recovery&weight gain

Hi, i’m trying to recover from my ed and need to gain at least 3 pounds for now. I’m 5’1 and 85 lbs. I’m trying to eat at least 1400 calories per day but i really don’t want to gain fat, just lean muscle. I work out for 20-25 minutes in the morning, is this enough?

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  • jdog022
    jdog022 Posts: 694 Member
    edited October 2019
    OP I’m sure your treatment team have told you exactly what to eat to gain. Follow their advice. No need to worry about anything else other than gaining. You need to gain some fat.

    Agreed. It’s amazing the negative associations we have with “fat” . OP - without sufficient fat you risk serious side effects. Hormones need fats for one. We burn fat for energy at rest at pretty high rates too. Fat is a good thing but like all good things to much of it is a bad thing. Your nowhere near that tho. Not a million miles near that. You don’t need to gain just lean muscle to be healthy when your underweight