Upping cals to LOSE

is it possible? we all have heard the wonder story of Revolution...I just wanted to start this thread for some of us undergoing this little experiment to talk. Also, if anyone has done this and it has NOT worked, do tell! 

sorry i am kind of obsessed with this subject right now

Hey guys! I'm new to this forumm.. im eating around 1000 calories a day now, up from 300-400 (ed). i know i really need to up my calories to at least 1200, but im scared im gna blow up even more. i gained so much weight (24 pounds) eating 1000 calories, and i want to lose some now, so im interested in this topic.. however i have some questions/doubts before i start. from all your successs stories, i know it does work with some people.. but then how come some people turn obese? wont they lose weight instead of gain when they up? i also understand that thers an initial gain before losing, but what if i keep gaining and gaining and dont lose after? sorry if im being negative, but i just had some questions before i actually started. thanks! good luck to everyone

carmen when did  u first check the scale :-/

about 3 days in, and then about once or twice a week ever since, just to see how my body is reacting... why? what's wrong?

because i gained. its been a week and i gained and feel like trash - what did i do wrong?!

i dont think you guys are realizing that every single body and person is different. just b/c one person does this with success does not mean everyone who tries it will follow. not trying to be negative, but just b/c you gain weight upping cals, maybe you needed to gain weight and maybe you body want to preserve more.... just a thought, what works for one does not work for everybody. i am NOT saying that all recoverers should not up there cals, but dont do it b/c you are  hoping to lose weight, do it b/c it is healthy for your body. if you gain on 1800, tell yourself no one became obesse eating 1800 cals... as carmen put it so nicely... lol

i dunno it just seems like everyone is relying on everyone else's bodies in the upping cals and no ones bodies are at all alike...

so oink, you didnt "do anything wrong" but maybe you are meant to be a different size than "person x" who does this and dropped a pound...

 

does this make sense?? haha im trying to get it to. its not intended to be a downer just a "you are your ownnnnnnnn body" enjoy it, give it food :)!

nothing, you did nothing wrong.. this is how your body is responding... it doesn't know how to react, just yet.

give it time.. don't you dare restrict again... someone your height needs more than 800cal a day... like i've said before, no one ever got fat on 1800cal a day and you are NOT the exception.

I have read an article where a woman was eating like 700cal a day and was overweight, but yet couldn't lose more then like .5lb every two weeks... she was put on a 2000cal diet by her nutritionist for 2 months.. she did gain about 5-7lbs (water) but then her body ajusted and stopped gaining... she could then cut calories and lose on a health amount.. she then was LOSING about 1-2lbs a week on 1600cal... anyone else remember this story?

this is what i thought I might have or had to do, so I braced myself... my scale has been kinda funny lately, yesterday I was 106lbs and today 109lbs, weird. I know that's not accurate, so I replayed what I have done/eaten and what time of the day I weighed myself at over in my mind.. and I remember just how much sodium I ate yesterday and that I did drink like a bottle and a half of water at 1:00am, so yes, it's not real weight... and I was really umm, 'irregular' yesterday and extremely uncomfortable lol gross, but hey all of those factors influence your weight so I am not too worried... I will lay off all those pickles and salt infested salad dressings that i like for a couple days and drink more water.. and I should be okay haha.......... oh and also keep in mind that there is more food/waste in your body right now, so that might be a factor.

give it another week or two... DO NOT restrict.. things will get better

it's not over.

hey everyone-

so this is my philosophy- if you're an adult female, NOT active, you should be able to maintain on at least 1800 cals.  now i KNOW many of you work out which would to how many calories your body needs.  so, if you are eating anything under that, and gaining, then either your body NEEDED it, or its not a real gain and that the gain will soon level off, either slow or disapear.  BUT-we all know logically eating 1200 cals is not enough for our bodies to function so what i am doing is weighing myself 1/wk(same time...) but trying to not really let myself be swayed by it bc i am still under 1800 cals-NOT enough for my body to function.  so either way, if i gain or whatever, i will still increase my cals at least untill im at 1800.

today i jumped to 1450 from 1300, i will get to 1800!!!

one more week - ONE MORE. i cant gain 3 more pounds in a week? if i do - **** it its coming off, thats just NOT right. grrrrrrrrrrrr

this happen to anyone else? please say yes?!

I was reading all of these posts and everyone is freaking out about gaining weight in the beginning and when they'll start losing, maybe you guys should measure yourselves instead? Theres way too many things that could affect your weight, the time you weight yourself, the scale moving a little and being off, water weight, food in your stomach, etc... I measure my stomach, arms and thighs a few times a week and get much more accurate results.

Just an idea because I know how hard it is to see your weight going up and you thinking you're doing something wrong.

Also, what do you guys do to keep your mind off counting calories when you're upping them? I'm obsessed with calories and find myself unable to up them no matter what I do. Any ideas?

Good luck to everyone whos giving this a shot:)

jkhdfdhjbfgjsdhbfdfgja im going to scream, i hate this. Now I am eating more than ever, weighing more than ever, and fitting into less of my clothes than I ever have. I hate myself so much and even when I was really 'anorexic' i didnt hate myself this much. i feel like a big slob. My stomach isnt any better...if aything, its more bloated than before. I dont know WHAT to do. Thanks everyone for listeningto me but I just dont think there is any point in this anymore...Ill give this til the end of the week and if I weigh even more than now its over and I start working out and going back to how I was before, I cant take this and if u were in this situation you wouldnt be able to take it either. 

hEY oink-

so i dont know how many cals you are eating now, im at about 1450, but im only weighing myself 1x/wk.  BUT-im only eating 1450 cals!  fri i get to 1600-even then its less than enough so even if i GAIN, i know i still need more, so i think youre at 1600ish?  you excercise a lot!!  im pretty srue you need more food and your body might just be freakin out holding on to the food you do eat bc its not getting enough.  also, im not srue, but you dont seem to eat "meals" per se, but more snacks rather.  maybe try and eat bfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack, ya know?

ok, gl!!

read my journal :( i post everything i eat in there...its been about 1800 cals...only like 1300-1400 cals yesterday but i didnt work out much. i dont think this is even possible, i was around 143 at the beginning of this, though i was bloated, and now i am 150. 150. in a week? havent been this much in my entire life. ever. that means ive gained 20 lbs in like...a little over a month. F*CK THIS!! this makes no sense and i feel awful on top of that..and my jeans that i wore a week ago (tight) 2 weeks ago (fine) 3 weeks ago (perfect, when i bought them) could barely button yesterday. this makes absolutely no sense

hi

hmm, i honeslty think that you might be overestimating your calories eaten.  you said you hardly ate the cake or wahtever, then gave it 300 calories!?  breakfast looked great, i think, lunch alrt also, but again, it turns into snacks, not meals, maybe more dairy?  i happen to love yogurt, put it in the freezer for an hr or so and its like ice cream.  now i am actively trying to recover from anorexia so who knows if waht im saying is rt or whatever, but try eating more "meals" rather than snacks.  k, keep me updated!

yea but i have no idea how many calories were in what i DID eat of the cake! and the fact i ate cake of all things?! like come on...why cant i just be a normal perosn who can resist those types of things. I am lac. intolerant so i dont eat dairy much except yogurt once in a while...i cant eat better dinners bc of work and at this point i def dont think i want to  be eating 'better' dinners. why cant i just be NORMAL. why do i gain on 800, gain on 1800. Im seeing an endocrinologist tomorrow and my stomach doctor again enxt week, praying. i am praying to feel ok again.

hey, ok, simple portable dinner-sandwich(bread, protein-tuna, eggs, pb+j...) lactose yogurt or cottage cheese, carrots+chumus, apple, drink.  i think that by not having real meals youre getting too hungry, then when you see the cake youre like, omg, im starving, and just munch it down.  im trying to eat more often altho its not happening, yet, bc i still get scared taht im going to "run out of calories" by the end of the day so i end up "saving" my calories.  i think though that by eating more often we'll have more energy and maybe for you, not sucomb to eating the cake but ea\\rather a sandwich or a bowl or\f cereal, something real?

  Hey- Im doing the same thing, except Im not weighing myself but going by pants sizes/inches. I recovered from anorexia twice now, but my weight/ sizes are skyrocketing to crazy amounts. Here is what I think (might have been said already!) I eat so much fiber, vegetables, oatmeal, soup, etc in big volumes. I eat like 200 calories worth of broccoli in a couple of hours- that makes me look bloated and feel soooooo heavy. I feel so big and like I am eating sooooo much all the time, but my cals will only turn out to be like 1000 or 900.  I will get hungry after this, but my stomach feels big. Oink- you say you have stomach problems, so do I. I have seen countless doctors, and no help yet. I gain5-10 pounds all the time(when I used to weigh myself) if I did "go" in a couple of days. I don't think its the best choice for those getting over an ed, but laxatives, prescribed by the doc and used correctly, are keeping me a little saner and lighter feeling.  I will relpy in a couple days to see if my body will stop growing after eating 1600-2000 a day. Keep going gals- you are doing the right thing, and that will bring good results in the end.

how is everyones progress?

Original Post by oink420:

how is everyones progress?

I've been fluctuating from 159.9 to 162.8 all of May and June but today I weighed in at 159.5. The scale has steadily gone down the last three days and is showing no signs of stopping!

I'm still eating about 1800, but I haven't weighed myself in a few days.  I probably will in the morning -- I'm kinda wondering what's happening now.

But I must say, my tummy looks flatter than it used to and I'm not as bloated (sometimes ;P)  It comes and goes!  I think I'm noticing more results from my workouts too, since my body has some energy to repair with!

erm, yeah i went from 107lbs to 105lbs in the first week.

it's been about 3-4 weeks now and I am at 108lbs... ick i don't know what to do. eat more? eat less? excersize more? not excersize?

i just want answers. this is destroying my life... if i had a doctor/nutritionist to tell me what to do and track my progress it would be great... too bad i don't.

i KNOW that the weight gain would stop EVENTUALLY at 1800cal.. 2000cal.. 2200cal etc.. but where it would stop, i don't know. I dont even know if that is enough to fix my metabolism... and once my weight/metabolism does stabolize, will i ever be able to lose weight again?

i dont even want to get to my lowest goal weight anymore because right now that just seems ridiculuos... back to 105lbs is good enough