How to gain weight
As Independent Herbalife Distributors we have been helping clients gain weight for over 15 years.
The key to gaining weight is to focus on 3 items:
- 1. Find out what is preventing you gaining weight.
- If you are not absorbing all the nutrients from the food you eat, then you are wasting a lot of money and benefits.
- The key is to do a ‘health and wellness’ assessment to find out exactly your current status, and if (or how) the changes needed to improve your absorption rates.
- 2. Find out what you need to eat and when.
- Firstly you need to find out exactly how much you need to be eating to put on weight.
- Secondly you need to focus on what you are eating. The healthier you are, the more success you will have in gaining weight.
- 3. Resistance Training
- Resistance training (weight training) will significantly help you with your shape and muscles.
- Please note there is a major difference between aerobic sports (running, football, etc.) and resistance training. The former will drain your system just as quick but won’t help you build muscles.
Below you will find our 3 most popular plans or read on for a more detailed description:
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The 3 Key items
Anyone can achieve fast and lasting healthy weight gain results, whether you have been underweight all your life, lost weight recently, eats lots or little – you can “fill out”.
However the key to your success will be to clearly identify why you are not gaining weight.
Because we have helped so many people gain weight using Herbalife shakes we have found you will succeed if you focus on these 3 key items:
Item 1 : is absorption stopping you gaining weight?
One of the key “basics” is to make certain that your body is absorbing the maximum amount of nutrients from all the food you are eating.
Otherwise it goes in one end and…. (you get the message)
A condition called negative nutrition affects your ability to absorb nutrients from food.
If you are not absorbing to the max then you won’t be getting the maximum benefit from the food you eat. You can eat and eat but if your body isn’t absorbing nutrients you won’t see a difference.
What causes negative nutrition?
Absorption can be affected by many factors:
- Are you a smoker?
- Coffee drinker? Drink alcohol?
- Eat fast food? Eat processed food?
- Do you suffer from stress?
- Drink Fizzy Drinks?
- Take prescription medicine?
- Have you tried gaining weight before without success?
The starting point to your plan is to make certain that every item of food you eat or drink will help you put on weight. Otherwise you can easily spend a fortune on weight gain products and not have any benefit.
Your first action point
is therefore to find out :
- Do you need to worry about your current absorption rate or is it ok ?
- If your absorption is not great then what key steps can you take to boost absorption rates ?
Did you know that often it is just simple changes that can make a significant difference to your absorption?
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Item 2 – What you need to eat and when.
Do you need to add weight gain drinks to your diet ?
The internet and health food shops tend to be ‘awash’ in every type and variety of weight gain products & drinks. High calorie / protein / etc., you name it they are all there.
Don’t be mislead by the pictures / claims on the label etc. Many of the weight gain products will only work if they are taken as part of an exercise regime (i.e. weight training).
If you want to gain muscles and shape follow the advice given below in key item 3
If you want to put on weight all over then try to select a healthy weight gain drink if you can, such as the extra calorie shake – it will help you achieve optimum results.
For extra calories focus on 2 key items
However – before deciding to invest in weight gain products you need to focus on 2 key items.
Firstly
- you need to find out exactly how much you need to be eating .
- All the figures quoted in magazines, websites, etc are meaningless if they don’t apply to you!.
- A six foot athlete, with a very physically demanding job in his late teens will need to consume significantly different amounts of calories than a 5 foot office worker who doesn’t take part in any sport.
- The key is to find out exactly how much you need to eat and then compare this to your current intake. It could be you are already eating enough but that other factors are slowing down your results.
Secondly
- Focus on what you are eating.
- Often just very simple changes in what you eat and when can have a major impact.
- Don’t be mislead by all the wrong well meant advice from friends and family i.e. high fat / high sugar / etc. foods.
- If you know exactly what to eat and when you will get far better results (you will also help your health in the long term !)
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Item 3 – Want to Gain Shape ?
Using items 1 and 2 you will start gaining weight all over.
However, your natural body shape will influence the plan you need to follow – if your diet (or adding drinks) are all you require as you will naturally gain it all over.
Or do you need to do some exercises to make certain you put in on in the right place. However if you go weight training (or do any other sport) you need to follow a sports nutrition plan to help prevent your body draining energy.
The key is to find out exactly what you need to be eating, and when, to get best results in the gym to help your shape.
Like to go to the Gym, or do sport, but concerned about losing weight?
It is important to eat and drink the right weight gain products, foods & drinks at the right rime. i.e. a mix of slow and quick release carbohydrates. high quality protein and essential nutrients
In addition, the weight training plan you follow will be crucial to your success
Your local fitness instructor might be able to provide advice (but do check what experience he has as most tend to specialise in weight loss).
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How our Herbalife weight gain plan works
The key is that weight gain is very individual and the best weight gain products will depend on your own personal circumstances.
- Have you lost weight or always been underweight?
- Do you eat lots or little?
- Do you burn much energy during the day
- Your age, height, etc.
Which is why the weight gain products you use have to be exactly right for you.
The 3 most popular Herbalife weight gain shakes plans
Below you will find the 3 most popular Herbalife weight gain plans.
Follow the links for more details
If you:
- Can’t gain weight but Eat normally – Try Weight Gain Quickstart
- If you skip meals or just not hungry – Try the Weight Gain Extra Calorie Plan
- Go to the Gym or play sport – Try the High Protein Plan
Plan A
Eat normally and can’t gain weight ?
Weight Gain Quickstart
Our most popular plan can be used by anyone (woman, teen, child or man) to achieve lasting results.
Ideal plan if you are eating normally (or lots) and want a very easy to follow plan that doesn’t require you making any changes to your current diet
We designed this plan using weight gain products to
- Help absorption – so you help your body convert food into extra weight
- and extra calories – Which you add to your diet in a very easy and enjoyable way
Directions:
- 3 times per day take a cell activator tablet with meals,
- Keep eating as normally but after 7 days add an additional extra calorie shake and drink three times per day.
The key Herbalife Weight Gain Products:
- Extra Calorie shake mix (additional calories)
- Cell Activator (to help boost absorption)
- the advantage is that you don’t need to make any changes to your diet or lifestyle for the products to work. Simply add them to what you are eating now and you will gain weight, however….
- All our weight gain products include detailed advice on what else you can do to get even better results.
This is our weight gain quickstart plan
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Plan B
Skip Breakfast / Poor Appetite ?
Weight Gain Extra Calorie
To gain weight in a healthy way, you need to eat more calories than you use, about 500 extra calories every day should give 2lb (1 kg) each week.
This plan is very easy to follow and will provide you the extra calories in a very healthy way to help you achieve maximum results – without you feeling you are being forced to eat large meals.
The will help you put on weight (all over) and will work if you are male or female, without you having to make any other changes to your diet.
Directions
- 3 times per day take a cell activator tablet with meals,
- Keep eating as normally but from day 1 have an additional extra calorie shake three times per day.
The products needed are:
- 2 x Weight Gain Shake Mix Powder (additional calories)
- Cell Activator (to help boost absorption)
- You don’t need to make any changes to your diet or lifestyle for the products to work however….
- In addition we provide detailed advice on what else you can do if you want to further boost results.
This is our weight gain extra calorie plan
Plan C
Go to the Gym, play Sport ?
Weight Gain High Protein
This plan is the same as the above 2 plans but with extra protein.
The reason is that when you are exercising regularly you need to protect your reserves and help your muscles by providing extra protein:
Directions
- 3 times per day take a cell activator tablet with meals,
- Keep eating as normally but after 7 days add an additional extra calorie Herbalife weight gain shakes three times per day.
- Sport, Exercise / Gym – Blend extra protein powder into the extra calorie shake and drink before and after training.
The weight gain products needed are:
- 2 x Extra Calorie shake mix (additional calories)
- 1 x Cell Activator (to help boost absorption)
- 1 x Protein Powder – You need the right quality protein to help build muscles (and reduce recovery time). Simply blend into the extra calorie shake around training – should last 2 to 3 months.
- You don’t need to make any changes to your diet or lifestyle for the products to work however….
- In addition to the products we can also provide detailed advice on what else you can do if you want to further boost results.
This is our weight gain high protein plan
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Item 3 – Weight Gain advice
So, which products should you select to help you achieve best results ?
Every one is unique and your plan should reflect your own needs:
- Do you have a fast metabolism?
- Do you burn a lot of energy during the day because of a physically demanding job?
- Are you a busy mum who ends up skipping meals or running out of time?
- Do you want to get extra muscles in the gym or just put on weight all over?
- Have you lost your appetite, skip meals or do you eat lots and lots and just can’t gain weight?
The key to your success will be to develop a plan that will suit you.
If is very easy to buy the wrong weight gain products, eat the wrong foods and not get the results you hoped for.
We speak to people everyday you have tried lots of different weight gain products without any success, whereas by selecting the right products or foods they could have achieved fast weight gain.
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The Herbalife weight gain shakes plan
The easiest way to see how the Herbalife weight gain shakes work is to have a look at the 3 plans: