For The Underweight And Undernourished

newbie.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:30:46 GMT

19, Australian/German, 160cm, 48kgs (yeah, we use the metric system, cbf converting it to pounds.)
I am tired of people constantly telling me that i'm LUCKY to look this ill. And tired of people shouting "EAT" at me, sniggering when i eat fast food and commenting that i'll be throwing it up later, and mostly assuming that because i am what they think is a good weight, that i have nothing to worry about.

I wish i could walk down the street and not get knocked onto my ass, i wish people couldn't throw me over their shoulder, i wish i could give my boyfriend something to hold onto.

new

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:12 GMT

hi im new to livejournal, im devin, struggled with bulimia for 4 and a half years, I am not pro-ED, just have an ED. i am 5'9.5", 115 to 120, bmi ranging between 16.7 and 17. struggled with ED most of my life. according to the YMCA scale, my ibw is 145 to 150, which kinda freaks me out. i am trying to do something about my ED, will gain a few pounds, freak out and lose it back.

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Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:09:04 GMT

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family anemia condition and spleen removal

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:41:45 GMT

Anyone else absolutely DREAD buying jeans?
I just came home from JCPenney with nothing. I usually fit into a size 3, but I swear they must've changed sizes or something because 1's and 0's are starting to fit me, and I know I haven't lost weight. The only two pairs that kind of fit me were just over 25 bucks (which was all I had, my dad's seriously cheap haha) so now they're waiting for me on hold.
I don't know about you all, but it seems my hips will fit into jeans, but my legs usually have a lot of extra fabric around 'em.
Anyway, my point is, what brands or stores do you girls prefer for jeans?

Small vent.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT

I want to jiggle. I want to bounce. There was an actress who said recently that she wanted to be like Queen Latifah, even if just for a day, to experience having a voluptuous body like that. I'd like that too. I want more curves.

posting this here, b/c I know you guys'll understand...

Here's a meal we can appreciate.

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:53:10 GMT

March 2, 2008

Food: The Way We Eat

Sap Happy

By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT

The maple syrup you poured on your waffles this morning probably came from Quebec, where more than 75 percent of the world’s supply is produced. And it’s at least one year old. Maple trees can’t be tricked into thinking it’s harvest time, and in Canada the sap doesn’t start running until early March, when the nights are still freezing but the days are bright.

Last March, Marc Séguin, a painter who commutes between his farm in Hemmingford, Quebec, and his Brooklyn studio (where he’s finishing a series titled “I Love America and America Loves Me”), inaugurated his cabane à sucre, or sugar shack, a rough-hewn cabin for making syrup. He installed a wood-fed évaporateur, built a table that seats 12 and invited his friends to spend a Sunday eating the high-calorie peasant feast that traditionally accompanies the harvest.

The hourlong parade usually includes split-pea soup, pancakes, bacon and ham, pork rinds, omelets, eggs poached in syrup, baked beans, bread and pan drippings, pickled carrots and beets, maple-syrup pie and taffy — all washed down with an optional Molson. And while such meals once fueled workers gathering sap, they now also stoke a growing tourist industry based around the province’s hundreds of commercial cabanes à sucre. More.

the cold

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:36:56 GMT

How well do you all handle cold weather? I ask because I don't handle it well at all. I shiver and am really cold if the temperature is anything below 75 degrees usually. My body fat % is abnormally low (although I'm perfectly healthy...my doctors are all baffled that I'm still a menstruating woman with this %), so I guess that's why, but it sucks. I don't know what to do about it besides say "screw the environment" and turn my thermostat up or just curl up on the couch with 3 or 4 blankets and stay there all season. I hate being cold. When I take showers I have to take a space heater with me in the bathroom and set it at 80 degrees. I still freeze when I get out. So, anyone with me? I'm starting to think that Global Warming might not be such a bad thing (totally joking of course!).

Energy question

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:02:37 GMT

If my breakfast isn't vurlupshious and lusciously nutritious I'm doomed to fatigue and tiredness and lack of spirits for the day. So basically if I there's a meal I didn't work hard on being good it's as if I'm a car out of gas.
I don't have an ED but i'm lazy and I pop chocolate instead of eating a meal, I eat alot of chocolate, I'm seriosuly drawn to it...

Sooo, is this pretty typical for skinny lazy people or is something shaking my health? (im 18 5'2 and 88lbs)

Food tracking websites...

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:01:39 GMT

Has anyone had good luck using websites like SparkPeople to maintiain/slightly gain weight? Anyone have suggestions for sites for this? I just graduated from college, and in the six months I've been cooking on my own I've gradually dropped from the middle/high end of healthy weight to the low end...so I really need a way to pay more attention and nip this in the bud before it becomes an issue.

Thanks!

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:02:22 GMT

I've been meaning to post lately, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
So, I've attempted t gain weight so many times, and failed (except for the time I went on a all pb&j "diet".) but I'm getting serious about it now.
I'm going to just eat everything in sight for about a month or so, or however long it takes me to get to my "ideal" weight.
Haha, weird how I post this on thanksgiving?
So, I don't know how much I should get up to, though. I was thinking 110, but yeah I'm not sure.
Right now I'm 16, weigh 95 pounds, and I'm 5'3. Would 110 be about right?

Oh, and also, when's the best time to stuff my face full of food... Right now I usually don't eat much in the morning because for some reason that's hard for me, but at night I eat like crazy. Is that okay?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :)

Hello! Anyone still here?

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:39:46 GMT

Yay! A community I can relate to! Woohoo!

I'm almost 40, 5'7", and down to about 105lb. I was up to 115 when I quit my job a yr ago to be a stay-at-home mom, but now I'm working for a utility contractor, so I'm walking/running 8-10 miles per day, four days a week, so I'm dropping weight pretty briskly. I'd love to gain, and have someplace to *talk* about it. In addition to the job, I've got the household to take care of, and I run an online children's bookstore in my "spare" time. So I don't have scads of time to cook.

Someone further down mentioned peanut butter and oreo sandwiches. Sounds yummy! I used to do pb & nutella sandwiches. Need to buy more Nutella...

So, who's all here?

help!

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:16:42 GMT

I'm 5'8" tall and as of today weigh 103.8 pounds. I started attempting to gain weight about a month ago, and started at 104, managed to get up to 108 and now I'm below where I was in the first place! It seems that I have been trying really hard to eat frequently, and bigger portions; I've also been drinking protein drinks multiple times a day. I can't seem to gain any weight! It's hard because I'm a vegetarian, and because I don't want to just eat a bunch of garbage and junk food.

What's the best way to gain weight overall? Will working out help me a lot, or will I just lose even more weight? It seems that no matter how hard I try, I can't gain a pound. People always think I'm anorexic and I'm not- it's kind of insulting.

Hi! :D

Sun, 20 May 2007 06:26:03 GMT

Allo everyone! I'm new here, so let me introduce myself. My name is Steph, I live in Michigan, and I have weight issues thanks to my mood disorders.

I'm 6 feet tall and roughly 140 pounds. Like, just barely... so my BMI would come out to be healthy, but that doesn't include the lovely variable of my ginormous hips. So techincally I'm not underweight. Maybe borderline. But I need to gain some weight.

Once upon a time, about 2 1/2 years ago, I peaked at 165 pounds. After a bunch of unpleasent things and taking aerobics for my first class of the day, my weight dropped like crazy. I got down to about 150. At that weight my doctor, therapist and psyciatrist all had suggested gaining some weight. I was happy with my weight so I blew them off.
Then Mr StormCloud of Doom and Depression came to visit again. Oh joy! 5 more pounds down the drain. And the last few months I've been too lazy to make food/eat/do anything but sleep and hangout with friends instead of doing homework. It's not like I eat a whole lot, either. My mother commented on how I've been dropping weight again a few days ago. The tops of my panties peaking out from under my jeans while wearing a belt didn't help much.

Whew. Ok, don't bother reading all that. Basically I'm trying to gain some weight in the healthiest way possible. Maybe 5 or 6 pounds.

Sweets just won't do it. I sit on my ass all day and munch on chocolates, cookies, and cake and lose weight. That's why I'm here. It's so disgustingly hard to find information on what to eat. Yogurt is one. Most of it comes in a "light" or "fat-free!" form. I need my fat damnit. Why must ye, oh grocery store, support the media's obsession with weight and dieting?!
My pudgely younger brother eats all the nuts so I get none of those. Cashews sound really good, too... Cheese, veggies, fruit, peanut butter, more cheese, more yogurt until it starts coming out of my ears. My body is going to get angry and rebel from all the sudden massive increase of dairy products. And Kroger did not have my Chai smoothie thingy with all the yummy protein goodness! That made me very sad.

If people are so obsessed with weight, why must all the fatty gross things be cheap and my healthy protein filled goodies turn my wallet into a black hole?

(Apologies for such a long post. It's past 2am for me and I'm bored.)

supplements

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:48:41 GMT

My son's been ill and at 6' weighs about 115 pounds. He finds most dietary supplements revolting. Does anyone know of any supplement that's not creamy and is lemon or lime flavored or unflavored? Thanks for any help.

Help?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:53:03 GMT

Ok, I know I'm quite underweight.. I'm around 5'4"-5'6" (not quite sure) and at the moment 87.5 lbs. Another major problem I have is fluctuating weight, In a few weeks I can go anywhere from 87-94 lbs, and back again.

Keeping a high calorie, healthy diet is quite hard for me, to say the least. I have no way of shopping for myself and my parents do not shop for me, and for them.. they go with low calorie EVERYTHING.

I do drink and like Ensure/Ensure Plus, but my parents will rarely buy them (despite knowing it's good for me) because of the price. This being my biggest problem, I can take ensure for a few weeks and steadily gain weight, but my parents won't keep buying ensure over and over again, and as soon as I stop drinking them, I immediately lose whatever weight I gained.

Another problem I have is lack of appetite, any advise for any activities or anything that could possibly boost appetite would be helpful.

I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on some other high calorie foods I could add to my diet as snacks, etc. I was also wondering about how often I should snack, etc?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I was also wondering if any of you have ever heard of or taken any sort of prescriptions to slow metabolism or boost apetite, etc? I'm not sure if any exist, though it seems quite possible they might.

Slightly Disappointed...

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:57:13 GMT

After researching, asking on here, and talking to my doctor, I finally ordered Suplimed because I didnt want to waste money on something that isnt going to work, and this is something that seems like it should work. ...

My disappointment so far...for a bit more than $40 you would think the jar would give you more than 16 servings..... drinking 4-8ounce shakes a day.. means its only going to last 4 days... and each shake requires half a cup of this stuff. So basically, I just paid $40 for 4 days worth of shakes... 8 days if I just do the 2 shakes a day method....

second disappointment... nowhere on the site does it say how many servings the 4 pound container makes. To me I would expect a 4 pound container to last a hell of a lot longer than 4 days... and not only that but to not require half a cup of mix for an 8 ounce shake.

So with average results being 2-4 pounds a week... one container will definatey not get me up into the 125 range... it will put me right at 115....

So.. i'm pissed...

but i'll post my results on here in a week.

Weight gain powders?

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:02:40 GMT

Went to a new doctor today... the NP told me he was shocked about my weight and height... and that some of my organs still function (the female ones, but dont want to get graphic since this isnt only girls here)... i was just like "thanks... any suggestions on gaining weight?" and he told me to go to GNC and get some weight gain shake/drink stuff...

So... anybody ever tried weight gain powders and know of one that is actually good that works?

My old track coach made me stock up on them when i was back in highschool and running... well rather he bought them and made me eat the bars and drink the shakes every moment i was hungry or resting... except they were awful and didnt work.

So advice anyone? Im not a fan of these things, but I'm going to give it a chance.

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:11:17 GMT

Hi. I'm new here. My name is Kristine. I'm 25. I'm about 5 feet tall and around 85 pounds.

I've been struggling with ed's for years and I'm at the point where I actually want to gain weight and I can't. I've tried everthing and I can't seem to keep any weight that I gain, on. The most I've gotten to is maybe 95. I'd love to see 100 pounds. My friends told me they'd throw me a party if I got that high.

I guess I'm just looking for support. Everyone I know wants to be skinny and doesn't see a reason for me to gain weight.

I'm looking for a nutritionist but I can't seem to locate any in my area.

If anyone has suggestions for gaining weight and keeping it on, let me know. What works for you?

I want to gain weight damnit .. lol

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:30:52 GMT

So i'm kind of curious... short of seeing a diatician... how do we find out how to gain weight.. without having to stuff our mouths full of food all of the time. Suggestions?

*I'm getting ready to take a required health class where we will analyze what we eat, how we eat, and have to do a food journal. So I'm nervous of the professor getting onto me about weight, height, all od that. My BMI is at 16.2... and a 15 equals starving. So after suffering though jr. high and highschool over rudeness because i was so skinny, i dont need the pressure of another professor hounding me about my weight. My friend took the class and she is overweight and appearntly the teacher was a jerk and always saying things to embarress her and make her feel bad about being overweight, so i'm nervous about the teacher saying crap about me being underweight and want to get on a jumpstart and TRY to gain 5 to 10 pounds before Feb. Yes.. i know its basically impossible for most of us... but what can it hurt to try right?

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:27:13 GMT

I'm Jules. I'm tired of being underweight. I'm 18, 5'4" and weigh in at an average of 95 lbs. In any given week this will fluctuate +/- 5lbs. I have never consistently weighed more than 100 lbs.

I am treated as fragile and therefore incompentent at work, even though I've probably got the highest strength/weight ratio there. My doctor makes bitchy comments about me being anorexic every time I go in. My friends and family tell me to "eat more" and "eat a sammich" and comment on my hip bones and ribcage all the time. My boobs are small. My size 0 jeans don't fit. I've had enough.

I have always been small, but around 14-15 my growth curve started to drop. I went through some traumatic things, started rock climbing at competitive levels, and was vegan for a year. I kept getting taller but can't put on muscle OR fat. I weigh now what I weighed when I was 13 and 5'0".

Some people eat away their stress. Not me; when I'm stressed, or anxious, or depressed, or whatever... my appetite drops to 0, sometimes for days at a time. Sometimes I will forget to eat so long that intense physical hunger hits me, but it's the same feeling as pre-vomiting nausea and just repulses me from food even more. I can't afford to buy the foods that inspire me to eat, and I can't bring myself to eat unhealthfully: refined sugars and trans fats are a no-go. WTF am I supposed to do? Drink olive oil?

I don't really expect an LJ community to fix any of this for me, but am relieved to find others who can relate. A search for "skinny" brought up dozens and dozens of communities just starting with the number "0" and letter "a"... "gaining weigh"? A couple dozen total.

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:53:00 GMT

Hi... my name is Megan and i'm so glad that this community is here. For years i've struggled and felt bad about being so skinny, and i've delt with many of the things everyone else has here..

"i might break you"

*grab of my wrist to see how much of their fingers it takes to go around my wrist* OMG LOOK HOW SKINNY YOU ARE

Including harrassment by a group of girls in highschool that were not fat, just... healthy looking, that ended up with me fighting the girl. Who knew such a skinny person would have that much anger and power in them?

I'm 21 years old, 5 feet 9 inch's, and weigh 105. My metabolism is extremely high, as i can gain or lose 5 pounds in a week easily depending on how much I eat. But for some reason I never go lower than 105, nor higher than 110. I've been like that forever.. I would stay at one weight for what seemed like an eternity, and then jump up ten or so.

The part i hate most about being so slender? I'm seriously lacking in the bra area. I am lucky enough to be able to buy 1 VS bra and thats only because the bottom half is full of help.

So while i'm going to use this community as a guide for advice on gaining weight, i'm also thinking maybe if i gain i'll not only look healthier and be left alone about my weight, but also gain a little in the area needed.

And the saddest part yet? My grandmother keeps hounding me to drink malts... and starbucks stopped carrying their malt drink that I adored. I dont think it ever worked.. but it gave me a reason to splurge.

So theres my story... My name is Megan and I am underweight with a BMI of only 15.5 (but my body still functions WAY normally, so i dont get the whole BMI thing)

soooo glad to find I'm not the only one!

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:44:58 GMT

Ok, I've just set up a new journal to track my attempt to gain 1st (I guess that's 14lb for you Americans...) - as sort of Anti-Bridget Jones Diary. I had a nose around and found this community and I feel a bit overwhelmed with relief... I thought it was just me!

I'm 25, and live in London, and have a been a skinny all my life. I'm 5'7" and weight 7st 7lb (105 lbs) - my height makes me look even worse as it accentuates the skinniness. For years I have had people making comments about my weight and I'm so sick of it. No-one would comment like that about someone who was overweight. The final straw came last week, when I was at a work social event and had the boss's wife going on and on about how she thought I looked 14 years old and then she got other people to join in, saying 'oh my god you do look really young' and 'stick insect' and 'she looks like she might snap in half'... they then grabbed my cheeks (i have a baby face, which makes it so much worse!) and all started going 'awwwwww you look like a little kid'. it was the most humiliating thing ever.

i'm now about to start making serious efforts to put on weight. i'm not a fussy eater and i don't have any allergies, but when i'm stressed i do find it hard to eat as i get a really knotted stomach. i've bought some stuff from Boots called 'Rapid Weight Gain' which is a strawberry milkshake powder and I am going to try to eat 3000 calories a day. I also plan to buy some of those strap-on weights for my stupidly gangly legs and arms to build muscle. however, i'm terrified that sport will make me burn what little fat i have.

sorry this is such a long post, it's just i'm amazed to find this community exists!

LBx

Hiya

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:49:25 GMT

New here, I've been underweight... pretty much all my life.

When I was about 10 my mum was taking me to the doctor regularly to check my weight. In the end the doctor just told me that I'm build like a race horse and burn off anything I gain really fast.

Now I am 21, 165cm ( 5'4 ) tall, and I currently weigh 45kg (99lb).

I really want to gain weight, because I intensely dislike being so thin. At school people would think I was anorexic, people always assume that I'm weak, and when someone I cared for commented that I looked like a skeleton in a photo it really, really hurt.

1) I have bad reactions to a few foods: I can't eat onions, tomatoes, lettuce, my stomach won't tolerate more than a tiny bit of oil in anything.

2) I also admit that I plain dislike a lot of foods. This includes most vegetables, though I do eat fruit. I also don't eat rice or pasta. I am planning on trying to work on these by making myself eat some of these things and seeing how it goes.

3) I just plain forget to eat. I don't actually realize that I'm hungry until it is downright painful because I just get so caught up in whatever I am currently doing.

4) Laziness, I guess being undernourished might make me feel less energetic or something? At any rate often when I do feel hungry I find that to eat I have to make something, and I end up deciding that it is easier just to ignore my hunger and get something later (later, which usually also gets forgotten about).

I've been actively trying to gain weight for... about 5 years now. I tried finding tips and recipes to help with gaining weight on google, but could only find things about weight loss. At one point I was seeing a dietician, but there was a personality problem there: she treated me in such an insulting fashion that I ended up just deciding I was better off on my own.

So, it popped into my head to try looking up 'gaining weight' on LJ a few hours ago, and here I am ^.^

The only thing I've found that actually helped me start to gain weight (I'm almost permanently stuck at my current weight) was eating mashed potato. But unfortunately if I eat something frequently enough my body has this weird habit of suddenly deciding to develop a bad reaction to it. But it worked while I tried it.

Anyone know what type of foods are generally good for helping with weight gain?

Peanut butter is awesome.

Sun, 28 May 2006 08:06:32 GMT

Okay, I gotta type this really fast 'cause I gotta get off of the computer, but, about a year or so ago, I ate mostly peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a week, and I gained 5 pounds in that short amount of time. Then, for the past 2 or 3 days I've been eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches again, and I've gained around 2 or 3 pounds in a couple days. :D So, I thought I'd tell you all that you should try eating more pb&j, or else peanut butter and banana sandwiches, and put some on oreos and stuff like that, 'cause it really helps you gain weight. :D

Time to get off because my mom's getting mad at me 'cause I'm still on the computer.

Check this out!

Thu, 04 May 2006 04:12:42 GMT

We recently launched a recovery forum for eating disorders and SI and want to invite members to come and join us. Our forum does not try and compete with this group in any way. We are a small group of friendly members willing to help each other and create some life long friendships. Please visit us at: http://www.psrecovery.com