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?

Original Post by positivelinny:

Alysha, you are not gaining too fast babe.

What you are experiencing is most likely extra water weight and retention because your body is holding onto everything that you are giving it. Just keep doing what you are doing...upping those cals, and I promise you will feel rewarded.

And relena, you are trying to gain right not maintain? So you should be eating around 2500 at the least and most likely around 3000 if not more. Active people need more to gain. Just keep upping your intake and you will be fine. I know it gets confusing, but listen to your body!

Good luck ladies!

Thank you linny. :) I guess it's just a matter of waiting it out to see what happens... it's just so scary though, because I've never gained anywhere close to 10lbs within a month before. But I'll keep doing what I'm doing, and hopefully my body will adjust.. :)

Thanks, again..

hello to all. i'm taking a huge decision. i'm gonna weigh myself next friday, and i'm very scared as i haven't weighed in two weeks. last number was 92 lbs which was just a little hard to accept. this week however, i'm expecting even a bigger number as i've been eating a bit over 2000 cals and exercising and already feeling much bigger. if the number is something like 97 lbs then i'll be maintaining on it. i don't want to put on more weight coz i'm feeling very healthy and everybody else is saying so. also i'm short 5ft 2 so 97 lbs isn't unhealthy for me. right??

hi all, im pretty new to cc and i came across this disucssion group and found it really perfect for me. i hope u dont mind me joining it, i cud really do with some support at the moment. so ive had an ed for afew years now starting off with bulimia and ending in anorexia (went thru stages of b/p this year even tho maintaned my lowest weight most of the time)

height- 5ft6.5

cw-86 lbs ( maintained roughly for about a year now at least)

lw-83 lbs ( few months ago, went from 85 to 83 cause of binging/purging episdoes)

hw- 137 (pre ed)

gw1-90 lbs

i dont no wat weight i wanna reach but i want it to be low but healthy so like mayb 110 or 115 but wen i reach that i cud wanna be a healthier weight if that doesnt look good, i dont wanna tink of it too much now cause weight restoration seems like such a hard thing mentally an if i set a goal weight thats too high i think it cud freak me out to much an thow me off. my nutritionist wqants to get me toa  bmi of 18.5 at least, at the moment its 13.9 so a good bit to go. but ive realised to jus take it one day at a time, it makes it alot easier. and posiitvity helps alot too. like today i weighed in 0.2 kg more than usual an at fisrt i was like ohh.....but then ive been readin so many comments here an in other forums of focusin on eing healthy an i said yeah im gettin healthy again an was ok with it :)

i was in a club the other nite an i ws lokin at all these gorgeous girls who were all bigger then me n i jus wanted to be like them, healthy happy and they all got guys attention. like wen i was wearin a jacket an u cudnt see my thin frame i got a good few guys coming up to me which made me feel ok an like im not horrible looking but i wanna jus feel completely ok all of the time, even in jus a dress , im sick of worryin whether ppl are starin at me an thinkin oh she so has an ed.

im so ready to get my life back :) ive been inr ecovery for a year now attendin a ed centre but they dont focus on weight first, they focus on gettin ur mind to a stage of not being totally taken over by the ed b4 the weight restoration, but they ensure u dont loose any more buy outtin u on these high nutrition drinks an i was so scard goin on them cause i thought i wud balloon drinkin 600 more cals thna i was used to but i stayed the same weight up till now. im recoverd alot mentally i think but i stil have a long way to go. now im tryin to take care of myself physically.

how much excersise do u guys do? how much shud i be eating to maintain do u think? cause i dont really no how many cals i take in, i had to stop myself obbsessin over that which was hardbut worth it. i think i prob take in around 1500/1600 not sure though

xxxxx

I'm excited and dont know who to tell...

haha I started at 83, in 2 weeks I gained 2 pounds, then in the last 12 days I gained annother 4, so I'm at 89. I want to be at 95 soon, and overall 98 (my pre-stomach problems weight).

9 more pounds, wich will be harder because I'll be starting to run soon, but I just eat everything in sight!!!!

Okay, so, I have a weigh in Friday, but my constipation has flared up. My waist keeps swelling really badly and I'm worried this is going to affect the reality of my weigh in progress - after all, the, um, backlog will add to the scales. s: Does anyone get as badly bloated as this, not just at the stomach but the abdomen too? My waist goes from 24.5 to ~28 in a day! >___< It hurts!

lala-i do, its my IBs and eating and all that but, its only tues, dont let it worry you yet, keep going as normal and dont restrict!  im sure ittl go away by then!

Okay so...2 weeks ago I was about 92.5, one week ago i was at 95.5, and today I came at about 96...I know its good that I'm gaining and all since I am supposed to be, but I honestly can't help but feel that I am gaining too quickly...especially the jump between 2 weeks ago and one week ago being THREE pounds (and believe me, i definitely did not eat enough to gain, i was barely making my so called maintenance)...i know its the ED talking, but I do need some reassurance, because today (which also happens to be my birthday) is the first day in months where I feel a little triggered and out of control at gaining so much so quickly :(...and tonight i'm taking a huge risk, having chocolate cheesecake as my birthday cake (was my favourite as a kid) and i haven't had it in YEARS- so now i feel as if I don't "deserve" to have that high calorie-ness just because...ahhhhh

any supportive notions would be sooo much appreciated! sorry to be bothering anyone...:/ thanks though for letting me vent

HAVE THE CAKE!  my bday is aug 16 and im scared too, but-were SUPPOSED to be gaining, this is SUPPOSED to be happening.  im totally going to need support on my bday, im sure, but you know what, i feel constipated, im bloated, stomach ache, what am i doing rt now?  having a cup of ice cream just as i do every day!  how often do you weigh?  ive heard that initially ppl may gain a lot and then it slows-dont restrtict!  dont even only be eating maintenace-why have you been doing that?  eat to gain if thats what youre supposed to do!  good luck!

Thank you so much agruskin :), I needed to hear that :)! Yeah I have been gradually increasing and not cutting back- but its just the stupid ED that tells me that I am not supposed to be gaining 3 lbs in a week if I'm not consuming an extra 1,500 cals a day....I don't even own a scale (thankfully I forbid myself from owning one), so i only get weighed once a week at the doctor's office. I just don't want to gain everything too quickly if that makes any sense because I have that fear that then I will gain 'too much' or whatnot. I know, I know...its irrational...

but thank you so much, and I will be more than happy to support you on your birthday! After all- having that cheesecake might even rev up my metabolism a bit, right? :P

lol, exactly-im going out to eat tom night to an old fav restaurant-greek food, i love all the stuff and cant decide what i want- i used to seriously eat a ton but havent been there in years!  im planning on eating normally for the day though, even if my dinner comes out to 1500 cals, which it easily can bc the portions are so big, everything soaked in oil, and i think ill be so shocked w how good everything is, that i wont be able to stop-not a binger but still.  1 day is nothing, make it 1 day every week!  plus, youre seeing a doctor regularly?  i completely have youre fear of gaining too fast also, but i dont see a doctor so im even more scared maybe?  youll be fine!  have the cake, have a big bday bfast, lunch, and dinner!

Wow agruskin, you really are inspirational :) Its so refreshing to hear someone so positive yet blatantly honest abot recovery! So I just had that cheesecake and it was...amazing to say the least...very filling...but quite possibly the most deliciously decadent thing that has passed my lips in years...I almost feel accomplished :)

Good luck at the Greek restaurant tomorrow night, Greek food is INCREDIBLE and hey you deserve to enjoy a scrumptious dinner without having to worry about calories or fat content or whatever. So enjoy all that good stuff! Mmmmm.

Thanks again for your much appreciated support :)!

oh, youre welcome FINK, keep it up, stay intouch, and have a happy bday!

Height: 5' 4"

Current weight: 101

Lowest Weight: 101 (I was 107 last week, I've lost six pounds in about as many days, which is scaring me, because I'd already lost 15 pounds prior to that, and I was slender to begin with)

Goal weight: around 120

Meal plan: Eat enough calories!!! Which I can't ever seem to do, with the combination of my constant nausea and the fact I can't chew...

I know I haven't lost as much weight as some of you, but it's the speed of my weight loss which is scaring me, and the fact that because the weight loss isn't self-induced (i.e. I don't have an ED, I'm not self-inducing vomiting or taking lacatives), it's caused by physical problems I have no control over and which aren't improving. I've been trying so hard to halt my weight loss and then suddenly I lost another six pounds... aaagh!

Sorry to be depressing, congrats to everyone else who's gained, it must make you feel so happy!

ugh?

So, case in point about the metabolism speeding up to compensate for calorie increases.

I finally stopped settling with my daily calorie totals hovering in the lower 3000's and said "screw 4000 by labor day, I wanna build my buff body already!"  So starting Aug. 1st I made myself get 4000+ every day.  It was awful I have to admit--I thought the challenge would be getting around to eating it all, but it was more physical discomfort [even with calorie dense foods] than I've ever had.  I was even burping the stuff back up.  But once I started I couldn't let up because I didn't want all that hard work to go down the drain!

Anyhow, Monday is my weigh-in and I had gained 5lbs [finally crossed the big 100 mark!], but I didn't check in here then becaues I knew it's not physically possible to gain a physical 5lbs in a week [probably not even more than 2 even with 1000 calories per day  more].  So I waited and made sure to hold strong at a steady 4000 so I could adapt and evaluate over time...and weighed again today to verify what the real # was.

Well, low and behold it seems like my body is already adapting to this level.
Since then not only am I digesting better and even hungry for almost all the 4000 calories and feeling better, but my weight is right back where it was when I was at 3000!  Grr...what is it going to take for me to get a real steady gain going on here??!

omfg! thank you SO MUCH for this forum! this is so great- i can actually talk to other people who know what i've been through with gaining, instead of trying to lose!

i had anorexia two years ago and was hosptialized, but have been recovered for 18 months now. although, im an athlete, competing in irish dance and distance running, so my weight dropped a bit, and i have to gain just a few pounds to get it back up. i've always been a skinny kid, but you can still be skinny AND healthy :) so my intake right now is at 4000 calories (yeah icecream!)

height- 5'5"

low weight (when i was hospitalized)- 72lbs.

today's weight- 102lbs.

goal weight- 105 to 108lbs.

good luck everyone, and have a great day! i'll be sure to dhare some of my super high-cal recipes with you! (we're talking 700 cal oatmeal), when i get home from dance at 9:30 pm :)

5'6

starting weight 102

gained .8

then lost 2.2

but i also had a bowel movement lol

im upping them calories to 3300-3500

most likely to the 4000's by the end of this week if i dont get a 2 pound gain

i need some serious help. last night i had constipation so i took laxatives, and this morning i "went" alright, then stepped on the scale and it was 98 lbs! two weeks ago i was 92 lbs!! so 6 lbs in two weeks on 1500 cals net?? and it can't be water weight coz i've just used the bathroom before weighing..what the heck is going on?? will i keep gaining insane amounts like this? my goal weigiht set by the doctor was 98 lbs, so now IF this is real weight i should be maintianing? or even losing? on less than 1500 cals??? i'm totally freaked out and have no idea what to do..i can't go to the doctor till 2 weeks, what should i be doing now??does my body think i'm starving and so saving every calorie? so i should up my calories, what if  i gained even more weight?? sorry this took so long..but i'm very worried right now. i will be posting some pics taken today so you guys get to see the difference from the 92lbs and NOW..ugh. i hate this. my body is so ruined..

Relena: You are likely still in starvation mode. You need to eat a lot more than 1500 and you need to eat back what you burn in working out too so your body stops thinking it is in a state of famine. Additionally, laxatives can cause dehydration, which causes water retention. Next time you get constipated, try natural laxatives like prunes/dates/figs/flaxseeds/psyillum husk etc. before you jump for the over-the-counter laxatives. x:

Haha, so. I've been backed up for about three days, and had been watching the rate the scales went up out of curiousity, realising they'd jumped 5lbs (!?!) in three days. Which I am going to put down to a combo of constipation and water retention, as I've been increasing slightly as well. I told the doctor this and she checked my stomach, confirming there was quite a bit of 'stuff' she could feel there. We weighed in anyway, and... ahahaha. 5kg in two weeks? Oh man. So I've been told not to be surprised to see a loss compared to that at my next weigh in as she reckons up to half of that gain is probably down to the constipation and water. Icky!

Guess what???!!! I GOT MY PERIOD BACK!!!!!!!!

Sorry I just really had to share my excitement because it has been AGES to say the least...it must have been the leftover chocolate cheesecake from my birthday that I've been having a bit of each day ;p

Relena- I know how much of a panic it can feel to see the scale show a number 6 pounds higher than the previous week, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't use that as a trigger to restrict/exercise more/etc because that will just make it worse. Obviously you didn't consume an additional however many thousand calories this week that would create six extra pounds...but remember that some of that poundage is water stored in your muscles as well as organ weight...in fact a very very small fraction is actual solid weight gain- if you continue to up your calories, I promise it will level out soon and you might even drop a little bit (which would mean you can increase even further) once you assure your body that you aren't going to starve it- which can take a little while depending on how long you have been restricting for.

My recommendation would be just to lay off the scale in fact- or at most only weigh in once a week. Its a huge relief .