Yey..weight gain

platypus · 13 May 2009 at 14:32

Back at the end of December I was diagnosed as anorexic, due to a number of reasons that don't really need to be discussed here. I was at that point 7 and a half stone. Or 48kg. Bearing in mind that I'm 5'11", I was in hospital for a few days and forced to see a psychiatrist and dietician at one point.

Anyway, fast forward past several months of getting my head sorted, and eating and training properly. I am now at a fighting weight of 10.2 stone, or 67kg. Bear in mind that I'm [usually] a very slim athletic build, this is a good weight for me really.

My goal is 75-80kg, mainly hoping for a good summer season in rowing (regatta season), but the heaviest I've ever been is 75 back when in serious training about four years ago.

Fingers crossed eh..

Shikkaka · 13 May 2009 at 14:36

Congrats on your progress so far. Keep it up :cool:

fluffmct · 13 May 2009 at 18:02

Excellent progress mate! I have a similar experience myself. Was 8 stone at 6'1 due to Crohn's disease and it took a while but I managed to get up to 14.5 stone. Was a bit chubbier but a bit of chub beats superskinny any day! You've already done most of the hard work - best of luck to you and just remember to take it slow and steady

semi-pro waster · 13 May 2009 at 18:16

Well done on the progress and good luck with the rowing as well.

Vegeta · 13 May 2009 at 18:38

Wow niceone mate. Wish I could pack on some weight i'm trying!

tom_e · 14 May 2009 at 03:46

Well done mate I always seen you as relatively healthy from what I had read on here please don't see that in a bad way, but fair play on your advancement

Freefaller · 14 May 2009 at 09:06

That's great news, keep up the hard work and well done on getting your health/life back.

platypus · 14 May 2009 at 09:29

Thanks all. It's been a weird passage of time, and very, very hard. But the training has helped. I'm going to focus on getting to Senior 1 sculling (or whatever they renamed it, I.1?) this year, and try to get my 2k erg time down below 6:30.

Goals definitely help

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p4radox · 14 May 2009 at 11:33

Good job, especially on the weight gain.

Were you still erging and rowing pretty hard even when your weight was at its lowest?

platypus · 14 May 2009 at 14:02

No I did no exercise at all from end of November - early Feb.

Breeny · 14 May 2009 at 14:16

fluffmct said:
Excellent progress mate! I have a similar experience myself. Was 8 stone at 6'1 due to Crohn's disease and it took a while but I managed to get up to 14.5 stone. Was a bit chubbier but a bit of chub beats superskinny any day! You've already done most of the hard work - best of luck to you and just remember to take it slow and steady

Any tips?

I have Intestinal Lymphangiectasia which is similar to Chron's in many ways, I hover about 10st no matter I eat, it's so annoying! I'd look so much better with an extra stone or so.

fluffmct · 14 May 2009 at 17:35

Breeny said:
Any tips?

I have Intestinal Lymphangiectasia which is similar to Chron's in many ways, I hover about 10st no matter I eat, it's so annoying! I'd look so much better with an extra stone or so.

Mate, it basically comes down to eating more. You may think you're eating more than you are.

Don't just eat anything though - people in our situation especially have to be careful of what we're eating. Basically just clean, unprocessed food (LOTS of it). I actually tried to put on a bit of fat too because people kept telling me how gaunt I looked and although I wouldn't advise trying to put on fat, I'd tell you not to worry if you do gain some.