I'm not the best person to discuss weight issues but I agree with the others. We ski 3-5 days a week and pack lunches. My breakfast includes yogurt sprinkled with cereal, not a whole serving and an energy bar. We pack lunches for the slopes but trying to find good food to pack in a small pack that my SO carries with him is not easy. He packs the lunches and often uses packaged meats, and soups, which means a lot of sodium. We include some small oranges and share an apple but I also drink a packaged chai tea drink. When we get home I enjoy a small glass of brandy but then I munch on chips or cheese and crackers. Then we eat dinner which usually includes a half a glass of wine. At this altitude I can't drink alot. I drink a lot of water but still felt thirsty, (dry air and high altitudes).

I didn't think the sugar and salt I was consuming meant much as I'm very small but I am gaining a pooch, common for a woman my age. After my rant last week about my friends on weight watchers I took a look at my own diet. I had already gotten rid of the processed meats, peanut butter sandwiches instead. This week I made my own energy brick, which is filling enough that I don't eat a lot of it and can grab it for a quick snack when I need a pick me up. This morning for breakfast I added a hardboiled egg along with my cup of yogurt sprinkled with cereal. At lunch yesterday and today I substituted herbal chai tea for the sugary, processed stuff and included a couple of dried apricots along with my pnut butter sandwich and half an apple.
I can't believe the difference in how I feel. I didn't feel bloated when I went to bed last night. This morning I woke feeling energetic, even though I skied pretty hard yesterday, and got to the slopes an hour earlier than normal. We've gotten lots of snow this week and spent the morning skiing powder and bumps. I was starving when I got to lunch and did ski more relaxed this afternoon but I'm still not hungry and passed on the nacho chips, instead drinking a cup of mint tea. I don't feel as thirsty but that could be due to the high humidity (snow) right now.

I do still eat some bread and pasta, we had it for dinner last night. I also don't drink pop (sodas), eat fast food etc. lots of desserts or candy. Keep in mind that I'm not on a diet, or ever will follow any particular diet, but I find it interesting that making a few small changes in my diet has made a huge difference in my energy level. It's too soon to tell if the pooch will go away but the bloaty feeling is diminishing.

In addition, at 5'2 and 105 lbs an 1800 calorie is approriate for someone my size when exercising, a little less when not exercising, so maybe you're not eating enough.