MR_BOGAN
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01 Jul 2010, 1:39 am
Had the same problem.
what worked for me was doing some exercise.
Try doing 3 sets of 12 situps and 3 sets of 12 press ups every second night. For some strange reason it made me fatter around my stomach. 
04 Jul 2010, 1:25 pm
05 Jul 2010, 5:39 am
05 Jul 2010, 6:21 am
06 Jul 2010, 2:00 pm
On a more serious note, you might have to eat twice as much as you do, now. There's also protien powder that comes in a variety of popular flavours, such as chocolate, strawberry, vanillia and orange. Eat lots of pasta, if your diet will allow it. If you're on a gluten free diet, than choose the cuts of meat that aren't as lean. Than again, I don't even know why I'm giving advice about diets, because I don't even know the meaning of the word, diet, or else I wouldn't have opened with the cheeky joke that I've posted, above.
Sounds pretty good to me, although you're slightly confusing what you need to eat to gain wait and what you need to lose weight. Pasta, pringles and chocolate are very good for those people who ought to eat a bit more. I wish I was one of them,
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11 Jul 2010, 2:18 am
I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a spambot..but google GOMAD. You will gain weight - I've always been the 'hard gainer' type...used to be 6' 135lb, then seemed to stabilize around 144ish. I started working out seriously a few years ago and struggled my way up to 159, and got stuck...stopped working out and dropped back to 144.
I started GOMAD and Starting Strength (book available on amazon, GOMAD info is online) - basically my workout is:
A:
Squats 3 sets of 5
Bench 3 sets of 5
Deadlift 1 set of 5
B:
Squats 3 sets of 5
Press (overhead) 3 sets of 5
Power clean 3 sets of 5
Alternating those two, working out Tues / Thurs / Sat.
I've gone from 144.5lb to 155.5lb between June 21 and July 10. My squat went from 155lb to 210lb, and I'm deadlifting 230lb. I may have some good before/after photos in a few more weeks! 
To get stronger and put on weight, IMHO you are better off with free weights than with machines. Find a gym with a power rack and see if you can find a personal trainer who knows how to lift and hire him/her for a session or two until you get the basics down. It's worth it, and it's doable. 
21 Jul 2010, 5:12 pm
I'm 1.8m (6ft) and 65kg (140lbs) and I don't look very good. But then, I'm not really trying at all.
But common sense tells me:
a) You have to eat much more than you're used to, but don't eat crap (pizza or McDonalds is not food - it's crap).
b) You actually have to move a lot. Which is consistent with exercise advice from previous posters. And you need to move not merely to build up muscle (although that won't hurt), but primarily to make yourself hungry! And this I can vouch wholeheartedly: After significant physical effort (which happens to me on occasion ), like a mountain trek, I eat much more than usually.
If you keep sitting at your computer (or books, or toy train obsession) and keep feeding yourself tons of noodles, you'll just turn from a very thin person into a thin person with an ugly bum and belly.
22 Jul 2010, 2:27 am
But common sense tells me:
a) You have to eat much more than you're used to, but don't eat crap (pizza or McDonalds is not food - it's crap).
b) You actually have to move a lot. Which is consistent with exercise advice from previous posters. And you need to move not merely to build up muscle (although that won't hurt), but primarily to make yourself hungry! And this I can vouch wholeheartedly: After significant physical effort (which happens to me on occasion
), like a mountain trek, I eat much more than usually. If you keep sitting at your computer (or books, or toy train obsession) and keep feeding yourself tons of noodles, you'll just turn from a very thin person into a thin person with an ugly bum and belly.
I'm tellin' ya...eat as much as you can and drink a gallon of whole milk a day. And lift. www.stronglifts.com <-- A+++++. I'm doing Starting Strength's 3x5 workout.
This is how I started and this is four weeks later. 6' 144.5lb and 6' 160lb, respectively.
I'm shooting for 180 by September 13th.
04 Sep 2019, 3:51 pm
