A note on topics for the Weight Gain Forum: READ ME before posting!

It seems a bit obvious for me to post this, but the amount of rants, accounts and ED posts NOT RELATED to weight gain I have had to move this past few days has been silly. While this IS a forum that ED recovers can and are most welcome to make use of it can be alienating to those who are out to gain but not recovering from an ED to see topic on topic not related to weight gain.

This forum is not your personal journal nor is it specifically the "ED recovery forum". So please, post all rants, ED-related but not weight gain related topics and, basically, anything not related to gaining weight in the Health and Support forum or in your journal.

If you are battling an eating disorder but are not set on recovery, please do not post until you are. I do not ask this because I am malicious or spiteful, but rather that CC is a community that encourages healthy, sustainable weight management and someone who is not intent on recovery wholeheartedly can be very upsetting or triggering to the many here who are. If you do intend on recovering CC has lots of helpful resources stickied in the Health and Support forum to assist you if you do not know where to begin: Eating Disorders Health, Resources and Info Thread: Updated!

In turn, anyone who comes into the Weight Gain forum posting on how to LOSE weight: This forum is not intended for you to rant or complain about how you have gained a few pounds while dieting. Please use Weight Loss for this purpose, or your own journal.

And lastly, I have seen too many people offering weight loss advice to people out to gain. We do not need tactics to lose, even if your intent is well-meant. Please make sure you read the forum you are in before you post a reply to a thread. (Though this should apply to any forum you post in!)

Thankyou.

- Ellie
Calorie Count Volunteer Moderator

  Good luck to those of you out there who are struggling with an eating disorder, it must be tough to get through.  BUT... it is so tough to try and gain when you don't have an eating disorder as well.  I've been trying to gain all my life and have tried so many different things... personal trainers, weight gain shakes, etc.  It wasn't until I found this forum that I have truly learned how to gain weight.  I've always been a healthy eater but once I even tried eating fast food every day, all day and all it did was give me cellulite!  So, then I was a skinny girl with cellulite!  This site taught me that empty calories aren't going to help.  The best way to gain is to eat real food, whole food.  I love the healthy route, but this means I have to eat at least 2700-3000 (to reach my goal date) a day and with healthy food, that's a lot of food!

I'm getting better at it, my belly has expanded and I'm hungry all the time.  The first few weeks were really hard because my belly was full 24-7.  Now, I can't wait to nourish my body!