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Thanks. I have not received any professional advice, but I am also not experiencing any negative physical consequences of being at this weight. I have had blood tests and other general check-ups recently enough and nothing is concerning there, but I can understand why you'd suspect possible health problems or the…
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Thank you for this response, it's very helpful. The advice to increase by 100 calories initially and see what happens after a few weeks sounds good. It's interesting to hear your experience of maintaining on quite a lot of calories, considering your age (I hope you don't mind me saying...but the majority of people and…
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Thanks for your response, that study sounds interesting and I'll be sure to have a look through the article you linked. I'm not sure about the heat thing, I'm certainly always warmer now overall than before I started strength training, though. The bolded definitely sounds like it could be me, I'm the sort of person who…
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Thanks for your response. Perhaps it is true that my daily reliance on walking as a method of getting from A to B is adding up to more than I think, even if it doesn't really feel like I'm being particularly 'active'
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I don't think it's necessarily fair to presume from what I've said that I want to stay underweight for as long as possible or anything like that. I was genuinely under the impression that 1lb a week would be a sensible level for me to gain at, and that this would be achieved by eating 1800-2000 calories per day. Anything…
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Maybe it sounds ridiculous but I sort of want to do this on my own? I mean, I'm being regularly monitored and checked up on by my GP and a psychiatrist anyway, but I'm not so sure about getting ED specialists and dietitians involved... obviously if I find that I'm unable to manage on my own I'll probably have to, but I…
