[Lost Dog]

Because skinny people need to eat more of any food to gain weight, but when they try to keep it clean it's hard to eat enough calories. It's harder (and more expensive) to find "clean" foods on the go, for instance.

Most "hardgainers" think they eat a lot, but don't. They're just not hungry, and if you give them the task of eating more and making it clean, they put if off until finally they haven't eaten any more than they normally do.

The milk thing is good, because it's liquid, easy, cheap, not so filling, and would be extra calories instead of replacement calories for most people.

On the A thing. Try without counting and see. Counting sucks, but you either eat more without it, or find a way to count calories, portions, meals, something... For some people, just "trying to eat more" isn't enough. They naturally lose their appetite and end up the same.

1. Try without.

2. If that fails, schedule meals, snacks, with rules

3. If that fails, count and track for a while to set your baseline, then go back to #1 and try one more time, then go to #4.

4. If you get to 3 a secoind time, keep counting until you're gaining the weight you want.

Hope this helps.