Problems with overeating

maksymovuchsofia

Hello everyone! I have problems and wanna help. I was too thin (45 kg 168 cm ) a few months and doctor said to me that i should gain some weight to have my cycle again ( i still have problems with). I started to eat more (healthy food) but now i understand that its became a habit. I can't stop eat sometimes and think that I'm too fat now. I don't want what to do..

JeromeBarry1

Get a digital kitchen scale and use it to carefully weigh everything you eat. Pre-log your food so that you only consume your maintenance calories. Eat back most of your exercise calories. You'll get control of this easily.

deannalfisher

maksymovuchsofia wrote: »

Hello everyone! I have problems and wanna help. I was too thin (45 kg 168 cm ) a few months and doctor said to me that i should gain some weight to have my cycle again ( i still have problems with). I started to eat more (healthy food) but now i understand that its became a habit. I can't stop eat sometimes and think that I'm too fat now. I don't want what to do..

if you think you are too fat - and it appears as if you are not - then you need to talk to your Dr and get a recommendation to talk to both a Registered Dietician who can help you design a food program to meet goals and a therapist to discuss potential disordered eating thoughts

TimothyFish

Feeling like you are overweight isn't the same as being overweight. Find a healthy weight and learn to love that weight.

TavistockToad

what are your current stats and how many cals are you eating?

Gamliela

Undereating for a long time and being at a low weight usually results in some extreme hunger for a while once normal eating commences. You can probably do better if you eat maintenance calories or a bit over. Be sure you are eating enough calories your age, current weight and your height. You might consult google to find out what your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) or the amount of calories you need to fuel your body. Remember, if you have undereaten and were at a very low weight ( 7 stone is very underweight for your height btw) over the last year or so, you will probably require more than your maintenance calories for a while, as you probably need some repair calories for bone density, nerves, hair, the sorts of things that were neglected from your body being without enough energy from calories, while you weren't eating enough. If you could talk to someone who specializes in eating disorders, that would be great too! Best wishes, and remember; its not hopeless, the damage from undereating can be repaired with food and rest.

dadsafrantic

you know, kaiser probably has a group for that. seriously though getting your doc to refer you to a dietitian may be a place to start. just remember they know everything about nutrition and in my experience not much about food. they tend to be pretty rigid in their ideas about what is normal and safe. a good example is carbs. they will say to eat tons of carbs. really your body could create all the carbs it needs itself.

chibir1ku

I agree with all the above. My 2 cents: you can try weight lifting. (Assuming you don't already). Talk to a trainer about your goals, and rest assured you won't bulk unless you want to. What will happen is, you will gain weight in form of lean mass (yay for being healthy) AND look awesome and pretty thin at the same time (yay for meeting personal standards).

VintageFeline

I think it needs to be established if you just think you are fat because you are used to seeing yourself underweight or if there is actually an issue here with overeating.

I have a sneaking suspicion it's the former and not the latter.