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Thanks, everybody!! It was so exciting to come back and find this, then find I could still update it to show everyone how far I've come in 5 years. It would be great to hear of others' stories too!

Oh my God! I found this thread after 5 years, and I am so glad. You guys CHANGED MY LIFE.

Seriously.

Luckily, that was the smallest I ever was. I was never anorexic, but stress and mind issues...

Saw a nutrition therapist that specializes in EDs today. Good news is that she said I have disordered eating but she doesn't really know or think it's an eating disorder necessarily.

I am being...

You can tell what in my face? Underweight?

And no, I eat meat. Definitely not a vegan.

FIRST TIME BULKER!

After some past threads and a possibility of an eating disorder, I have decided that eating 2500+ calories and getting my skinny little frame some meat is the way to go....

Thank you! I will give a report on what she says.

By the way, your body transformation pictures are absolutely phenomenal. What an inspiration. I would listen to absolutely any advice you would...

Appointment with a therapist on Monday that specializes in EDs. I'm nervous, but evidently needed to do this. Thanks everyone for knocking sense into me!

Thanks! I know I eat at least eat 1200-1500 a day. Any less and I wake up starving. I realize now this would be decent perhaps if I was a healthy weight and maintaining, if I was sedentary though....

THANK YOU for all of your advice... this is what I'm taking away from this:

1) I am not hungry, but it's almost lunch time. I'm at a Cosi for a work meeting. I'm going to eat what I want and feel...

Yes, I know this. But I have also asked

1) If I need to eat more, how do I push through the discomfort of eating so much? I have digestion issues and eating more not only causes pain but extreme...

Very cool! Its so much easier to follow advice of someone actually getting results from a program. I find it hard to ever increase my weights when I left. Wish I had a lifting buddy here.

Do you...

How many calories do you eat a day? and how much/often are you lifting/doing cardio?

Interesting. You have similar stats to me but a good and healthy weight, so I see you made this work for you. Awesome. Thanks!

I went to a nutritionist twice about 3 months ago, and the calories she suggested (about 2400) were making me insane. I love eating, but eating that much just felt terrible. Even drinking it. How do...

I feel like I work out normally and eat normal-ish (it's not consistent, but I try to stick to eating clean the best I can)

I focus on weight training mostly. I know I don't need cardio but it's...

I agree, and my nutritionist was worried about that as well. I'm glad that I see it could become an ED and I'm not in denial, but it's just moving past the discomfort of eating enough that is...

Oh my... that is a bit unsafe. I'm sure you aren't following those suggestions! I wonder who creates those apps....

I met someone in the grocery store yesterday who was buying food for the HGC...

I have to agree with how you feel on this. I can't stop when I feel full, and I don't really trust what my body feels as "full". Some rare days my brain and body think I am full at 1000 calories...

Thanks, everyone. I have been focusing more on glute and lower back exercises but no results to speak of yet! I haven't been able to get into the gym as consistently.

Loving those deadlifts...

Agreed! I know I need muscle, but am finding it hard to build. I just don't have the hunger or appetite to bulk, and if I try, I get digestion issues. That's another thread entirely, I'm sure!

I...