honestly i think have a huge meal (maybe considered a small binge) you should eat lots of bread and pasta and your weight will shoot up, also drinking tons of water helps. also if you can wear clothes in weigh ins i’d wear baggy pants and put ankle weights on

 

is it an official ED weigh in? many times the attending nurses don't even ask you to remove shoes or empty your pockets. It's rather common to have 3-5 pounds of clothes and shoes.

Also, it's not that sodium alone makes you gain weight, it's the combo of sodium WITH water. But it can be really dangerous, especially when trying to fake 3kg worth of water weight. 3kg of sudden water retention in the generic human (BMI 22, 175 lbs) is cause for alarm because of what that amount of fluid can do, and it's negative side effect would be even greater in a person as small as you. It can cause seizure and cardiac issues, for example.

 

Biotin gives me insane water retention. Like a good five pounds sometimes

 

omg literally the same thing happened to me.. im the same bmi as you and my mom is up my ass about my weight too and i have a doctors appt soon too haha..

i would suggest maybe eating some heavy food the day before and the day of the appt. i think the water loading thing should def be a last resort though bc the doctor could easily find out you're doing it by making you go in a cup and its not fun holding it in during the appt either. worst case you could also just eat more for a few days and remind yourself that as soon as the appt is over you won't have to worry about it.

 

I know that this isn't what you want to hear, but if you'd 'abstained' from relapsing, you wouldn't have lost 8kg. I know what you mean by accidentally losing the weight - as someone with anorexia, it's so easy to just unconsciously fall back into those old habits, gradually restricting without even realising. Recovery takes effort, and it takes a surprisingly high amount of food to gain or even maintain. But if you're serious about recovery you need to come clean. You can fake weigh-ins but you can't fake blood tests or ECGs, and eventually it'll come back on you.

I know it's not what you want to hear, but you can't be simultaneously maintaining a recovery weight and faking weigh-ins. That's when things spiral. Good luck, please just tell them the truth and that you're committed to recovery, and slowly gain that weight again. You can do it

 

Also if you’re going to carb load, make sure you’re not at risk for refeeding beforehand. It’s uh...it’s not fun. Btw carbs/sodium might affect your obs too - increased heat/bp, potential changes in an ecg. Honestly I find if I have roughly 900mg salt (usually have 2x sachets of music soup) throughout night before, I’ll gain about 2/4kg and after about 12 hours, my obs settle. So...if your appointment is at 4:00, then you could potentially have soup before bed and at around 2:00am or something. But everyone’s different and there’s a chance this could just make things worse.

 

honestly i think have a huge meal (maybe considered a small binge) you should eat lots of bread and pasta and your weight will shoot up, also drinking tons of water helps. also if you can wear clothes in weigh ins i'd wear baggy pants and put ankle weights on

Yeah that's what I was thinking - maybe carbs the night before and eat a lot before the appointment when I get home from school. I own ankle weights but I literally cannot hide them underneath my baggiest clothes they're so big (only 1kg each though), I've seen that mentioned a lot but I don't know where everyone is getting these skinny ankle weights from. Would love some though lol. Maybe I'm just bad at hiding them.

 

omg literally the same thing happened to me.. im the same bmi as you and my mom is up my ass about my weight too and i have a doctors appt soon too haha..

i would suggest maybe eating some heavy food the day before and the day of the appt. i think the water loading thing should def be a last resort though bc the doctor could easily find out you're doing it by making you go in a cup and its not fun holding it in during the appt either. worst case you could also just eat more for a few days and remind yourself that as soon as the appt is over you won't have to worry about it.

Oh man sorry to hear you're in the same boat it succkkksss. Good luck with your appointment

What kind of food would classify as heavy? I know salty carbs cause water retention but then fibrous stuff bulks up in your stomach...idk. I'm so glad my doctor doesn't get me to go in a cup, my other one always does and I got busted once when I didn't time my 1L bottle right. I'm probably going to end up eating a bit more beforehand, and honestly I'm okay with it if it gets everyone off my back.

 

I know that this isn't what you want to hear, but if you'd 'abstained' from relapsing, you wouldn't have lost 8kg. I know what you mean by accidentally losing the weight - as someone with anorexia, it's so easy to just unconsciously fall back into those old habits, gradually restricting without even realising. Recovery takes effort, and it takes a surprisingly high amount of food to gain or even maintain. But if you're serious about recovery you need to come clean. You can fake weigh-ins but you can't fake blood tests or ECGs, and eventually it'll come back on you.

I know it's not what you want to hear, but you can't be simultaneously maintaining a recovery weight and faking weigh-ins. That's when things spiral. Good luck, please just tell them the truth and that you're committed to recovery, and slowly gain that weight again. You can do it

Honestly you're 100% right. I just don't feel ready for recovery - counting calories and maintaining a slightly underweight weight is keeping me sane for the moment, and after Maudsley FBT my recovery motivation has pretty much evaporated. Thanks for your kind words of wisdom though

 

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Oh man sorry to hear you're in the same boat it succkkksss. Good luck with your appointment

What kind of food would classify as heavy? I know salty carbs cause water retention but then fibrous stuff bulks up in your stomach...idk. I'm so glad my doctor doesn't get me to go in a cup, my other one always does and I got busted once when I didn't time my 1L bottle right. I'm probably going to end up eating a bit more beforehand, and honestly I'm okay with it if it gets everyone off my back.

thank you! and good luck with yours too of course

previously when i had appts like this i would have lots of fruit in the morning and have a big salad the night before, bc these foods would be lower cal but higher volume that's just what worked for me, but i think the sodium thing does help too bc it made me gain like 2-3 lbs in a day if i ate a lot of it one day.

 

It's not really supposed to be an official ED weigh in but my GP is very fixated on my ED and she does get me to do all that stuff unfortunately.

I didn't realise that could be so dangerous. How much water weight would be considered safe? Considering that some of it will just be me chugging around a litre and a half of water before the appointment.

1L or maybe 1.5 L is the max safe amount possible. If you could, do it as broth/bouillon (or half of it) because the sodium will help slow the absorption, making it less likely to mess up your blood chemistry or rush straight to the bladder. It's impressive how quickly (like 30-40 min) the body will piss out the excess water, assuming kidney function is good.

 

thank you! and good luck with yours too of course

previously when i had appts like this i would have lots of fruit in the morning and have a big salad the night before, bc these foods would be lower cal but higher volume that's just what worked for me, but i think the sodium thing does help too bc it made me gain like 2-3 lbs in a day if i ate a lot of it one day.

Oh yeah fruit and salad sounds good. I'm thinking of maybe eating a bunch of frozen peas right before the appointment, as long as it's not too much water on top of the water I'll be drinking.

How much sodium did you have + when did you have it? 2-3lbs is impressive.

 

Update: I'm doing some ultrasound thing on the day of my next appointment (unrelated to ED) and apparently I have to drink 750mL of water beforehand. So drinking 1.5L later on that day is going to be challenging. I feel like I'm going to be sick, my Mum has been full on emotionally harassing me daily about my weight and if I haven't gained I'm going to be in such deep shit. I'm soooo scared please help

Maybe I need weights or something but I literally have no idea how to hide them ugh.

 

1L or maybe 1.5 L is the max safe amount possible. If you could, do it as broth/bouillon (or half of it) because the sodium will help slow the absorption, making it less likely to mess up your blood chemistry or rush straight to the bladder. It's impressive how quickly (like 30-40 min) the body will piss out the excess water, assuming kidney function is good.

Ooh that's a good idea, I might do that when I'm chugging water right before the appointment, thanks.

 

Oh yeah fruit and salad sounds good. I'm thinking of maybe eating a bunch of frozen peas right before the appointment, as long as it's not too much water on top of the water I'll be drinking.

How much sodium did you have + when did you have it? 2-3lbs is impressive.

i had this huge bag of pretzels when i did it but one day earlier this year when i was restricting i gained 3 lbs from eating just vegetable broth with veggies in it due to the sodium so something like that would prob work best

 

i had this huge bag of pretzels when i did it but one day earlier this year when i was restricting i gained 3 lbs from eating just vegetable broth with veggies in it due to the sodium so something like that would prob work best

 

Did you have it the night before or the morning of? I'm thinking of maybe saving some calories for the night and having two packets of instant noodles.

 

Creatine. Take that for a few days, but only if u r ok with gaining water weight. It doesn’t actually make u gain, but it retains water in ur muscles.

 

Did you have it the night before or the morning of? I'm thinking of maybe saving some calories for the night and having two packets of instant noodles.

i had it the day before but then the morning of i ate a ton of fruit just bc its high volume

 

i had it the day before but then the morning of i ate a ton of fruit just bc its high volume

 

Gotcha, I think I'll do a similar thing.

 

Creatine. Take that for a few days, but only if u r ok with gaining water weight. It doesn't actually make u gain, but it retains water in ur muscles.

What is it? Is it safe?

 

What is it? Is it safe?

Yeah. Muscle builders use it to increase their strength so they can lift more. It's a powder. Read some in the internet - there are some side effects like you should drink enough water, but when I started looking into it it sounded solid