How long will it take for me to gain back the weight I lost?

[melissa2]

I was hospitalized with withdrawal symptoms about a month ago, and didn't eat or drink for nearly two weeks. I was 109 pounds (5"2) before and wound up losing four pounds. I got better, starting eating normal again, and then got the flu on Friday and I ate my first meal since then today.
I HATE losing weight- I'm like 102 pounds now I think and my jeans are getting less snug. I have a ffast metabolism but I don't like being skinny.
Anyway how long do you think it will take?
I heard tthat if you go awhile without eating you gain weight quickly when you start eating again.
Also I'm taking a corticosteroid for my illness for the next six days, does that cause weight gain?

[sweatgirl]

you could probably google the medication that you are taking online and it should tell you what the side effects are. if you want to gain weight I would focus on eating healthy, but eating a lot of protein. I recommend 110-115 grams of protein. you could do that by eating two scrambled eggs in the am, tunafish or grilled chicken sandwich at lunch with veggies on the sandwich to keep it healthy, snack greek yogurt, dinner, protein of some kind like salmon, tilapia, grilled chicken, lean red meat, 1 cup of brown rice and veggies of some kind and then before bed I would eat a small portion of oatmeal with milk or a protein smoothly with mixed berries for the vitamin C. if you were sick with the flue I would make sure you get plenty of vitamin C in your diet. what ever your body doesn't want to absorb of the vitamin C you will urinate out so you can't over due vitamin C. if you workout stay away from cardio for the next few weeks, but you can always do a little light weight lift. hope this helps.

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

don't worry, after rapid weight loss, rapid weight gain is very likely due to your body's metabolism not being able to adjust accordingly. Just eat what you want all the time and soon you'll put the weight back on.

Or you could go to the gym and eat healthy, start putting on weight in the form of muscle by toning up and become a badass

[melissa2]

Nahhh lol

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Don't fancy being a toned badass?

If you're worried about being too bulky and muscular that's a common misconception. Women can't get physiques like men without the aid of testosterone/steroids. If you want an idea of how women look after working out properly you can check "boss girls" on Facebook

[melissa2]

I know women can't get bulky, I just have little motivaton to go workout everyday. What with AP classes, exams, and other (non-related) health problems, hitting the gym hasn't been top priority. Also I feel like it's becoming very popular for girls to workout as opposed to before, which is great, but it creates more pressure on girls to be super toned or whatever. Personally, that's not my goal. I don't want visible arm muscles, abs, or hamstrings that jut out like a lot of the fitness girls on instagram or what not. I've never liked that look.
I do want to be healthy and I am, at least in the areas I can control.

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

wait, you mean girls are feeling pressured to go to the gym and work on their body. Poor things.

Guys get it too, although with both sexes it reaches a point where you're doing it for yourself rather than others, at least that's the case for me. If I didn't enjoy it its unlikely id do it.

[melissa2]

Ha I wasn't complaining. But I also don't go up to guys and say "well maybe you should go workout? Maybe one day you'll look like the guys on this website!" Girls don't say that to guys but guys are more than willing to tell a girl to hit a gym.
And as I said, I personally do not aspire to look like I go to the gym everyday. To me what's important is being healthy and active, inside OR outside the gym. That's what I want for myself and that's what I do for myself...

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

I reckon that's just a difference in the sexes, girls are more subtle while guys are more direct.

for example girls will often like photos of Channing tatum or chris Hemsworth. Yes, guys will likewise like photos of in-shape girls but quite often we will outright say we love/want girls to go to the gym.

But anyway we've got a bit distracted haha. As long as you're being healthy, that's all anyone can ask.

[maiez]

I have had a similar weight loss. I was in the hospital for 6 days and lost 20 pounds. It's been 5 months and I gained 15 of it back.