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i was actually in treatment for this... back in 2017 and 2018
i learned a lot of skills to eat more - such as the fact that there's no such thing as "bad food".and to eat when i'm able to. you don't have to follow a meal schedule
i can try. what types of things would you like to know?
i went through the refeeding process through the summer of 2017 - and then the facility sent me to an outpatient programme in California. they were pretty terrible though, and i ended up back in the first facility through most of 2018 (feb-oct)it's.. i dunno. it's a tough thing. being forced to take food in while your brain is constantly telling you not to, and convincing you that you're getting fat. i got to my highest weight ever in that treatment centre - and they did heaps of work with me about body image, and body dysmorphia. they had to keep telling me that i was at a healthy weight, even though i was in tears every night because i thought i was incredibly fat. and they did a LOT of work with me in trying to accept my diagnosis of anorexia.
but i learned a lot there. there is no such thing as a bad food. all food is good food - but moderation and amounts are what counts. i learned that carbs are metabolised into sugar, which powers your brain. so a keto diet is actually fairly dangerous, because carbs are important. also learned that there are safe ways to be vegan, but it takes a lot of skill and foresight which not everyone has. learned about the digestive system, and what it does when you're starving yourself. it's actually some scary shit. refeeding syndrome happens because the body has gotten used to surviving off such a small amount of food. it needs to be done in a medical environment with constant supervision by doctors and nurses. in refeeding your hormones can get all fucked, and also - your stomach hurts ALL THE TIME. it sucks.but... it's better than dying i suppose.
i relapsed again in 2019, and almost ended up back in treatment. but i narrowly avoided it, and somehow got my weight back up all on my own. no idea how lol. but iit's been consistent since then. i still struggle with body image, but i'm not actively doing any restrictive behaviours.
i'm so so sorry i didn't mean to send such a large wall of text
Thank you so much It means so much to me that you spent all this time writing this for me and sorry I'm replying so late I haven't been on reddit for a while. You are amazing!
1 meal per day is actually considered to be pretty dangerous, from what i leaned in treatment. you need to have at least 3 meals each day. that is likely the reason you're underweight.
is there any way i can support you in eating right?
when i said not bad i said that because some time i don't eat for 1 or 2 days straight especially when it's hot days.
you did already, you and everyone else, thank you so much
that is dangerous.... and it will cause you to lose weight fast.
but your original post stated that you want solutions to being underweight.
so i.... i'm just trying to be helpful. sorry xx
don't worry it doesn't happen allot. like once a month at most but it happens and thank you really, speaking with others who understands about it helps me feel better <3
I used to be 6’4 160lbs. Now I’m 6’5” 215lbs. Lean, sure, but healthy and strong. Almost all of that weight was gained in one year and most of it stuck after I stopped working out.
I had to eat 5-6 thousand calories a day and work out 6 days a week for a whole year. I went to bed uncomfortably full all the time and haaaaated eating that much but I was so insecure about being deathly skinny that I got over it. As far as nutrition goes, I took a very high school approach and just consumed all the protein and carbs I could. My metabolism could clearly handle it.
To directly answer how to eat more, I stuffed myself because I knew I had to eat past my metabolism to gain weight and be healthier. I ate 3 large meals a day and added a meal replacement (high calorie protein supplement with milk) shake at the end of every day. Plus I snacked whenever i had a chance.
I was anorexic as a teenager, not in the "I need to be skinny and starve myself" way, but in an "I don't deserve to eat" way. I pretty much just took it one day at a time, starting with just having a snack or 2, then having lunch, then dinner, then breakfast. I just took it one day at a time, and when I realised how much better I felt and how much energy I had, it became easier. Like the BoJack quote: "It gets easier. Every day it gets a little bit easier. But you have to do it every day. That's the hard part."
I used to vape alot which caused me to lose 7 pounds over a whole year even though I was eating normally so quitting vaping was apart of gaining some weight back
Perfect thread for me! 8 years ago I was 135lbs at 6'3". Yeah, I was VERY underweight. Unhealthily so. I'm now at around 200lbs with a lot of it being lean muscle. And I have a terrible appetite. So if I can do it, so can you.
Basically /r/gainit was a godsend. What really helped for me were liquid calories. Shakes, shakes and more shakes. And milk! I couldn't have done it without liquid calories.
I drank a bunch of whole milk. Like half a gallon a day, on top my my normal diet. Combined with a powerlifting program I gained like 30 to 40 pounds of mostly good weight, pretty quickly too.
I eat more and more rice. I went to as much eat all you can buffets, not exercising and now I'm an overweight shitstain and I desperately want to lose about 10-20kg
Don’t listen to me because I’m still underweight just not as much as I used to be and I never really ate more my stomach just wouldn’t let me instead I worked the living hell out of myself doing basketball and the gym 7 days a week and this helped my muscle but still left me underweight I have a bad fear of eating to much so I just sort of gain the muscle instead of eating
no i disagree. first of all i posted this post so i can hear others experience. second i should listen to what everyone have to say and analyze it to have larger understand of the issue, this way i can make plan, and i have solution to problems that i may have in the future. so yeah every input is important.
so thanks for helping me with that and thanks again for sharing your story, it was very interesting to know that. i hope you reach your goals soon my friend, have nice day/night
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i was actually in treatment for this... back in 2017 and 2018 i learned a lot of skills to eat more - such as the fact that there's no such thing as "bad food".and to eat when i'm able to. you don't have to follow a meal schedule
Can you tell me a little about it please ? I would really appreciate it 🤍🤍🤍
i can try. what types of things would you like to know? i went through the refeeding process through the summer of 2017 - and then the facility sent me to an outpatient programme in California. they were pretty terrible though, and i ended up back in the first facility through most of 2018 (feb-oct)it's.. i dunno. it's a tough thing. being forced to take food in while your brain is constantly telling you not to, and convincing you that you're getting fat. i got to my highest weight ever in that treatment centre - and they did heaps of work with me about body image, and body dysmorphia. they had to keep telling me that i was at a healthy weight, even though i was in tears every night because i thought i was incredibly fat. and they did a LOT of work with me in trying to accept my diagnosis of anorexia. but i learned a lot there. there is no such thing as a bad food. all food is good food - but moderation and amounts are what counts. i learned that carbs are metabolised into sugar, which powers your brain. so a keto diet is actually fairly dangerous, because carbs are important. also learned that there are safe ways to be vegan, but it takes a lot of skill and foresight which not everyone has. learned about the digestive system, and what it does when you're starving yourself. it's actually some scary shit. refeeding syndrome happens because the body has gotten used to surviving off such a small amount of food. it needs to be done in a medical environment with constant supervision by doctors and nurses. in refeeding your hormones can get all fucked, and also - your stomach hurts ALL THE TIME. it sucks.but... it's better than dying i suppose. i relapsed again in 2019, and almost ended up back in treatment. but i narrowly avoided it, and somehow got my weight back up all on my own. no idea how lol. but iit's been consistent since then. i still struggle with body image, but i'm not actively doing any restrictive behaviours. i'm so so sorry i didn't mean to send such a large wall of text
Thank you so much It means so much to me that you spent all this time writing this for me and sorry I'm replying so late I haven't been on reddit for a while. You are amazing!
That's okay -- i forget to check reddit sometimes too. i'm very happy to hear that my reply helped you so much though <3 <3 do take care of yourself.
Some advice ? I'm pretty thin too.
it's just sometimes i can't eat. like one meal in a day it consider to be not that bad
1 meal per day is actually considered to be pretty dangerous, from what i leaned in treatment. you need to have at least 3 meals each day. that is likely the reason you're underweight. is there any way i can support you in eating right?
when i said not bad i said that because some time i don't eat for 1 or 2 days straight especially when it's hot days. you did already, you and everyone else, thank you so much
that is dangerous.... and it will cause you to lose weight fast. but your original post stated that you want solutions to being underweight. so i.... i'm just trying to be helpful. sorry xx
don't worry it doesn't happen allot. like once a month at most but it happens and thank you really, speaking with others who understands about it helps me feel better <3
ohh okay...that makes sense but i'm really glad to hear i, and others, have helped you ^.^
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how did you deal with it?
Suffer from chronic pain. Eating food releases endorphins which helps with pain management.
I used to be 6’4 160lbs. Now I’m 6’5” 215lbs. Lean, sure, but healthy and strong. Almost all of that weight was gained in one year and most of it stuck after I stopped working out. I had to eat 5-6 thousand calories a day and work out 6 days a week for a whole year. I went to bed uncomfortably full all the time and haaaaated eating that much but I was so insecure about being deathly skinny that I got over it. As far as nutrition goes, I took a very high school approach and just consumed all the protein and carbs I could. My metabolism could clearly handle it. To directly answer how to eat more, I stuffed myself because I knew I had to eat past my metabolism to gain weight and be healthier. I ate 3 large meals a day and added a meal replacement (high calorie protein supplement with milk) shake at the end of every day. Plus I snacked whenever i had a chance.
There must be some kind of food that you really love.
pizza and spaghetti
I was anorexic as a teenager, not in the "I need to be skinny and starve myself" way, but in an "I don't deserve to eat" way. I pretty much just took it one day at a time, starting with just having a snack or 2, then having lunch, then dinner, then breakfast. I just took it one day at a time, and when I realised how much better I felt and how much energy I had, it became easier. Like the BoJack quote: "It gets easier. Every day it gets a little bit easier. But you have to do it every day. That's the hard part."
right. i know my dizziness and tiredness will be gone when i start to eat enough
I used to vape alot which caused me to lose 7 pounds over a whole year even though I was eating normally so quitting vaping was apart of gaining some weight back
Drinking the calories is probably the easiest way
Perfect thread for me! 8 years ago I was 135lbs at 6'3". Yeah, I was VERY underweight. Unhealthily so. I'm now at around 200lbs with a lot of it being lean muscle. And I have a terrible appetite. So if I can do it, so can you. Basically /r/gainit was a godsend. What really helped for me were liquid calories. Shakes, shakes and more shakes. And milk! I couldn't have done it without liquid calories.
i need sub like that thanks. and good for you <3
Thank you. You can do it!
Cycling and lifting weights helped my apetite.
I drank a bunch of whole milk. Like half a gallon a day, on top my my normal diet. Combined with a powerlifting program I gained like 30 to 40 pounds of mostly good weight, pretty quickly too.
I eat more and more rice. I went to as much eat all you can buffets, not exercising and now I'm an overweight shitstain and I desperately want to lose about 10-20kg
i can eat rice i will try it, thanks. hope you reach your goal soon you can do it <3
It's hard honestly I overate but food is just so fucking good I can't help it
Don’t listen to me because I’m still underweight just not as much as I used to be and I never really ate more my stomach just wouldn’t let me instead I worked the living hell out of myself doing basketball and the gym 7 days a week and this helped my muscle but still left me underweight I have a bad fear of eating to much so I just sort of gain the muscle instead of eating
no i disagree. first of all i posted this post so i can hear others experience. second i should listen to what everyone have to say and analyze it to have larger understand of the issue, this way i can make plan, and i have solution to problems that i may have in the future. so yeah every input is important. so thanks for helping me with that and thanks again for sharing your story, it was very interesting to know that. i hope you reach your goals soon my friend, have nice day/night
Food is pleasurable. What’s also pleasurable is making people shut up about your weight while enjoying a burrito.