I need 10lbs, and I don't mean the UK currency either!

Though if I could get 10 English pounds currency for 10USD I would be totally happy!! And gold is freaking high now too!! I should have kept the gold I bought back in the 80s...... I digress......

Up until about 2001 I was pretty much always 125-128lbs, rarely over 130. Then when I moved from Arizona to California I started working much more and making money and doing less of my extra activites. And I just got older, imagine that, time passes and I get older?!? From then on my 'normal' walking around weight was about 135. At times when I really lift weights and eat more than I can handle, I will get up to 140 for very brief periods.

On the flip side, I have been as low as 99lbs from Crohn's and being sick as an adult. So it is not uncommon for me to loose +20lbs from illness. This last time I got down to at least 117lbs. I would like to be 137lbs, a fit 137lbs. Lately I have been weighing about 124-126lbs. I am still on Prednisone but I am tapering my dose. So I am not sure how much of what I am now is water retention.

So, being the person I am, if I want something like say 10 more pounds, I of course have a plan on how to accomplish it. Getting enough calories is key to my recovery from weeks of non-functioning intestine. So I make sure I eat 3 real meals a day that have everything in them and are healthy on top of it. In addition to this I will eat one snack during the day and also one to two ensures inbetween meals. So 3 times a day I am getting at least 600 calories and 3 times a day I am getting at least 250 calories. So I should be taking in about 2500 calories. I also should be eating about 135 grams of protien each day as well. But so far I have not counted that closely. If I do this I would be taking in about 18 calories per pound of body weight I want to be. That is above the reccomended 16 calories per pound of desired weight if gaining weight is your goal.

This is a two part plan. It does me no good to stuff my face if all I do is then sit around. I do not want to be skinny-fat. I like looking good and I like being able to do whatever I want performance wise, no excuses. But being in the hospital for two weeks straight and being sick for at least a month prior has really wiped me out! So the exercise portion of getting better is taking longer than I thought it would and is harder than I thought it would be. I didn't realize how much I had lost and at what a weak level I would be starting at. It is a good thing I have a spot in the garage with all the workout stuff I need!

But I am working at it and I will succeed.