Weight Gain Diet: 5 Tips to Help You Pack on the Pounds

While others are looking for ways to lose unwanted pounds, others need to gain weight. If you're one of those who need to put on some weight, here's some help for you.

Keep in mind that weight gain, like weight loss, is a personal thing that can be different from everybody, Buzzfeed shared. If you're determined to see a heavier, leaner you, here are five tips to remember in gaining weight the healthy way.

Eat a Lot of Good Things

You'll need to eat a whole lot of food and consume a ridiculous amount of calories, Steve from Nerd Fitness said. Of course, this doesn't mean eating just anything to get a lot of calories – it has to be the “good” kind of calories loaded with protein, carbs and fat.

This will mean that you'll probably eat double of what you eat now and force yourself to eat even if you're not hungry. Keep in mind that an extra 500 calories per day will give you 1 extra pound per week.

Couple the Food Intake with Exercises

Compound exercises, or exercises that use a lot of muscles in your body, will help you get a ripped body. Bench presses, dumbbell presses, squats, deadlifts, pull ups, chin ups and dips are all included here.

When you overload yourself on calories, muscles that are being used in these exercises will grow. Don't worry about other exercises such as tricep extensions, as you can do that when you've reached your weight goal.

Cardiovascular exercises such as sprinting or jogging, however, will defeat the purpose of gaining pounds. So, keep it to a minimum as much as possible.

Keep Track of the Calories Taken and Burned.

“You need to take into account how many calories you eat, how much your body likely burns on its own, and how much you’re losing from working out,” Albert Matheny, co-founder of Soho Strength Lab and advisor at Naked Nutrition, told Buzzfeed. “You want to eat for the total calories you’ve lost plus an extra 500 calories a day.”

Take It Slow

When you want to gain weight, keep in mind that it won't happen overnight, WebMD suggested. It takes patience.

Keep in Mind that Alcohol Will Mess with Your Progress

After all the efforts in eating double, exercising and keeping track of what you've achieved, don't lose it all by chugging in some alcohol after working out.

“Your body is still trying to process the workout and then process the alcohol at the same time and it can’t do both,” said Matheny.

Have fun gaining weight!