Posts by skunk45

i think you should eat what you want and plenty of it like your dietitian said. and add in some fruits and veg, it really doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you meet your calorie target. you can easily eat healthy high calorie foods as well as foods that aren't so healthy and meet your target.

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i'm eating about 3500- 4000 cals everyday, 5ft4 and 100lbs 19,i'm not trying to lose or gain just maintain.

it seems to me that maybe 134lbs is not your natural set point because if it was you would be able to eat alot more and maintain that weight especially seeing that your quite tall. for a woman of 5ft9 1800 should be your bare minimum but i suspose if you start eating more healthy and working out regular or if you are then more, then those 5 pounds should disappear quite quickly and easily.

i don't really know but being underweight unless your eating enough and thats your natural set point well cause probelms.  a bmi of 17.8 is underweight whether you like it or not.

sounds like your eating enough for your activity level and for weight loss. but i would suggest even though this maybe off topic to just cut out the soya unless you take in some sort of kelp supplement or you eat 1-2 serving of fish everyday.because soya suppress the thyroid functioning. i would also suggest maybe even though your mixing it up your body is use to the calorie yo-yoing. why not change it up and have a consistent number for one week then change it the next- it takes seven days for the body to release that theres a change, then change the cals again before it catches up.

just a suggestion

the pill creates an artificial period and i would suggest going off it if your at an healthy weight and eating enough fats/carbs/protein and nourishment plus your hormones levels are normal then you don't need it your period well come back on its own. cause if your body is getting enough food then theirs enough fuel for a period and these hormones from the pill will only screw up your body and might even stop you from getting a period because the body may become reliant on these artificial hormones.

my mum and my best friend think I'm too young and that rushing it is not the answer. I'm just gonna have to tell him and hope that even if he says he's ok with waiting that he really is OK with waiting. but also i hate planning my life, i feel like if things are might to happen they will regardless of time.

if that makes any sense

different bodys do different things on one hand it might take 3months for a girl  to eat enough and get her period back on the other hand another girl could start eating properly for a week and have her period return. different stikes for different folks.

some birth control pills can make you gain weight as some of them might affect the metabolism and your general appetite for some people. i  know gaining weight is scary but eating 800 Cal's is something you cannot do forever. and the comment from fidget was really unnecessary if you don't have something productive or supportive to say then don't say anything at all.

i don't undereat and i don't have an history of undereating (this is new to me) but i suspose 2000 calores is under eating when i usual eat 3000.....its just i'm stressed and becoming more obessed with cutting myself. but i will go and see my therapist.

thanks for the advice

i know their far too many carbs in my meals i think. but i will try and add more protein. thanks chrissy1988.

nope i'm not overestimateing either mindla_spk, kinda wish i was i feel like a pig now.

 i suspose i can get her some high calorie supplements like ensure as well as nuts and oily fish. rather than cheap rubbish.

thanks for thee input everyone.

but you are underweight though, even though bmi is a bit biased, and this forum is a helpful one. but i will not help you to maintain a weight that could potentially harm you in the long run. i am the same height as you give or take half an inch and i eat 3000 carlores and maintain 110 pounds this weight is perfectly healthy for at  5ft4. if i was 98 pounds i simply woundn't feel healthy but suspose it demands on how u  you feel.

try and consume the 1500 clean calories, i know you are scared of gaining but with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome it could go either way, as some patients put on or loss weight. neither is good, if your doctor says no cardio, that probably means that at the moment your exercise intolerant. but light walking for 20mins a day inserting a few min's or seconds to rest might help if you start having heart pulsations. or perhaps doing some light yoga or pilates laying on the floor should help keep you in shape, as people with POTS have their heart beat increase dramtically when standing up for too long.

i hope this helps

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