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Does this seem right?

"You should consume about 2639 calories a day to reach your goal weight of 105 lbs by June 10, 2009."

If I'm 15 y.o., female, 98 lbs and I don't really have any exercise?

I've been eating 2,000-2,100 and I've gained about 4 pounds in the past couple weeks. Is 2,600 really what I should be eating?

BTW- that's not my final goal weight, just by summer.

I eat 3,000+ to gain, so 2,600 is not an insane amount by all means. Actually the minimum for healthy gaining is 2,500 for women, so I'd try to boost it up a little. Initially it may take less, but eventually you'll probobly need the 2,500+.

How many times have you been told this? How many times does it have to be repeated? You know that that is more than an acceptable amount. Stop asking for permission to get better.

I don't understand what you're saying?

http://caloriecount.about.com/forum-discussio n-ft136726

I don't care if you blank your titles because I know what you asked. You asked this THREE weeks ago. YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.

Wow, it was a different number. Because I changed my goal weight, because I already reached my  first one. This site is supposed to be supportive. I don't understand why you have such a sour attitude with EVERYONE. Life's a lot easier when you're nice.

I got attacked too. Eating over 2000 cals is quite an accomplishment.

What is your height? Though you may have gained what looks like 4 pounds in the past few weeks I think a lot is probably water from the increase and your body still having a slow metabolism. Your body will speed up and you may end up loosing at that amount. I know that my nutritionist told me to maintain a healthy weight for me at 5 7 after restoration around 2400 and that is sedentary. Of course this may not be but just to give you an idea. I looked at the post from before and my concern is that you said you don't know why you are under and since you are struggling with increasing I would look into why. Some people without ed become underweight for reasons but I feel they still need to look at better ways of coping.I would encourage you to increase a couple hundred calories at a time. You can reach your goal. It may be hard right now but in the long run hopefully will make life easier.

Ladies calm down...what you don't get is lala IS being supportive.  Sometimes you need your butt kicked to get better.  Let me tell you something...i just had a ECG done and it showed i have something called prolonged QT intervals...which can be life threatening. Now these can be caused by several things....some prescription drugs..but also being severely underweight.  In my case it turned out (thank goodness) that it was an uncommon side effect of a prescription med i was taking for sleep that caused them.  But it COULD have been caused by being severely underweight...and it could happen to each and everyone of you.  So what would you prefer...a little tongue lashing from lala who is just trying to help you....or THAT?  Think about it. 

With eating disorders, to headpat and say "well done, well done!" usually leads to people becoming comfortable in their position. Sure, it is a feat to make 2000 calories - but you need much more than this. You've been told this before. To make someone very comfortable in their position when that position can kill them feels like euthanasia to me. And personally I will not help you kill yourself.

Want to know a fun fact? My liver is possibly scarred. It's possibly scarred because I let myself be comfortable. I prolonged a low weight, even though my intake during that could be "adequate" for some. This botched my immune system. Mono flared up. Mono led to viral hepatitis. After extensive blood tests, this was figured out by my local hospital, not my GP. This is also why I've been a bit harsher lately. I screwed my immune system badly.

You need more and I am not going to be nice-nice to people who're in perhaps even more danger than they were if they were restricting. You're in a place where you perhaps don't become so obvious to people that they'd take you somewhere like inpatient, or similar. But you're realising, "I can eat more... but just enough that I don't gain." Maybe even lose.

Furthermore, it is not this website's mission to enable you to prolong your self-harm. When you start eating more, maybe I will be nicer. Life's a lot easier when you're nice, sure. And if you remain as you are in your situation, it's also a lot shorter.

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well said lala. sorry to hear your bad news. but thrineb she's right. stop asking for permission to eat. stop asking for permission to recover. you do know this. you didnt need to ask anyone what to do to lose weight, you dont need to ask about gaining.

you prob know the numbers better than anyone.

it gets frustrating seeing the same questions. over and over. just eat the food. all 2500 or 3000 of it.

I don't know if you realize how hard it is to eat 2,500 calories worth of food... it's like pounds and pounds of it.

And I'm not asking for permission to recover or eat... read the post again if you really didn't understand what I was asking.

TO THE OP----ur last comment is an unacceptable insult to lala who of ALL people knows whats its like to jump to 2500....

if u want validation or permission to continue with ur ed --that IS wat the original post was about--and end up dead, u go ahead. and keep playing the victim while ur at it.

we are supportive, u just want to be right.

and not listen to people who have been thru wat u have and far worse!

ur comment above to lala is sickeningly patronising.

amen above poster. amen

thrineb, your post to lala was sickly. 2500 isnt lbs n lbs of food. well if you eat non-light and non-diet stuff.

like lala said. no-one is going to baby you or lah lah lah you. eat what you should be eating and stop procrastinating

Jesus christ, I wasn't asking to be babied. I was asking if by consuming 2,639 calories a day, I'd get to 105 pounds. I WASN'T ASKING FOR IT TO BE LESS. I was asking if it was accurate. And honestly, I don't know "lala" and I don't know what she's been through and I really don't care to learn. I was asking a simple question and I'd appreciate it if I wasn't attacked for it again. 

I was asking if it was accurate. And honestly, I don't know "lala" and I don't know what she's been through and I really don't care to learn

pffft.

still in the delusional and defensive ties of an ed.

I'd appreciate it if I wasn't attacked for it again. 

just dont post again then?

uve a long way to go. i genuinely hope u get better.

you know what, your sh*tty statement about lala sums you up. a spoilt self centered person with no regard for anyone but themselves. you never come on here looking for anything but to take take. you dont offer advice nor support to anyone else and that you dont really "care to learn" confirms what i thought about you.

you deserve the mess you're in.

how the hell do we know if its accurate? how in good Gods name can we know if it makes gain weight or makes you obese or anything? its a bit of a silly question. im not bothered answering anymore of your posts because really you're not worth it.

get over yourself

I'm sorry you feel that way about me. It's a shame because I'm actually nicer than any person I know. But I'm not going to waste my time trying to get you to see that.

"My **** statement about lala"? What I said is in no way shape or form "****"... I'm sure she doesn't care about what I've been through either- and I wouldn't be bothered if she told me that because I wouldn't expect her to care about me. And where did you get the idea that "I don't really 'care to learn'"?

Original Post by fidget84:

you deserve the mess you're in.

And that's a terrible thing to say to ANYONE, especially without knowing their situation.

i got it from "and I don't know what she's been through and I really don't care to learn"

your right it is a terrible thing to post. so i withdraw that comment. but for real if you're as nice as you think you are then do some introspection. ask yourself what you really know and need to do for this disorder.

all the answers are within yourself