Welcome to the Group

Welcome! We would love get to know you, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. You can choose any format you'd like, but most of us here share some or all of the following details:

1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:

And now just go ahead and make that first post!

Thanks to everyone who has written me. I'm sorry we have all been stuck.  I think we deserve a break and get a few more pounds on us. Wish they had reverse lipo suction. You know stuck the fat off on some one and put it in someone who wants it. I think that  would be great. You would have 2 happy people. Oh well my doctors keep telling me that it is impossible, and be happy with were I am at. This is the most I have been able to weight in a long time. It sucks I'm only 86 pounds. Its hard to keep happy with that.  At least this is not my worst weight.  Good luck for everyone and maybe reverse lipo suction will be invented soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. History with weight loss: I've been steadily losing weight for about the past year, going from around 119lbs to 105lbs, which I really didn't notice until my clothes started getting too big for me. I've had IBS since I was 14, and have been allergic to animal fats and dairy products since birth which the doctors said I would grow out of, but I haven't. I also developed an intolerance to wheat and gluten a few years ago, and scarily, this year I started having problems with soya :(

2. History with Calorie Count: I joined today so I could track how many calories I am eating, and also to make sure I'm getting enough protein. Its a worry for me as I'm forced to be vegan with my allergies, and I'm not a big fan of fish.

3. Reason for joining this group: I'd just like some support, its difficult to say you want to gain weight when it seems like the whole world around you wants to lose weight (including my mother and my nan), and people constantly ask "What do you do to keep so skinny?!" I hate it. I hate seeing my ribs and hip bones :(

I'm a nude model for artistic photography, and have done 4 photoshoots. My first was in 2007 and I was shocked at how thin I looked. I managed to gain some weight for my next three shoots (another in 2007, and two in 2008) and started to look much better, which is what I want to look like again.

4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests: I'm 25 years old, I work in retail as the office person, so I get to sit around and look at pieces of paper! I live with my OH who is very supportive of me gaining weight, he wants me to be healthy again, and never says no when I want to eat another rice cake or bag of crisps. I have no pets as I live in a top floor flat.

My interests are knitting (big time knitter!), watching DVDs, listening to music, complimentary and holistic therapies (I'm a trained holistic therapist), and nutrition.

I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which limits my exercise capablities. I wake up feeling very stiff and unable to move properly, until I do some gentle yoga. It also plays havoc with my IBS and anxiety disorder, so some days I just can't eat or I feel too sick to eat. I'm also sometimes too tired to cook properly, and will just eat a plate of chips. I need to get better nutrition to be able to overcome the fibro.

Hi Everyone. My name is Randi and I don't think I actually introduced myself. I have been on CC since Oct.9 and I have made 2  very wonderful friends. I am fairly recently widowed, and was sick before my Husband passed away. I was on a ventilator for 12 weeks and had a tracheaotomy and collapsed lungs..The CDC sent up some special antibiotics and I started getting better..I was fed through a belly tube and had a chest tube as well..I was 70 lbs. when I came home after 5 months. Five months later my husband started to cough, and he died 8 weeks later. Please read my PROFILE. I live at home with a very abusive 16 year old daughter and I just have not eaten healthfully for quite some time... My oldest daughter is 20 and is in College  about 4 hours from here....Within the last 3 months , my 112 lbs. have gone down to 106...I am 5'7" and I look scary skinny...I just have no appetite...so I have to force myself to eat...Little meals all through the day...I have IBS, divoticulitis, a chronic pain issue, and am so very stressed.

I just wondered onto the site..and I started keeping a journal and trying to write a food log as well. I am just finding it very hard to get the needed calories into me...I am eating at least...but just not enough. My belly is extended and I feel shamed and embarrassed and sad.

I joined the group to make some friends who can understand what I am going through...get some support and I am committed to get healthy and strong.I want to put on at least 10 pounds to start...just would love some more friends to help me out. The friends who I have are the kindest and most amazingly supportive women I have ever encountered...I feel i can just be me...

My Brother takes care of me and my girls financially, since my Husband left me in 2 million dollars of debt. I have had to go banckrupt. He does this in a very angry and mean way towards me....I speak to His assistant, since He and my 2 siblings just don't want to hear that anything is less than fine with me and my Girls. I am very grateful...but I pay a tremendous price in my self respect as He belittles and rages at me, when he does talk to me..IT is temporary...without him, I would be on the streets....I am in a Therapy Teaching Class where they teach you to have control over your emotions, rather than your emotions ruling you. I will make this work...I am committed to get healthy..and not let anyone get in the way of that. I am in my low 50's....and it is time for me. This is the anniversary of my Husband's birthday and next month his death..so both my girls are feeling particularly sad. I am involved in a long distant very serious  relationship with a man I grew up with...He said he has had a crush on me since I was 15... I usually go visit Him every 5 weeks for a week, but the caregivers who move into my home while I go..have not been available since August. I am embarassed for him to see me look like this at this point anyway.I am happy to join this group

 

 

Hello Everyone.  My name is Eryca. I am a 30 years old and have always had a problem with being under weight.  From 13 til 17 I was 5'3" and under 100lbs.  When I had my son I went up to 105 and maintained that weight until this past February.  Since February I have lost weight and now weigh 95.2lbs.  I did not lose the weight over night so it was only noticeable to me as my clothes sizes went down.  I find it hard for me to have an appitite and when I do I can't eat that much before I am full.  I have just over the last week or so been trying to keep track of what I eat a little better and now am relieved to know that I am not the only person in the world going thru this.  I have always had people tell me that I should be glad that I am skinny...But this skinny can just not be healthy. My reason for joining this group is for support and adivce from people struggling with the same issues.

Welcome Eryca! I am very new myself, but I will tell you that this is the place to be. I also get very full after little meals, so I have been pushing ...forcing myself to eat every 3 hours...just a little....To keep a food log and just force myself to do it. There are some incredable Women in this Website, who can help you along the way....I have just really started so maybe I am not so wise, but I have eaten more in the last 2 weeks than I have in the last 3 years.  You need to get healthy to take care of your son....they require a lot of time, and I am assumming you aren't getting much sleep...So eat a little bit ..every 2-3 hours, and take vitimins...make sure you get your protein, carbs, fruits and veges, plus snacks..that is my advice..that's what I'm trying to do...If you need a friend...just give me  a shout...Welcome!

Hi my name is Milly, I joined yesterday and not sure how this website works but i joined due to that i am underweight for no reason just cause my body is like that and i am sick of it.

I work for a corporation as account receivables, so i don't do much but sit ont he computer and work. I also work as a cashier at a bar.

I have a 4yr old daugther and spend alot time with her and my dog chaser.

In my free time i like to go out with my friends to the clubs.

How did you manage to gain weight? My matabaloism is so fast that I lose it. I could check myself one week and i will be at 96 and than the following week back to 95.

Hi all, I have just joined Calorie Count because I really need some help gaining weight.  I am about 5'7" and weight 111 lbs.  Most of my life I was pretty average weight at about 128-155.  About 2 years ago I even weighed 162.  Id wasn't crazy about weighting that much, but really didn't care that much either.  Then I started having reactions to foods (itchy throat, numbness in face etc), and that is when this craziness began for me.  I started eliminating "unsafe foods" and here I am 2 years later eating only baked potatoes with salt, baked chicken and hamburgers and drinking only water ...  yep that is it. I eat at least 4 times a day, so there are lots of calories in my diet, yet I am not gaining weight.  I know I am a dangerous place and living a very unhealthy lifestyle. 

I am ready to overcome this eating disorder.  I've had "allergy testing" bloodwork and everything was perfect...no allergies found.  I am awaiting my labwork from extensive thyroid tests (I do take meds for my thyroid).   I am really hoping the labs show I am now hyperthyroid, because when we adjust meds it should help me to stabalize my weight a bit...not really gain, but just keep me from burning the calories quite so fast.   Anyway, I guess the challenge for me is determining why I had allergy like reactions to foods, when no allergy clinically exists.  Was it a mental thing or a physical thing? I have to get over my fear of food reactions....doctors orders.  I am choosing to re-introduce foods...my body needs more nutrients, but I am truly terrified and would love to have the support of this community. 

A little about the "happier" side of my life is that I am an aunt to 3 wonderful little boys, I love NFL football (Go Eagles), and I absolutely love to travel.  I am a beach girl at heart :) .  I am blessed to have an incredibly supportive husband, mother and mother-in-law.  My friends are wonderful too, though I admit they cannot relate to my weight struggle.

My target weight goal is about 128, but anything over that weight would suit me just fine!  I am also hoping to be a cheerleader for each of you during your weight gain journey.  It is a rare thing indeed to find others who understand the embarrassment and fears of weighting too little.  I feel blessed to have found this site.

 

 

Hi everyone my name is Cecilia. I'm 5'11"and weigh 115lbs. I have been trying to gain weight for two years and i have been discouraged up until now. I have been a member since today November 3rd, 2009. So i just started counting calories and i'm supposed to eat anywhere between 2050 and 2500 calories a day to gain a pound a week. Please if anyone has any high calorie food suggestions that are easy to make let me know!

hi everyone.

my name is Zoe, i am 22 years old and weigh only 87lbs, i do not suffer from any eating disorder i eat 3 meals a day and snacking i have been wanting to put weight on for years now but just never thought it would work, so now i have decided tohave a go, my only problem is i am not consuming enough calories a day eg i have only had 1634cals today thats with  3 meals and a bit of snacking, and i am a fussy eater can anyone help me try put on some weight i really need help.

thanks

Hi I have a hard time with a lot of foods and can't eat alot at one time but I have done nutrient drinks called breeze and enlive. They have 250 calories and are fat free. Taste alot like juice.  I could not do ones like ensure but Ive done well with these.  I have gained around 28 pounds, but I still have a ways to go.  Keep trying.  I Know it is very hard, but hang in there.

hey guys, just stopping in to say hi. let's see here, i'm 5'8" and about 119 lbs. i've been doing a lot of rock climbing for a number of years, so i have a pretty defined, cut physique, however i've still always been the skinny guy.

in the past i've always hated eating. i always viewed it as a waste of time, and my body didn't seem to mind if i only got 1000 calories or so a day. my doctor reported me perfectly healthy during my last physical this summer.

my most recent girlfriend broke up with me a month or so ago. i took it pretty hard, and it was sort of a wake up call for me to make certain changes in my life and attitude. i'm looking to start lifting weights and eating right, i guess about 2500 calories a day. so far i think i'm doing pretty well. wish me luck and i'll do the same for you.

Welcome and best of luck!! Since you are an athelete, I'm sure you'll be able to get that weight on..You certainly have plenty of support on this site..Best of luck and and if you need a friend..check out my profile and maybe it will suit you...

If not, find friends that do and you'll be successful, I am sure!!

Emotional happenings are deffinite triggers for weight loss and gain.., so I can relate... I just want to be in Control of my emotions..and not let them control me..so i am with you on that one...just want to be healthy...Welcome!!

You should buy some Mass XXX from GNC, I gained 14 lbs using it while lifting and using a protein called wheybolic extreme 60. It takes a little dedication but the results are worth it. It's not that pricey, you can order them online at GNC.com or simply go to their store if you have one locally. Also anyone there can give you tips on what you should do.

Hi All,

My name is Kitty, and I am tooooo thin! In the past year I have lost 25# due to my divorce, and a chronic back injury that is quite painful. I am relieved to find this website~supportive community. I am 5-9 and weigh 110, goal weight 135. I look like a skeleton and no longer feel attractive. I have had every possible test run, looking for a root cause but it basically came down to stress and pain. I just had a cortisone shot into my injured joint last week, but do not really have relief yet. I am going in for accupuncture in Dec.

I am also moving in a few weeks from a very large house to a small apartment with my 2 kids and 2 cats. No stress there!!

I look forward to utilizing the support mechanisms here, and getting to know people with similar weight gain issues. Never in my 1+ year of treatment at Kaiser, did anyone refer me to a website such as this. I am thankful to have found you!

Thank you~ Kitty

Hello my name is Adam, I have struggled with anorexia for the past 8 years and am now trying to overcome it on my own without having to go back to hospital, not again.... i can't let that happen, I am dedicated at making a difference on my own, but what really holds me back is my beliefs that you have to weight train when gaining weight in which i have such a fear of eating more throughout the day and through self doubt i fear that i will not be able to push myself to my limit in order to build muscle or as i do struggle with depression i worry that i may be depressed, both reasons = being left with a full day of big eating but not turning that into muscle = me to feel so guilty and depressed almost to the point were i just want to end my life.

I am sorry to have a winge, i am not trying to winge if thats what it sounds like, but i just wanted to get that out so someone else may be kind enough to shed some light onto the subject and offer me advice?

I am currently 51 kilograms and 5 Foot 11 Inches tall. I also had a body composition test which test your lean muscle mass in your body and my score was one of the lowest they have ever seen for my specifications so it goes to show i have done so much damage to my body through starvation.

My exercise looks like this: 15 minutes of intense stretching in the morning followed by a 30 minute run. In the afternoon i do a 25-30 minute fast walk and every second day i do 35 minutes of shadow boxing, push ups and deltoid raises with a towel (I don't have any strength i i can only do 6-9 push ups on my knees at a time which i do 5 sets of until failer and exhaution)

My sane put of my mind (hehe...) tells me that to just put on the weight first, get your body healthy and strong enough and do not worry about body fat as it is just an image, than see a pysiotherpist or personal trainer to help work out a plan to rebuild my overall strength.

This has always held me back all my life. The fear that when i get to a healthy bodyweight i will have to rebuild my body and workout intensly to keep it strong which i dread my exercise to the point were i get so moody and depressed worrying about it.

Sounds like you are putting a LOT of pressure on yourself. A lot of exercise, are you using the calorie counter here to make sure your calorie count is high enough?

Hang in there!!

~Kitty

you shouldn't exercise more than 3 days a week if you are trying to gain weight it will make you lose too many of your calories.

hey people wassup im here also because i wanna gain some weight , and most importantly develop a tool thatll help me with that goal, like the calorie counter and establish a 8 lbs gain goal for January 11!

Hi guys, just joined this forum yesterday, and I like what I see - especially this forum as there's so few resources on the net for people wanting to gain weight (versus weight loss!)

I've always been on the thin side and my entire family is quite thin as well, so partly genetic, but, I joined because my goal is to gain 10-15 pounds and I know this is going to take A LOT of mental stamina and motivation on my part, and was hoping this forum could support me along the way :)

I've previously attempted weight gain efforts and have failed miserably as I tend to get busy with work etc, but this time, Im determined to stay on track and go from 88lbs to 95 lbs (and phase 2 is to get to 100 lbs!) for my 5'3'' frame.

So far, I've learned the beauty of how to assemble 500 calorie breakfasts and am excited to try out more calorie-dense recipes and ideas from this forum!