Too Much Food?
04-26-2018, 12:30 PM
#1
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Too Much Food?
Hi. I have been in anorexia recovery for 5 1/2 years. Recently, within the past week and a half, I started eating more. I can physically feel and see myself getting bigger since I increased my caloric intake. I am a healthy weight - 5'5 and 115 lbs (now 117). Personally, I don't think what I am eating should cause me to gain weight, but clearly I am not able to maintain on more than 1500/1600 calories. Can you please provide feedback about why you think I am gaining weight? Do you think I eat too much? I am sedentary and the only activity that I do is school work and mainly sitting. I am not active.
Breakfast:
1 cup Golean cereal (160 cal)
2 egg whites
1 cup strawberries
coffee w/ fat free cream
Snack:
1 1/2 cup of spaghetti squash
1 carrot
Lunch:
A can of tuna (120 cal) or 4 oz of grilled chicken in either a salad or an 80-cal wrap.
1 Greek yogurt (80 cal)
Dinner:
5 oz meat (usually grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, swordfish, etc - no red meat)
1 medium summer squash (steamed)
1 medium zuchinni (steamed)
1 cup spaghetti squash
Snack:
1/2 Golean cereal (80 cal) or air-popped popcorn
1 Greek Yogurt (80 cal)
Note: Twice per week I have been challenging myself with an egg white omelette made with broccoli and squash but still have strawberries and coffee. If I have an egg white omelette in the morning, I will have 1 cup of golean cereal and 1 greek yogurt at night.
Breakfast:
1 cup Golean cereal (160 cal)
2 egg whites
1 cup strawberries
coffee w/ fat free cream
Snack:
1 1/2 cup of spaghetti squash
1 carrot
Lunch:
A can of tuna (120 cal) or 4 oz of grilled chicken in either a salad or an 80-cal wrap.
1 Greek yogurt (80 cal)
Dinner:
5 oz meat (usually grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, swordfish, etc - no red meat)
1 medium summer squash (steamed)
1 medium zuchinni (steamed)
1 cup spaghetti squash
Snack:
1/2 Golean cereal (80 cal) or air-popped popcorn
1 Greek Yogurt (80 cal)
Note: Twice per week I have been challenging myself with an egg white omelette made with broccoli and squash but still have strawberries and coffee. If I have an egg white omelette in the morning, I will have 1 cup of golean cereal and 1 greek yogurt at night.
04-27-2018, 12:33 AM
#2
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Posts: 2,225
At your height, you are not overweight! It is in the normal weight range for your height, even on the low side. Maybe talk to your doctor about your anxiety - because you are fairly thin to begin with and dieting now with anxiety about what you're eating is not good!
10-06-2018, 03:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 72
Hi. I have been in anorexia recovery for 5 1/2 years. Recently, within the past week and a half, I started eating more. I can physically feel and see myself getting bigger since I increased my caloric intake. I am a healthy weight - 5'5 and 115 lbs (now 117). Personally, I don't think what I am eating should cause me to gain weight, but clearly I am not able to maintain on more than 1500/1600 calories. Can you please provide feedback about why you think I am gaining weight? Do you think I eat too much? I am sedentary and the only activity that I do is school work and mainly sitting. I am not active.
Breakfast:
1 cup Golean cereal (160 cal)
2 egg whites
1 cup strawberries
coffee w/ fat free cream
Snack:
1 1/2 cup of spaghetti squash
1 carrot
Lunch:
A can of tuna (120 cal) or 4 oz of grilled chicken in either a salad or an 80-cal wrap.
1 Greek yogurt (80 cal)
Dinner:
5 oz meat (usually grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, swordfish, etc - no red meat)
1 medium summer squash (steamed)
1 medium zuchinni (steamed)
1 cup spaghetti squash
Snack:
1/2 Golean cereal (80 cal) or air-popped popcorn
1 Greek Yogurt (80 cal)
Note: Twice per week I have been challenging myself with an egg white omelette made with broccoli and squash but still have strawberries and coffee. If I have an egg white omelette in the morning, I will have 1 cup of golean cereal and 1 greek yogurt at night.
Breakfast:
1 cup Golean cereal (160 cal)
2 egg whites
1 cup strawberries
coffee w/ fat free cream
Snack:
1 1/2 cup of spaghetti squash
1 carrot
Lunch:
A can of tuna (120 cal) or 4 oz of grilled chicken in either a salad or an 80-cal wrap.
1 Greek yogurt (80 cal)
Dinner:
5 oz meat (usually grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, swordfish, etc - no red meat)
1 medium summer squash (steamed)
1 medium zuchinni (steamed)
1 cup spaghetti squash
Snack:
1/2 Golean cereal (80 cal) or air-popped popcorn
1 Greek Yogurt (80 cal)
Note: Twice per week I have been challenging myself with an egg white omelette made with broccoli and squash but still have strawberries and coffee. If I have an egg white omelette in the morning, I will have 1 cup of golean cereal and 1 greek yogurt at night.
