1. Eat for energy. “If I eat too much before a show, I just want to sit down. Too little, and I’m starving. So I eat something small, like Quorn, a tasty meat-free protein, and green beans.”

2. Keep a food diary. Carrie has been tracking her intake for three years! She counts her calories on a regular basis, to see how it all adds up. “Once you realize, it’s like, ‘No wonder I’ve plateaued! No wonder I’ve been gaining weight!’” she says. “Little things really do add up.”

3. Enjoy your favorite foods, healthfully. In 2007 Carrie told SELF “My food indulgences are pizza, and I love… cheese. I have a big problem controlling myself with the cheese.” Two years later, it looks like she found a way to have her pizza and eat it too! Here’s her recipe favorite formula for a healthy, 250-calorie personal pizza: 1 Flatout wrap with 1/4 cup sauce, 1/2 cup fat-free or 2% cheese and loaded up with veggies.

4. Cut the sugar. “My sugar intake is way down, and I have a lot fewer breakouts. Now when I drink tea, it’s unsweetened. Or I’ll have water,” the start told SELF. “Also, I’m off soda. For so long, I’d have a Diet Coke with breakfast!”

Sure, you can probably tone up pretty quickly taking a Louisville slugger to headlights and slashing tires but it turns out that is not the way country idol Carrie Underwood maintains her rockin’ bod. Here are some of the slim and sexy superstar’s favorite fitness secrets:

1.) Make exercise accessible. “I have Exercise TV on cable. Jillian Michaels’s videos will kick your butt. She’s my trainer, and she doesn’t even know it!”

2.) Work toward an event. “Everybody has things they want to look nice for: anniversary, birthday, reunion. I’ll think to myself, Oh, that award show is coming up. Or, I have a photo shoot in four days! It’s nice to set goals.”

3.) Revel in success. “I love it when I feel good about myself. I’ll look at a photo and think, My arms look great!–and then I go work out my arms. Once you’re enjoying things about your body, you realize how much you want to keep them that way or make them better.”

4.) Favorite ab improver: “When I gain weight, it’s in the spare-tire area. I’ve told trainers abs are a physical impossibility for me. And every single time, they’re like, ‘Well, we’ll get you abs!’ So do I have them? No! But they’re as flat as they’re probably going to get. Push-ups work out everything. If you do them right, you’ll feel it in your abs. I do four sets of 10 to 20.”


Source: Carrie Underwood’s Diet Secrets and Workout Tips

The good thing to be underweight person is you can choose a few things that overweight person may be avoid them. But generally, eating healthy to gain weight involves eating the same variety of foods as your overweight friends.

There are many healthy food that could provide you with needed healthy fat and calories if you eat it routinely throughout the week, such as fish, nuts, and even seed. Black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, dried peas, and soy beans are all good healthy protein and calories source. Meanwhile, red meat has a high saturated fat content and you must limit it by one or two times a week.

You could also get extra protein and calories by adding powdered milk to your soups, sauces, and smoothies. Olive oil is also good choice because this monounsaturated fat will add calories to your diet, and help keep your cardiovascular system in a good way. When choosing salad dressings and mayonnaise, choose those made with canola or safflower oil.

Vegetables, fruits, and whole grains contain carbohydrates that could infuse energy and nutrients into your daily diet. The USDA recommends that our daily diet should include lots of grains and cereals. Those are at least three servings a day of whole gain breads, cereals, or and pastas. Calories, fiber, nutrients, and some protein are provided by this type of food.

Naturally, dark green vegetables contain less calories than starchy vegetables like potatoes and corn. But, you put some extra calories by adding a little olive oil for flavoring, or toppings like slivered almonds, or grated cheese to this kind of food.

Fruits are plenty of vitamins as well as phytochemicals which may possibly help prevent heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Avocado is a fruit which are relatively high in calories, rich in monounsaturated fat, vitamin B and fiber. Banana is also relatively high in calories, and you can add it to your morning cereal or desert like ice cream and pudding. You could also have a healthy and high calorie snack from dried fruits. Snack like dark chocolate are good for you because it has anti-oxidants which is not found in other sweets.

Sugary soda are relatively high in calories. But you should replace them with fruit juices which not just provide calories, but also nutrients, and hydration to your diet.

Weight gaining supplements on the market today could also help put extra pounds on you. Just ask your healthcare provider if one of them is an appropriate way for you to add additional calories, protein, and carbohydrates to your daily diet.

One study found that people tend to eat more when eating with close friends, and also tend to eat more when eating with people who eat more. Maybe this could help you to have fun in eating to get your way to a healthy, normal weight.

Source: How to Gain Weight Eating Healthy Foods