Serious Weight loss, The usual suggestions arent working
Ok Just a couple things to start. I'm NOT Anorexic, and I'm NOT Bulemic! I have no interest in being underweight and I'm trying to gain weight. That Having been said... I have been underweight all my life, I'm 32 and 6ft tall and 125 pounds. I have tried eating more, eating as unhealthy as possible, (Bring on the High Cholestoerol! - If only that were my problem) I"ve tried shakes, digestive aids, protein suplements, vitamins, laziness, eating before bed... Nothing, the only weight I gain is the weight of the meal I just ate. And most of it comes out later. When I was younger i felt that I was ok and just needed to grow out of it, but when? ONe problem is that I sometimes feel that I cannot eat or I will throw up, ( I dont! I havent thrown up for years and that time I had the flu) especially when I try to eat sweets or suggary snacks. The things I do seem to be able to eat are vegetables, fruits, Ice tea, and other things that are supposed to be healthy, Especially this is true in the morning, and it makes it extremely difficult to eat breakfast, but this tells me that something is wrong, I'm usually not even very hungry and have to force myself to eat. I do often feel tired and lethargic, and sometimes get these little electric surges that i've kind of learned to atrribute to starvation. I go through times when I can only eat just a little bit at a time, and If I try to eat alot for lunch, I can barely eat any dinner, its almoast as if my body does not know how to eat or process food properly. Alot of people say they wish they were me but trust me you shouldnt, this is not healthy and I'm affraid if I let it go to long its going to kill me, but my doctor does not have a solution other than eat more (I'm trying! it aint workin!) Has anybody had anything similar? Thanks.
Ok, I appreciate the suggestions for snack Ideas, but I resent being told I trained myself not to eat. And I have never smoked. I suppose I forgot to mention in my question, that I've been trying for years now to turn this around and pushing myself to eat what I can when I can, and have been using all these suggestions for the past few years, thus what I say "The usual suggestions arent working" Eating more is not working! and I dont need a doctor to tell me to eat more, I need to Identify possible other causes. THis is not a case of "Oh i'm just not hungry so I wont eat" this is why am I not hungry I need reasons? Thank you for your responses.
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August 5th, 2010 - 10:13
Eating those types of foods are not good for you. Your body will work to eliminate it quicker.
For some reason your body knows that telling you it’s hungry does little. It’s kinda given up on you. You need to start making yourself eat. Starting with breakfast. Doesn’t have to be big. Eat 2 eggs and a piece of toast with a nice glass of water. at 10 have a nice snack. Some nuts (high in calories but great for nutrition) a few ritz crackers, some fruit. Have a soda to wash it down. For lunch eat some kind of yummy pasta with sauce and some veggies. Make sure throw in the afternoon snack as well. Some more nuts, cashews are great for this problem and some more fruit. Again, wash it down with another soda. Dinner, Make yourself a decent meal. Mean, potato, veggies and fruit. Then throw in a snack half way between dinner and bed time. Eat some buttery popcorn. right before bed drink a small protein shake.
You don’t have to be hungry to eat. Almost every person out there eats at times other than when they think they feel hungry. You can eat as small of portions as you’d like. I don’t care if you feel like you will throw up. Eat it anyway. You sy you want to gain weight but then you say you won’t eat because you feel you might throw up. You can fight the feeling of being sick. fight it hard. Eat. your body will become adjusted to eating and will, after a few weeks, want to start eating. You have to train yourself to eat. Just like many have to train themself to not over eat. Same concept. My suggestion about the soda should be for caffeine free soda’s only. You don’t need a caffeine problem.
you trained yourself to not eat and your body is paying for it. Until you retrain your htinking and eating, nothing will change. Eating junk won’t help you. There are many obese people that are starving to death. Starvation doesn’t mean skinny. Your body needs the right foods with nutrients and vitamins in them to maintain your body. Yes, you are starving to death. Yes, it can lead to huge issues that lead to an early death. Yes, you are killing yourself. Yes, you can change it. But you have to really really want too.
I used to smoke and would talk about wanting to quit. But i didn’t REALLY want to quit. The day i decided i really wanted too, i changed and did so. 125 pound 30 year old… not too sexy. Those who would claim to be jealous aren’t. Not if they would see you. Not if they knew they had to starve themselves. People are jealous that when they ae so active that they can eat and keep the weight off. that’s what people really want and are jealous of.
August 5th, 2010 - 10:13
Your doctor is right. Eating more is the only real solution, and just because its hard doesn’t mean its not working. I’m trying to eat more to gain weight as well, although my problem isn’t like yours, its the same idea, it takes time. As for eating unhealthy, don’t do that too much either, otherwise you’ll be underweight and have clogged arteries, which would only make it harder to diagnose you if you had some sort of serious cardiac problem. Just do as your doctor says, it may take a while, but it will work.
August 5th, 2010 - 10:13
Three steps that have really helped me are dieting, exercising, and the correct weight loss supplement for losing weight. Focus on those three things and you will lose weight considerably. I exercise 30 mins a day along with taking Proactol, a natural weight loss supplement that I saved money on at theweightlossplace.com
Good luck and stay focused = )