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I've always been underweight, my entire life. Even as a teenager. I've not been able to get above 125, and at the moment, I'm at 103. My BMI is 14.8. I know I need to eat at least double the calories, but I get nauseous if I eat too much. I'm also lactose intolerant and allergic to tree nuts, so it makes it hard to supplement with protein shakes. I tried the fairlife protein shakes but I think my digestive tract doesn't agree with monkfruit.

I don't know what to do. I'm tired of feeling weak all of the time, and having no energy. It feels like my bones themselves hurt. I have a doctor's appointment in a couple of weeks where we're going to discuss testing my thyroid, but I'm feeling like I'm damaging my body beyond repair at the age of 29. I already broke my leg once. I have an implant from it, and the surgeon was very concerned about my weight and that I might have osteoporosis.

This is mostly a ramble. I'm gunna go eat spoonfuls of peanut butter and try to make myself feel better for awhile. If you have any tips, please advise. Thank you.

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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Might be worth starting yourself off on a homemade soylent trial, there's recipes online to match every dietary requirement.

Im no doctor but you can use them as a way of getting just a flat increase of calories on top of regular meals, without running the risk of damage by not giving your body enough required nutrients/loading exclusively sugars.

Also definitely push for the doc to actually try and diagnose you (because what the fuck, they said "oh you might have osteoporosis" and left it at that?!)

[–] underweight_twig@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Homemade Soylent? So, it contains the nutrients of store-bought Soylent? I'll have to look into that.

And regarding the surgeon.. yeah.. gotta love healthcare in the US. She told me to watch out for the signs but after that, I never saw her again. I'll definitely be asking my primary care doctor to tell me if I have it and how I can treat it if so.

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

100% cheaper to make it yourself as well. (You can decide how much People you want to put in it to save costs lol)

Fingers crossed it's 'just' malnutrition that you can resolve yourself