why am i gaining weight

Your body might be trying to reach equilibrium weight again, it's usually where you are most healthy. It also could be muscle mass. Don't panic!

I am 38 years old I'm 5ft and weigh 106lbs I have been ill for over a year and had an emergency operation on January to remove my gallbladder, I lost a lot of weight due to this was down to 6st 9, as I recovered I gradually put the weight back on which I didn't mind, I have always had a problem with how I look as I suffered from anorexia and bullemia for a long time, so any weight gain always feel Luke a huge amount, but recently I have been eating more healthy and walking 2-3 Times a day for roughly 1-2 hours at a time and I seem to be gaining weight every day, I don't understand, am I doing something wrong, this is seriously freaking me out and all I wantto do is stop eating again and start taking lacitives again but I know I am doing more harm than good If I go down that road again I just feel lost and confused and need some help and reassurance. I hope someone can help me get through this I would grately appreciate and help and advice.

Thank you x

First off, you need to set a realistic goal and remember that weight loss starts in the kitchen. Exercise is great but it doesn't burn 1000s of calories.

Water weight can be deceptive. But you need to determine calories and create a reasonable deficit. Then follow it. Stop harming yourself. I have ED also but the best thing you can do is remove all the trigger foods out of your house - you know what I mean.

First of all, from the sound of your posts you are not someone who should be trying to watch and/or manage your weight without at least some form of real support system rather than just reaching out to people on a community forum (as nice as things are here, generally). With your personal history and your stating that you are considering dangerous methods to deal with your weight I humbly suggest that you have a nutritionist and a counselor working with you.

I won't even begin to try and guess what might be causing your gains as there's simply too many variables to consider and you are not a typical case since you are recovering from surgery. It does sound that you are interested in working as hard as it takes to take control of things which is a great place to start. Exercising is wonderful regardless of your results. Walking is still highly underrated as a way to burn calories - probably because it isn't as dramatic as running triathlons or crossfit or any of the other "in" activities these days.

If you need a place to start, then logging honestly what you are eating and the exercise you are doing should be step one. Only when you can look at what you are putting in can you understand how your results are meeting or not meeting your expectations. There's ample information here on what you calories in data should be and drilling down into the data beyond just carbs/fat/protein could reveal some problems with your diet.

I wish you the best of luck. Please, oh please, don't try to do this all on your own. Your history suggests that you have difficulties with this that make it dangerous for you to handle this by yourself.