I don’t know where to post this, so I’m posting it here.
I need to gain some weight because I’m borderline anorexic. But I can’t afford much more than bread, potatoes, eggs and cheese, That is my diet. And I hate eating it. It’s the only thing I can stomach that is cheap, but I hate it. I don’t want to eat eggs and potatoes for the rest of my life. I would rather die of malnutrition, like I am currently doing.
I have no appetite, but that is a symptom of something else. Ideally, there is a way to gain weight while eating less mass. Something calorie dense.
I might be slightly exaggerating. But for the last couple of years I’ve been eating potatoes and eggs for almost every single meal of the day. And yes, I eat one warm meal a day. Sometimes I suppliment with some bread to stop the hunger pains. Sometimes I also eat a piece of vegetable.
don't do this - how to gain fat as fast as possible
Only eat processed food, so for potatoes – instant potatoes, or really blend the potatoes before you eat them in a smoothie… buy the most processed and fake bread possible (wonder bread if you got it)… processed carbs hit your blood stream faster spiking your glucose more, which drives your insulin, which will suppress your leptin and drive hunger.
Only use seed oils - they drive inflammation and adiposity, so you want to be dosing seed oils every few hours
Eat constantly - every 2-4 hours you want to keep your insulin high, so eat a snack (combining processed potatoes and bread and seed oil) every few hours, it doesn’t have to be a big meal… but you want to graze all day
Mix fats and carbs - this will cause the randel cycle (not a cycle) to misfire and drive inflammation, and adiposity. Every time you eat make sure your getting enough seed oil to stall the carbs your eating from the bread/potatoes
You will be forcing your serum insulin high all day (it takes 2-4 hours to come down after a meal), so your body will be in fat storage mode (not burning) all day.
Seriously though, there have been some great papers on the the metal disorder of anorexia and metabolic psychiatry - if you fix your metabolism, your body will recompose, and you may address your borderline anorexia…
Symptom Impact and Safety of Ketogenic Therapy in Adults with Anorexia Nervosa
Basically it’s the Dr Ede strategy - eat your eggs and cheese, whole foods only, avoid carbs when you can…
change your diet - change your mind
Inb4 someone uuh ackshually ketoacidosis
Never heard of the randle cycle before even though ive experienced and understood it while doing keto, thanks for taking the time to make a great comment like this, very informative!