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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 172743" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Marg, it's true that I appear bony now because of my wasting muscles from the FSH, but that didn't manifest until my teens. My brother doesn't have it. He doesn't seem to have any troubles with it now that he's 50. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I hesitate to recommend beer as a weight gain option in this case, though...</p><p></p><p>I hope your neighbor's daughter now knows that they do not recommend packing on the pounds anymore. It's too hard on what muscles we <em>do have</em> to carry around all of that weight!</p><p></p><p></p><p>In all fairness, I am 5'8" and weigh 130 lbs. As a young woman, I weighed between 100 - 115 lbs. When I went through the most stressful times with L and her dad and stepmom, I became very depressed and stopped eating. I just wanted to sit and smoke. I got down to 89 lbs. But it wasn't a vanity thing as that can be with anorexia. I just didn't care.</p><p></p><p>My doctor put me on a diet that was pretty easy to follow. "Eat 2000 calories a day." If what I was eating wasn't adding up to 2000 calories, I should eat cookies or ice cream until it added up to enough. He told me that eventually, my appetite for regular foods would increase and I would begin to eat regular meals. He was right - I did. But my frame and muscles will never be strong enough to hold up or move a large body mass, so now that my metabolism has changed, ice cream and cookies can't be on the menu. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 172743, member: 99"] Marg, it's true that I appear bony now because of my wasting muscles from the FSH, but that didn't manifest until my teens. My brother doesn't have it. He doesn't seem to have any troubles with it now that he's 50. ;) I hesitate to recommend beer as a weight gain option in this case, though... I hope your neighbor's daughter now knows that they do not recommend packing on the pounds anymore. It's too hard on what muscles we [i]do have[/i] to carry around all of that weight! In all fairness, I am 5'8" and weigh 130 lbs. As a young woman, I weighed between 100 - 115 lbs. When I went through the most stressful times with L and her dad and stepmom, I became very depressed and stopped eating. I just wanted to sit and smoke. I got down to 89 lbs. But it wasn't a vanity thing as that can be with anorexia. I just didn't care. My doctor put me on a diet that was pretty easy to follow. "Eat 2000 calories a day." If what I was eating wasn't adding up to 2000 calories, I should eat cookies or ice cream until it added up to enough. He told me that eventually, my appetite for regular foods would increase and I would begin to eat regular meals. He was right - I did. But my frame and muscles will never be strong enough to hold up or move a large body mass, so now that my metabolism has changed, ice cream and cookies can't be on the menu. :( [/QUOTE]
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