Anyone gaining in the UK?

Hello, I am completely new to this site so sorry if my first post being a thread is a bit forward...also sorry if this is the wrong place to post!!

Anyway, hello! my name is Jennie, I'm 18 (ahh it feels so old suddenly) and am trying to get to a healthy weight although I'm having a tough time.  Just wondering if anyone else is trying to gain from the uK because it would be nice even to know that there are fellow gainers near by. 

Also just like to add that this site seems like a reeeeally amazing support base and some of the posts I've read have really inspired me .  Well done to everyone for acknowledging their problems and trying to be 100% healthy

Many of us are gaining. I'm gaining, UK native, and I help mod this section of the forum - so hopefully that'll be a good start for you in not feeling so alone!

Make sure you check out all the stickies, particularly The Aim is to Gain: Advice on Weight Gain, Whatever Your Reason.

Well I am not in the uk but am trying to gain again in the US. Are there any support groups in your area you could join? If you want a US email buddy I am here. I understand having a hard time but I am trying to look at all the people who fight this battle and win. If they can do it why can't we?

Hiya, I live in the UK and am 17, so we are in quite similar situations! :)

I'm also trying to gain weight and am in recovery for anorexia, so if you want to ask anything then feel free!

xxx

lalabanana and missmunchkin : awesome stuff, nice to know we do exist here hehe .  yep, that's really similar although I never had full blown anorexia (I always ate, just not enough and very low cal) so seriously well done!!

abbi: Thanks so much I'd love to email you sometime and you ARE right this is totally beatable with a determined mind :)

where are you from btw (Uk), ?  I'm a welsh gal

Anorexia isn't just about weight, but mind, too. Maybe check out these?

Signs of an Eating Disorder Questionnaire
The EAT-26 Eating Disorder Screening Test 

I'm in the South of England, but I wish I were nearer to Wales right now! Lol. Have been invited to a reception to see a photo I entered and have had shortlisted in the National Assembly. Might not be able to make it due to distance. :<

hey!! im a brit too :) and from wales :O

im 18 and doing a levels, recently had a relapse + looking to get back to a healthy weight, finding it hard to increase the cals again though, theres a completely illogical feeling that im going to never stop gaining/become a baloon

Hello :) My names Ruth, im also 18, and im from the UK as well :) Not from Wales unfortunately though :( , Scotland. I've currenly in recovery from Anorexia, recently released from being an IP, and still trying to gain to reach a healthy weight. Would be great to talk to a fellow UK-er though, so please send me a message anytime :)

xxx

'theres a completely illogical feeling that im going to never stop gaining/become a baloon'

 charlie I know Exactly what you mean especially at the end of the day right?  Yeah I'm finding this hard too but after the first few days you kinda know what to expect.  Just keep telling yourself that it's 3000 extra cals a week just to gain a pound!!  and everyone gets bloated but that's the amazingness of our bodies - they can debloat too

lalabanana: thanks for posting the links, will check out now.  Aw thats a bit sucky, damn train fares going up all the time