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How Does One Gain Weight?
I am 22 years old. I weigh 54 kg and i am 6 feet tall. I am this thin since 10 years old. I have tried gym for straight 6 months with regular balanced diet, but it only helped me to reach 57 kg and when i left the gym i am back to where I started. What should I do to gain weight. Do you recommend any tests. ?
Tue, 28 Oct 2014
Hello,
Thank you for trusting HCM.
Gaining weight for some people is as hard as losing weight for others, based on your height and weight you are underweight. To gain weight what you were doing is the best way to gain healthy weight, going to the gym and eating balanced food with alot of complex carbohydrates like potato, pasta etc, and sometimes even simple carbs. Answering your questions regarding taking testosterone i guess you were refereing to it by tests. NO dont take it, it will change your hormonal balance and sometimes you will never get that balance back, since once you take exogenous tests. you will shutdown normal production and there are studies that the normal production will not come back to normal. Nevertheless if you decide to do so please do it under proper medical supervision since the risks extends to liver cancer and elevated blood pressure among other dangers. If you go to the gym with proper diet you will gain weight for sure, but it will need time 6 months adding 3 kilos is a good thing, you were doing a good job.
Good luck and hope that helped.
Dr. Ahmad
Thank you for trusting HCM.
Gaining weight for some people is as hard as losing weight for others, based on your height and weight you are underweight. To gain weight what you were doing is the best way to gain healthy weight, going to the gym and eating balanced food with alot of complex carbohydrates like potato, pasta etc, and sometimes even simple carbs. Answering your questions regarding taking testosterone i guess you were refereing to it by tests. NO dont take it, it will change your hormonal balance and sometimes you will never get that balance back, since once you take exogenous tests. you will shutdown normal production and there are studies that the normal production will not come back to normal. Nevertheless if you decide to do so please do it under proper medical supervision since the risks extends to liver cancer and elevated blood pressure among other dangers. If you go to the gym with proper diet you will gain weight for sure, but it will need time 6 months adding 3 kilos is a good thing, you were doing a good job.
Good luck and hope that helped.
Dr. Ahmad
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