[quote]Carbon-12 wrote:
Sorry to call you out but having been one I’m hoping you aren’t on the verge of eating disorder behaviors. You mentioned being a nutrition major, but you express a seeming ignorance of practicality and extreme focus on minutia that has no real relevance to your situation. You freak out over being 137 pounds and then claim to be “unique” in how your body works.
Look, I’m not trying to be harsh to you, but I used to do a lot of the same stuff you seem to be. Thing is, you very likely are not an exception, and all this does not add up.
People are quick to assume hormone disorders or freaky body chemistry, but in reality most of us are just average joes who don’t know enough to critique our own situations. Really, you are not fat at 137 pounds. I don’t care what you think.
Don’t get defensive because we “don’t live every day in your body”. No shit, but we live it in ours. We’re made of the same stuff as you and most of us here have made a concentrated effort to gain quality weight, so we do know a few things about the issue at hand. So really, be patient and listen.
Realize that you are not some anomaly, and your problems are easily solvable by simple modifications if you will just have some patience and be willing to try a few things.
So for starters, what are some of your strength levels? How about Squat/Bench/Deadlift or any other major movements we can use to gauge your strength. How much did you weigh before you tried gaining weight, and how much did you weigh after? You mention your bodyfat has gone up, do you have measurements that attest to this fact? If so, what are they?
What is your overall calorie level, as you seem to have your nutrition planned out well? How well do you adhere to your diet? How often and in what way do your cheat meals occur?
These are just a few starting questions, but if you want us to help you solve your problems then we need baseline information to determine the extent of what you are describing. [/quote]
In the past I was anorexic, but got over it completely after only 6 months. It was a complete mental self struggle, but I did it.
I never said i was fat at 137. I simply stated Yes I’m skinny and I do know that I am freakishly skinny.
My strength levels are patheic. I bench about 175-180. Everytime I take time off from the gym it feels like I get weaker like something inside my body is breaking down muscle and strength.
I dont know my deadlift and squat max. but I’ve been able to squat 155pounds 20 times at the end of the superhero workout of reps 12,10,8,20. To me that was good because I gradually added weight to get to 155.
I’ve been trying to gain weight ever since highschool even though i gained weight i lost muscle tone and structure. I’m about 8-10% body fat I tested it 4 different methods in my nutrition classes.
I strongly strict to a sound diet with cheat meals once or twice a week.I eat around 3000 calories a day depending on if its my workout day or not.
Thanks for you help Carbon-12. I really appreciate your time. I think I do have high cortisol levels because that can destory connective tissue and hinder my progess. I might get a blood test done for that. What do you think?