Weight Gain

Let's all post with putting our gaining weigh ins and stats!

What are you doing to gain?? How much have you gained?? And what is your goal??

I am 5'7 and currently 118-122. My lowest was 94 so you do the math!!!

My nutritionist says that 130ish is where I should be..anyone else?

Original Post by meeshmeesh:

another 1.4 pounds gained!

ive been adding strength training to build lean muscle mass on my arms and legs about 3 times a week for 30 minutes. hopefully i can keep on gaining at this rate with stregth training

that puts me back at 102.5

 meeshmeesh how old are you??

 

my current weight: 90 :|
Goal: 95
Goal 2: 100

planning on getting extra proteins and doing weights and strength training but afraid of overdoing ti cuz im really young

hey everyone.

height: 5'4.75"  i say 5'5" but i'm not quite ; )
low weight: 92 lbs
current weight: 102-103 lbs

i was stuck at 100 for a long time scared to go any higher. i would like to get a digital scale because mines not very clear.

i think i am going to shoot for 111 lbs.

the bmi calculator i used said i'd have a 18.6 bmi if i weighed that much and that's considered healthy. : ) so i have 8-9 pounds to gain.

Righty Ho guys, today is my calorie jump today, s I got all weighed and blood tested at the doctors, and will not ask her to tell me again for THREE WHOLE WEEKS to allow for water weight etc.

My Stats currently:

*female

Age: 21

Height: 181cm

Current Weight: 49kg (108lb)

BMI: 14.9

Healthy weight for my height (mid range): 70kg

First goal weight: 60kg

Wish me luck!

Original Post by slr101:

Original Post by meeshmeesh:

another 1.4 pounds gained!

ive been adding strength training to build lean muscle mass on my arms and legs about 3 times a week for 30 minutes. hopefully i can keep on gaining at this rate with stregth training

that puts me back at 102.5

 my current weight: 90 :|
Goal: 95
Goal 2: 100

planning on getting extra proteins and doing weights and strength training but afraid of overdoing ti cuz im really young

 im an adult now.when i was younger i overdid weights and permanently damaged my calve muscles. when your working out do it with a trainer. a local YMCA should supply one that is affordable and knowledgeable, your proteins should never exceed over 30% of your diet as this builds up toxic ketones in your system.

Original Post by theofournay:

Righty Ho guys, today is my calorie jump today, s I got all weighed and blood tested at the doctors, and will not ask her to tell me again for THREE WHOLE WEEKS to allow for water weight etc.

My Stats currently:

*female

Age: 21

Height: 181cm

Current Weight: 49kg (108lb)

BMI: 14.9

Healthy weight for my height (mid range): 70kg

First goal weight: 60kg

Wish me luck!

Good Luck! : )

Original Post by theofournay:

Righty Ho guys, today is my calorie jump today, s I got all weighed and blood tested at the doctors, and will not ask her to tell me again for THREE WHOLE WEEKS to allow for water weight etc.

My Stats currently:

*female

Age: 21

Height: 181cm

Current Weight: 49kg (108lb)

BMI: 14.9

Healthy weight for my height (mid range): 70kg

First goal weight: 60kg

Wish me luck!

 good luck!

Up half a pound from last week :)!! And since I haven't been restricting for several months I'm past the whole too much water weightyness insta-gain phase so this probably is real weight...hopefully...maybe...at least part of it ;) besides i ate at cheesecake factory for dinner last night with my A&F coworkers so that might have helped a tad :)

CW: 95.5

well i know it hasn't been a week since my last weigh in but i went up pound overnight so now im between 103.5-104 which i suspect is due to having a bad 48 hours and restricting.i know im here to gain. but i want to gain healthily. and intentionally, not through restricting and blah blah blah. i need to get back up on my feet and stop blabbering and jiber-jabbering. i need to cheer up do a happy dance or something to put a smile on my face. im here to gain, so why does gaining sound so blaaah lately. why do i not enjoy the simplicity of nourishing my own body anymore? it should be instinctual to have pleasant feeling following a satisfying meal. why do i reject the feeling of having my body process nutrients that will carry me through day to day activity. eating disorders are like a slow attempt to suicide, and suicide a being a selfish act of desperation. so i have to ask myself, what the hell is going on in my life right now to make me want to cope with an eating disorder.

okay stop..enough jibber jibber

i think too much .

time for some hot tea and a swim and lay out by the pool and watch the stars or something.

relaxing time!

 

wow the most emo-est post ive posted yet lol

excuse my odd mood right now

its just "one of those day"

MEESH-ha, i dont knwo what emo is, and i think im also having one of those FREAKIN days, lol, but what you said-about thinking about why it is that you WANT to recover now, yes, we need to remind ourselves of our goals and the reasons behind them, we all want to recover and get on w our lives for a good reason, sometiems we just forget, i know i do.  keep up the great work!

and im jealous of youre swim or whatever!

oh meesh, i could have written that myself today! I hate hate hate hate hate this! I feel so gross and bloated, i've been slacking on the eating and still gaining. I want this over with and i'm not even sure I care about getting back up to the weight i used to be. I feel healthy and can pretty much do everything activity wise that i want.

as of this morning i'm up to 111.5  I know this is supposed to be good but I'm hoping it was from the 6 scones with pb i stuffed myself with last night.

OKKKKK went to the doctors this morning to get weighed for the first time after my calorie uptake to 2.500...gritted my teeth and DID NOT LOOK - I know it went up, but for the first time in about 4 years I have NO IDEA what I weigh....deep breaths, deep breaths, deep breaths!  She's supposed to tell me when I hit 117lb (last weigh I was 108 I think), because that's what I was at Christmas, and when I hit that I intend to go out and get so drunk that I have to be carried home!!  sticking with the yogic breathing to calm me down! 

xx

 

Back down half a pound to 95 :(

ahhh. despite having a week of cheesecake factory cheesecake, brownies, eating out 5/7 nights, and just overall A LOT of 'fear foods'. I'm guessing its metabolism speeding up? Because oddly my breasts have gone up again (yays!) and I'm now a 32B! Sweeeeeeet.

I go back to college on sunday so don't know when the next time I'll be weighed is as I don't have nor plan on getting a scale over there...but I'll probably need to touch base at the health centre at some point...in any case whether i know it or not, still shooting for another 1/2-1 pound per week :)

today i jumped on the scale. 100. what? yesterday i was up to 105. is it possible to be that full of food and water?

and why isn't any of this weight sticking? maybe i'm losing muscle because i haven't been doing toning exercises regularly and am losing muscle and gaining fat. i don't know. i feel a bit bigger.

i have been eating like i don't know/care what a calorie is but still trying to eat pretty healthy. i've been eating around 1700-2500 calories everyday. it's great because i feel a lot better and i have energy and i heal faster and i can eat pretty normally. but i'm not gaining real weight from it apparently.

what do people think? if i eat that many calories everyday and i don't gain weight from it should i try to stuff more into me or should i try to do more toning again and see if i can gain weight from building more muscle or should i not worry about gaining weight as much as i should worry about eating a healthy amount of calories from healthy foods?

advice?

when I fly- strenght training is good but you'll have to add calories to what you already eat if you're going to build muscle and gain weight. From my experience if I try to eat normally and not think about it I slip back to about 2500 and maintain around there, so it does take a concious effort to gain. I have to eat between 3000-4000 to gain so I'm doing that for now even though it sort of feels unnatural and uncomfortable sometimes, but I'm doing it because I"m still underweight and not very happy with how I look.
but I would suggest increasing the calories and add in exercise for toning. try to keep everything else as normal and enjoyable as possible so you don't feel like food rules your life right now. It's hard for me to not think about it 24-7 because like I said I have to eat more mechanically rather than just waiting til I'm hungry but I've managed to start going out more by just taking snacks everywhere.

as for me, I jumped back up to 3500 this last week after sort of slipping from a combination of being afraid and just not thinking about it, but my weight stayed the same? hmm I'm going to stick to this intake though because it's already uncomfortable. But I am feeling much more normal lately! I feel happier and I'm going out and feeling social and more relaxed about food, whether I made it or not. So to me, that feeling is even more of a gain than seeing the numbers go up on the scale.

edit: I also had gone back to logging calories last week, probably just reacting to stress per usual, but I haven't counted in 2 days! hopefully this sticks.

weighed 2day for the first time since april at my doctors andd

 

im up 3kilos =), ive only been gaining for about 4 months, and my therapist/ doctor say a kilo a month is what im aiming for, so not 2 far off =) target weight is 46 kilos now (40 right now), bit high, but they say i need 2 be there 2 have my growth spurt and i wanna grow, so im properly motivated to eat that bit more and get there :). unforunatly in that time, if i was normal i would have put on a bit more so its techinally a net loss. but at least it isnt going down! and it wont for a long time =D

Congrats on gaining your goal.  A lot of us are not lucky and morivated.

I am a hardgainer as many of you have detailed through these postings.  We are pre-disposed to be our sleek sizes.  If we ever did want to gain weight, often times it does take a little bit more than our well rounded friends.  It's tough, but with a little extra discipline and knowledge, one can gain weight without extreme measures.  I have a blog that talks about this very topic, if you ever free to take a look.  I highly suggest it.

http://hardgainers-review.blogspot.com/

I do understand why society has focused on the epidemic of obesity, since many people do suffer iller fates as a result of being overweight.  But still, It would be nice for some of us hardgainers to get some attention on the national scope like we are in this gathering of minds.  There just isn't enough information or knowledge out there to guide us through our lifestyle.

5''4 (I GREW, I was 5''3!)

LW: 83lbs

CW: 104lbs

GW: I think I should be allowed to maintain now?
Whadda ya think? :)

 

 

5''4 (I GREW, I was 5''3!)

LW: 83lbs

CW: 104lbs

GW: I think I should be allowed to maintain now?
Whadda ya think? :)

 

 

TWIGGY-IM SORRY BUT YOURE STILL UNDERWEIGHT-I WOULD NOT SUGGEST MAINTAINING NOW AND WOULD TALK TO YOUR THERAPIST/NUTRITIONIST ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.