.

Ice cream is an ultra-processed food. There is nothing good from eating ice cream, let alone every night, especially for an athlete. Taking creatine is also BAD for you, unless it is recommended by doctors and/or dieticians. Your son gets creatine from eating red meat.

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Lots of protein and fat. Milkshakes, avocado and get him with an actual trainer.

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DH was like this. Now 6”1’ and 180 lbs and has a huge protein shake every night so he doesn’t lose weight. He’s got broad shoulders but just doesn’t bulk up even with lots of eight lifting and protein.

He didn’t stop looking skinny until his early 20s. Over three years he grew 11 inches but only 30 lbs, so looked really skinny his teen years.

I’m jealous his metabolism is so good. He eats healthy and exercises but his body just seems to want to slim down. He’s in his 50s now.

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DH and I were the same as teens/young adults. Be careful what you wish for. We both gained weight after 30.

Having stated that, I knew a guy who managed to gain weight by drinking a lot of protein shakes and working out. The problem is, when he stopped working out, he got fat.

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To gain weight, just eat more. This is simple and true, but also equally useless as "To lose weight, eat less."

From either direction, you have to consume more or less than you naturally do. I found the Reddit GainIt community (https://www.reddit.com/r/gainit/) helpful with specific ideas on how to eat more.

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My 18 year old is 6'2 and 127 pounds. We've tried everything to put weight on this kid. It's just doesn't work. I am confident he will fill out later. My uncles were super tall and skinny at that age, and had a normal BMI after age 25 or so. The doctor is not concerned.