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don't give up too soon! oh and take protein drinks to help with weight gain

If you want to gain weight, just consume more calories. Don't know why protein shakes got that rep... they will help increase your BMI only if you exercise with it. They do provide essential amino acids for growth, though. But gaining weight? Calories, my friend.

After I gave birth I lost ALOT of weight 10kgs, was very unhealthy infact. I was told to eat obviously but to also take protein powder so went to a sports supplements shop and asked for something high in vitamins etc and that I needed to gain "all over" healthy weight, he gave me one specific to my personal needs and it seemed to work for me. I was having trouble eating large amounts at the time so helped tremendously.

Right, of course it did. Because it increased your calorie intake.

I did not say that it wouldn't work for weight gain. What I was trying to say (and looking back realize I was not very clear in how I wrote it) was that what is special about protein powder is the protein which can help you raise you BMI with exercise. Just as an increase in calories of anything else will help you to put on weight, so will it. I just think it is an expensive supplement to take if one only wants to gain fat weight, as that can be done by increasing caloric intake regardless of the source. Any high-calorie drink/shake would have served your purpose for weight gain.