Healthy food to put weight on...

Owain_Moneysaver

Complan shakes, nuts (pili nuts - 719 calories per 100 gram serving, macadamia nuts (718 calories), and pecans (715 calories) (brazil and peanuts are high in fat so will go rancid quickly) raisins (299 calories) and other dried fruits eg dates, apricots, banana chips, and if you can get it packaged so it doesn't leak eg bags of baking chocolate nuggets, dark chocolate (500 calories).

lizzyb1812

How about the energy bars you can get in health food shops? Small, light, dense nutrition, perfect for snacking. Avoid the choc ones because of melting.

Blue_Elephant

Have you tried the food marketed towards campers/hikers/extreme survival madcappers? you know the dehydrated ready meals targeted at people who want to climb Everest/sail round the world single handed etc?

I think I know what I mean... They'll be really light for you to post, and for him to carry around, and by their nature, designed to hold nutrients in a dense space. you can also get energy bars and the like directed at the same market

fb88

Thank you everyone for your help- really appreciate it!

blue elephant- will look into those types of meals now, thank you!

meritaten

also beef jerky sticks - I know Asda sell them and they are high protein, virtually last forever and are light! They look like dog chews! apparently they are popular with hikers in America.

Penny-Pincher!!

What about pork rinds? High in protein, fat, lightweight and calories.

Protein shakes that can be mixed with water? Complan.

hermum

I'm taking it that your boyfriend is in the Forces. How can these lads be in a war zone without enough food to eat?
Dreadful state of affairs.

cyclamen_2

I know my best friend used to send her husband muesli bars, nuts, dried fruit and beef jerky when he was in Afghanistan. He's a big chap and it was really alarming to see how much weight he lost too. They really ought to get fed more.

I think there's an armed forces board somewhere on MSE, so you could ask there as well. Good luck to you both.

Butterfly_Brain

You need something dense in carbohydrates so Kendal mint cake, Instant Oats with honey etc that you just add hot water to, Nuts, Trail Mix, Beef Jerky, Protein bars, Cous Cous the flavoured kind, Pasta in a cup, High Sugar sweets such as Glacier fruits, Sesame seed bars, Almonds,Cashews, dried bananas, dried apricots, dried apples

Taadaa

It might be water loss as well due to working in the heat. My cousin found it really hard work because they were had to build a school, can't imagine doing such labour in scorching heat.

Dried fruits as well as nuts, they have got sugar in them for energy. High calorie drinks too. Pot noodles?