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5'9'' and 105 lbs? What the heck?? IC Diet, Need to Gain
I was recently sick and lost an incredibly large amount of weight. When I recovered, I was put on a special diet that cut the majority of foods I used to eat from my diet. I can't eat chocolate, citrus, onion, tomato, coffee/tea, sharp cheeses or anything hot/spicy and overly flavorful. I was already a bit underweight and…
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Help! Calorie Goal for Muscle Gain?
Hi everyone! I've finally finished my (final!) horribly structured college gym requirement, which despite it's awful structure did give me enough muscle to comfortably build off of at home. I now have access to a bench and a few dumbell/ free weights and am planning on lifting for 30 minutes, four times a week. I'll also…
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Calorie Goal for Muscle Gain
Moved to Food and Nutrition.
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Determined to Recover from an Eating Disorder
Hey guys! I'm not new to the site, but I'm trying to commit to recovering from a restrictive eating disorder and would love to find support from people who are going through or have gone through the same thing. For now, I'm trying hard to gain weight, but I'm having a bit of trouble packing all of the calories in.
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Just not hungry...
So, I got my wisdom teeth out (finally) about a month ago, and since then I've just lost my appetite. Previous to the surgery I'd been eating 20-24 calories a day, but now I'm only hungry enough to eat a net of 1200 or so... Even today, when I didn't exercise as much as usual, I had a 700 calorie deficit. I'm recovering…
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Can sodium add to dizziness?
I'm a bit underweight for my height (About 5'9'', about 112 lbs) and I've got inner ear problems and low blood pressure, so in combination I get dizzy a lot. But I've noticed that when I eat a lot of salt the dizziness worsens. Does anyone know why this happens? Is it the salt or just a weird coincidence? When I saw my…
