Wife loves keto for health benefits, but she wants to gain weight. How would you go about that?

(Jesse Driskell) #1

My wife is very thin, but cancer runs in her family so she’s getting healthy with keto and she loves how she feels eating keto foods. Before She would always eat bagels and chips and lots of sugar but never gain weight. She has very bad anxiety and switching to keto that has helped. How could she stay on keto but not lose weight?

(jilliangordona) #2

As long as she is eating plenty of calories, she should not worry. The body craves and works for homeostasis, and keto promotes muscle growth, which will assist in her weight gain!

(Jesse Driskell) #3

Right now she eats a small bowl of full fat yogurt with blackberrys, or bacon and eggs.

For lunch a salad with olive oil and salmon with pumpkin seeds and chia seeds.

Snack is a protein shake with peanutbutter (organic)

Dinner protein and veggies… steak, chicken, groundbeeef.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #4

She could load up on fat bombs, the coconut oil and 100% cacao powder ones, would be better than the protein shake. More fat is the key to getting more calories without eating the house down.

I’m trying to help my DH put on some weight, TOFI, T2D. It is tricky but the more fat I get in him the less he loses and occasionally with put on a lb. It is along process.

Hope she finds something that works well for her.

(Jesse Driskell) #5

The only problem with fat bombs is she cry’s about the sweeteners because she believes they cause cancer, she also can’t stand the taste.

I told her heavy cream with help since it’s so calorie dense

(Dan Dan) #6

Slowly I repeat Slowly add protein and fat.

Week 1

add 1 egg cooked in butter/fat

Week 2

add 2oz fatty meat to lunch

Week 3

add 2oz fatty meat to dinner

This will slowly add 500 Kcals of muscle building protein and good ole fat :smile:

No adding snacks or adding calories to snacks :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

(Dan Dan) #7

If she is not exercising adding a simple routine will help build muscle :muscle:

Try this :grin:

The Four Minute Workout is a new concept of exercise that revolves around the body’s ability to use Nitric Oxide for muscle growth. This is an efficient anaerobic workout that can be done multiple times per day. The more frequently you do it, the better your results.

“May the Force (fat adaption) be with you”

IF/EF Keto WOE is Self-Discovery :wink:

Good luck and much success in your journey in IF/EF Keto WOE :grin:

(Mel Soule) #8

How is her exercise regime? Resistance training offers a multitude of benefits including improvement in aerobic capacity to utilize the fat more efficiently. Also the opportunity to improve mitochondria health, number and efficiency.

(Mike W.) #9

She should focus on building her LBM not just gaining weight.

(Mel Soule) #10

These two videos from Icelandic Health symposium in Sept 2017 may prove interesting

(Jesse Driskell) #11

Right now she goes to the gym 5 days a week, she does compound leg exercises twice a week. She does upper body once a week then the other two days she rows or kettlebell swings for cardio.

(Dan Dan) #12

Love that shes a anīmal in the Gym sounds like a well balanced exercise routine :muscle::grin:

(Mel Soule) #13

Well done. I found in August after switching from a 4 day per week routine to 1 day per week weights with 6 days rest between visits that my strength gains and dimensions (thighs, forearms, biceps) increased. 3 days per week pool walking approx. 2.5 miles per week. Lost 88 lbs since 2/18/2017. Half of that since August. Slow lift strategy of McGuff is what I’m using.

#14

Sound like me. I am 54 yrs 5’5" , 124 lbs and a gym rat. Love the Keto way and the health benefits that come with it, but like your wife certainly dont want to loose weight. I have been adding calorie (good fat) dense foods to my diet and it seems to be doing the trick. I have been able to get an extra 400-500 calories a day by incorporating things like Smoked Salmon, Keto Bagels (homemade) and Ghee into my meals. Also cut back on my running and added more resistance training to my regime. By the way I drink the Ket Bomb coffee without any sweetener I just add an extra serving of Heavy Cream its great.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #15

There are savory fat bombs, I don’t eat fat bombs myself but do a search for ideas. I’m reading this thread because I have started my underweight autistic 24 year old son on keto for heath reasons as well but don’t want him to lose weight for sure. Gain is also something he needs at 101 lbs and 5’7”.

(Cancer Fighting Ketovore :)) #16

So, I have a Coconut-Peppermint Patty fat bomb I rely on (from the book pictures below).

I usual make a double recipe and also double the size of them. This gives me a small fat bomb that packs a whopping 52g of fat, and basically 0g of protein and 0g of carbs.

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