Gaining weight without noticing?

nw179
nw179 Posts: 5 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I'm in recovery from an eating disorder, and I've been cleared to maintain my weight. I've been doing strength-buidling yoga and running and have felt to have been maintaining my weight. I still fit in all my clothes and feel no different from a few months ago, but I just found out that I've gained much more weight that I thought I did. Is it possible that I've built muscle that I haven't noticed that has made me weigh so much more than I thought? I do not feel like I have much additional muscle, but I don't have extra fat compared to a few months ago, either. Does anyone know what's up?

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  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    Yes, that's possible when you're in recovery. You also probably added bone density and added organ tissue. That's a wonderful thing. Congratulations!
  • nw179
    nw179 Posts: 5 Member
    (I should have specified that I am ten months into recovery and have been cleared medically as completely healthy, now. I was told that there weren't too many repairs left to make)
  • Laura3BB
    Laura3BB Posts: 250 Member
    Hi,
    well you may have put on muscle of course, how much weight did you put on and what's your bmi?
  • Hell_Flower
    Hell_Flower Posts: 348 Member
    Don't forget that the biggest repair to make is mentally. Just because you're weight restored and people can see that you're "fine now", doesn't always mean that you're "fine now".

    You'll definitely have more/actual muscle now, and depending on your age certainly bone density. Try not to overthink it, if you possibly can, and see if you can talk it through with someone. Throw the scales out.
  • nw179
    nw179 Posts: 5 Member
    Don't forget that the biggest repair to make is mentally. Just because you're weight restored and people can see that you're "fine now", doesn't always mean that you're "fine now".

    You'll definitely have more/actual muscle now, and depending on your age certainly bone density. Try not to overthink it, if you possibly can, and see if you can talk it through with someone. Throw the scales out.

    Of course, I'm very, very aware that the mental part is going to take much much longer. I do not in any way believe that weight restoration means I'm anywhere close to being recovered, or that full recovery (instead of remission and management) is possible I didn't mean to find out my weight; I asked to be blindly weighed when I went to the doctor and a different nurse walked by and said it anyway.

    I was just in shock when I heard a weight so much bigger than I thought I was, especially since I thought I was already heavier than I really wanted to be. I know my perception of myself at certain weights is certainly distorted, but I've never weighed this much before and was thrown off.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    (I should have specified that I am ten months into recovery and have been cleared medically as completely healthy, now. I was told that there weren't too many repairs left to make)
    I didn't mean that you still had "repair work" left to do, just that a lot of the weight you have gained may be new bone and organ tissue, which isn't visible weight. It makes you denser and heavier, but not larger. It's why the tape measure often tells a different story than the scale :smile:

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