Weight Gain

Hey everyone.

I haven’t been posting here for a bit here on CC but I have some good news. I got back from my trip from Mexico about a week ago  and I have gained a good bit of weight. I look really healthy and my arms have more muscle mass, I have a booty again! =] And I have color! Im so happy with the results people have been telling me how nice I look and that im so much more prettier. But really outside looks really shouldn’t matter because I can wake up now and get out of bed without feeling like im going to plop on the floor, I can concentrate. I can LAUGH like I used to( that’s a big one for me)and I have so much energy to run around and just be normal. It feels so good. Initially in my departure to mexico I was a little iffy, new area, new surroundings but I wanted to do this right. A new school year is about to start and I just wanted to gain the weight, but have an excellent time in mexico in the mean time aswell. I went to puerto penasco and I fell in love with the ocean. I became infatuated with it. I would swim for hours and after dinner thunder storm or no thunderstorm I was at the sea catching sea creatures and returning the lost ones back to sea. I would dig up sea crabs and laugh and run. I never felt more at home. I was so happy.

 As far as food came, im not sure if this is healthy or not but I ate a ridiculous amount of fat, I craved it. I found that I had painful headaches that couldn’t be satisfied unless I ate some amount of fat (weird huh? I looked this up and found this http://harrietbrown.blogspot.com/2008/05/fat- matters.html). My typical day was

breakfast =two coconuts and a large banana mango smoothie made with over a cup of half and half.

Snack=2-3 avocados and dry edamame

Lunch= quesadilla with extra cheese, tomato with olive oil. Pina colada

Snack=magnum icecream,2 oz snack pack cashews, dried chile mango large pomegranate juice

Dinner-=queso relleno con carnitas burrito and a pina colada

Snack=milkshake :1 cup haagen daazs chocolate peanut butter,1 cup 2% milk (to water it

down, sliced banana on top and a nature valley granola bar (haha I HAD to bring me my haagen daazs to mexico, it is so good)

my goal for mexico was to have fun and I did, I had a heck of a blast. I relaxed. I also noticed that if I was late for eating or I skipped a snack I became very irritable towards my parents but after I ate I was very VERY full and bloated anyways I weigh at a solid 108-109 lbs. I have gained five pounds of muscle and fat since august 18th. I did strength training in Mexico as well. I accompanied my father to the gym, did a ten minute aerobic warm-up the rest was devoted to weights. Also upon returning from mexico I was actually 112 lbs. but I put myself on maintenenace scince I was not counting calories I was unsure of how much to cut down to and ate 2500 and lost 3pounds, I then upped it to 2800 and seem to just stay around the 108-109 range for the last week. I now eat anywhere from 2600-2800 sedentary (I know it’s a really big range but Im trying to figure out my body right now) im also aware that my metabolism will slow down a bit and wont always be this fast(thank god). My weight still may be considered low for being 5’6 but I have never weighed more then 118, and right now I am comfortable and eating enough. If my weight chooses to go up eating this amount then so be it, if not then so be it as well. I also bike 30 minutes every other day and walk 30 minutes every day. I strength train 20 minutes 3 times a week, and I eat back my calories. Gaining weight was actually very comfortable in mexico. In an enviorment I felt most at home at. This is the best thing I have done for myself. I highly encourage everyone to keep on keeping on.

*sorry if there are any errors in typing this, im doing a quick update at work*

-best of luck and wishes to all!-MEESH

im so very happy for you!

it sounds like your trip was the biggest success ever especially when being in a diff environment can sometimes prove to be difficult!  you are such an inspiration and have helped me so much!

i hope that you feel comfortable still posting and checking in on us.

keep up the great work and attitude!

goal for myself-health and happiness!

Congratulations! Your trip sounds absolutely amazing. If I was on the fence about visiting there at all, you have definitely convienced me to go!

I'm glad thing worked out for you. =) Self love is the best love.

Congrats!  You sound healthy AND happy -- good news for all.

While reading your post I could feel how happy you really are...I got a lump in my throat too!  You are awesome.  Keep it up and be happy just like you were meant to be all along...life will throw you those little hurdles to jump through but ya know what?  -you will come out on the other side just fine.  I am just so so happy for you Meesh!

Hugs-

Kristy

Meesh, I am so, so happy for you! I loved hearing about all the extras renewed health brought you. I got an image in my mind of you catching sand crabs in the growing dusk. Thank you for sharing, very inspirational!

Meesh! I've missed you but I'm so happy you had fun and are doing so well. That trip sounds incredible, Mexico sounds like a paradise...I think it's time I take a trip