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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. |
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!
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Hi, I would incorporate more fruits with your veggies. I personally cannot eat meat, dairy, or gluten containing products, they cause me to have bad digestion and therefore weight gain.
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Originally Posted by saraclark62
(Post 138088)
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. |
Eating a lot is just as unhealthy a habit as drinking water all at once!!! Unfortunately, these habits are very hard to break in adulthood!
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it was helpful to me
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Thanks it helped a lot
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Hi there. Food, like everything else, needs balance. Too much is bad, but too little is also bad.:)
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