If you're trying to gain weight, drinking more water isn't the answer. Adults need an average of 8 to 12 cups of water per day, regardless of whether they're trying to maintain their weight or change it.

After a tough week at the gym, you can feel confident when you step on the scale. You've been working out regularly -- running, biking, swimming and lifting weights. Your clothes are already fitting a bit more loosely and you look better in your jeans.

Pulled pork differs in flavor depending on regional recipes, but the basic concept is universal – seasoned, smoked or slow-cooked pork that is pulled from the bone or from a boneless roast and shredded. Cooking pulled pork involves enough work that making more than you need for one meal makes sense.

When you gain weight, it usually creeps on slowly over several weeks or months -- not all at once in one day. Weight gain occurs when you consume more calories than you burn. A 3,500-calorie surplus -- 3,500 calories in addition to those you use every day -- will make you gain about 1 pound.

You want to transform your body in just 50 days for that high school reunion, big wedding or meet-up with your ex. With appropriate diet and exercise, expect notable weight loss, improved muscle tone and enhanced stamina in these seven weeks.

Both male and female bodies produce natural testosterone, although women produce only small amounts of this hormone. Methyltestosterone is a synthetic form of testosterone. Even though testosterone replacement therapy is more common for men, women may also benefit from this drug.

Restricting your daily intake to 1,200 calories per day requires diligence and, oftentimes, hunger. With that effort and deprivation, you would expect to lose weight. When the opposite happens and the scale numbers go up, however, you may feel like throwing in the weight-loss towel and eating with abandon.

Nighttime itching is common among people who experience itchiness during the day, regardless of whether the cause is dermatological or systemic. A 2007 review article on this subject by Tajesh Patel, et al. says that as many as 65 percent of daytime sufferers report their symptoms worsen at night.

Weight gainers and muscle gainers are two names for products that offer the same thing -- extra calories from a mix of carbs, protein and fat to help you gain weight. These products are generally marketed to bodybuilders looking to add more muscle to their frame.

Target every part of your body with exercises using 10-pound dumbbells. Depending on your fitness status, however, 10-pound dumbbells may be too heavy or too light. The National Strength and Conditioning Association recommends choosing a weight that fatigues your muscles in 12 to 15 repetitions for general toning.

Though the prevalence of underweight children in the United States has decreased over the years, it is still a problem for about 3.5 percent of U.S. children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Too much of any food can lead to weight gain. The ones that make you fat most quickly are, predictably, those with lots of sugar, fats and refined grains. These foods provide easily digested and processed calories with minimal nutrition content.