: How to gain weight without supplements and non veg I am a 22-year-old eggetarian guy. I hate all non-vegetarian food, so changing my diet is not an option for me. I eat milk shakes, milk products, and eggs every day. I have

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As said by others, to healthily gain weight (by which I guess you mean lean weight -- muscle -- and not fat), you need resistance training and to eat more calories, particularly protein calories. Those calories do not have to come from animal sources.
I'm doing a course right now on vegetarian & vegan nutrition, and my particular focus is on atheletes and weight trainers. There are a couple of texts you should get hold of aimed at the vegetarian bodybuilder: one by Robert Cheeke and Enette Larson Meyer. Both are easy to search and find.
One personal recommendation for muscle/weight gain nutrition is to try adding hemp protein to your diet -- from shelled seeds or powdered for shakes. This article is a gungho one touting hemp as the answer to all your bodybuilding woes, but more moderately phrased appraisals can be found here, and this page has good info as well.
From the article Hemp Protein for Muscle Growth by Pauline Robinson:

Hemp protein contains all 20 known amino acids including the 9
essential amino acids (EAAs) our bodies cannot produce. Proteins are
considered complete when they contain all 9 essential amino acids in a
sufficient quantity and ratio to meet the body’s needs. Hemp seeds
contain an adequate supply of these high quality proteins (EAAs) for a
well balanced diet.
Hemp protein is free of the tryspin inhibitors which block protein
absorption and free of oligosaccharides found in soy, which cause
stomach upset and gas....
When pressed and milled, the result is the
perfect high performance vegetarian whole food which may be used in
place of all protein sources or supplements....In fact, hemp Protein is not only very high in fiber,
but is unique in the plant kingdom for its perfect balance of protein,
fiber, and carbohydrates, making it easy to substitute into any type
of diet.

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I think it is a foolish idea to try and start eating more before you start at the gym. Resistance exercise should increase your appetite and muscle mass. You will likely need to consume around 2200 calories or more to achieve your goal weight. I am assuming you are around 5' 10" (around 177 CM). I would also suggest about 240 grams of protein per day. You are going to need to take a supplement. Whey protein isolate is low in fat and does not contain lactose. It should be ok for you to take considering your digestive issues.

As a second point, if you are not against eating meat for ethical reasons, I would suggest that you consider trying the Paleo Diet as Dave Liepmann suggested. I cannot offer you factual scientific evidence to support this as no studies have been done, but I have known several people who discovered that their digestive issues were in fact linked to gluten sensitivity and not to eating heavy or fatty foods. They tried Paleo Diet for 30 days and it completely changed them. I would be interested in knowing if Dave has anything concrete, rather than anecdote, he can add to this as I certainly do not...

For someone your age, I think it might be worth trying as it seems to be a good way to build some lean muscle in conjunction with a resistance training program. Otherwise you are just going to have to increase your protein intake to around 240 grams and ensure your are eating over 2200 calories per day in conjunction with a resistance training program.

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If you want to gain the weight, you need to eat the calories. My estimate was within the proper range for your height and weight. Ensure that you are consuming at least 2200 calories per day (and of that 240 grams of protein) and that you are doing so relatively evenly through the day. You may need to eat more and you may need to increase that as you get closer to your goal. You need to practice a resistance routine in conjunction with this or the weight you gain will be mostly fat. It is a biological fact regardless of how you feel or your previous experience. If your body does not have a need to store the additional weight as metabolically expensive muscle, it will not do so. The only other alternative is fat. If you want to start going to the gym as a "skinny fat" individual rather than just a skinny individual, that is your choice. Notice I am not saying weights, I am saying resistance. it could be a combination of pushups at different angles and hand positions, pullups, dips, and unweighted squats and lunges. But again, if your body has no need to store it as muscle due to your activity, you will just get fat. QED.

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Along with your normal diet, you should eat eggs & milk. I'm a 5'10 ft 22 yr male, and my weight just increased from 52 kg to 55 kg in 2 weeks. I hit the gym every day at 5:30 pm and take 3 eggs and 1 ltr milk after the gym, and otherwise continue with my normal diet. Also I have some almonds and cashews in my spare time every day. Perhaps this can work for you as well.

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Your body needs stimulus to grow. Then it needs food to fuel that growth. Working out without increasing food intake will cause you to get leaner and somewhat more fit. Increasing food intake without working out will make you bigger only by making you more fat. Neither of those are a good idea for your goals.

Here's what I'd do. I'd eat a lot more food than you currently do: at least three big meals a day, each with significant portions of animal protein. Shoot for at least a dozen eggs and half a gallon of milk a day.

But your body isn't going to be hungry, and isn't going to do anything useful with the extra food, if you don't tell it what to do. I'd start lifting heavy three times a week: barbell squats, deadlifts, chin-ups, overhead presses.