OMG PLEASE HELP!!!
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OMG PLEASE HELP!!!
| Mon, 11-21-2005 - 11:32am |
I have been eating over 2,200 calories this week and I found out that I have gained THREE POUNDS. I am SO scared. I don't know what to do. I have been eating until I was full and even then I was STILL hungry. I don't want to go back to eating almost nothing because then I LOSE weight. I don't know what to do anymore...
PLEASE HELP!

Hi pictureperfect,
OK, take a deeeeeeeep breath...it's going to be ok. I know that 3 lbs seems like a lot, but it really isn't especially if you need to gain weight. It could also be due to water retention or you could be building muscle (are you working out?). Muscles weighs more but takes up less space and more muscle increases your metabolism.
How do your clothes fit?
How do you feel?
How is your energy level?
Those are the things I would try to go by. I think you are doing great nourishing your body...please continue. We are here for you.
Love & hugs, Kristina
“It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what keeps things running right.” ANNE LAMOTT
The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.
Love & hugs, Kristina
It's not all about the weight gain that bugs me, it the eating thing. I felt like I was doing SO good with it. I was eating when I was hungry stopping when I was full and when I saw that I had gained three pounds, I was very upset because I didn't;t want to go back to eating 1,200 calories a day and lose more weight. I wanted to eat the amount of food I wanted, the amount of food that fills me up at the end of the day and NOT the amount that where I would always be hungry. It disappointed me when I thought I couldn't eat what I wanted anymore.
I'll answer your questions:
My clothes fit the same as they did before I weighed myself and found out I gained 4 and a half pounds
And I feel perfectly fine (like I used to before anorexia)
My energy is great too.
I found out I gained another pound and a half today. =( It's hard for me to believe this is all normal but I guess it is, isn't it?
Thank you!
Thank you!