Bellchick91 Member

Yay loads of friends!!

Got mine! So happy! :D https://www.fitbit.com/user/3PCX7J

Awww you are all SO AWESOME!!! Thank you so much! I'll post an update soon and I hope you all are doing great!! xxxxxxxxxxxx

Yeah i just dont want to state the name of the store i work in. We sell both food and supplements! As always, nutrition SHOULD come from the diet first and foremost, but if in need - supplementing is useful. Nice catch, tho :P

Thank you! I will keep you all updated in my little status update thingys. You're very kind!

That was a really nice comment :) Thank you. And I know it's me stopping me - if you know what I mean. I need to DO it. I need some more support, I think. But in essense yes you're right. And I know that. As for your advice - thank you again! I do all of that already, but I just dont EAT what I plan to eat. Thats my…

FYI I'm nowhere NEAR a physicist - I just think particle physics is pretty awesome

Love it. No strange quarks though - those are too funny. The charming ones are nice!

Sorry for the lack of clarity - I assumed you would have known I meant I was referring to additives and/or preservatives. Not the actual chemicals/molecules/atoms/compounds or baryons whatever you'd like to call them. Either way - as I said, I am realist and know we can't avoid them. In small doses, they have not been…

Hey! Wow - a lot of comments here!! Thank you all so much for your support. I think I should make a few things clear first! I do eat "clean" but a little too obsessively - this IS due to the eating disorder and I am trying hard to overcome it. I cant eat "normal" food - like cookies, chocolate, ice cream...even bread!…

I actually really liked the look of the P90X workouts but I thought the pullup bar was required? Maybe I'll give that a go next! I did like 21DFX - very good workouts for 30 minutes. Im looking to build muscle, with minimal fat gain and just get as strong as I can! I am focusing on legs and glutes, but also shoulders and…

This is great!! I do a lot of these already - but some of these are new and he does them quite well. Explains it really well. Im gonna try this tomorrow! Thanks!

Thank you all so much! I feel a bit better - thank you. Reassurance is what I needed, Will I still gain the weight as (mostly) muscle even if I can only get a workout in 3-4 times a week? (Aim for at least 3 in the gym). I know overtraining is a big issue but when bulking do you need to lift more often in order for it to…

Hey! I have spoken with my treatment team and honestly they can only help via encouragement or saying 'you just need to do it'. No im not recovered yet, that might take years but Im proud of myself so far. I do actually get into the mentality of wanting to gain it sometimes, but it goes away and thats when things just go…

Where would you get this done? PT at the gym don't do this but I have a physiotherapist that I could ask about this? Also - does anybody think that maybe I have WEAK hip flexors and that the pain is due to compensation of some of the major hip flexors over the weaker ones? I read that this can be the cause of tight hips,…

About 6 months - and yes, I will keep going with it! Thank you!! :)

Thanks for all of the replies - and thanks arditarose for looking for those videos! Ive had the problem a couple of months - but Im not a sitter AT all. I walk a hell of a lot - that's why the physio thinks its the IT band. I'll keep foam rolling longer, and use a ball and just hang out for a while and see what happens.…

I've looked into stronglifts and have been incorporating pieces of it into my workouts. I don't want to not follow the routines set by my PT as they're effective and work well for me, but I have looked into it and Im gonna tell her about it when i see her next week. And thanks to all! I upped the weights a bit on some…

^^^^ Possibly the best piece of information I have ever read here. I actually think I have read it before (this is an old thread, isn't it?) Either way, awesome post and thanks for your amazing advice :)

Hey! Thanks, but I should have mentioned I have a personal trainer who I see once a week but she's on holidays at the moment and was thinking of increasing some weights myself in the mean time. Im not developing my own program, just following my PT and challenging myself as much as possible. And my weight lifting goals? To…

Thank you! Yeah I know what you mean - thanks!

Thank you! And i do eat carbs in the morning i just meant by afternoon id be afraid they'd be gone too low but since this advice ive upped the carbs again! Thank you!! :)

Thats EXACTLY how I gained most of my weight back from anorexia. Fortisips (ew) and potatoes.Calorie dense and gorgeous. Still do it to this day as I find large volume eating difficult. So loads of potatoes! Im coeliac so brown rice pasta just doesnt hit the spot like regular pasta but its still good! Thanks though. I love…

At my lowest weight during my worst stages of my eating disorder I ate predominantly carbs - so you are probably right. Just looking for others experiences!

What do you mean by "Net Cals"? Just curious! Im at 50% carbs, 18% fat and 32% protein - finding fat hard to up! And carbs actually...At 2250 a day!

Yes thanks I understand! Thank you :)

I know I dont need that amount I just happen to eat a lot of high protein foods! I've been trying to change things a bit to actually lower my protein which is strange as people are usually trying to up it!

Yeah I could BUT the flavour and yummy texture of the protein! Half a scoop is a good idea - but its still way over my macros for the day and I'v HEARD that its bad to have too much protein (liver cant handle it)

Yeah but then it's just banana and water...that wouldnt taste very good!! At the moment Im 5'5", 24, 50kg, eat about 175g protein/day and im on 2250 calories per day. And yes I do take in that much protein. Im trying to gain but not too fast - this is my first "bulk" and Im also recovering from anorexia so this weight gain…

Hey! I'm a recovering anorexic (doing well - food still SO hard) and have 5kg to gain to get to a healthy weight. Have been lifting weights and loving it. My bulking calories are 2250 for the moment and will see how that goes. NERVOUS!!! Would love some help, motivation to stay on track. I find it difficult to eat enough…