Ill After Meeting Goal Weight

It sounds like working with a registered dietitian would really benefit you. The physical symptoms sound very out of balance, and the anxiety + excessive thoughts of food are red flags to me. You need a structured diet that ensures you're getting adequate calories AND nutrients. Hopefully following a plan would ease some of your anxiety as well.

I'd start by seeing a doctor. Your health is way to serious to take advice from internet strangers about.
Until you can get a doctor appt , I would cut out that cardio and up your calorie intake.
If you'd like to workout, I suggest a strength training program instead of all that cardio. Beyt of luck !

you can get b12 from fermented veggetables.

Tofuli wrote: »

I really started to notice something was up when this dizziness got really really intense and I have been getting bad pins and needles. I feel lightheaded a lot and get huge surges of anxiety/panic, but when I eat something it goes.

This sounds like what I used to go through - your blood sugar might be dropping too low. I used to find this happened to me within 2-4 hours of eating. I'd get shaky, light headed, dizzy and palpitations which all felt like the beginnings of a panic/anxiety attack. 15 - 20 minutes after eating something it would go away. These are all symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) but a diabetes test (type 2) came back negative.

I cut out processed foods purely to start a healthier lifestyle and found those episodes went away really quickly. My research made me conclude its the refined carbs in processed food that were spiking my blood sugar and a few hours after eating it was dropping back too low.

Basically swapping nearly all processed foods for fresh cut meats and vegetables has helped loads. I'm doing low carbs and high fat (or keto diet) now because it controls these hypo episodes so well. I'd consider the carbs, refined carbs and sugars you're eating and maybe swap for unprocessed foods for a bit. If thats the culprit you'll probably know within a few days. Good luck x

To me, it sounds like you're anemic -- dizzy, lightheaded, tingly feeling, etc. Even your anxiety could be from anemia. Anemia makes the heart beat faster/harder and that can be interpreted as anxiety to a lot of people. Google it and see what you think. It's VERY common in runners, esp female runners. Get your blood tested for Ferritin. You can buy a Ferritin test online for $40. Easy. Also, I would recommend Floradix liquid if you chose to supplement your iron, which you should definitely do if your Ferritin is low.

If you were eating a ton of healthy fats you'd be gaining weight lol. You can still have absorption issues regardless of your b12 intake. Test your ferritin. Eat more. Are you hydrated? Pretty simple. Sounds like a deficiency of some sort. I weigh less than you and am 4 inches taller and usually run 3-4 miles 4-5 times a week and have no symptoms such as you describe, so whatever you are having to do to maintain that weight obviously is not healthy for you. If you are obsessing on food it's also possible you've developed an eating disorder.

As a vegetarian myself many plant foods do not offer iron that is as readily absorbed by the body so you might need more iron than you're getting.

As thoramom wrote -- be very careful and don't do any cardio. This means no fast walking or rushing up a hill or any stairs. Rest a lot, eat some of your favorite foods. I don't believe now is the time for you to start a weight lifting program. Just focus on your studies, rest and take it one day at a time to ease back into eating at least your maintanxe calories, and definately eat more than that if you possible can. Once you have finished college you can revisit weight loss.

In November I had a complete breakdown with anxiety so bad I could barely function, I too had lost weight rapidly, I too was eating very low amounts and was afraid to increase it, one doctor said it was nothing to do with my weight loss, another said it might be and advised me to gain back enough weight to get my BMI back to 20 although she did say it may or may not help.

I had so much blood work done and nothing was found, I did increase my calories and felt slightly better so I did something silly, I refused to gain weight like the doctor had advised, instead I maintained,sometimes even lost a bit.

I considered myself to be making very slow progress with the anxiety and the dizzy spells had stopped so I stopped believing that it was anything to do with my weight, I even began to get more active but didn't eat back exercise calories because my daughter's birthday was coming and I knew I would eat a lot that day.

On Wednesday I hopped on the scale, 101.5 pounds, this is 10.5 pounds less than the Dr advised, now that day also happened to be my daughter's birthday and I eat as I please on birthdays.

The next morning (yesterday) I woke up expecting to feel my usual wave of anxiety but it wasn't there, off I went grocery shopping and I can tell you that if I am going to get anxious it will be there, it's the worst place for me so in I go expecting the usual jitters and there were none, I felt good, I was relaxed, chatting to staff and not rushing to get out.

Yesterday I ate 1340 calories and according to Fitbit my burn was 1725, I didn't eat back anything because I had indulged at the party on Wednesday.

Woke up this morning and bang, anxiety was there, that awful dread and doom was back and I felt awful whilst I was out too.

Now I know I couldn't eat as much as I did on that birthday every single day of my life but it did wake me up to the fact that I frequently do not eat enough and something needs to change, it's not just the body that suffers for it but the mind too so from now on I will eat what I burn, no more skipping out exercise calories.

I have an appointment with the doctor again in 2 weeks and will be discussing this once more, my question will be is it my weight or is it the calorie intake, this time if she says it's weight and tells me to gain I wont be ignoring her, I would rather be 10 pounds heavier and feel healthier and happier than feel like I do most days now, in fact the day after my own birthday I felt better too but put it down to coincidence, I now believe it is not, I believe I don't eat enough and that is why I am so unwell.

You say you are eating more but not gaining weight, to me that says you are still not eating enough to gain, you need to increase the calories much more and consider reducing your exercise until you have sorted this out too but you absolutely do need to go back to the doctor and ask what they suggest you do to remedy this.

Tofuli wrote: »

I then slowly tried to increase calories, but I just felt really uncomfortable about eating more.

This is the sentence that caught my eye.