weight gain....

[Moli]

I lost a lot of weight when I was ill, need now to build myself up a bit, any ideas, that do not include exercise!:roll: :lol:

[Mags]

To start with Moli, you need proper meals with lots of protein .........

[alexgirl73]

You can still buy complan at the chemist!!

[Moli]

You can still buy complan at the chemist!!
I have bought something called Build up, think its similar....

[alexgirl73]

It's along the same lines Moli. Hope it does the trick for you (failing that we can see if we can set up some sort of fat transplant from me to you, lol)

[Moli]

It's along the same lines Moli. Hope it does the trick for you (failing that we can see if we can set up some sort of fat transplant from me to you, lol)
Loking at your picture Alex, you cartainly are not fat!:roll:

[alexgirl73]

Ah, but it all sits around my middle. The top bit and the bottom bit I'm happy with, but I'd love to get rid of my 4 month pregnant looking tummy, lol!!

[Moli]

Ah, but it all sits around my middle. The top bit and the bottom bit I'm happy with, but I'd love to get rid of my 4 month pregnant looking tummy, lol!!Thats something that comes to us all Alex, think they call it middle age spread!I:roll: :lol: have a lot round my middle too....

[alexgirl73]

Who you calling middle aged, I'm only 33:-D :lol: :lol:

[Mags]

Have a look at this site Moli, it will give you some ideas.......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/your_weight/reaching_gain.shtml

[Moli]

Who you calling middle aged, I'm only 33:-D :lol: :lol:
OOPS!!! Sorry, Well in my case its middle aged spread!:roll: :lol: I am at the stage where everything is going south!:lol:

[dinahsmum]

Berocca effervescent vitamins are good as a pick me up after you've been ill. They perk the appetite a bit too.
As you are still walking with the dogs etc I'd say you'd be OK taking on a few more calories, so as well as the Complan stuff you could substitute gold top milk for your normal; pop a little knob of butter on your veg; have lovely milk shakes with milk & good ice cream and nice berries (fresh or frozen). have a biscuit or two with your coffee, take more milk in it than usual but basically just have a good diet and everything will sort itself out eventually.

[Fran]

Good luck with it Moli x

[Moli]

Thanks all, some good advice there, and thanks for the link Mags, very good...

[dandysmom]

Is your appetite back? That was my problem after I was ill last year...nothing tasted right and I wasn't hungry; had to force myself to eat. If you can, eat some fattening things that you like that you normally would stay shy of because they're fattening....cheese, chocolate, whatever turns you on!

[Moli]

Is your appetite back? That was my problem after I was ill last year...nothing tasted right and I wasn't hungry; had to force myself to eat. If you can, eat some fattening things that you like that you normally would stay shy of because they're fattening....cheese, chocolate, whatever turns you on!
I am not really a foodie, not really got my appietite back, but am forcing myself to eat, had a Ham & Cheese salad tonight and yoghurt......Cheese I love, not keen on chocolate, but have a tub of pringles sitting looking at me!:lol:

[dandysmom]

I'm not a chocoholic either' have an unopened box of Belgian chocolates left over from Christmas (sorry, Alex!). Cheese, crisps, scones with jam and cream..... oddly enough the thing that got my appetite awake was, of all things, a tossed green salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar,,,somehow that jump-started my taste buds and it's been fine ever since......

[Moli]

I'm not a chocoholic either' have an unopened box of Belgian chocolates left over from Christmas (sorry, Alex!). Cheese, crisps, scones with jam and cream..... oddly enough the thing that got my appetite awake was, of all things, a tossed green salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar,,,somehow that jump-started my taste buds and it's been fine ever since......
You have very similar tastes to me DM, Love a scone with Jam and Fresh cream....;)

[dandysmom]

Real English Devon cream is ridiculously pricy here, but every so often when I'm in a baking mood will make scones and get some ...nothing like a nice warm scone right out of the oven ...I"m making myself hungry now; haven't had dinner yet!

[Moli]

Nohing like the cream teas you get in England during the summe, we do not get them up here...

[Fran]

Nohing like the cream teas you get in England during the summe, we do not get them up here...

You will have to visit me Moli, I will treat you to cream tea. You too Eileen if you ever decide to cross the pond :-D

[Moli]

May well do that some time PK, but will not be bringing Merlin with me!;)

[dandysmom]

Will someone be kind enough to explain a cream tea to me? Sometimes I do feel on the wrong side of the Pond.......

[Moli]

Its scones wih Jam and fresh Cream DM...

[Fran]

Its scones wih Jam and fresh Cream DM...

and a cup of lovely English tea ;)

[Fran]

May well do that some time PK, but will not be bringing Merlin with me!;)

:shock: No Merlin?? Well you better bring Chancer then, he would appreciate a cream tea :-D

[Moli]

:shock: No Merlin?? Well you better bring Chancer then, he would appreciate a cream tea :-DIf he gets any bigger, he will go pop!:roll: :lol:

[Mags]

Will someone be kind enough to explain a cream tea to me? Sometimes I do feel on the wrong side of the Pond.......
Here you are Eileen.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_features/images/cream_tea_270.jpg

[Fran]

If he gets any bigger, he will go pop!:roll: :lol:

Him and Clooney would be in good company then! :roll:

[dandysmom]

and a cup of lovely English tea ;) Oh, I've been having an English cream tea all along, except at the wrong time of day! I always have tea after dinner (not a coffee drinker) and must have something sweet with it, so when I make scones I have one with cream and jam with my after-dinner tea! The things I've learned here! Thanks!

[Moli]

I am not a tea drinker, love my coffee....