Posted by CareBear04 on February 4, 2005, at 14:10:59
In reply to Re: sudden dramatic weight gain... explanations? » CareBear04, posted by rainbowbrite on February 4, 2005, at 12:03:16
thanks rainbowbrite! funny, it just occurred to me that we both have names after cartoonish icons of the 80s!
anyway, it makes sense what you said. maybe i'm not eating properly. i don't like to eat heavy foods and meat, especially since my GI system isn't so used to them and can't digest them well, so they sit in my stomach. what i like to eat is light stuff like luna bars, cereal, yogurt, and rice cakes. sometimes, i drink ensure or boost, but i'm so sick of them. yesterday, though, i ate all the light things and then late at night, i got these weird cravings for heavier more substantial food so i porked out on stuff i don't like to eat. weird.
as for exercising-- you could be right that it's not right for me right now. i'm doing it mostly because my med dr told me to exercise more and because he has scared me about early onset osteoporosis. i have a bone density scan next week even though i'm only 21. my mom is borderline osteoporosis.
maybe if i'm not eating enough and exercising hard, my body will break down muscles anyway, instead of building them up? maybe if i don't eat enough protein to build the muscles, they will break down? that seems to be what you were getting at. i don't know... makes sense, but i've never taken nutrition. i wish i had.
could be that four pounds of weight has spread out so that no one but i notice it. i'm not that tall-- 5'5-- but i'm taller than people think. most people think i'm very petite, 5'2 or 5'3 because i'm thin. my best friend has similar height and is a little heavier, but she has loong legs, so she looks several inches taller.
thanks so much for the response! i'll try to go slow on the exercise.
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