Worried I'm gaining weight too fast...

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy I'm gaining weight, but I worry its perhaps too sudden?

I have gained 11 pounds in 4 days- is it normal?

thank you :)

It is scientifically impossible to gain that much in 4days. A lot of it will probably be water weight. Keep eating 2500 at least and it should level out over time. Don't let it spook you :)

x

I agree with Emma. Assuming you're eating 2500 to 3000, even if your body stored every single calorie as fat (which it doesn't!!! So don'w worry), you still wouldn't have gained 4 lbs. It's most likely just water weight. Wait a day or two and you'll see it go back down again. B)

Thank you guys for the replies :)

I'm actually having more like 4000-5000 a day, that makes it even more possible right? lol, thanks a lot.

Does anyone have any tips for relieving the bloated stomach? Thanks!

try not to worry this happens alot in the beginning , theres no way it can be pure weight . its just all your bodies systems trying to work,again and retaining of fluid. hang on in there you are doing grt it will slow down it did for me .

ah bloatings not nice i get this all the time first check you are not having to many fruits and veggies i was and i reduced them and it helped . peppermint tea is good . but i use things like tum tums rennies and gaviscon which help you can buy them in the chemist not to expensive also drink plenty of water and try not to drink to much caffifine or soda /pop as us brits call it xx

assuming you burn about 1500 to maintain your weight...you're only eating 2500-3500 extra. that's 10000 to 14000 over maintenance for the period of 4 days...so that maximum that you could have gained is 4 pounds of actual weight...that's the MAX!! so relax, take a deep breath, and stay off the scales. 

food has weight, water has weight, and as you recover your body holds on to much of the water and the food takes a while to pass through your system so the scale weight at first will be very inaccurate. 

so keep at it...don't be discouraged and yes it is normal.!! congrats on realizing that you deserve better and committing yourself to recovery!!

waikiki,

Anorexia starves and dehydrates the body....

I found myself in a dehydrated state when I was 7 mos. pregnant with  my second child. I was so dehydrated I started to hold water - "rebound edema" and I called the hospital because I worried about hypertension. They hospitalized me, then gave me IV fluids.

TWO WEEKS LATER...

I was 27 pounds heavier.

Trust me, it's water;-) EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOUR BODY is going to hold gram after gram of water in order to heal itself.

From what i remember you are significantly underweight and trying to gain on your own. 

This is a little concerning because people can suffer from refeeding syndrome. Do you have anorexia, are you refeeding?? I cant remember if it was you that said that you dont have an ED but just found yourself underweight from a hectic lifestyle. Im asking becuase if you are refeeding from a starvation diet then refeeding syndrome is more likely.

Can I be really anal?

OK.

Even though the OP doesn't have Anorexia Nervosa, she still suffers from anorexia - self inflicted starvation - she just doesn't have the mental issues. As far as the body is concerned, the medical symptoms are the same as those of a recovering eating disordered person - so with regards to refeeding she should be treated as an anorectic. Anorexia is the 'medical' part, while 'nervosa' is the term for the mental illness.

Always makes me laugh how the latin translation of 'anorexia' is 'loss of appetite' - nothing could be further from the truth!

Thank you thank you thank you!

tessa- the advice for the bloating is great. I guess my body is not very used to digesting because I wake up the next morning full from the previous night's food, not nice!

chrissy- I don't really kno how to take that info! On one hand, relieved it was not all that sudden, and on the other hand bummed that it takes so much d*mn effort to put on some weight!

bsh- good to know about the water, I do notice I dont go to the bathroom at all, even though I take in a lot of food and fluids :S

kayeanne- Im going to google that and get everything straight!

mashed_tatties- 

Thank you so much, that was an excellent definition. Yes, I did not starve myself on purpose to be this way and definitely did not want this- but I do meet the physical statistics for anorexia, and I look anorexic.

Thanks to everyone, once again :)

Original Post by mashed_tatties:

Can I be really anal?

OK.

Even though the OP doesn't have Anorexia Nervosa, she still suffers from anorexia - self inflicted starvation - she just doesn't have the mental issues. As far as the body is concerned, the medical symptoms are the same as those of a recovering eating disordered person - so with regards to refeeding she should be treated as an anorectic. Anorexia is the 'medical' part, while 'nervosa' is the term for the mental illness.

Always makes me laugh how the latin translation of 'anorexia' is 'loss of appetite' - nothing could be further from the truth!

 Rather OT, but while we're being frank-

The OP DOES have the nervosa part of an eating disorder.  His/her concerns manifest just that.  It's the nervosa part of the disease that fosters all these concerns--including the one of gaining [even if wanted] too fast.

A person without ED doesn't care about such things...

I know it's hard it is to realize the ED aspect when you haven't had the classic "trying to diet or lose weight" mentality at the core, but that's just how things work.  If it wasn't so tricky with the fears and triggers, every single person on here could just snap out of it.

But the sooner you [OP] can face those unwanted feelings for wht they are the sooner you can make the changes for what you truly do genuinely want--and the life and health with it.

lilmissgutz im really sorry, but you don't know me at all and have completely misjudged me. Why can't someone worry about gaining too fast? Does that mean that if someone worries about losing too fast they have an ED too? Sorry, but no.

Original Post by waikkiki:

lilmissgutz im really sorry, but you don't know me at all and have completely misjudged me. Why can't someone worry about gaining too fast? Does that mean that if someone worries about losing too fast they have an ED too? Sorry, but no.

 I didn't say you can't, I was just letting you know that these concerns you've expressed are sympoms of your eating disorder.

I know you take it like an accusation as your defensiveness has indicated-but that's not how it's meant.  It is something that hurts you and you have to fight-possibly through expressing the feelings, which is why I did NOT say it's wrong to ask.

Regardless if you tried or not to get to this low of weight I think something mentally needs to be worked on. I don't mean to be rude but this got way out of control and like I said in a past post most non ed people would of stopped the weight loss before it goes this bad but for some reason you did not. I think people often read what the criteria for anorexia is and if they don't fit the exact mold they feel they don't have it. Well I can tell you I am not the "typical" anorexic and have been told that by many of top professionals in this field from ip programs yet I had severe anorexia. That is why I don't like labels.

Hmm well in many senses one would assume I'm your typical anorexic - neurosis about becoming overweight even when my BMI was at a lethal level, body dysmorphia, preoccupation with food and nutrition, high achiever, insecure, highly sensitive blah blah blah.

Yet most people with anorexia (again, I say 'most,' not 'all') have never been overweight, and I certainly was. It's not common for people to go from bulimia nervosa to anorexia nervosa, yet I did. On a smaller level, most people with anorexia are uncommonly neat and tidy... In inpatient, my room was a total mess while everyone else spent at least fifteen minutes making sure there were no creases in their duvet.

Labels schmabels! :)

mashed that is so funny about the room being a mess. At Renfrew my room ate and I won the messiest room contest. I have gotten better as I have aged. For me I am not a perfection nor was I ever which is common among many as well. I was and am not a high achiever, was and am insecure though. I never was sensitive but I guess I am now.

On the weight issue see I never saw myself as fat and always saw how bad I looked yet continued to loose. It was a slow suicide I guess and a way to show my depression so now being healthy I have had to learn to seperate that I can feel mentally bad but don't have to self destruct. That I have to face my feelings. I was just thinking how I used to not care and now I care so much and that is hard dealing with feelings of being let down.

Ok sorry to go on about me. Mash not all aspects such as being a high achiever which I am not but many others that you have stated on here I can relate to. I just hope you get well now and not waste 10 more year like I did to this but better late then never and I still have a long future hopefully now that I am almost at my goal

Abbi: Wow, I thought I was the only one with that different of a background!

My whole mess happened amongst a genuine disgust of my scrawniness AND desire to gain.

Even when I originally developed Anorexia almost 10 years ago, it wasn't about losing weight, it was about the control + OCD relief [I had severely as a child pre-diagnosis/treatment].

I went into treatment voluntarily, was the odd one out there because I wanted it gone--I didn't understand why on earth anyone would want to play games.
The biggest frustration for me was why I couldn't just "bang" be better!

Part of the reason I was so deceived this last year was because my intentions felt so different! I didn't see the trap...

I'm on to it now, and I want nothing to do with it--the scrawniness OR the monster. RAH!

I am sorry you can relate. I guess part of my confusion in therapy and treatment was the fact that I felt so out of place. Like I fit none of the mold and for many years even therapists tried to pinpoint how I developed this. I have heard everything in the book. That is why I feel like telling people X is why they have this is not productive or setting certain guidelines for the dx. Sometimes I feel there is just too much digging on the reason and not enough action on healthy behaviors. I really feel that now for the first time almost at my goal and op I see that I had to do the healthy behaviors and though I feel the reasons behind are important it does change that fact. It is what it is. I'm glad you are ready for recovery