Should I gain weight or stay the same?

Question

I am 15 yr. old female abt 5'3" and around 96 lbs. I have recently lost a ton of weight(abt 50 lbs.) but even tho pple tell me i am skinny i kinda feel like i could tone up more in my midsection and such..but then again i havent had my period in over a year so i am not sure if i should be doing any toning bc i might not have my period due to lack of body fat..which doesnt seem true to me...please give me some advice on eating healthier and staying fit..so i dont gain back all the weight i lost.

i did mention i am 15 rite? and no i am def. not happy abt not having my period worries me everyday that i dont have it and i have tried to gain weight but i really dont wanna do it in an unhealthy way.

Answer 1

gain weight, you are taller than me and weigh 25 pounds less and im considered borderline unhealthily skinny, especially if you've been missing your period for a year, go see a doctor as well to make sure nothing else is wrong

Answer 2

wow how long did it take for you to lose 50lbs?
I can relate to not having your period for a long period of time. (sorry a bit confusing there) but when I ate unhealthily last year, I lost my period for half a year. I wanted to lose weight desperately (it wasnt even much.. just 10lbs) so i started eating small snacks (1/2 cup of cereal) at school and then I'd just eat cabbage or vegetables at home.. yea.. lost weight but in the end, (9 months later) i gained it all back. Point is.. you should gain weight or else you won't be able to have any kids and plus your hair will start falling out! At that point, being skinny or not doesnt matter.. you'll start to become bald. I suggest eating healthier meals and getting protein into your diet.. meat if you're not a vegetarian or soy stuff..
Also, exercise if you want to maintain. Go for a walk.. or join a school sport. Pick a sport you'd enjoy like maybe swimming or basketball. Don't choose something you'll hate to go to practice for.

take care =]

Answer 3

That is really low at 15. Exercises regularly, and eat three healthy meals a day with fruit or vegetable snack throughout. A few sit ups to tone your abs isn't going to hurt you but you need to gain more weight or you wont have the necessary energy needed to tone up.

Answer 4

If you are not having a period, it is because a lack of body fat. You need to gain weight. If you don't, you could screw your cycles up for life and not be able to have children some day. You need to gain about 10-15 pounds. It sounds like you're beginning to have anorexia.

Answer 5

Get a life and just be happy with who you are. hope you where not expecting to have children you have probably ruined that. How are the rest of your internal organs. Maybe you you should go and see a Dr. Good luck. Young people are so boring and predictable these days.

Answer 6

Are you kidding me?

You sound like your proud of not having a period. good luck not having any kids.

Go to a therapist you need HELP.
Get off yahoo answers and get your head straight
your not healthy at all! your sick

if you eat healthy surely you will gain pounds because your body needs all the nutrients

Answer 7

If you feel you need to tone up, do it in a HEALTHY way - don't lose anymore weight. Did you discuss the fact that you haven't had your period in a year with your Dr. ? If you haven't you should.

Answer 8

Gain muscle. Lose some belly fat =p

Answer 9

Hey,
I'm in the same boat - sort of - I lost a heap of weight, but ended up with anorexia (compulsive exerciser and wasn't eating anything...not so smart)....anyway, I'm in recovery but still haven't gotten my period back coz my body fat % is too low. I think you should concentrate on healthy weight gain, but don't try to only gain muscle because in order to have your periods you will need body fat. It seems hard, especially as you've worked so hard to lose so much weight (feels kind of like you have to undo all your hard work) - but you have to realise that your body may not be meant to be that size. Many people are naturally thin, and can have their period at such a low weight, but if you don't then it isn't meant to be. It's hard, but you can't have it both ways - you can't maintain such a low level of body fat AND have a healthily functioning reproductive system.
You don't want to gain back ALL the weight you lost, but try to get within your healthy weight range, and talk to a doctor about it. Make sure your caloric intake is exceeding your output and you should be right. Because u aren't menstruating, your hormones will be a little out of sorts, so don't panic if initial weight gain does appear in your midsection first, as this is where women who aren't menstruating do tend to gain weight. When you start to menstruate again and your hormones sort out, nature will fix everything (according to my doc) and the weight will proportion itself evenly giving you your hourglass shape.
The following is what I usually tell people trying to gain weight (I've had a load of info thrown at me) - hope it helps!!!
Just follow this until you reach a healthier weight and start menstruating. It's really scary having to gain weight, and it's hard to know how much you will have to gain - I keep setting myself goals for how much I will gain, and when I get there my periods still haven't returned, and my doc said I can't stop gaining until I start menstruating again - so a good rule is to continue until you get your periods (you might want to check with ur doc and a gyno first that there isn't something else stopping your periods returning).
try to achieve your goals by getting proper nutrition from food, and backing this up with additions like sustagen (if you're active sustagen sport is great) and ensure to increase ur caloric intake (use these as additions, not supplements - so have a sustagen with a meal, not instead of one - this will up your calories and it's fairly healthy and nutritionally complete).
I've been given some great advice by doctors, and checked out some pretty awesome websites (check out the australian institute of sport website - great recipes full of carbs and protein - good snack ideas, and interesting articles on how to gain weight including a sample meal plan). My secret so far has been having bigger portions at meals, and eating 5 or 6 times a day.....oh - and carbs carbs carbs (good ones!).
Basically you should be eating a LOT of food, and drinking substantial drinks. Snack between meals, shoot for 6 meals a day, and make your snacks substantial but healthy (you want GOOD fats, not the type you get from eating 10 donuts a day). Try yoghurt topped with fruit salad and muesli, or cereal and milk, healthy muffins, sandwiches, peanut butter, fruit, veggies etc. Increase portion sizes too - supersize everything.Protein is a must (although too much is bad as this will not get turned into muscle, but will sore as fat). Try to have a healthy and balanced amount of carbs, protein and fats (depends on your lifestyle as to how you balance these out, but there's some good info on the net) and exercise is a MUST! Try to do a bit of cardio, but focus on strength building and resistance training to ensure that as you gain weight you are gaining a significant amount of muscle, and keep toned.
I recommend checking out the australian institute of sport website - great info there!I've found the best results for me have come from eating cereal and fruit for breakfast (im naughty tho - no milk coz i dont want soggy cereal lol), post workout I usually go a peanut butter sandwich and milk with sustagen powder (you should look into sustagen or ensure powders - ups your caloric intake without making you feel too full, tastes good, and is nutritionally complete), good hearty lunch (sandwiches, or wraps or salads filled with stuff like corn and nuts), snacking on yoghurt topped with fruit salad and muesli (extra rasins boost ur intake too), fruit, nuts, sandwiches, toast, smoothies, dinners like spaghetti are good too. Snacks before bed can be great, eg. crackers, glass of milk, bowl of cereal, fruit salad and low fat ice cream, just to give a few ideas.
Good luck with your goals!!!! Happy eating and exercising!
P.S. Try healthy muffins for snacks (make them BIG in a texas muffin tray....that's done wonders for me!!!!!), or a cooked potato filled with baked beans, or yummy home made pikelets/pancakes - they work a treat! great after you work out too, as if you use white self-raising flour then they'll be mod to high GI which repairs your muscles more quickly and returns your energy more rapidly (if you want low gi simply trade the white flour for a wholemeal or wholegrain, and add some oats and grains) - try to use healthy ingredients though - watch the fats and sugars...and if you're having things like pancakes, don't overdo the syrup, go for healthy toppings like fruit :)