HARD TIME GAINING WEIGHT

Not knowing what you have tried, I will have to make a guess of what you may not have tried. First thing I would advise you to do is to schedule a complete physical with your doctor to determine if there are any undiagnosed illnesses that may have prevented you from gaining weight. You have described fat gain in your stomach and side areas. This is a condition called central obesity. This condition may be hereditary in nature, or may be due to hormonal disorders such as Cushing's syndrome, where excessive cortisol secretion causes fat to accumulate in the abdominal area. In extreme cases of central obesity, the individual may have accumulated a lot of fat in the belly, but the arms and legs remain skinny. This type of obesity is resistant to intervention by physical exercise until or unless the underlying cause is corrected.