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question regarding anorexia..thanks :)?

I know this is long, but I really appreciate it and would really like some advise about this.. Thanks :) Long story short....4years ago at 180lbs and only 5'3'' I was diagnosed with H-Pylori which is a stomach infection, it took the docs 1 year to figure out what I had before it even got treated...by the time that happened my stomach was bleeding and completely colsed shut, which is why I was throwing up nearly everything i ate and dranks during that year.....So we get transfered to a hospital in CA, by the time this happened (another year later)...I was at an all time low at 5' 4'' and 98lbs! and couldnt eat anything it hurt so bad! I found out that the infection wasnt gone which is why i couldnt eat, so they treated me for the h-pylori again and this time it went away...but....now that the infection was gone (it took 2 months for it to finally leave my body)....I was 85lbs and 5' 4''....which is deffinately a problem!...........It took me 2 and a half years to get over my fear of eating( which I had because for 2 whole years eating caused me terrible pain) plus the gasteroenterologist told me, and I quote " well, just take whatever is causeing you pain, out of your diet, and you should be fine"....obviously I wasnt fine.....anyway I have been at a healthy weight for 1year and a half now, and with little complaints of any stomach pains, but they are due from other found conditions that I had that were never before diagnosed..... So my question is concerning what happens to the body after anorexia? I have been expieriencing a lot of weight gain, and I'm not sure if its just my body still trying to straighten stuff out or what....for about 4 months I was 5' 4'' and at125 lbs which was my goal that the docs had given me..... then 1 month later I was at 130lbs...not a big deal......then another month later I was at 135...once again not a big deal....but then 1 months later I was at 145 and this time my weight was clibing higher every week, and i'm not talking 2-3 lbs, i mean 10lbs!....so I had gone from 145lbs - 158+ in two months.....I am athletic and a vegitarian and play volleyball just about every week bc I'm on a team.... I have since lost some weight and am now at 5' 4'' and 148lbs, but I struggle a lot to keep it there. I know that for my height, 148 lbs is really close to being overweight, I was overweight before, and don't want to be there again......Is it just somthing my body needs to go through to get back to being fully normal....or could it be a hormonal thing bc I do have PCOS and other things like raynauds disease...wioould they have anything to do with my unexplained weight gain?.....my eating disorder doc told me that I should look into exercising, but I feel like I get plenty of exercise..... Also i'm taking a nutrition class, and we recently did a project regarding calories and I found tht at the lowest end I'm eating about 700kcal per day and at the high end I eat 850kcals per day.....I know its low, but I eat 3 regular sized meals with my family plus 1-2 snacks a day. I believe its because I'm a vegitarian and most vegitarian foods are low in cals. anyway I know this is long but i really appreciate it!!!!!!! Thanks :)

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1. Well how old are you? I am guessing you are a teen because you said you eat three meals with your family. It could just be that you are still growing, I would not think your past problems would make you gain weight now. You say you are a vegetarian, what kind of vegetarian? Are you the fresh fruit, veggie, nut, seed kind or the canned fruit, pb&j, potato chip kind? If you are snacking on fatty foods all day then this will add weight fast on a thin frame. Sounds like you count calories so try getting your calories up to 1600 to 1800 a day and eat like 5 or 6 meals a day. What could be happening is your body may not be getting enough calories which sends your body into starvation mode. Now your body will store any calories you take in and store it away for later as guess what fat. Buy some books on boosting your metabolism naturally this will help out big time. But good luck with everything!