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Congrats!! I love hearing stories like this on my own road to recovery: they inspire me and spur me to work harder to reach my goals, Thank you and congratulations again!

I think that's just your metabolism running super hot due to the increase in calories+activity. I am recovering from an ED and when I first started aggressively increasing my daily calories, I experienced something similar. I brought it up to my doctor and they said it's totally normal

I would echo what most people are saying: don't beat yourself up! You're an athlete, so you need more. Your body will naturally regulate your calories day to day via hunger/satiety cues. Best of luck!

I definitely struggle with this type of behavior, especially when it comes to eating at normalized times; I continuously push off eating thinking that I can "make it up later" which leaves me with a deficit at the end of the day... :/ I think that a meal plan may be best at this point. Thanks for the support, I really…

I know that using exchanges works really well for some people, but I'm really bad at trying to convert everything into exchanges, unfortunately. Calories are a much more straightforward way to work for me and that's just kind of the operating system I'm used to. If I weren't like that, I would totally try that, but in my…

Thanks all for the input! I am having weekly check ins with a treatment team, so I think I may try and do it intuitively at this point, just because i think that attaching numbers to things right now is counter productive. However, if my team and I aren't seeing progress I may get a little more meticulous about tracking…

I would say go for a supplement (Ensure or some generic brand; doesn't really matter which) only if the volume of your daily intake is making it difficult to eat all of it. At one point in a previous weight restoration I had to do, I was having up to 3 supplements a day to make sure my caloric needs were met with the…

I would echo all of this. One day of an excess of calories may make a tiny difference, if any at all. To see sustained weight gain, there has to be an excess of calories every day. To help make those calories effective for lean weight gain, a strength training program may be effective. @geekyjock: point of interest: I…

yeah man, add me if you like!

fificrazy is right on. I'm also recovering from and ED and the minimum calories per day you should be getting is 2500, moving higher as you go. She is also spot on about the exercise component: if it can be avoided, avoid it! it will make it easier to hit your calorie goals each day and will help your weight restoration go…

Ok, I first just want to say that I totally get your point and it's valid. However, the thing with people who don't need to lose weight setting weight loss goals can RESULT in problems. Not all the time, and certainly not if done right, but if it's taken too far there is the potential for some people to develop disordered…

Thank you for your concern, that's really nice of you! I have been totally upfront with my docs about my exercise: they definitely recommend against it for the time being because, as you said, it makes it much more difficult for me to make the gains I need to make. Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate the feedback!

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Thanks for the reply! I totally get what you mean, I just meant that I would like to see the majority of gaining coming from lean muscle. However, I completely understand that there is also gaining with regard to essential body fat that needs to happen for over all gains. Thanks again!

geekyjock76: Great article. You were totally right; I spent over an hour browsing the site and reading up. The points they made were well presented and easy to understand. Thanks so much for the link!

Wow, very comprehensive! Thanks!