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Trying to gain weight sucks
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kaykay6676 wrote: »True! But I still don't think I'd just randomly loose weight. Nothing has really changed in my life. I eat just as much now as I did when I when I was 112 probably even more. But I don't know. You could be right.
Again, track your eating. How many calories do you consume in a day? Whatever it is............eat 1000 calories more on top of it.
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I feel like I'm eating enough but you're probably right. I'll start keeping track. Thanks2
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Step. 1. Eat more calories. Log everything you eat accurately for a couple of weeks. Weigh yourself during this time.
Step 2. If eating a ridiculous amount of calories, but not gaining weight, go to Dr, with your food diary, and demand tests and answers.
ETA: Step 2B. If you log and realise you are eating far too little, just eat more. Eat more meals. Drink calories. Choose calorie dense foods - these can be nutrient dense, or not.6 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Step. 1. Eat more calories. Log everything you eat accurately for a couple of weeks. Weigh yourself during this time.
Step 2. If eating a ridiculous amount of calories, but not gaining weight, go to Dr, with your food diary, and demand tests and answers.
I just finished reading and was coming here to say the same thing. If she logs her food 100% accurately and at 3,000 calories per day isn't gaining weight it's time to take the food log to the doctor. No matter how skeptical a doctor might be about someone losing weight when they aren't trying it's hard to ignore an accurate food diary.7 -
See, this is the whole point of MFP. Have you filled out your diet & fitness profile with your current stats and selected "gain 1 lb a week" in the goals? MFP will give you the number of calories you need to eat to meet that goal. By logging everything you eat (not estimating, BTW), you will know if you are in fact eating enough to achieve your goal. *Thinking* you are eating enough doesn't mean anything.7
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kaykay6676 wrote: »I'm 19 years old. I'm not a child. I reacted that way because I'm sick of people saying that. It's kinda rude. Especially when you don't even know the person. So like I said... Maybe I do need to eat more. But don't be rude about it. Im here for help. Not drama.
You're right. We don't know you. We don't know your activity level, anything about your personal life, your food intake, your medical history.
What we do know is that to gain weight, people need to eat in a caloric surplus. SIMPLE. You may have a medical condition that means your caloric needs are more than a normal person, but you don't know that so you can't expect us to either. Telling you that you're not eating enough and that you need to eat more is not rude. It's the answer.12 -
Oh, I know how hard it is to gain weight. I have malabsorption issues, so it's taking me a long time to see any results. Seriously listen to the veterans though. Log your calorie intake and limit the cardio. If that doesn't work, see a doctor and maybe a dietitian.
For what it's worth, and not to sound condescending, you're on the younger side of the spectrum in this site. At 19, I would have considered some of the responses to be rude. At 30, I read them as constructive criticism. Don't take things personally; it will more likely hurt than help you.13 -
kaykay6676 wrote: »Do you see the way your talking to me? You're being *kitten* rude. You don't even know me. And I'm actually trying to eat 2,200 calories a day. I've been trying everything. So don't sit here and tell me what I am and am not doing. When I say I'm trying everything. I'm trying everything. Maybe I'm not eating enough? But I'm going to try to now. And I've already said that. Over and over and over again have I told you that you could be right. So I don't see why you keep telling the same thing. Lol. I get it. I got that along time ago. So just drop it already.
You're "trying" to eat 2200 calories, or you are eating 2200 calories?
If you were eating that much, but seeing no results, and trying everything, wouldn't you be trying to eat more?4 -
I am trying. But I don't really have a way to get good groceries right now without a car so I kinda just have to live off what's a around me in the middle of nowhere until I get my vehicle fixed. it's rough. But I am trying. So because of you guys telling me that I should really just try eating more im take you all up on that and I'm gonna look some stuff up and find healthy food with good calories and see what I can find around me. Because I want to gain weight and I want to be happy with myself so I'm willing to do whatever it takes.3
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kaykay6676 wrote: »Im saying you telling me to eat more is rude. I thought it was but I'm over that now. I told you that you could be right. And so I'm going to keep track tmw and figure it out. But what Im saying is the way ninerbuff is talking to me is rude. At least sounding rude. And if you're not trying to be rude then I apologize. But it really just seems like it to me.kaykay6676 wrote: »Im saying you telling me to eat more is rude. I thought it was but I'm over that now. I told you that you could be right. And so I'm going to keep track tmw and figure it out. But what Im saying is the way ninerbuff is talking to me is rude. At least sounding rude. And if you're not trying to be rude then I apologize. But it really just seems like it to me.
As I mentioned, when you turn 30, you'll look back when you were 19 and chuckle. We've all done it.
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kaykay6676 wrote: »And I just feel like there more answers then just "eat more". It just seems rude to me because of the names I've been called and the things people have said to me because I'm small. People can be really mean. So, I'm sorry. I didn't know. It's just it could be other things to couldn't it? What about stress, birth control, depression, etc..?
No one here has called you names. We've simply given you the answer to your problem. Which literally is eat more calories. I'm sorry people in your life call you names - perhaps consider though, that they are concerned about you, and how you perceive yourself is different to reality.
There can be reasons why your body would require more calories, but the answer is still eat more. Hence why we've recommended persisting with the Dr if you are in fact eating excessive calories consistently without weight gain.
stress and depression can effect people differently - perhaps it makes you lose your appetite. Those things make me want to eat more.
From what I know, birth control makes people put on weight.4 -
Should I be tracking calories on things I drink as well? Or just things I eat?0
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kaykay6676 wrote: »Should I be tracking calories on things I drink as well? Or just things I eat?
Everything.2 -
I was told that my birth control could be doing the opposite? So I recently got off of it. I was in the depo and I was told that it could really mess up my body to the point that I can't have children. When I was on was always depressed and just not myself. But idk if it has anything to do with my weight. But I'm definitely going to try an eat more now.0
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I feel your pain! It's hard for me to keep weight on!1
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log your drinks if they have calories. Water And most plain teas/ coffee don't have Any, but sweetners And creamers do.2
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It could be more than just "eat more", but you have to rule that issue out first. No reason to go to the doctor if you don't have to. It's not fun anymore since they stopped giving out suckers and Garfield bandaids.10
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Are you also logging your exercise calories and eating them back ? That was a biggie for me. And ,to be honest,I found I had to let go of notions about "healthy "and just eat calorie dense foods (many of which are perfectly healthy- eg,oils,nuts and their butters)
I know how you feel - it is frustrating when people say "eat more". (I've had to listen to that all my life!) But really I think you need to log everything so that if you're still not gaining after a month you have evidence to show your doctor. Good luck!7 -
I can't believe I'm up this late and taking the time to do this, but you might find this helpful (thanks to @diannethegeek ):
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods
Also noticed up-thread you mentioned finding some "healthy foods with good calories". That seems to indicate that you may be hung up on the idea of only eating "healthy" or "clean". If you are eating a balanced, nutritious diet, there's no reason you can't be eating other more calorific things that you may personally consider "junk". Honestly, being severely underweight is a bigger threat to your health than having a candy bar.11 -
I can't believe I'm up this late and taking the time to do this, but you might find this helpful (thanks to @diannethegeek ):
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods
Also noticed up-thread you mentioned finding some "healthy foods with good calories". That seems to indicate that you may be hung up on the idea of only eating "healthy" or "clean". If you are eating a balanced, nutritious diet, there's no reason you can't be eating other more calorific things that you may personally consider "junk". Honestly, being severely underweight is a bigger threat to your health than having a candy bar.
^ Yep. I mentioned the "clean eating" thing upthread, but OP never addressed it one way or the other. As I said before, grab a jar of peanut butter and a spoon. 190 calories in every two tablespoons, you can pack some calories down very quickly! I also mentioned ice cream - a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream is over 1100 calories, and that's not a lot of food at all.
If you're not gaining weight, you're not eating enough. Period. You may feel like you're eating enough, but you're not. Add some of the calorie-dense foods from that list try2again linked to, get yourself up to 3000 calories a day and you will start gaining weight. At 4'11" and 87 pounds, if you're not gaining weight on 3000 calories per day you have some very serious medical issues - we're talking issues not previously even known to man.6
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