Posts by nycgirl

Definitely NOT TOO MUCH. In fact it looks like too little, but you didn't write portion sizes so I cannot be sure. Actually it even looks a little like a dieter's menu ...

Use the Food Log to calculate how many calories but it certainly looks like less than 2500 so it had to be moved out of the Weight Gainer forum per forum guidelines.

YOU MUST BE REACHING 2500-3000 CALORIES TO POST IN WEIGHT GAIN FORUM.

As a teen you should be consuming NO LESS THAN 3000 calories a day, and probably considerably more than that for healthy and sustainable weight gain. You are significantly underweight.

Original Post by starsharnice:

I don't have an answer for you on when to increase. sorry I'm new here. but I'm having a hard time getting in 3000 calories a day. if you dnt mind, what are some of the things you eat?? I'm stuck at about 2000 calories :( can't quite get myself to stuff down the rest. p.s I DO NOT HAVE AM EATING DISORDER. I just have a small frame naturally. and get full fast. Any ideas? thanks

If you are having trouble getting in 3000 calories you should not be posting on this forum. If you want ideas for robust >2500/3000 calories meals please check out the stickied thread at the top of this forum for serious weight gainers. They post menus which are great for ideas.

Keep it up! Getting to a healthy BMI is the best gift you can ever give yourself. Well done!

This thread is about to get locked due to it being off topic. And just to clarify, we can and will delete or lock posts that promote an unhealthy weight goal as being against posting guidelines.

NYCGirl, Moderator

I do not support these kinds of threads. This forum is a WEIGHT GAINER forum (NOT A RECOVERY FORUM) and we try to look forwards not backwards. I do not want people posting their starting BMIs here.

Also you need to post here and agree to the guidelines before posting threads. Otherwise your threads risk deletion.

To all weight gain forum members: please read & respond that you agree before starting threads ....

Thanks.

This is a dietary or starvation meal plan and we cannot and will not tolerate it in the Weight Gain forum, where it is not a recovery forum but a serious place for WEIGHT GAINERS. To post, you must be already eating or nearly close to eating 2500 calories a day (3000+ for teens).

If you need ideas and inspiration for good weight gainer meal plans check out the Weight gainers! What did YOU eat today? Sep 17 - Oct 17 thread. 

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Please don't drop your cals. It is a slippery slope. Instead replace some of your foods with higher calorie foods so it is easier to take in the daily regimen. Dropping your cals quickly can become an excuse to avoid food and evetually relapse. Stick with it, it WILL get easier. Post on the Weight gainers! What did YOU eat today? Sep 17 - Oct 17 thread for support and ideas.

According to your previous posts your nutritionist put you on a 2500-3000 cal meal plan. Therefore if you are heeding her advice you should have no problem sticking to the guidelines.

If a poster is on a particular medically supervised plan, we are not here to tell you to go against your doctors. We may tell you to seek a second opinion if the advice seems way off. However, for this forum we do have a 2500 calorie minimum. It's just the way it is. It's based on the fact that the average person maintains on 2200 calories (myself included at 5 feet tall!). Therefore to gain 1lb a week the average person needs 2500 calories a day (300 extra cals a day = 1 lb per week). Teens and young adults need more, because their metabolism is waaay higher than a mature adult.

Your BMI is 13, so I do advise you to listen to your doctors and nutritionists because quite frankly I am afraid, since your BMI is so low, that if I tell you to do something it could hurt you. Please listen to your medical team and try to get better. Because not reaching 2500 and saying it's ok b/c you are "gaining" just sounds like excuses delaying your recovery to me.

scrunchy10, if you are >20 and are reaching 2500 that is within posting guidelines, so please don't stop posting. It would just be GREAT to see you make the next jump up, even if it's just adding 50-100 calories here and there. 

snuffles62, great to hear you are willing to try. I think you worded it so great - it's not that 2500 is the exact number, it's just the STARTING point (the lower limit), there is no upper limit.

Take care of yourself guys!

Thanks :) You are doing a great job motivating everyone!! Keep it up!