Gaining weigh-ins!!

Let's all post with putting our gaining weigh ins and stats!

What are you doing to gain?? How much have you gained?? And what is your goal??

I am 5'7 and currently 118-122. My lowest was 94 so you do the math!!!

My nutritionist says that 130ish is where I should be..anyone else?

hiii new lurky person

height = 5'8

started from = 79.5lbs

now = 98lbs

general goal = higher!

goal by end of August = 107lbs

Hello, i am new on here, really inspiring reading all ur messages. I am just right at the beginning of my recovery :-)

My height is 5ft 11.

Started from 80lbs

Now I am 84lbs

Starting with a goal of 100lbs and once I get there, I will pick another goal! 

I'm back, for a bit, i hope!  i gained to 110, w/o realizing lost.  As of this morning, I'm 105.  I want to gain past 110 this time, i think i still looked thin.  I'm 25, lightly active.

Ht: a bit under 5'4

LW: 87

CW: 105 (bmi 18)

GW: at least 116 (bmi 20)

I'm averaging 1550-1600 during the week and 1800 on the weekends

HI Agruskin,

If you mean you are averaging 1550-1600 calories per day and 1800 calories on the weekends then you will keep losing..you won't gain on that if you are slightly active.  Those are weight loss amounts NOT weight gain.  When i was seriously restricting i was eating about that amount and was slowly but surely always losing weight.  Have you seen a dietician?  Maybe you should look at the weight gain menus on this website and get some ideas for meal plans...clearly you are not eating enough and it seems like ED is still in control.

VICGIRL- hi, i wan't trying to gain on that amount, thats just what ive been averaging the past few months.  ive done the gaining thing, when i weighed in the 90s i finally increased to 2700-2900, gained to 110 in a few months, then stopped.  the calories sort of disappeared and i guess i slowly by surely lost some of the weight.

i unfortuantely don't think ppl ever fully recover from EDs if theyve had it for a long time, which i did/do.

i have a bmi of 18, i want to gain.  the site says 1730 for 5'4 and 117lbs to maintain.

1 thought was to eat that but im not sure.

Original Post by agruskin:

i unfortuantely don't think ppl ever fully recover from EDs if theyve had it for a long time, which i did/do.

 Please don't say that. :-( I need hope.

MASHED- fully recover, im not sure, able to live a happy and successful happy life, it must be, i believe it is.  thoguhts may reenter one's mind but can be pushed out and overrun, i think its something that is always in the back of someone's mind, but it doesnt mean its the center of that person's life.

Original Post by mashed_tatties:

Original Post by agruskin:

i unfortuantely don't think ppl ever fully recover from EDs if theyve had it for a long time, which i did/do.

 Please don't say that. :-( I need hope.

don't give up...I think one of the most inspiring things I've seen was a couple of talks by ex patients when I was IP...both had been in and out of IP/day units for years and very severely ill, they were very non-compliant and unmotivated to begin with apparently. anyway my point is they were both genuinely recovered, at a totally healthy weight and getting on with their lives. they DID say they still have to stick to meal plans and expect to for the next few years, but that they can be far more spontaneous and fluid than they could in early recovery. it seems it is possible:) 

dont get me wrong, yes, u can live a great amazing life, thoguhts might only enter occasionaly and on a low level.  this is just my opinions.

overall, a happy healthy life w little random thoguhts sounds good.

height: 5'1
HW: 102 [when I was shorter]
LW [at this height]: 79/80lbs

CW: 104lbs
off to maintenance I go!

I had a weigh in with my paediatrition today and burst into tears when I saw the scale, its taken me about 5 hours to become a bit more positive about it.|

It came as a bit of a shock, because a month ago I was 90lbs.
My mum doesn't understand why I'm freaking out so much, gaining 14lbs in one month takes quite an effort and right now I feel terrible about it.

I'm coming out of lurking, hehe~

Height: 5'8
LW: 98
CW:110
GW: 133 - pre ED weight. ;D

I'm still on 2200 calories, though. I just can't bring myself to do 2500 ;__;

Skippinggirl...way to go...do NOT feel bad about your gain...it is a gain in every sense..NOT just a weight gain.  Trust me sweetie i've battled ED for a long time and i have the souvenirs to prove it...osteoporosis etc.  Be damn proud of yourself....The tears are just the ED ...tell it to go to hell and reclaim your life. 

Yeslets...if you're gaining and working toward your GW perhaps you can sneak those extra 300 calories in by taking a beverage that has that amount of calories each day.  I find drinking calories doesn't have that same....OMG this seems like a lot of food effect.  Just a thought!

It's been tough but I'd say I've gained a solid 3 pounds overthe last couple weeks. 

I've been eating 5-6 times a day.  There was one day I only ate about 2000 calories.  But for the most part I've been consistent between 2700-3500. 

a LOT of subway sandwiches for lunch. With mayonnaise.  Drinking Whole Milk is good. Theres like 150  calories in a 8 oz glass of milk.  Raisin bran is good,  Peantut butter on celerey is a great snack and makes the calories increase to about 200.

I have a good trail mix at about 150 calories for a couple hand fulls.

I'm getting ready to start Judo again which really will tap out the cardio.

Hi there! I am only slightly taller then 5 ‘ 4 , and at 110 I look a tad slim too, but as little as 114 - 115 makes a huge difference!

Since recovering from my various forms of disordered eating (recovering/not recovered/meaning it is an on going committment), I have fallen to 105 at times; ironically, the less I think about food, the more likely it is I forget to eat as much!

The more I try to live my life and the less importance food has in my life, the easier it is for me to simply let my weight slip down due to not caring about food.

At 110 people all thought I looked great and had no reason to gain (have large boobs and look curvy at low weight) but ultimately, it was my own opinion that caused me to want to be higher then 110!

I never would have imaged that I would be the one who thought I looked thin!

Good luck gaining!

You always sound very clear in your goals to live a normal healthy life, therefore gaining slightly more this time should feel fine for you!

I think that going through disordered eating is something you always remember; therefore remembering your experience in itself automatically makes you different from people who have not experienced disordered eating.

Not engaging in the practice of disordered eating and learning to not allow the thoughts to dictate your life or feelings is definitely possibility; if the disordered thinking can still be there, but take a back seat, then I see no reason why you, or any long term sufferer of an ED cannot live a life that is every bit as healthy, happy, and normal as every one else

Thoughts about food/calories/ED related thoughts I only one part of who you are, so in theory, if you do not let that one part of you adversely affect other parts of your life, then your life can be just as successful as any one else’s.

Your eating disorder can even increase certain aspects of your life, it can give you more compassion, and you may make friends and form relationships with people you other wise would not have encountered if you had not gone through your serious ED.

And surviving a serious ED takes an awful lot of strength - if you have been through that much, and if you have the strength to not let the ED beat you, that is a lot of strength you have that you can use to handle other challenges!

i know this isnt the place for discussion and rather for posting weight and gains, but at a bit under 5'4 i dont think i look well at 106 or even 110 and other ppl say i could stand to gain a good 10lbs so im going on that, aside from wanting to get back to a bmi of 20. 

before my ED i was always on the larger side, closer to overweight which is not wht i want to return to but even if i could put my fingers around my wrist and what not, i think my body is happier being a bit larger.  so about 117 would give me a bmi of 20 if i were to round up and say i was 5'4.

as of last sunday i was about 105, ive been averaging 1550 on weekdays and closer to 1800 on woknds.  this may be ED talking but do i still do the kickstart 2500 thing, the calcculator here says 1730 cals at lightly active to maintain 117lbs, ideas?

thanks

HI Agruskin,

Me again!  Look i happen to be a nutritional consultant so i have some idea what i'm talking about here.  What i don't think you're understanding is that yes maybe some folks need 1730 calories to maintain a weight of 117 lbs if they are lightly active.  But YOU are NOT maintaining a weight of 117 right now..you're trying to GET TO 117...so you need much more than that.  You are still weight restoring...NOT maintaining.  And also one thing to consider...these calorie counts given on certain sites for maintaining this or that weight are generalisations...they don't apply to each and every individual.  You may have a faster metabolism and actually need more than 1730 when you get to your goal weight.  For now hon just eat the 2,500 you need to get to your GW.  Hope that helps!

hi VIC!

thanks!  so, 1 more thing, just to clarify, i had gained to 110, an "ok" weight for 5'3.75, on about 2700-2800 over the summer, the last few months the 1550 w/ 1800 on wknds, do i still need weight restoring, i mean i know i need to "restore my weight", but that means the 2500? umm, as in, is the metabolsim not recovered what ur saying?

i was saying go for 1730 bc maybe thatd adjust my body to my "happy weight"? idk, altho it does seem low to me for maintenance.

thanks VIC!

Sorry that my posts were not weigh ins! I just felt compelled to comment on the gaining process.

I would also like to update my own stats for the first time since I joined late last year!

Since joining this site, I have gone from about :

Start weight: 105

Goal weight: 112 - 115 lbs (where ever my body dictated)

Current weight: 112 - 115

Height: about 167 cm - which I about 5 ‘ 5

BMI: 19

Over the years my weight has slipped below BMI 18, which can happen easily when you’re BMI is about 19 - and I am proud to say that I have never had a problem re gaining those few lbs when I have unintentionally lost them

At one point I would not even fathom being 110 lbs; there was no way I was willing to accept it. It feels good to live without that feeling of dread!

Good luck every one! I have no need to ever post here again, so I hope you guys reach your goals too and therefore can stop using this page too!

good for u PERSONAL.

for me tho, at 110 i still looked thin, i guess some ppl are just meant to be bigger maybe, idk

as i asked VIC earlier, im just wondering how much i should be eating, its silly, its all ED, obviously, eat more to gain weight.  i only weigh 1/wk so yea

thanks