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| Weight Loss | Metabolic Types...Are you eating what you should? | Nov 01 2009 13:42 (UTC) |
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(I know this is old, I was behind on reading emails from the start of October) Some of the advice for fast-oxiders is hard to follow for vegetarians. All the animal proteins that vegetarians can eat are low-purine... Meat the only source of high-purine? |
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| Weight Gain | ok to eat if i'm NOT hungry? | Sep 18 2009 16:44 (UTC) |
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Original Post by upsidedownkitten: You are hungry. In this case, you are eating so little your body is trying to help you by lessening your hunger, whilst trying it's best to lose as little weight as possible. The tiny amount will make your brain think you are in a famine situation, and losing lots of body weight is the last thing that will keep you alive. As you are this much overweight, you definitely need a LOT more than 1000 calories, I'm glad you realise this but you must achieve it also. Up the calories, you don't have to add ice-cream or chocolate as said above if that would feel like cheating (although it is good to treat yourself!), you can easily add some wholesome and nutritious food in your calorie gap, such as wholegrains, fruit and more proteins/fats. (Fats keep the body healthy and keeps hair/skin/nails looking good.) Good Luck. |
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| Foods | What kind of yogurt do you eat? | Sep 12 2009 19:36 (UTC) |
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Original Post by vejitarian: |
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| Foods | foods you wish had low-sodium versions. | Sep 12 2009 19:19 (UTC) |
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Batchelor's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (in UK) has just over 4.5 grams of salt! (about 1800mg sodium) More than I generally eat in a day. Quorn foods and soup should have less salt in I don't necessarily 'like' salt or crave it, but it likes to get into my food at times. I don't eat soup often, but think I would if it wasn't full of salt. |
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| Foods | What kind of yogurt do you eat? | Sep 06 2009 20:55 (UTC) |
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I just tried Fage Total yoghurt and it's delicious! Haha, and it's totally natural. No flavourings, colours, sugar, sweeteners added. I don't like the fact that most yoghurts are full of added sugar. |
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| Weight Gain | Adequate grams of fat? | Sep 06 2009 20:00 (UTC) |
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It is often recommended to get 20 to 30 percent of calories from fat - this is looked at rather than grams. If you are trying to get your period back, it is best to get closer to thirty! And I'd definitely say try to get at least 25%. 36 grams of fat equals 324 calories = 20% of 1600. 25% of 1600 = about 44.5 grams of fat. Keep trying to get 1800 calories, 30% of fat in this diet would be 60g. I have seen someone on these forums before being advised to keep aiming for 1800 and 60g of fat when they wanted to get their periods back. Fat is actually really good for all sorts of things, including the absorption of some vitamins (think healthy skin, hair, nails) and is required for any healthy body. Good Luck! |
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| Weight Gain | How do I make myself want to do this??? | Aug 28 2009 22:00 (UTC) |
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Original Post by headingup: |
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| Weight Loss | Article: Why calorie counting makes you fat | Aug 26 2009 14:30 (UTC) |
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It's been a while since this post BUT I think I've just found out their reasoning behind the over-estimating part. This article is also about the same findings, but includes the calorie findings for alchol and fibre too. It says we currently underestimate fibre calories. Just thought I might as well sort out our confusion... Anyway, I do agree the original article provides good tips. I was just making fun of the title in my post since the success of most of this website's members is based on calorie counting |
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| Health & Support | Increased calorie intake, lost 11 pounds?! | Aug 08 2009 21:03 (UTC) |
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There are some good ideas of higher calorie foods or meal plans in the weight gain forum |
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| Weight Gain | Dietician - meal plan... how many calories and what will I gain? | Aug 08 2009 20:31 (UTC) |
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Original Post by eringo2: Your dietician is right, you need calories and you are eating very healthily anyway. It is very good progress to have fear foods and yes you CAN eat some every day. Ice cream has calcium in too, so there, it is healthy If all you ate was ice cream, you wouldn't be getting your nutrients you need from wholesome food. But you are eating wholesome food, so treats can definitely be added to your diet! Good Luck xx |
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| Weight Gain | A call to all; at least read... | Aug 06 2009 12:35 (UTC) |
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Original Post by evolution_revolution: The health of your hair is related to your health a few months ago. Eat a good diet of fats and protein and the issue will be resolved |
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| Health & Support | oatmeal...everyday....twice? | Jul 28 2009 21:21 (UTC) |
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The Health and Support forum would be good for you I think you need to eat better, you aren't getting a proper lunch, which is even more important when your other two meals are always the same, and hardly proper meals as it is. Hopefully this is constructive criticism. x |
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| Weight Gain | confusion??! | Jul 28 2009 21:03 (UTC) |
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Original Post by tessa1223: So your body has enough energy to physically recover the body and the damaged organs, if you don't give it enough, you may be able to gain weight, but the body will not realise you are serious about eating enough and won't have enough energy available to heal the damage that was caused during the ED period. Please eat 2500 at least |
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| Weight Gain | Boosting maintenance | Jul 28 2009 20:50 (UTC) |
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I think it depends on the individual, and the body's needs. Eating 6billion calories a day isn't going to boost your metabolism up there. The more you eat though, more will be burnt due to the thermic effect of food. But I don't think you can really set your own metabolism to super-high. Of course, it might help, you could try it if you want. |
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| Weight Gain | Mass constant hunger/appetite - what to do? | Jul 28 2009 20:48 (UTC) |
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You might feel you have a large hunger for carbs. If you think you do, protein and fat should be combined with carbohydrates to keep you satisfied. You seem to be getting fibre so that's good, remember fluids also. Ps. Beana, the OP might need as much as you're saying, but they might not. They are older than you and it seems you had an ED and they didn't? Not sure. But anyway, you can't really eat too much in gaining I suppose, but the more you eat the faster it will be. That could be a good or bad thing. In eating disorder recovery it is good to gain weight at a steady pace for the emotional side of things, but quickly for the physical recovery. |
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| Weight Loss | I'm scared to eat more calories....and don't know how | Jul 25 2009 18:53 (UTC) |
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You need to eat fat. Dietary fat doesn't 'make you fat'. Plus, you should not be trying to lose any weight. I recommend you go to the 'Health and Support forum' - it will be more helpful to your situation! |
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| Weight Loss | I need some advice. | Jul 25 2009 18:46 (UTC) |
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Original Post by jlpenfound: Sounds like the best thing to do. Go for it! |
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| Weight Gain | thinking | Jul 25 2009 17:59 (UTC) |
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I've heard it is common in people with eating disorders; you're not alone. I think that's what makes recovery hard for so many. Stay strong, you can recover! x |
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| Health & Support | Too much diet coke? | Jul 22 2009 13:32 (UTC) |
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Original Post by kiltias92: Where's the sugar in diet coke? |
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| Health & Support | How much water will kill me? | Jul 22 2009 12:26 (UTC) |
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That almost sounds suicidal... |
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| Weight Gain | Fat? | Jul 22 2009 11:37 (UTC) |
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What everyone else said. In the UK, 70 grams are fat are recommended as maximum - this translates to 31.5% fat - as the RDAs are based on the 30% fat thing. However, even percentages higher than this are OK, there is certainly lots of contraversial evidence for and against diet with fat contents. But there are plenty of people on high-fat diets who are perfectly healthy. There is a link that within recent decades percentage of fat in the diet has decreased - while obesity has increased. So fat is not bad, and it has many health benefits! Even better if it's helping you get the energy you need in you |
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| Maintaining | Up in calories, not in weight. | Jul 21 2009 17:54 (UTC) |
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Original Post by smf16: It depends on metabolism; many factors are involved such as height, weight, amount of exercise and genetics. |
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| Weight Loss | Kcals vs American cals? | Jul 21 2009 14:43 (UTC) |
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pgeorgian is correct. 'kj' are different, but kcal and cal are the same in nutrition labels. |
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| Weight Loss | My Diet okay or what?? | Jul 21 2009 13:37 (UTC) |
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Not sure if promax is better, but too much tuna definitely can be bad because of mercury. Other protein sources are things like cheese, eggs, beans, nuts... Does your diet have enough fat in it? Even if it already does (I can't see much though, but it depends what you're eating specifically) then beans are low fat and very healthy. All those four items I mentioned are very nutritious proteins But... promax may also be fine. I don't know about it, sorry. |
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| Weight Loss | Article: Why calorie counting makes you fat | Jul 21 2009 13:28 (UTC) |
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Original Post by amethystgirl: It says that, but they seem to have used another method also, because on the image some of the foods have been given higher calorie values and some have been given lower calorie values. :s |
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| Weight Gain | How the heck did I gain!? | Jul 21 2009 10:11 (UTC) |
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It's not that you can't gain on less than 2500/day, but your body needs that much to restore the metabolism and heal the damage inside the body. It's important you eat enough! Eating more will raise your metabolism more in the long run. But gaining water weight at first on any increase is normal. |
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| Weight Gain | Acne dot dot dot | Jul 04 2009 21:34 (UTC) |
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Thanks, it's right too, in case anyone's wondering. If your acne is down to diet, and after making sure you aren't deficient in fats, proteins, minerals and vitamins, low glycemic is definitely the way to go. As said, you don't have to avoid high sugary glycemic foods, but if you eat them, add protein/fat/fibre, so blood sugar levels don't spike up (this is a main cause of acne for some!). If you need something sweet, try getting more used to fruit anyway. It's lovely and sweet and once you're used to it, you won't have so many cravings for such refined sugary things (fruit is better because fibre lowers glycemic index). Just some random information. |
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| Health & Support | BMI - how good it is for determining health risks/whether a person is obese? | Jun 12 2009 21:00 (UTC) |
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Original Post by prep_girl_nessa:
I read in an article, the average height is 5'4. That might be UK not USA but really they probably have the same average height. |
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| Weight Gain | Feedback - I'm so rubbish at gaining! | Jun 12 2009 20:12 (UTC) |
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That may seem normalish to you, but if you think about it properly, it's more normal to have a diet that includes things such as calorific drinks, food eaten out, and many desserts and higher calorie snacks. Convience foods are also common. Sometimes all these things make up a large amount of the calories someone eats, and they may well be taking in the right amount of calories for them. If you've cut out all these things, then you're not going to be getting enough calories unless you eat a lot more foods or swap for some more higher density *healthier* foods such as peanut butter and avocados. You really look as if you really need more fat in your diet. Do you think fat is unhealthy? We actually all need dietary fat, it is a very important part of the diet. |
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| Weight Gain | Calories and period? | Jun 11 2009 21:08 (UTC) |
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Original Post by zigggystarduust: That was quick! |
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I know, I was caught out when I first became a vegetarian. Ate a muller light, was glancing at the tub, saw the ingredients ... oh no! I'm much more careful now. 
I hope you keep getting it regularly. 
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