Posts by jeanniebrooke

Eating disorders aren't hilarious.

please don't say anything like that again. Accept the concerns of other people, and kindly dispell them if you think they are false.

DO NOT laugh at them again. 

I totally agree with gi-jane. You seem to be doing this for the complete wrong reasons. 

Going vegan shouldn't be a chore, or something you have to "scare" yourself into. It may be the beginning reason to why you start, but not to keep it going. Life's too short to hate the diet your on, and constantly stress about what you can and can't eat.

Although, it's disgusting to me, you should stay on a meat diet if that's what you really want. At least you wouldn't be stressing about not eating things 24/7. and in all honesty you'd probably be healthier.

Tell me this, if you had already seen the videos and you claim to 'care ' about animals so much, how could you possibly even look at dairy the same way again? You claimed to eat hoards of it while on vacay. Did those videos not come creeping back in the back of your mind? Someone who really enjoyed saving the planet and animals alike would have maybe considered that piece of cheese, but thought about all the suffering and denied it. It should be second nature.

Also, i'm fed up with your defensive attitude. You asked for advice, you got it.

deal with it. 

eatthedaises;

why would you post here something like that? If you know you suffer from anorexia, then the only thing I think you should be posting is about gaining weight and asking for recovery tips.

Please do not post here again something like this. It triggers other people's eating disorders. The topic clearly asked for people to post how much they eat, and i'm guessing that included a healthy amount. 

When you post things like this it makes you seem like you grab attention.

And anyone who reads this , don't you dare think i'm being too harsh. I've been through this exact disorder and 2 other ones. I know how it is.

1) Bugs are considered animals to me, but I would kill one (or have someone else do it..) if it was in my house. I've had a very irrational fear of certain bugs ever since i was a child, and even my vegan morals can't overcome it...

2) Why would i ever kill a snake! No. I would not even consider killing a snake. 

3) I'm pretty sure that the actual act of attaining wool is not harmful to the animal, and as i understand it, it's actually beneficial. But it's the wool industry that is harmful. The animals are kept in horrible conditions with only the basic needs of life, and this is why most vegans boycott the wool and silk industry. There are probably certain exceptions, say, if you saw exactly where the animals were kept and could make a choice for yourself wether it was humane or not. 

4) If the slip up is an accident, then I wouldn't even think twice about still calling myself a vegan. If it is intentional, then i would reconsider my lifestyle and see if it was actually what i wanted. I don't think it's fair to still eat the meat because you want to, and then call yourself a vegetarian. 

5) I do. Because animals need quite a bit of protien to survive. Their natural instincts are to eat meat, and they do not have the brain capacity of humans to use their resources to find other means of nutrition. It's not their fault, and it would almost be punishment to not feed them the protein they crave. Although, i do try to buy a vegetarian brand once in a while to see if they'll take. 

6) I'm the only vegan in my family. Although my mom and sister do not eat pork or beef. And my sister was a vegetarian for quite awhile, but her coach told her she had to eat meat to stay on the team (which i think is HIGHLY inappropriate)

7) A flexetarian is someone who can't make up their mind and wants either the attention or peace of mind of being called a 'somewhat' vegetarian. Its an annoyance of mine. 

8) Yes.

and lastly 9) Ew. I would never exterminate a rodent in my household. A bug problem, yes (see first answer...). and i do not keep my pets in cages unless they are a danger to themselves or others. (We had a dog who would chew on things until her teeth bled if we left her home alone and not in a crate. It was sad but necessary to keep her in a crate when we weren't home)

hope this helps! 

Hey guys : ) Sorry I haven't been updating very much! But I just got a new meal plan toady : )

It's been really hard though. Because I know i've gained weight, but i'm not allowed to know how much or even what I weigh.

But I'm positive i'm up to 125, I just have to be. I feel huge.

I'm 5'6 so I know this number is healthy (even a little low) for me. But i'm just astounded that the weight came on so quickly (more than 10 pounds in a month) just by eating around 1200 calories. But today they've increased my intake to around 1800 by adding two more things to my meal plan and not allowing me to have ANY fat free or 'diet' products. Why would they increase when i'm already at a healthy weight? I was too scared to ask.

So today was my first day of having two 'treats' or 'fats' added to my plan (my meal plan is in terms of serving sizes, not calories. I just count the calories anyway, lol)

So...

Breakfast: 1 orange, 1 and 1/3 cup honey combs, 1 cup 2% milk

Snack: 1 peach

Lunch: 2 slices whole wheat bread, 1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese (whoops), 1/2 cup lettuce and sliced red peppers. 3/4 cup regular yogurt (almost 200 calories, holy crap!)

Snack: 1 cup cappuchino and chocolate frozen yogurt (my first treat! Can't believe I have to have two in one day!)

Dinner: 1 cup lettuce and sliced red pepper, 1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese (I have to finish it up!) 1/4 cup lean chicken breast.

Snack:

1 bagel w/ 2 tablespoons full fat cream cheese (my second treat. omg...)

1 orange.

I'm just freaking out a little here. This is about 1800 calories, but a lot of people on here are eating less than that and weigh WAY less than I do. I'm really freaked out now!

..help?

Original Post by leiann:

I do tell people suffering from anorexia to eat if they are hungry. It isn't rocket science, eat if you are hungry and don't eat if you are not.

THAT. is a horrible thing to say.

Please, if you do not have first hand experience at this disease, do not try and give 'advice'.

I pray to GOD that you haven't actually told anyone with this disease to "just eat" it is not that simple. And I know it's hard for some people to understand, so that's why I advise you to just not say anything at all.

As per the original topic...

I do this all the time. I'm about to do it right now (mostly because I kind of HAVE to eat or else someone will force feed me) but I find gum really helps. And water too. Something I find really fills me up are starbucks light frappuchinos! (used to have them all the time pre-ed). they keep me full for hours. And less than 100 calories for a tall. (which is MORE than enough!)

Breakfast: 1 slice Whole Wheat toast, 1 tbsp all natural crunchy Peanut butter, 1tbsp sugar free strawberry jam, 1 Fuji apple

Snack: 30g honeycombs, 1 cup vanilla soy milk (my new obsession!)

Lunch: 1/2 cup steam vegetables, 1/4 cup chicken, 3/4 cup fat free vanilla yogurt

Snack: Nectarine

Dinner: 1/2 cup pasta(ACK!),1/2 cup steam vegetables, 50g fat free cheddar cheese

Snack: 1 orange

I have a question, i don't know if it should be posted here, but I may as well post it here anyway, lol.

My stats are something like 5'6 and i'm really not sure of my weight. it could be anything from 113-118. Because i'm not allowed to weigh. I'm eating about 1200 calories. Does anybody know if that's enough to gain? Or how many I should be eating to gain? I would ask my nutritionist but she forbids me to talk about calories. She says I have to think in terms of serving sizes. but it's sooo hard. next week another couple servings will be added to my meal plan, so i'm just wondering what a good calorie goal to shoot for is? (i'm obsessive, I know! but i'm 16 and apparently my body could give out at any moment. I'm not even allowed to walk for more than two blocks a day!! so i'm allowed to be obsessed about getting healthy!)

Omygosh.

I'm so excited I can finally post here, after reading your delicious meals for so long, it's my turn to post ^.^

Just got back from the nutritionist a couple hours ago, and my meal plan has been increased. I'm not allowed to count calories, my plan is in serving sizes. ex:

breakfast = 1 serv grain .5 serv protien 1 serv fruit/veggie.

Is anyone else's like this? I also got weighed today, but i'm not allowed to know my weight either due to the fact that it's my biggest trigger. My parents also took away my scale last week as part of my treatment. I've been scale free for an entire week and MAN has it been hard! I feel like i've gained AT LEAST 10 pounds in a week. But I guess i'll never know. I'm probably around 118 (up from 110) but I have absolutly no clue! doctor's say i have to get up to 125 before I can excersise. And i'm not even that tall! i'm just 5'6. But 125 is actually low for that height. So some girls on here who are that height and say they want to lose weight are just crazy. I try not to pay attention to that though, it's another trigger.  This week one of my goals is to have pasta (YIKES MY SCARIEST FOOD!) tomorrow for dinner. I'm pretty nervous, but i'll post what I end up having it with! ANYWAY: for today, I have eaten...
(by the way, because I just started recovery my meal plan is significantly less than what it should be. They have to start me on low calories and things i'm comfortable with, so I only have 3 servings of grain, 1 protien, 5 fruit and veg, and 3 milk. It's around 1200 calories. Yes I know i'm not suppose to count but it's so hard not too. That's such a huge number for me! the week before I was admitted to the hospital I was eating less than 50cals.)

Breakfast:

1 slice Whole Wheat toast

1 TBSP all natural peanut butter (get used to seeing PB in my diet. I have it every morning to get my protien. I asked the doctors if there was a problem with this, because most people don't recommend having that much pb because of it's high fat content. And they said that those rules don't apply to me, lol!)

1 peach

AM Snack:

175g (3/4 cup) fat free light yogurt

1 Kashi Cherry Chocolate Granola bar

Lunch:

1/2 cup steamed vegetables

50g light cheddar cheese (YUM! Cracker barrel kind. I haven't had cheese in so long. Oh god how I love cheese : D)

1/4 cup lean chicken breast

**haven't eaten the rest yet, but I will post it anyway because I know what i'm having**

PM Snack:

1 orange

Dinner:

1 packet quaker reduced sugar oatmeal (I have to have a serv. of grain. I'm not sure I want this though. Ideas?)

1 nectarine

1 cup chocolate soy milk (mmm!)

HS Snack:

1 apple

Any suggestions?

ALSO: as part of my recovery I have to make a list of "scary foods" . I think we all know what those are. Maybe if you guys could post some of yours, it would help me? I'm trying to think of mine, I have quite a few. Pasta is definetly my biggest. Cheese and bread are big ones too.

SORRY for such a long post

<3

I'm sorry to do this.. but

BUMP.

I really would like some answers : (

Thank you so much.

You are so kind to take the time out and write something like that. People on here are so supportive and helpful, and your words really, REALLY reached me.

I'm ready to recover i think, I really am.

I just wish I didn't have to wait a week to start eating. Tonight I think i'm going to talk to my parents about it. Because I can't keep eating 50 calories a day. I can hardly walk or think. Which sucks, because I know i'm a really smart person, and I hate feeling 'dazed' all the time.

But I feel like I can't do it by myself. If it were up to me, i'd start upping my calories tomorrow. But I really feel I should wait for the nutritionist.

I am still worried about becoming a binger, though. I think I will need to count calories religiously, to 1. make sure I get enough to eat, and 2. not go over.

I would actually be very greatful if you would share some of your experiences in recovery? Like, the first day what you ate? and for the first week what they had you eating? Unless your recovery is different than mine (everyone's seems to be drastic because they are at such a low weight and I am not)

thank you so much!

Jeannie.