How do I put weight on?

4lbs? Jesus, that's nothing. I was going to recommend you the anorexia recovery programme but nevermind. Just lift some weights and eat a lot of protein. Avoid celery.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by KrelEN

Not sure how much I buy into BMI and all that, but I'm about 25lb lighter than I'm supposed to be for my height. Blame the freak metabolism.

It's a good diagnostic tool for certain illnesses and disorders, but ones that monitor body fat mass are more useful in terms of health. I've managed to fuck up my metabolism so badly that I can eat one small meal a day and not lose any weight whatsoever. In fact one night I was with some mates playing Halo and Timesplitters 2 for hours just eating chocolate and chips and when I weighed myself the next day I'd actually lost weight.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Gumby

Your weight can fluctuate 2 - 4 lbs every day just based on the amount of water in your body.

Exactly, hence my surprise at his fear about weight loss. I can't understand how so insubstantial an amount can be so important. If it were damaging to his health, fair enough but a mere 4lbs underweight?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.