Calories to Maintain My Weight?

Okay, so I'll start by saying I really blew it yesterday and fell asleep early before my last meal of the day! ugh! Sooo I only ate like 1,800 calories which isn't a lot. And I was back to 158 this morning. SAD FACE.

It's okay though. It really shouldn't take much for me to get to 160. I was steadily 159 for like, all this week.

Okay, and so calories! I've been calorie counting since Sept 23rd so I'm going to try and figure out how many calories it takes for me to maintain my weight. I like doing calculations like this..ha

So in 25 days I ate 60,390 calories.
That's about 2,416 calories a day.
And during this span I gained 6 lbs.

Sooo I've read that 3,500 calories more than you need equals a 1 lb gain.
This means I ate roughly 21,000 more calories than I needed during these 25 days.
Soo what I needed was only 39,390 calories.
This means to maintain my weight I would have needed 1,576 calories per day.

So that's my needed calories per day to maintain my weight!

So that means if I eat 2,100 calories a day, I will gain 1 lb a week.
If I eat 2,600 calories a day, I will gain 2 lbs a week.
If I eat 3,100 calories a day, I will gain 3 lbs a week.
And well you get the point.

I think its really cool being able to know this. =)

And its nice knowing that I usually eat enough to put me in the 1-2 lb gain a week category. =) I'll just keep that up and I should be fine.

History of My Weight Over 3 years

Notice a trend? haha



This is actually my average weight by month. I started keeping track in January 2006 sooo this is over almost 3 years. This graph is going to look pretty scary when I add October! I'll tell ya that! I'm definately going to have to rescale it cuz i'm already off the scale. =)

159 again this morning... 159.4 actually... yep, about to hit 160 =) and I ate A LOT yesterday sooo its going to happen.

My appetite has been insatiable lately. Its crazy. Like I ate a huge dinner yesterday and then like 2 hours later, I was hungry again! And this keeps happening over and over.. no doubt i'm going to gain some serious weight if I keep giving in like I've been!

My Progress to 170 lbs!
And here is my gaining since August 1st when I started to now.. and the top is 170.. my current goal. =) I've slowed down which I think is a good thing.. but still making progress. =)



Ideas For Next Entries
I have ideas for my next entries too. I'm going to do one on my calories cuz I've been keeping track and I think I can figure out close to how many calories I need to maintain my weight. Also, pictures of Charlotte Church, because she had an awesome weight gain (and pregnancy) and I just think its really hottt and want to share.. ha.. also, hopefully a pic or two when I reach 160 which will be any second... and maybe an entry answering questions like.. what is it like to be gaining? Are people noticing? Hows my gf taking it? etc etc... cuz I get questions like that sometimes and its fun.

Sooo lots more to come. =)

11 Weeks Done: 22 lb gain so far

I was 159 this morning.. thats another pound. I'm not even really trying, but oh wells...

My Weight
Day 1: 137 lbs *start*
Day 2: 138 lbs
Day 6: 139 lbs (1 week)
Day 9: 140 lbs
Day 10: 142 lbs
Day 15: 144 lbs (2 weeks)
Day 22: 145 lbs (3 weeks)
Day 29: 148 lbs (4 weeks)
Day 36: 151 lbs (5 weeks)
Day 45: 152 lbs (6 weeks)
Day 48: 155 lbs
Day 63: 156 lbs (9 weeks)
Day 68: 157 lbs *1st goal reached!
Day 69: 158 lbs (10 weeks)
Day 77: 159 lbs (11 weeks)

Or lets do it this way...

My Gaining
Day 1: 0 lbs gained
Day 2: 1 lb
Day 6: 2 lbs
Day 9: 3 lbs
Day 10: 5 lbs
Day 15: 7 lbs (2 weeks)
Day 22: 8 lbs (3 weeks)
Day 29: 11 lbs (4 weeks)
Day 36: 14 lbs (5 weeks)
Day 45: 15 lbs (6 weeks)
Day 48: 18 lbs
Day 63: 19 lbs (9 weeks)
Day 68: 20 lbs *1st goal reached!
Day 69: 21 lbs (10 weeks)
Day 77: 22 lbs (11 weeks)

Next Goal: 30 lbs

I should probably be there in a month sooo around day 100 which is about mid-November. Wow, never been that heavy before... kinda scared

Edit: Hmmm just got my second comment. A lady from our board and I were talking about diets and I was explaining what I know about calories and she's like.. well, I've noticed that YOU'RE putting on some weight. Wow. I was like yah, I'm doing it on purpose.. my face was getting sunken in and stuff, I thought I'd try gaining for awhile. =)

The comments are starting.... My coworker who was there was like "no no she's skinny.. she needs to gain some weight.. get some curves.." haha I wonder if she'll change her tune after I get another 10 lbs?

Week 11, Day 5: Feeling apprehensive

I was 158 this morning... so 21 lbs up.

I dunno.. I have to admit I'm feeling really apprehensive about gaining more right now. Sometimes I feel embarrassed when my belly is sticking out or feel like people are staring at me funny or something. It's probably all in my head, I know, but I've been feeling kinda scared about gaining more.

Even still I'm committed to 170. I haven't come this far to just stop now, but my gaining has definately slowed down and I might just go ahead and wait a few days and see how I feel before I try to pack on more pounds.

it's weird cause some days I love it so much and can't wait to gain more, and other days I feel scared or even feel an urgency to lose some weight. So strange. I guess years of being brainwashed into believing "skinny is pretty, fat is ugly" catches up to me sometimes.. either that or I just start caring what other people think of me too much.

And I guess despite feeling this way, I did still eat a big big lunch today. So who knows, I might be gaining more anyways.

Do any other gainers know what I mean wit this?

Face Change from 20 lb gain?

Wow, I see a big difference. I like my fuller face better for sure. =)

Week 11, Day 3: Starting to Look Chubby?

And here's a full side view pic.



I dunno.. I'm tempted to say I just look less skinny. At 157 lbs again this morning though, I'm just 8 lbs away from being officially overweight for the first time in my life! This is the fun part. =)

My Gaining in Increments of 5 lbs =)

Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and share one of my charts. This basically shows the change in my measurements for each 5 lbs I gained, and then a total and average for my 20 lbs.

I put the high numbers in yellow and the lowest one in blue for each category.



So weird how different its been every time!

So I gain the most measured at my belly button. I've gained 4.25" there! Yikes! And second most at my waist where I gained 3.75" and then my hips got 2.75". The place I got the least was right under my bust which only got 3/4 of an inch which is good. =)

And it kinda looks like this. =)


Also there's a definate trend here that basically says for every 5 lbs I gain.. i'll get 1/2 an inch up top, 1" on my waist, and 3/4 of an inch in my lower half. Sooo if this keeps up then after 10 more lbs I should have a 36" waist and 40" at my booty! I can only hope. =)

Oh, and I'm still sick, but I've managed to keep eating pretty good at least. =) I was still 157 this morning. yay