Do I need to gain weight?
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Another thing to bear in mind is that at 18, your body is still growing and developing. And you are definitely undernourishing it at a time when that could have permanent consequences.
Please eat more. I'm very concerned for you. As others have noted, you should strongly consider getting a referral to a dietician who is familiar with eating disorders as well as a therapist.
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Thank you all for the advice! I have kept cardio limited and did my weekly weigh in and went from 117.04 to 117.06; however, I’m not sure if I did go up in weight my scale says it is muscle mass but I’m not sure. I am also certain I ate less this week simply due to time restraints but maybe the minimal cardio had to do with it. Also I have noticed that it costs me trouble to move my body around till it gets truly warmed up and when I stop moving it takes effort again (side effect maybe). Also the past two nights I haven’t slept well who knows if that also accounts for the 0.2lb weight gain.
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What scale or app is it that gives you all that information?
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I would reccomend you put on some weight. You have a bmi of 16.5 and a healthy bmi is 18.51
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No cardio. Not minimal. None. Not right now. Peanut butter sandwiches. Calorie Dense food. Lots of carbs , fats and protein. Donuts and ice cream if you have to. you still haven’t said how many calories a day you eat but whatever it still is, is not enough.11
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Okay, you’re dropping into the 3-5% essential body fat level for a male, below which essential functions of the body start to be affected and if you keep losing weight you die. Please stop whatever you are doing right this instant and go talk to your parents about this.17
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Not to scare you (well, maybe a little), but my younger brother is your height and weighs about 140 lbs. His doctor told him he needed to put on weight immediately or risk his internal organs shutting down. Please talk to your parents and a counselor asap.11
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You might be having trouble moving and staying warmed up because your body weight and fat is so low that it is trying to conserve energy. Please eat more and take a break from the exercises until your weight has normalized.3
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What scale or app is it that gives you all that information?
Please put on some weight
RENPHO scale that shows you your weight and then transfers what I assume are estimates to the app on the phone of fat, muscle and what not.rheddmobile wrote: »Okay, you’re dropping into the 3-5% essential body fat level for a male, below which essential functions of the body start to be affected and if you keep losing weight you die. Please stop whatever you are doing right this instant and go talk to your parents about this.
The scale does say around 5% body fat but I don’t necessarily know of its accuracy I think a dexa scan would be necessary for that matter.
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FFS man.
You need to add several LBS. Consistently. Over weeks and months.
The oz you are playing with is just playing with daily fluctuations.
If you're already eating volume you need to densify the calories in your volume.
Which part of adding weight do you not understand involves extra Calories that result in added weight? As someone mentioned above: eat and drink anything and everything.
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If you are finding yourself unable to do it... does this not tell you that it is time to ask for help in real life?14 -
ppomoberry wrote: »What scale or app is it that gives you all that information?
Please put on some weight
RENPHO scale that shows you your weight and then transfers what I assume are estimates to the app on the phone of fat, muscle and what not.rheddmobile wrote: »Okay, you’re dropping into the 3-5% essential body fat level for a male, below which essential functions of the body start to be affected and if you keep losing weight you die. Please stop whatever you are doing right this instant and go talk to your parents about this.
The scale does say around 5% body fat but I don’t necessarily know of its accuracy I think a dexa scan would be necessary for that matter.
The scale is consistent with your appearance and your BMI. This is not safe or healthy and you need to be under a doctor’s care, since it’s clear from your posts here that you aren’t hearing what people are saying to you.9 -
I am a mom. My middle son, who is a slim, muscular, 5’ 8” 15 year old weighs 140-150lbs. Please eat! Please talk to a counselor or your parents. Make up a good protein shake with some pb, or go to the nearest ice cream place and start getting a large shake daily! Everyone who has posted here has shown concern for you, at your height and growing rate you are severely limiting bodily functions. Please don’t. You need your body to grow and work optimally!6
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I'm the same height as you. You're the same weight I was when I was anorexic but I'm a girl. I'm currently just over 150. Your sister has an eating disorder, but I am about 99.9% certain you do too. Please talk to your parents. See if you can see a nutritionist, a psychologist, both.
If eating more calories is proving challenging to you, go buy you some Ensure. That's what I did. Not as a replacement to meals. In addition to meals. You need to be eating much more than this. Peanut butter. Olive or coconut oil.
Once your weight is back up you can start doing weights, but at this weight it's doing you more harm than good, I'd say.
You're not going to hear anyone else on this thread say anything different. Will you consider listening to us?8 -
If you let this go on much longer your choices will not be your own anymore. You will be gone - you won’t be able to step back when ‘things get too extreme’ because your rational thinking will be gone. My best friend died to this. Stop now6
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Current physic update seems about the same? I’m not sure how much I currently weigh till Saturday but hopefully the numbers went up.
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ppomoberry wrote: »Current physic update seems about the same? I’m not sure how much I currently weigh till Saturday but hopefully the numbers went up.
Dude... this is long term thing. Any gains in weight are likely to come slowly so it's not worth stressing over on a day by day basis (even weekly). Try paying attention to trends over several weeks, not day-to-day fluctuations.
1st Question - Are you tracking diet? I know this sounds weird since most of us (like 99% of us) are tracking diet in a attempt to lose weight. However, in your case, if might make sense to track to your food to get an idea of how many calories you're burning on a daily basis.
For example - If you average 3,500-4,000 calories per day over a 2-3 week period and you're not gaining weight, then you have a good idea what your BMR is... 3,500-4,000 calories. Not uncommon for an active teenager.
Then, you know you need to boost your daily calories, so maybe 4,000-4,500 per day and then see how your body reacts.
Tracking your meals will help you plan future daily plans. Whether you need to add a protein shake and maybe add extra food to it... like bananas, other fruit or etc.
I wish I had your awareness when I was your age. I was just floating along back then and not paying attention to my body and what I put in it. You're developing life habits now that will service for a lifetime.
Good Luck
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These posts continue to be a cry for help. Your not answering anyone’s questions or seemingly taking any advice to eat significantly more food. Once more how many calories a day do you eat?
My guess is your barely eating and what you are eating is strictly volume foods without any caloric density. You are doing significant damage to yourself by under-fueling and I’d like to continue to encourage you to eat much more even tho I feel like it’s a wasted effort on me12 -
When I was 12 and 5'2" I weighed about what you do now (116lbs) and considered myself thin at the time.
So yes gain weight, eat 3,000 plus cals a day and follow a structured lifting program so that most of your gain can be muscle. Gain until you are 12% BF% then re-evaluate0 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Okay, you’re dropping into the 3-5% essential body fat level for a male, below which essential functions of the body start to be affected and if you keep losing weight you die. Please stop whatever you are doing right this instant and go talk to your parents about this.Not to scare you (well, maybe a little), but my younger brother is your height and weighs about 140 lbs. His doctor told him he needed to put on weight immediately or risk his internal organs shutting down. Please talk to your parents and a counselor asap.DancingMoosie wrote: »You might be having trouble moving and staying warmed up because your body weight and fat is so low that it is trying to conserve energy. Please eat more and take a break from the exercises until your weight has normalized.FFS man.
You need to add several LBS. Consistently. Over weeks and months.
The oz you are playing with is just playing with daily fluctuations.
If you're already eating volume you need to densify the calories in your volume.
Which part of adding weight do you not understand involves extra Calories that result in added weight? As someone mentioned above: eat and drink anything and everything.
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If you are finding yourself unable to do it... does this not tell you that it is time to ask for help in real life?youngmomtaz wrote: »I am a mom. My middle son, who is a slim, muscular, 5’ 8” 15 year old weighs 140-150lbs. Please eat! Please talk to a counselor or your parents. Make up a good protein shake with some pb, or go to the nearest ice cream place and start getting a large shake daily! Everyone who has posted here has shown concern for you, at your height and growing rate you are severely limiting bodily functions. Please don’t. You need your body to grow and work optimally!staticsplit wrote: »I'm the same height as you. You're the same weight I was when I was anorexic but I'm a girl. I'm currently just over 150. Your sister has an eating disorder, but I am about 99.9% certain you do too. Please talk to your parents. See if you can see a nutritionist, a psychologist, both.
If eating more calories is proving challenging to you, go buy you some Ensure. That's what I did. Not as a replacement to meals. In addition to meals. You need to be eating much more than this. Peanut butter. Olive or coconut oil.
Once your weight is back up you can start doing weights, but at this weight it's doing you more harm than good, I'd say.
You're not going to hear anyone else on this thread say anything different. Will you consider listening to us?These posts continue to be a cry for help. Your not answering anyone’s questions or seemingly taking any advice to eat significantly more food. Once more how many calories a day do you eat?
My guess is your barely eating and what you are eating is strictly volume foods without any caloric density. You are doing significant damage to yourself by under-fueling and I’d like to continue to encourage you to eat much more even tho I feel like it’s a wasted effort on me
I’ve come to realise this is a cry for help you are right. I have always known I was underweight but yet despite knowing I could put on a few pounds I would try to maintain that underweight weight for some reason. I feel it’s due to being chubby in the past and finally slimming down and not wanting to lose the “progress” that took so long to make? I’m not afraid of gaining weight I just don’t want to gain fat which is why I started weight training in order to ensure only muscle gain but the way I’m going seems to only be hurting my body as it is constantly sore. I have been restricting my food intake lately and I don’t know why I’ve gone to eating less tortillas and on the days I don’t excediste completely skip out on lunch or drink a meal replacement as I don’t want to gain “fat” for not weight training adequately yet on those days still try to get 10,000 steps in no matter what my pain may be. On Saturdays I usually eat a turkey pesto panini but through the months since last year have reduced it I would take off the provolone to make it less calorie dense then I ordered it without pesto and yesterday first time I only eat half of the bread (they cut it in half and I put all the topping in one slice of the bread to still get my protein from the turkey). I know that I’m depriving my body yet I think I feel like not doing anything to improve until it gets to the point where I have too and I don’t know why… I guess it’s since I do my workouts and home and don’t know if I’m doing them adequately enough to be gaining muscle or just waisting my time… at this point I don’t know anymore.
Thank you all for the support really it may seem like I’m being ungrateful but I’m just confused now. Never thought I would get to this point.
I weighed in yesterday and it turns out my weight may be 5’ 10” to 5’ 11” so my bmi and weight is a tad less worse I guess…
Besides the weight everything else it’s my age and height and stuff so due to being between 5’ 10 and 5’ 11 may be a tad bit different
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I hope you speak to your doctor and get some support.2
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