Interesting read from both of you. I will share my own personal story about trying to gain weight. It's a goal of mine for the longest time but I had made some progress this year. I was able to gain weight successfully after many tries by employing couple of methods that Imad mentioned. 1. let others know about the goal you're trying to set, which creates a support group and accountability. 2. having the resource to spent more money on food and a convenient gym where I could lift weights. 3. weight myself before the start of the goal and monitor my weight gains every week or so to track progress. The fact that I was monitoring my weight makes me become aware of how much I eats and leads me to eat more. 4. create realistic goals:
my goal is only to gain ten pounds by the end of the year which equates to less than a pound a month.
I think another important thing is that the behavior is sustainable in the long run. There are so many ways to accomplish a goal but in order for it to be sustainable, it comes down to whether or not you can keep the behavior after the goal is met. For example, there's so many methods for people to gain or lose weight and no one method works for everyone. It takes knowing yourself and some research to find out what proven methods works and then devise a plan that one can truly follow and stay with.
