It's so hard to gain weight and muscle

MDC2957 wrote: »

I see all these commercials on TV for nutrisystem and Jenny Craig. I think it's way harder to gain weight than it is to lose. Harder to eat more calories than it is to eat less!

It is just hard to change habits, not matter where those habits have landed you.

Mexicangreensalsa wrote: »

118 is perfectly healthy for your height. Most people want to lose from 133 to where you used to be! Do you think you look better in the middle of a healthy weight? What benefits do you have from being heavier?

"Perfectly healthy" is a big oversimplification. Yes, a BMI of 19.0 is within the "normal" weight range, but at the low end of it. Most people cannot successfully and healthily sustain at it. It requires a very low maintenance calorie intake, for one reason. Additionally, different people reach their ideal weight at different levels across the BMI scale, and for most that is not considered the very low end. Most ideal weight calculators put the ideal weight for her height at 129-135, which is right where she is. Looking at her picture I can see why she was happy putting on 15 pounds and I can imagine than at 15 pounds less than that, she would not have felt very muscular. If someone feels that their ideal weight is the low end of a normal BMI, and they are able to maintain it successfully and healthily, that is great. But I certainly can also understand why someone would want to gain weight, especially muscle from that level.