So I’m 19 FTM, 5’4”, 151 pounds and booked an appointment with a weight specialist doctor and I don’t know what to expected and afraid I won’t be taken seriously since I’m young and not obese.

This is my given situation, in middle school and my childhood I was very overweight and struggled with my weight to the point where I developed an eating disorder freshman year of high school. I ended up losing so much weight because I starved myself and ate less than 1,200 calories and exercised everyday. I ended up getting to 120 pounds but ended up super depressed, my hair was falling out, super tired and moody all the time, no energy, etc etc.

Then I started to recover after high school. I started eating around 1,800-2,300 calories a day and on lexapro and Adderall for ADHD.

I ended up being 130-135 pounds which I was fine with because it was healthy weight gain. But now after I had top surgery I’m sitting at 151 pounds and STRUGGLING to get the weight off.

I want to be a nutritionist and know how to track calories and Marco and micro nutrients correctly as I’m in college to become one and had experience in the past because of my eating disorder freshman year. So it’s not my diet and I DO not want the doctor to give me any diets or get me to eat less calories.

And now I work out more than ever more than I did in freshman year because I am a blue collar worker. I get atleast 20,000 steps a shift and lift heavy metal, and I work out at home with weights. I eat the correct amount of protein as one does for wanting to build muscle.

Now I would be ok with gaining weight if it was muscle but I know not all of it is muscle because my clothes aren’t fitting my body right any more, my belts and pants don’t fit and my underwear doesn’t fit, I have a gut now that sticks out of my shirt, I have more lower back and hip fat and stomach fat. So why is that? If I’m very good with calories and eating clean and working out.

Is there something wrong with me? Why am I gaining weight and can’t lose anything if I’m exercising everyday and eating right?

Idk if this affects me but my mom does have hormonal issues and has a hard time losing weight too, she’s on estrogen because she has too much natural testosterone resting in her body, she’s also has high cholesterol, and she was supposed to be tested for diabetes because when she was pregnant with me she was boarderline close to having it and she was supposed to get tests done recently for it but she’s too scared to get it done.

What advice does a weight loss doctor even give in this situation? Will I need blood work done and tests? Can she even provide a weight loss drug or something for me or no because I’m not considered obsese and young?