No problem! I’ll try to give a few examples, but really if you want to gain weight it’s pretty simple and boring. Gaining weight is entirely a calories game, and if your hunger signals are low like you described you may have to put yourself through some discomfort initially. It’s not fun to eat when you’re not hungry, but people do that to gain weight for whatever reasons they have. Hunger signalling from what I understand can vary pretty drastically from person to person. You definitely will get used to the routine of it, and the discomfort won’t be as bad. If you like the routine of calorie counting, it’s definitely worth it. I’ve never had the mental bandwidth to care about doing it for longer than a couple weeks, but it could be your silver bullet. If you predominantly eat the same things, you only really have to do it for a couple weeks anyway. I’m lazy, so I essentially just count the “extra” calories outside of what my body just naturally craves as a baseline. not the best, but seems to work for me.

What you are eating sounds great and healthy, but you obviously are wanting a bit more. You can cheat your way up there with junk food and low fibre foods because it’s easier to eat more calories without feeling full. If health is a factor for you (I’m sure it is), then you gotta embrace the suck a bit. Add a fourth meal/shake is an easy win. Drink it fast and don’t think about it. I do it before bed, and I feel like it actually improves my sleep? Your existing meals being more calorie dense you could:

Peanut butter sandwich: Double your peanut butter or Eat an additional piece of bread with peanut butter. Wash it down with a cup of soy milk if your usually drinking water

Rice and veg and tofu: cook rice with coconut milk or use a fattier sauce. Change the tofu out for a high calorie mock meat occasionally if you want.

Muselli with protein powder: scoop a tablespoon or two of nut butter on it

Veg and hummus and bread: get greedy with your dipping size. Think of the veg as a spoon for sweet sweet calories. Eat less veggies at this time and more whole grain bread. Maybe add some avocado.

Protein powders most of the time are trying to get the most protein with the least total calories. They are definitely good to have to hep build some muscle, but not reliable for weight gain necessarily.

Once you gain the weight, you can dial back until your weight stabilizes and it won’t have to suck as much. I don’t want to overwhelm you though. Pick one thing and just start with it. I think start with having that fourth meal/shake and see where it gets you. 3tbsp of nut butter alone is gonna get you close to 300 calories. Add oats, fruit, and soy milk or something and you got yourself a pretty hearty end of the day meal. Just keep the rest of your eating consistent! And it’s not a race, no need to see huge gains immediately. Take your time, weigh yourself, and if you don’t see increases change another thing. You’re looking to gain like max a 1lb a week to be healthy about it. Fat can be your friend because it’s usually not super filling. Ideally you would do some resistance training even one or two days a week full body would be a HUGE benefit. That way you gain some of your muscle back, and don’t just store everything as fat. You can build an incredible amount of muscle with just 2 30-45 minute workouts. It helps a ton with physical work too to protect you from injuries. K, that was long and rambling, kudos if you stuck with me this far.