159

How to gain weight from eating almost exclusively bread and potatoes? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 days ago by Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

203 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] theherk@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

Can’t go wrong here. High calorie density. Best tasting food; fight me. And actually pretty healthful.

[-] shutz@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago

Some of the food packs that were created for humanitarian organizations when they go into a place with people suffering from severe malnutrition are basically peanut butter fortified with vitamins and minerals. It's great for getting nutrition back on track, and easier to stomach than most calorie-dense foods such as meat.

[-] cryptTurtle@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

If you get pure peanut peanut butter. A lot of the shelf stuff has tons of sugar and salt added. Usually I'll buy the pure stuff and cut it with a small amount of the other to sweeten it

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

In a thread about how to gain weight, you are advising against sugar sweetened peanut butter.

In a thread about how to survive on very little money you are advising the most expensive peanut butter option.

Get the cheapest, sugariest, oiliest jar you can find. Salt is not evil either.

[-] Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Good point. Salt DOES drive away evil spirits. It can't be bad.

spoiler

Not for the body anyway. Maybe for the spirit.

[-] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I know we're downvoting non-cheap options here but if you can, try to find one without palm oil at least, purely out of ethical concerns

this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2026

159 points (92.5% liked)

Ask Lemmy

42006 readers

1312 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, toxicity and dog-whistling are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !uspolitics@lemmy.world

7) No Hit-and-Run questions.

Please don't delete your post for no apparent reason. If you plan on deleting a question later, say so in the post, or if you feel that you have a good reason to remove it, message a mod beforehand. It's not fair to the ones who took their time to answer, and it's not in the spirit of the community.

8) No Bots.

Posts or comments from bots, LLM's, AIs, Neural Networks, Transformers, or Marvin the Paranoid Android are not welcome in AskLemmy. Real humans only please.

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.