Forgot to mention I did mention the weight loss to my PCP, Gastro, Rheumatologist, none have said anything about it, but independently I feel like I need to gain weight.

Anonymous wrote:What is your age, height and weight? What would you like your weight to be? How active are you?

This info will help get you more focused advice

I’m in my 30s, 5’, around 97lbs. I’d like to get up to 100 at least, maybe 105.
I’m not exercising much currently due to an injury - not able to lift or do body weight exercises - or I would be doing that and trying to eat even more calories. Ideally I’d be over my injury and be able to build back some lost muscle. I feel frail at this weight, which is why I’m trying to gain.

I had a very restricted diet when I was eating for reflux, so maybe the orthorexia comments are coming out of that. I don’t generally obsess over what I eat - I downloaded an app and started logging all my food to see if I’m getting enough calories and protein for weight gain.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not sure where all the assumptions are coming from, but I’m not starving myself and I’m not low carb. Here’s the last couple meals I ate:

Breakfast: 1/2 sesame bagel with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with cream and milk

Dinner last night: 3/4 of a bison steak grilled in avocado oil, steamed broccoli/ artichokes /spinach with garlic, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with olive oil and parsley. For an extra snack later I had a bowl of mixed puffed rice and whole wheat raisin cereal with low-fat kefir.

This looks like the diet of someone trying to lose weight.

Really? I guess I should add my calorie requirements at my height, weight and activity level are around 1300. I’m trying to eat around 1700. Breakfast today was buckwheat whole wheat pancakes with pb and choc chips, scrambled eggs in olive oil, coffee.

1300 calories is the requirement for someone trying to LOSE weight, and even then that is at the more extreme end. Seriously OP you need to find some better sources of information. Something is going on with you. 1700 calories is more likely what you need to eat to maintain weight. If you are trying to GAIN weight and you are doing any physical activity, you need MORE calories than that. Not buckwheat pancakes and rice puffs. This really sounds like you have some disordered thinking and eating habits

What is wrong with buckwheat pancakes? I just looked at the Mayo website and it says I need about 1550 maintenance. I’m not currently very active as I have an injury. I walk, but not running or anything right now.
I followed the Acid Watcher Diet last year due to uncontrolled GERD (yes I saw a gastro and was on medication), and it took some weight off. So did Covid complications in 2020. So I’m now trying to add more calories slowly.

What is your age, height and weight? What would you like your weight to be? How active are you?

This info will help get you more focused advice

Anonymous wrote:Why not just buy a rotisserie chicken and use the meat? Make sandwiches from it, too.

DH doesn’t eat it, so whenever I buy one of these, I end up eating maybe 3/4 of it and waste the rest. I’ve tried freezing the meat, but not been successful.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not sure where all the assumptions are coming from, but I’m not starving myself and I’m not low carb. Here’s the last couple meals I ate:

Breakfast: 1/2 sesame bagel with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with cream and milk

Dinner last night: 3/4 of a bison steak grilled in avocado oil, steamed broccoli/ artichokes /spinach with garlic, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with olive oil and parsley. For an extra snack later I had a bowl of mixed puffed rice and whole wheat raisin cereal with low-fat kefir.

This looks like the diet of someone trying to lose weight.

Really? I guess I should add my calorie requirements at my height, weight and activity level are around 1300. I’m trying to eat around 1700. Breakfast today was buckwheat whole wheat pancakes with pb and choc chips, scrambled eggs in olive oil, coffee.

1300 calories is the requirement for someone trying to LOSE weight, and even then that is at the more extreme end. Seriously OP you need to find some better sources of information. Something is going on with you. 1700 calories is more likely what you need to eat to maintain weight. If you are trying to GAIN weight and you are doing any physical activity, you need MORE calories than that. Not buckwheat pancakes and rice puffs. This really sounds like you have some disordered thinking and eating habits

Why not just buy a rotisserie chicken and use the meat? Make sandwiches from it, too.

Anonymous wrote:Tuna, sardines, and yes protein powder at this point if you don't want to deal with chicken.
You could do ground turkey and turkey cutlets if thats your preference.
you can adjust to beans. Eat a small amount everyday. It will take a couple months.

Thank you, I’ll give beans another try. I do like them, and adding them to my breakfast eggs would be great.
Yes, I actually bought a couple cans of sardines yesterday because I thought I’d do an avocado toast with sardines for a high calorie snack. I do like fish a lot and have been adding in more tuna and salmon… adding in lower fat fish is a good idea. I guess I gravitate toward fatty fish.

I did buy a protein powder and have been doing kefir/fruit smoothies with the protein and some added flaxseed and whatever else is around.

Chicken I just cannot deal with since pregnancy. Maybe DH would be willing to roast chicken thighs once a week or something for us, since he likes them too.

Tuna, sardines, and yes protein powder at this point if you don't want to deal with chicken.
You could do ground turkey and turkey cutlets if thats your preference.
you can adjust to beans. Eat a small amount everyday. It will take a couple months.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not sure where all the assumptions are coming from, but I’m not starving myself and I’m not low carb. Here’s the last couple meals I ate:

Breakfast: 1/2 sesame bagel with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with cream and milk

Dinner last night: 3/4 of a bison steak grilled in avocado oil, steamed broccoli/ artichokes /spinach with garlic, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with olive oil and parsley. For an extra snack later I had a bowl of mixed puffed rice and whole wheat raisin cereal with low-fat kefir.

This looks like the diet of someone trying to lose weight.

Orthorexia.

Anonymous wrote:Beans

Black beans are my favorite.

I do eat beans, but I’m pretty small amounts. I ate more before but got majorly blocked up and couldn’t go to the bathroom… which is weird because I already get a lot of fiber. It seemed specifically beans made me constipated. Is there a period where your body has to adjust to beans?

Nuts and pumpkin seeds.

Beans

Black beans are my favorite.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not sure where all the assumptions are coming from, but I’m not starving myself and I’m not low carb. Here’s the last couple meals I ate:

Breakfast: 1/2 sesame bagel with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with cream and milk

Dinner last night: 3/4 of a bison steak grilled in avocado oil, steamed broccoli/ artichokes /spinach with garlic, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with olive oil and parsley. For an extra snack later I had a bowl of mixed puffed rice and whole wheat raisin cereal with low-fat kefir.

This looks like the diet of someone trying to lose weight.

Really? I guess I should add my calorie requirements at my height, weight and activity level are around 1300. I’m trying to eat around 1700. Breakfast today was buckwheat whole wheat pancakes with pb and choc chips, scrambled eggs in olive oil, coffee.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not sure where all the assumptions are coming from, but I’m not starving myself and I’m not low carb. Here’s the last couple meals I ate:

Breakfast: 1/2 sesame bagel with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with cream and milk

Dinner last night: 3/4 of a bison steak grilled in avocado oil, steamed broccoli/ artichokes /spinach with garlic, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with olive oil and parsley. For an extra snack later I had a bowl of mixed puffed rice and whole wheat raisin cereal with low-fat kefir.

This looks like the diet of someone trying to lose weight.