CAN someone REASSURE me PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

I just posted a picture of the old me...before I lost weight...I'm the one in the green shirt. My high weight was about 112. I am 4'11 and when this picture was taken I was probably about 100-105 or so. Does it look like this is a good goal for me to get back to? DO I look fat, thin, average. What would you consider someone who has a similar build if you just saw them on the street? I'm getting anxiety about putting on that much weight but if I knew that I didn't look grossly overweight it would help. Thanks a ton!! [Well, I know I don't look grossly overweight but maybe a little chubby]

I think you look thin to average. Not overweight in the slightest!

I agree with goldengirl. You look great at that weight. It's a good goal and you look thin

I'm 4'11" too and my happy weight was around 110. You look great at that size. Thin but not emaciated.

Wow, you look great!

thanks everyone!! I went and bought some jeans that are too big for me now but are the size I hope to get to. I think this will help. YAY!! one small victory at a time. still a bit worried that I won't look like the picture when my weight come back..but instead that it will all be concentrated in my stomach or something. hopefully that won't happen!

Girl, You look amazing. As long as your happy and healthy, should size really matter?

You are beautiful

That looks like an ideal goal, to me. As has been said you look slim, but not emaciated and bony.

When you regain weight it does initially gather in your abdominal area, but that doesn't mean "STOMACH". 'Abdominal' refers to hips, bottom, and thighs. It's a little counterproductive to the eye of a recoverer but at the same time, it's your body's biological reaction - it's trying to protect your organs! D: What I can reassure you here is that it DOES even out nicely afterwards.

When your BMI is at least towards the low end of the healthy range speak to your doctor about whether or not you would be allowed to build muscle as light resistance exercises about three times a week also help with (a) rebuilding muscle your body may have lost and (b) seems to help distribution a little.

Whilst I'm on complete bedrest again, when I was doing physical therapy initially (my muscles in my legs atrophied to a point I fell over because my legs could not support me. It was a case of doing it for my health and not because it was exercise! x_x) I gained some weight through leg muscle and I could SEE it but it also seemed to make my thighs less... disproportionate.

Still, none of that 'til your BMI is higher. But yes, you look absolutely stunning in that photo if I may say so, so do aim for that sort of range. You want a 20 BMI, really, and for a person of 4'11 who is done growing that is about 100 or so. :]

Well, not that I can top Lala's always-fabulous advice, but my perspective as a fellow under-five-footer: you definitely don't look chubby in the slightest.  In fact, there's a little "buffer room" there, where you could still gain more weight and look slender.

For comparison, in my picture, I'm 4'11" and about 140.  (I'm also super-round-faced at any weight - thanks genetics! - and posing in a way that makes my coat not fit quite right.)  I'm trying to get down to 120-125, though honestly, I'm pretty happy with the way I look now at 133. 

So the moral of the story is that you have quite a long way to go before you could be *remotely* considered chubby, let alone grossly overweight.  The other moral of the story, of course, is that Team CC is rooting for you! 

Aw, thanks Nassira :] But I have to say giving someone a living example is extremely helpful reassurance too! And you're not super-round-faced at all, you look very pretty. I'd love to have a fuller face myself, but I've quite a naturally long, thin face no matter what weight I'm at. >_<

And yes, Chrissy: we are rooting for you! Pom-poms optional.

"And you're not super-round-faced at all, you look very pretty."

Well, I'd like to think they're not mutually exclusive.    (That's me trying to accept a compliment - I think what I should say is actually "thank you.")

In any event, what I meant was that my face shape sometimes gives a false impression of my weight, which isn't the best thing if Chrissy's already worried about the visible effects of weight gain.  Honestly, comparing pictures, I think you two are both similar in terms of your face shapes: oval and fine-boned.

Also - pompoms are never optional.  Pompoms are srs bznss.  ;c)

XXTTCC--I Know it shouldn't matter what size I am but I am so insecure and lonely these days that it's hard for me to remember that the important things in life aren't dictated by what size pants you wear. I wish I could let it go, but right now I can't. 

LALA--Thank you thank you thank you for the words of wisdom. You are right, it will even out eventually and who's to say that even if I overshoot my goal somewhat that I can't lose the weight in a healthy way to be at my ideal? I think you are amazing and I feel very reassured. However, I am already doing pilates and some yoga--very light exercise and the weight I have put on doesn't make me uncomfortable because nothing is flabby...yet. I know it's probably best for me to refrain from exercise until I'm better but it eases my mind. I don't really do cardio at all, I walk but that's out of necessity. I won't be doing any hardcore exercising though until I am at my goal weight.

NASSIRA-thanks so much for responding. I feel so much better knowing that I can gain 10 pounds or more and still look attractive, by others' standards even if not my own---I need to learn to accept myself and I think that will come through reassurance from others that I don't in fact look gross. I know I shouldn't use others' expectations, and ideals to make judgments about myself but like I said before. I am alone and I need that outward support. 

Thanks everyone!!

Mm, losing weight when you've got an ED history isn't wise, especially with restrictive EDs. Not unless thoroughly monitored and permitted by your doctor (and even then it can be a very slippery slope).

Yoga and pilates are okay. So long as it's not bikram, lol.

i've never heard of bikram. assuming it's hard and torches a lot of calories...lol. nope, none of that for me. =)