I want to gain weight. What can I do?

Two thirds of the people are worried that they are obese or over weight and there are even some people worried that they weigh below normal or want to build their muscles or body to seek attention from others. The risk factors that might involve being under weight is that one of the most common might be the person is more prone to weakness or tiredness and infections. The problem should be defined clinically taking all parameters into consideration.  

Most common medical conditions that can cause weight loss or under weight, include:

• Eating disorders: Conditions like  anorexia nervosa which always associate with a serious mental disorder.
• Thyroid problems: Hyperthyroidism, this condition could boost metabolism and cause increased loss of weight .
• Celiac disease: Gluten intolerance which are associated with celiac disease
• Diabetes: Specially type I which could cause severe weight loss.
• Cancer: Some forms of Cancerous tumors
• Infections: Certain infections by parasites, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

How to Gain Weight 

• Consume more calories than the required. Keep an excess margin of more 300 to 500 calories than your normal requirement.
• Consume more proteins which are natural muscle builders. Protein are more better to build muscles than the fat on the contrary. Make a habit to have cup of boiled soya beans twice daily provided you are not allergic to soya beans.
• Eat three full meals which include all nutrients and vitamins. Make sure it includes plenty of fat, carbohydrates and proteins in it.
• Eat energy rich diets. Consume lot of fruits, vegetables, nuts, dried fruits (dates, raisins, prunes), whole grains like brown rice and wheat, ragi etc.
• Exercise regularly. It is advantageous to lift some weight to increase the metabolic activities and to increase the energy demand of the body through exercises.

More Tips to Gain Weight

1. Make a habbit not to drink water before meals which could suppress your hunger.
2. Make a habit to eat more often, may be try squeezing additional meals in between
3. Consume larger portions than the normal
4. Get quality sleep which is more essential for various metabolic activities in the body. 
5.  Eat your protein first and vegetables last.
6. Don't smoke or consume any social drugs or alcohol.

You can start by eating healthy, juicing a lot. Once your digestion and assimilation becomes efficient, your body will start building. Step1 is releasing toxins, cleaning the body, improving the quality of the organs to assimilate and digest and then weight gain happens.

Losing or gaining healthy weight happens when your body and mainly your gut is in a good shape to absorb nutrients or shed the excess. The solution is the same for both the cases. Whatever is the imbalance the body decides and fixes it. High raw whole food plant based meal is your solution. Good sleep , exposure to sun, exercises that help you gain healthy muscles. 

Fats don’t come because you have nuts or avocado or coconut. Unless your body is ready to act on the food you eat, no food will help.

The more the body gets digestive rest from cooked and other wrong foods, it will heal u off the your problems and then build you muscles after u work towards it with weights. You cannot eat fats and gain “healthy” weight . You will gain unhealthy weight 

• Start drinking only fruit and veg cold pressed juices for 10 days. Nothing else. 3-4 lts a day
• After 10 days eat just stomach full of fruits and greens and occasional vegetables for rest of the month and nothing else.
• Weight train in the gym for 1 hr daily / do 24 surya namaskara daily with regular breathIng. 

You will lose the toxins that have clogged the body and start gaining. To continue a healthy diet and not lose back after that,the following is a lifestyle you can follow this.

Morning on empty stomach - Cucumber juice 500 ml filtered / ash gourd juice / cucumber juice 

Followed by A big bowl of fruits - don’t mix melons and other fruits. Eat melons alone. Eat citrus alone 

Followed by A bowl of veg salad which includes coconut / flax or sesame in any form 

More hunger - tender coconut water or coconut pieces with some dates or seed balls with dates 2-3 

Dinner 2 hrs before sleep That is Gluten free consisting of unpolished grains or dals of about 30% and 70% veggies

Please take enema for 30 days with Luke warm water and then slowly reduce the freq. this is not a substitute for daily nature call . Consult an expert as needed

Avoid refined oils, fried food , packaged ready to eat foods, dairy in any form including ghee, refined salt and sugar , gluten , refined oils

Include some exercises that involves moving all your parts ( neck , shoulder, elbows, wrist , hip bending twisting , squats, knees, ankles ) 

Join a gym or yoga and work towards muscle building. That’s the only way to put on healthy bulk in the body and make yourself toned and stronger 

Expose yourself to the sun for 30 mins atleast daily 

Ensure that you are asleep between 10-2 which is when the body needs deep sleep. 

Avoid mental stress by not thinking about things you cannot control. Present is inevitable. Future can be planned. Stay happy. Happiness is only inside yourself . The world around you is a better place if you learn to stay happy inside yourself. Reach us if you need more help in this area. Emotional stress can cascade the effects. Thank your body and love it.

Be blessed. 

Smitha Hemadri (educater of natural healing practices)

https://www.wellcure.com/health-journey/tags/fitness

Be blessed. 

Smitha Hemadri (educator of natural healing practices)

हेलो,

कारण - कारण - शरीर में आकाश तत्व की कमी के वजह से ऐसा होता है। आकाश तत्व की कमी से होता क्या है की शरीर ने पोषक तत्व जो पाया आपके भोजन से उसको पुरे शरीर में  प्रसार (circulate) नहीं कर पाता है। जैसे की आपके पास पैसे हैं पर आपके लिए जो काम करने वाले लोग हैं उन तक उनकी फ़ीस पहुँच नहीं रही है तो वो काम कैसे करेंगे। ठीक ऐसे ही पोषक तत्व आया मगर शरीर के रक्त, मांसपेशी, कोशिकाओं तक पहुँचा नहीं। क्योंकि उसको पहुँचने के लिए जो (gap) की ज़रूरत है, वो हम नहीं दे रहे है।

समधान - कच्चे सब्ज़ी के जूस, फल और सुखा फल रात में पानी में भिगो कर लें। सलाद में अंकुरित अनाज और मेवे मिला कर बिना नमक के लें।शारीरिक और मानसिक क्रिया में संतुलन बनाएँ। फल के बाद 3 घंटे का gap रखें। सलाद बाद 5 घंटे का अंतराल रखें। पका हुआ खाना के बाद 12 घंटा का अंतराल रखें। 

जीवन शैली - शरीर पाँच तत्व से बना हुआ है प्रकृति की ही तरह।

आकाश, वायु, अग्नि, जल, पृथ्वी ये पाँच तत्व आपके शरीर में रोज़ खुराक की तरह जाना चाहिए।

पृथ्वी और शरीर का बनावट एक जैसा 70% पानी से भरा हुआ। पानी जो कि फल, सब्ज़ी से मिलता है।

1 आकाश तत्व- एक खाने से दूसरे खाने के बीच में विराम दें। रोज़ाना 15 घंटे का उपवास करें जैसे रात का भोजन 7 बजे तक कर लिया और सुबह का नाश्ता 9 बजे लें।

2 वायु तत्व- लंबा गहरा स्वाँस अंदर भरें और रुकें फिर पूरे तरीक़े से स्वाँस को ख़ाली करें रुकें फिर स्वाँस अंदर भरें ये एक चक्र हुआ। ऐसे 10 चक्र एक टाइम पर करना है। ये दिन में चार बार करें।I

दौड़ लगाएँ। सूर्य नमस्कार 5 बार करें।

3 अग्नि तत्व- सूरर्य उदय के एक घंटे बाद या सूर्य अस्त के एक घंटे पहले का धूप शरीर को ज़रूर लगाएँ। सर और आँख को किसी सूती कपड़े से ढक कर। जब भी लेंटे अपना दायाँ भाग ऊपर करके लेटें ताकि आपकी सूर्य नाड़ी सक्रिय रहे।

4 जल तत्व- खाना खाने से एक घंटे पहले नाभि के ऊपर गीला सूती कपड़ा लपेट कर रखें और खाना के 2 घंटे बाद भी ऐसा करना है।

नीम के पत्ते का पेस्ट अपने नाभि पर रखें। 20मिनट तक रख कर साफ़ कर लें।

मेरुदंड स्नान के लिए अगर टब ना हो तो एक मोटा तौलिया गीला कर लें बिना निचोरे उसको बिछा लें और अपने मेरुदंड को उस स्थान पर रखें।

खाना खाने से एक घंटे पहले नाभि के ऊपर गीला सूती कपड़ा लपेट कर रखें या खाना के 2 घंटे बाद भी ऐसा कर सकते हैं।

मेरुदंड (स्पाइन) सीधा करके बैठें। हमेशा इस बात ध्यान रखें और हफ़्ते में 3 दिन मेरुदंड का स्नान करें।

पेट पर खीरा का पेस्ट 20 मिनट लगाएँ। फिर साफ़ कर लें। पैरों को 20 मिनट के लिए सादे पानी से भरे किसी बाल्टी या टब में डूबो कर रखें।

5. पृथ्वी तत्व- कच्चे सब्ज़ी का जूस आपका मुख्य भोजन है।  सुबह ख़ाली पेट इनमे से कोई भी हरा जूस लें।पेठे (ashguard ) का जूस लें और  नारियल पानी भी ले सकते हैं। बेल का पत्ता 8 से 10 पीस कर 100ml पानी में मिला कर छान कर पीएँ। खीरा 1/2 भाग + धनिया पत्ती (10 ग्राम) पीस लें, 100 ml पानी में मिला कर पीएँ। दुब घास 25 ग्राम पीस कर छान कर 100 ml पानी में मिला कर पीएँ।

ये जूस सुबह नाश्ते से एक घंटे पहले लें। नाश्ते में फल लें। दोपहर के खाने से एक घंटा पहले हरा जूस लें। खाने में सलाद नमक सेंधा ही प्रयोग करें। नमक की पके हुए खाने में भी बहुत कम लें। सब्ज़ी पकने बाद उसमें नमक डालें। नमक पका कर या अधिक खाने से शरीर में (fluid)  की कमी हो जाती।

सलाद दोपहर 1बजे बिना नमक के खाएँ तो अच्छा होगा क्योंकि नमक सलाद के गुणों को कम कर देता है। सलाद में हरे पत्तेदार सब्ज़ी को डालें और नारियल पीस कर मिलाएँ। कच्चा पपीता 50 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। कभी सीताफल ( yellow pumpkin)50 ग्राम ऐसे ही डालें। कभी सफ़ेद पेठा (ashgurad) 30 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। ऐसे ही ज़ूकीनी 50 ग्राम डालें।कद्दूकस करके डालें।कभी काजू बादाम अखरोट मूँगफली भिगोए हुए पीस कर मिलाएँ। लाल, हरा, पीला शिमला मिर्च 1/4 हिस्सा हर एक का मिलाएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी लें।

रात के खाने में इस अनुपात से खाना खाएँ 2 कटोरी सब्ज़ी के साथ 1कटोरी चावल या 1रोटी लें। रात 8 बजे के बाद कुछ ना खाएँ, 12 घंटे का (gap) अंतराल रखें। 8बजे रात से 8 बजे सुबह तक कुछ नहीं खाना है।

एक नियम हमेशा याद रखें ठोस(solid) खाने को चबा कर तरल (liquid) बना कर खाएँ। तरल  को मुँह में घूँट घूँट पीएँ। खाना ज़मीन पर बैठ कर खाएँ। खाते वक़्त ना तो बात करें और ना ही TV और mobile को देखें।ठोस  भोजन के तुरंत बाद या बीच बीच में जूस या पानी ना लें। भोजन हो जाने के एक घंटे बाद तरल पदार्थ  ले सकते हैं।

जानवरों से उपलब्ध होने वाले भोजन वर्जित हैं।

तेल, मसाला, और गेहूँ से परहेज़ करेंगे तो अच्छा होगा। चीनी के जगह गुड़ लें।

हफ़्ते में एक दिन उपवास करें। शाम तक केवल पानी लें, प्यास लगे तो ही पीएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी और रात 8 बजे सलाद लें।

धन्यवाद।

रूबी, 

प्राकृतिक जीवनशैली प्रशिक्षिका व मार्गदर्शिका (Nature Cure Guide & Educator)