Hi! Recoverying anorexic trying to gain weight and muscle

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Hello everyone! I'm new here and thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm Josie. I'm not a real fitness buff at all. Actually, I've never really been very active. I've been recoverying from anorexia since Febuary and while I'm putting on weight, I also want to put on muscle too, to improve my overall health. So I was wondering if anyone has advice of some low impact/easy exercises I could do that would just be better for my all over health, but nothing too intense. I'm currently 5'6 and 97 pounds. And I'm eating around 1100 to 1200 calories a day. And am slowly increasing to a goal of 1600 (set by my nutritionist). So any adivce would be welcome! Or is this the wrong place to post this? Thank you!
 
Welcome to the boards! It's nice to hear you're trying to get healthy and workout, etc. I don't have any specific advice, just wanted to say hi, but you can try looking/posting on the toning boards for advice. Good luck! :)
 
Welcome to the boards, you will find this site very helpful! As a recovered anorexic I can tell you that it feels much better doing it the healthy way! It feels great to wake up with a ton of energy ready to start the day.
Message if you need anything, and I'll help if I can.
~Jennifer
 
Welcome to the board. I wouldn't advise alot of activity personally besides some light walking and sports if you like them.

Once you get up to 1600cals i think you should start a fitness program focused around weight training with some cardio.
 
Good Job!!

Hey, I'm new here too. I'm Kaitlyn, I'm 17. I'm a still-recovering "anorexic". I just have some personal thoughts on anorexia, but I beleive it is a serious REAL problem none-the-less. I'm pretty tall, nearly 5'8" and about a year ago, dropped to 86 pounds. I'm still on a path of trying to put on those last few pounds, but have finally been able to get over the underlying personal issues I was having. Even though I have been between 100-107 pounds over the past five six months, I still consume between 2,220-3000 calories a day, any less and I can drop weight very quickly. I was pretty concerned about getting some of my muscle mass back. Even though I am under my goal weight, I looked larger than I used to, and was very obviously unfit and weak. About two weeks ago, I've been able to beging working out again. I didn't want to even attempt to do that until I was at a stable weight, and able to make SURE I could-would consume enough to keep up with the demand of my (hopefully) building new muscle. It's been going well for me so far, I LOVE being able to begin a little weight training again. All I can say is, you HAVE to make sure you'll be able to eat to keep up with the demand. I don't beleive there are any set numbers for calorie intake. Each of us is so different, it's silly to place numbers on all of us. My doctor told me that 1500-2000 calories would put mass weight on me, and it took about five months to figure out why I was still horribly thin. MY body needed more than the charts said. Your body will tell you how much you need. Thanks for the post!!!! My wishes to you.
 
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