Help! I need suggestions on how to gain weight!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure, OP? 130 at your height seems like a bit much. I'm 5'9 and weigh 130lb, which seems pretty "normal" to me.

But what's normal for you isn't normal for other women.

Agreed. But why gain body fat when her BMI is already normal? Excess fat, especially as we age, is not helpful to our hearts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure, OP? 130 at your height seems like a bit much. I'm 5'9 and weigh 130lb, which seems pretty "normal" to me.

But what's normal for you isn't normal for other women.

Agreed. But why gain body fat when her BMI is already normal? Excess fat, especially as we age, is not helpful to our hearts.

Actually, that's not necessarily the case.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16242735&ordinalpos=17&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

But the OP is definitely trying to swim against the current, which, when done metaphorically, has no cardiovascular benefits.