My weight's not going up

[amusic20]

You know what's strange? I'm not really exercising, and I'm eating a lot more than I used to be eating, but my weight's not going up! Actually, it was 90.5 lbs last Tuesday, which is surprising, seeing as I had my period and felt really bloated then (pretty unusual, huh?), and then it was 91 this week. Jeez! I was hoping that this no exercising

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oh that amazing body :)

[tufflilmonkey]

Yup, our body is a pretty amazing thing. I realize it more everyday as a biological science [exercise science specifically] major! It's the biggest factor of how much you burn each day--makes a WAY BIGGER difference than any sort of exercise--even hours of it!

And yeah, I had to get it through my thick head that overestimating cals wasn't really doing anything for me too. I mean, you're just going to figure out what # your body needs to gain and then maintain on--so what good is it going to do you to call your intake 2000 if it's, say, 1850? Then you'll just have to up to "2100" if your body really needs an actual 2000, ya know? Might as well call it what it is and see what your body needs or can use!

BTW, I bet as you get closer and closer to eating what your body truly can use, you will "love eating" less and less. When your body's in deprival, it treasure food in more ways than just hanging on to [rather than burning] the cals. You'll find you also care less about eating, since you're getting enough, and suddenly other things in life are more fun, the highlights, etc.

Consistently getting what you need is a wonderful thing--physically and emotionally--and I'd say you're well on your way there--keep movin' forward girl! :)

Re: oh that amazing body :)

[amusic20]

Thanks for the encouragement!! :) Yeah, I've realized that I'm become WAY too preoccupied with food. I mean, I'm always interested in reading articles about healty eating and nutrition, and I absolutely LOVE the taste of food. But this is all part of deprivation, which I now realize is a common among those with EDs.

Re: oh that amazing body :)

[tufflilmonkey]

Yeah, one of the top symptoms of ED [even more than weight loss, because it goes w/ all ED even those who aren't physically underweight], is the preoccupation with food. ED victims are notorious for loving to cook, shop, plan, and feed other people. It's defined as "eating vicariously." Eating also becomes the highlight, to the point where a person lives to eat rather than eating to live. This of course contributes to a vicious cycle because then she starts to feel like she's gotta "use calories" just right, or plan her life around eatin pleasures, etc., which just makes eating more of a luxery and obsesssion...and so on...meanwhile opportunitise and prime life slips away.

Everytime you feed yourself MORE or eat something NOT worth it or go AGAINST the rule [a specific number, timing, combination, place, type of food, portion size, etc.] you are taking another step to putting eating on the back burner and giving yourself more substance as a person and real life--so you can look back and think about your amazing college experience and life as so much more than eating just exactly a certain way and having that be the highlight of your existance.

Keep pluggin'--push the limits, break the rules, do the scary thing to pay to show yourself who you can really be!

Re: oh that amazing body :)

[amusic20]

Yes, I really just need to push myself, and stop having so many rules and such. Thanks for your advice ;)