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| Maintaining | Trust body or numbers, undereating? Help Plz | Mar 06 2007 02:11 (UTC) |
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| There's your problem. No actual whole grains, no fiber, no vegetables, no fruits. Your diet isn't that great and no offense sucks. =/ Try oatmeal in the morning, whole grain breads, lots of vegetables, and good amounts of protein and make sure you get your dietary fat in. My diet looks like this: Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ 2tbsp natural peanutbutter 1 sm banana 1 scoop protein powder Lunch: 2 slices wholegrain rye 1 can tuna w/ honey mustard Salad Fat free Yogurt Meal 3: 2tbsp natural peanutbutter, 1tbsp natural fruit spread 2 slices wholegrain rye Meal 4: 6oz cooked salmon 2 cups broccoli salad Meal 5: 1 slice wholegrain rye 2/3cup low-fat cottage cheese Then after I workout (which I did today): 1 scoop Whey 1 Banana 1 cup dannon light n fit There, that should help you |
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| Maintaining | How does my daily diet look? | Mar 05 2007 01:23 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the input guys. This is actually my diet once I get to school. I am home right now for the next few weeks and my diet is basically tuna, whole grain foods, oatmeal, fruit, TONS OF VEGGIES, and a good meat source at dinner. Reason I drink skim, eat diet things is because the regular forms of the foods are just saturated fat or un-needed calories (for instance, why have regular whole grain when I can just eat reduced carb?, plus I like the taste of the diet better) My recovery shake (meal after I workout) is going to be different once I get some supplements I ordered online. It will change to 1/2 cup maltodextrin and 1 serving Whey Protein. The maltodextrin actually is better at restoring glycogen levels and is actually a complex carbohydrate,that way I am not just getting sugar. I also feel like I have an ok say in my diet with my nutritionalist. For instance, she wanted me to have 13-15 servings of grain in a day and I said WAYYYYY to much. I am so used to only having 5-8 MAX, most days only 6. So she said that she understands and I will just have to make sure I get at least 8. I still struggle with that but figured an easy alternative. I found sugar free, fat free chocolate icecream that is 1.5 servings of starch per 1/2 cup, and I love the taste so enjoy a cup of it for only 140 calories after dinner and get 3 servings of starch from it. I am still gaining weight with this so I will just keep the calories where they are now because I am not seeing a lot of fat gain so far and would like to keep it that way haha. |
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| Health & Support | Recovering from anorexia, help | Feb 05 2007 18:02 (UTC) |
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| I binged last night during the superbowl party but I think I know why =( Looking back at it, I was at 1700-1800 calories with barely any fat (probably only like 20g). Anyways I THOUGHT there were only 45-50 calories in chicken wings, well there is, only in roasted no skin or anything. But I ate about 8-10 fried ones and didn't know there was a 100 in each one! Then before I counted my calories, I got a sweet tooth and ate an entire bag of dark chocolate truffles (a whopping 96g carbs and 80g fat tallied out to be) I ended last night, miserable, crying, with 3,800 calories, 1800 over my maintenance. So lucky me, I have to eat 1700 for the next week and make sure to exercise every day for 200-300 calories worth. I am having a peanut butter sandwhich at lunch everyday though (using measurer so I dont put too much pb on) that way my fat intake is reasonable and I won't actually NEED to binge I just want to go home though and have a set diet. In my eyes a good diet for me would be: Breakfast: Oatmeal and Skim milk Snack: Fruit Lunch: Peanutbutter sandwhich on whole wheat Small fat free yogurt Snack: 100-calorie pack of cookies Fruit Dinner: 2 cups salad 1 chicken breast with slice of cheese melted on Dessert: Bowl of Special K cereal and skim milk That would satisfy my sweet tooth that I have and I think be very healthy. Hoooowever, no, I can't do that when I live at school and my diet is up to the damn cafeteria. |
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| Foods | Need some oatmeal ideas using cafeteria food...? | Jan 19 2007 18:45 (UTC) |
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| I was thinking of this recipe, anyone know if it will taste good? 1 Packet regular oatmeal 1 Sm apple chopped up (I don't know if I will do this every morning, I've chopped an apple with the knives we are given, and it is kinda annoying) 1tbsp Honey or Maple Syrup 1tbsp Raisins Then for a drink, 8oz of Skim Milk Would this be a healthy way to start off the morning? Because as of right now, I just use a packet of Weight Control oatmeal, one glass of skim milk and a piece of fruit (change it every morning: apple, orange, banana, pineapple, pears, fruit salad, variety is good :) ) |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 19 2007 01:18 (UTC) |
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| I talked to my mom about it and then she said to talk to the doctor. From there, we talked and I talked to him about how I think I need some serotonin medicine to stop my anxiety and he agreed. I am being put on 20mg Crovax (I think it's called?) for about a month and we'll adjust the prescription from there. Should this kill my obsession and make me normal?! |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 16 2007 14:41 (UTC) |
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| I have a quick question about how many calories you guys think this is?
1.25 Cup Colombo Low-Fat Plain Yogurt 1/3 Cup Kellogg Low-Fat Granola w/ Raisins 1 scoop (scoop of a large spoon you might use to cook with) of pineapple chunks, 2 slices of cantaloupe and 2 slices of a green melon (guessing from a small/medium sized melon, all 4 slices) 1 Hard-Boiled Egg That was my breakfast this morning, is that ok...? |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 16 2007 02:48 (UTC) |
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| I can't do it... I was with one of my closest friends, Jenny, today and I have been miserable all day because I feel like I am getting fatter although I am in negative calories! I have been depressed all day and she could tell and just told me that she was there if I ever needed to talk. It got to the point that I wasn't even listening to what people were saying to me as I was thinking about daily diets I could arrange that would give me the skinny body that I want. Something triggered off in my brain and I sat next to Jenny and told her everything. Everything about I have been recovering from anorexia, how my kidneys shut down a couple months ago from my dieting, about the weight maintenance pills I take, supplements, how I count every calorie I put into my body, and I ended up breaking down crying. She just held me and told me that everything would be ok and that she would find someway to help me. I am totally helpless, a 15 year old guy crying in the arms of a 15 year old girl, what the **** is wrong with me?! Studying for spanish, I talked myself into potentially letting myself enjoy a slice of pizza for lunch instead of my sandwhiches, too not care whether or not I am "eating enough or not" and to just eat healthy and things in moderation. If I feel nothing is good for dinner and I don't feel like having a hopeless salad, I will enjoy a slice of pizza and glass of skim milk or something and not torture myself having a plain salad with tuna sprinkled on it. I don't want to be miserable, but I feel that I will still continue in my obsessive eating habits. I need help but don't want to seek help from the school doctor or my mom because she threatened to send me to a facility if I continued my obessevive eating habits and I don't want to leave school. What can I do |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 15 2007 00:05 (UTC) |
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| Today really sucked the big one when it came to eating. Woke up, usual breakfast, great. Lunch was "Brunch" and I have an omelet (my guess is around 3 eggs or so) with some chopped onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. So I approximate 350 calories (rounding around, not sure exactly) and I also had 8 strawberries, some peach slices and a little bit of fruit salad. So I counted from 360 calorie breakfast, that I was around 850 give or take after lunch. Went to mall and COMPLETELY forgot my ounce of almonds for a snack. Luckily, at GNC they had "Ostrich Snack Sticks", 80 calorie stick of meat, 14g of fiber, 600mg Potassium, lots of nutrience, no sugar, just a good snack. However, at dinner I was veryyy low on calories. For dinner I had a salad with crispy chicken, lite italian dressing (would have had grilled chicken, but the chicken tonight was crispy =/) Also a glass of skim milk, cup of new england clam chowder with a dinner roll. So, dinner was pretty big, but hey...I didn't eat much at all today, so rounding up and down I think I hit around 1600 today. I am ok with that and was EXTREMELY full after dinner and EXTREMELY bloated. Tasted great :) Tomorrow I won't be at a mall or anything and I will be in complete control of my diet again, so cheers :) Happy Sunday everyone haha. |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 14 2007 04:51 (UTC) |
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| Well, First thing first, because I was not able to get the nutritional facts for dinner, I ordered a Grilled Chicken Salad when my friends ordered pizzas and subs. I measured the diced chicken, 1.3 or so cups, and about 5-6 cups of salad, 2tbsp lite italian. I was not able to finish it in one sitting, so put it in my room and then finished it an hour and half later with an ounce of almonds. I reached today with 1700-1800 calories exactly :), weight lifted for an hour. Going back to my food problem. I did have anorexia about a year ago from this date to May of 2006-June of 2006 (when I still had eating symptons of starving myself). At that time I regularly only consumed 800-1200 calories, and then began bingeing in May up to 1800 calories some days, then escalating to the 3000's as time moved on. However, I have gone over a week without a binge now. Coming up on two weeks actually. Anyways, I do think about food constantly and I hate that. I always think about food, what I am going to eat, its caloric values, what my daily calories are, how I can alter my eating habits someway to become skinnier, to become more normal, why I can't eat a bacon egg and cheese sandwhich at 10 o clock at night like all of my friends. Why I can't look good "physically" like my friends yet I eat a lot healthier. I am miserable, I will not lie. I don't believe I am still anorexic though because technically I am not starving myself, and I do not wish to seek aid unless I was starving myself (Because then it seems like I am going to the doctor just for attention, you know what I mean?) Does anyone have any "cures" to getting rid of this obsession with food :(. I find playing video games helps plenty, I become absorbed into them and this helps a lot, but I do not play video games every day if at all because of all my schoolwork, leaving me to think constantly about food every other minute of the day. Someone help me with this...? |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 13 2007 13:15 (UTC) |
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| I think I get enough calcium. I take a multi-vitamin that has 16% of what I need, a chromium supplement (for sugar metabolism) that has 9%, and then I have a glass of skim milk at breakfast and cheese in my sandwhiches at lunch. I also enjoy a variety of vegetables which does have calcium in them and what not. Either way I am pretty sure I am hitting the 100% easy.
I will try to hit 1800 today. Tomorrow I will shoot for 1900. Monday will be a big step because I won' want to do it, but I will aim for 2000. I just feel so FULL lately that I can't imagine that I am losing / maintaining my weight after feeling this full. (Might be because I am eating such water-dense foods, also eating very healthy) but still...I don't want to, but shouldn't I feel a little empty at times if I am to lose the weight I gained over holiday break...? I only want to weigh about 122lbs which is what I was before the holidays then I will try to maintain again. Does anyone have any good healthy breakfast ideas also? I want to try a new breakfast I think. Currently I eat 1 packet of Cinnamon weight control oatmeal, 1 Md Banana, 8oz skim milk, and then 4oz of decaffeinated anti-oxidant Lipton tea (calorie free) |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 13 2007 01:00 (UTC) |
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| Ok anyways, I went into swim practice with roughly 1200-1250 calories assuming it would be a somewhat easy(ier) practice seeing as how we did almost a mile and a half yesterday. Well nope, we had to put out another 2300meters (which is just shy of a mile and a half) and worst of all, 1400 of them were "sprints" with minute rests here and there, 5 seconds after maybe 100meters, but still pretty hard. Dinner was terrible tonight! I thought the lamb wouldn't be so fatty!!! The server cut me some slices and the slices he cut me were I must say 80% fat, so I asked for some more slices so that I would be able to derive more actual meat from them. I think I ate around 3-4 actual ounces of lean meat, minimal fat, which I guess is around 180-220 calories according to calorie counting sites. Then, half of my plate were root vegetables. The root vegetables were AMAZING. I would have eaten an entire plate if I went buck wild, but I did the "half-plate veggies" rule and had around 2 cups of them. Calorie-king.com says that is around 180 calories for 2 cups of root vegetables. Then for desert I realized I was pretty shy of my 1800-1950 goal even though I was quite satiated. I enjoyed a frozen yogurt in a cone (just enough fat free frozen yogurt to reach the top of the cone, so about 1/2 cup) so around 120-140 calories there, and then had a piece of small dark chocolate (55 calories). So doing the math -> 1250+190+180+130+60 = roughly 1810 calories. So the lowest I could have had I will say is 1700, and the highest 1950. Pretty good I think, however I felt very ashamed and fat afterwards =/ Dinner was very awkward also. Everyone was joking about anorexia for some odd reason and were joking that my friend Kashi (a rail like myself, who also suffered from an eating disorder a year ago, but not actually defined as anorexia) is 5' 10" 125ish and people were joking around for her to lose weight. It made me very very uncomfortable to sit there but figured it would be rude to get up and move to a different table. Maybe that's why I felt very fat after dinner? But because I am not exactly sure whether or not I hit my calorie goal for today, tomorrow I will try to eat only things I can count (such as for dinner, it is "Cranberry Stuffed Chicken" and because I cannot get the nutritional facts from that, I will order from my local Chinese restaurant on the "Special Diet menu" where they just boil the food with no added sodium, sauces or anything.) I will then measure the amount of vegetables and everything. I got kinda scared when some of you said my body is in starvation mode but I thought I would have to be like only eating 1500 a day consistently for a while for that to happen... no? I have only been eating this 1600-1900 mark for about a week now and most days I hit the 1700-1900 range. Anyways, tomorrow no swim practice, so I will hit the weights, like I usually do when no swim practice is scheduled. Thanks for the support everyone. |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 12 2007 20:24 (UTC) |
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| I decided that if I was going to hit 1800 and make it evenly throughout the day without having a huge dinner which could possibly lead to storing of fat, my PM meal consisted of: 1oz Almonds 1 Protein Shake 1oz Dry Peaches (100 calories, 26g carbs, 2g protein, 4g fiber) Now I can have a moderate dinner and still enjoy desert and hit 1800-1900 safely. :) |
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| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 12 2007 20:15 (UTC) |
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| Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, have been real busy. I have been eating at least 1700 calories and was feeling crappy a couple days ago, I take it from lack of certain nutrients, but now feel absolutely great! Maybe it was the tweak in my diet but anywho, this is what I have eaten so far, and am about to have another meal. Breakfast: 1 packet Cinnamon weight control Oatmeal 1 Md Banana 8oz Skim Milk Lunch: 2oz Turkey Breast 2 slices American Cheese 2 Slices double fiber whole wheat 1 Lg Apple Snack I'm about to have: 1oz of Almonds 1 Protein Shake (23g protein) Dinner is: 3-5oz Leg of Lamb (Don't ask me lol, it's what's for dinner) Roasted Root Vegetables (I'll get 4-5 servings of my veg's in) Desert: 1/2 cup or so of fat free frozen yogurt (possibly no sugar added as well) in a icecream cone I will hit about 1700-1800 today and tomorrow I plan to bump it up to 1900 or try at least. I looked at a calculator and found that I need 1800-1900 calories a day without exercise to maintain. I put in my exercise and I get about 2400-2500 calories burned throughout a day. I don't think 1700-1850 is too low, just until I feel I can bump it up to 2000. (Only reason I am eating a deficit now is to make up for my holiday binges) I also find that incorporating daily sweets (such as I have frozen yogurt every other day and a chocolate (55 calories) or two every other day, on days I don't have the frozen yogurt) helps a lot. Since I am too shy to get help (because I feel like I don't deserve help because I am no longer really STARVING myself like I used to) that I should deal with my anorexia myself. Plus sometimes I feel like it's not even that...I mean maybe I'm just super paranoid about being fat and what not? Thing is, telling the school doctor about this could seem like I am SHOUTING out for attention because he might not feel I have anorexia because I have told him about my binges, or he will believe me and I will draw a lot of unneeded attention to myself. Also about the lunchmeat deal, I go to boarding school and I feel the school lunches aren't always the best choices. Sometimes they offer a good healthy thing, but it's not high enough in calories and if I were to eat two, it would overkill it. So it's like I can't win, so I decided with the sandwhiches at lunch. Plus I looked at the nutritional info and I feel that I am not eating any other salty things in my diet, and I drink a gallon+ a water of day, so shouldn't worry about it that much? Any advice is great. Also... How much is too much grains/bread in the daily diet? Would it be overkill if I went for toast and eggs in the morning and sandwhich for lunch. Or should I just stick with my oatmeal. |
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| Maintaining | How much of each food group do I need...? | Jan 11 2007 00:47 (UTC) |
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| Oh I forgot to mention, the serving size of the dark chocolates I have are 4 mini bars but so far I only eat one at a time. So actually some days, or most days I should say, I have zero servings of limited food. | |||
| Weight Loss | How does my daily diet sound? | Jan 10 2007 03:25 (UTC) |
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| Hey, thanks for the responses guys I go to boarding school so healthy meal options are almost never found (except for every now and then lean meats, vegetables are nice, and the fact that I am allowed to have all the fruits I want) As a recovering anorexic, sure I am eating a lot more, but honestly, people look at me and tell me I am disgustingingly skinny but then I look at myself in the mirror and look at my stomach determined to make it flat. I digust myself sometimes because I actually find myself wishing I had the physique of a frail person / a woman ! :( :/. Anyways, I have been EXTREMELY tired lately and at 4, after my 1.5oz of almonds, I did a calorie count, 1050 and looked at whats for dinner and decided that I needed to eat some more before practice. So I had 1oz of dry peaches (I have a lot of dry fruit, almonds and oatmeal in my room, only the healthy stuff :) ) So before swim practice, which was incredibly easy today (only swam 1400m opposed to yesterday's 2500). I went to dinner, grabbed some chicken breast and put it on a salad that had about 2tbsp feta cheese, 2tbsp lite italian dressing and 2 cups of spinach / lettuce. I also enjoyed a cup of leek & sweet potato soup with a wheat dinner roll. For desert, I had a bite size dark chocolate truffle (healthy I guess, bag claims it offers antioxidants that is good for the body and should be eaten daily in moderation). I am tallying up roughly 1680-1800 calories here for the day and am veryyyy hungry right now (probably because I just came back from a friendly get together with like 10 pizzas and sodas and just watched everyone else pound down 4-5 slices and soda) I don't think I need 2800 a day to maintain, I know I would gain weight on that. I do know from all of my testing that a diet of 2000-2200 is about right for me, and I guess that sure I am cutting it a bit low lately, but starting tomorrow I will make sure I take in 1800. Then on Thursday, 1800, Friday 1900 and hold the 1900 until Sunday. Then monday I will jump to 2000 and then from then on instead of having a diet, just try to eat as healthy as possible. (for instance if I see nothing healthy being served for lunch, I will make myself a sandwhich on whole wheat, or if nothing healthy is for dinner, I order from a "Special Diet" menu from a local chinese place where I have a cup of boiled cut up chicken and 2 cups of boiled broccoli, no sauces or seasoning, just plain, the way I like it.) I know I still have an anorexic mind though, I shouldn't be constantly being obessed about food and what I eat, what I will eat, ect. Anyone experience this before and find a way to fight against it...? |
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