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I'm ready to recover

I'm 13, almost 14, a girl, 5'2'' 95lbs. I obesess over food, I've dropped ten pounds in the last month, I eat 700 calories a day, and my weight is still dropping. How can I overcome this, I need some help here. Can someone provide me with a gain/maintenance plan?

Fantastic that you want to recover, but you need to be super committed because it's a really tough road ahead!

First make a meal plan for 2500 and STICK TO IT. If you're eating 700 at the moment, I suggest upping to 1200 tomorrow, 1800 the next day, 2200 the next and 2500 the next.

2500 could look like:

Breakfast 500
Snack 350
Lunch 500
Snack 350
Dinner 500
Dessert/Snack 300

Well done! my goash your so young. I hope u can beat this now. A gain plan (which is what u need at the mo) would be 3 meals and snacks everyday,

E.g

Breakfast: Cereal (proper serving) with milk, fruit, a yoghurt and some juice. Ans throw in some nuts/dried fruit/seeds/honey in the cereal

Snack: Fruit dipped in PB/Yoghurt with nuts/Smoothie

Lunch: Sandwich with hummus/meat/cheese+salad with dressing, with fruit/ chocolate bar/yoghurt after

Snack: Same as before

Dinner: Anything your mum is cooking, and a proper portion too

Dessert: Same as above

If you have lots of "fear foods" stick to having lots of ones that you are ok with until you can build yourself up to eat more challenging foods.

Hope this helps

xx

Congrats on making the big decision to get better! Youre gonna find a great support system on here, but I really hope youre getting support in your person-to-person life. If you dont have someone - a parent, a doctor, a councellor, a teacher - yet, then PLEASE get one. Having someone be accountable with you will help prevent relapse.

Like everyone else said, definately start at 2,500 calories a day for gaining. You may/probably will have to up that later when your body starts catching up, but it's a good place to start. And like mashed said, build it up the next few days to get your body used to it.

One other thing I'd reccomend, esspecially for the beginning, is high calorie/low bulk foods. I remember being very discouraged at the beginning of refeeding because my stomach was SO small and i felt SO sick after eating. Try and get your hands on some Larabars, Clif Bars, or similar. If you can't get those (they can sometimes be expensive, depends where), then get plenty of nuts, nut butters, avocados, whole milk, cheeses, etc. They'll fill you up the healthy way, but won't bloat you or make you sick.

Good luck, and much love hun

izzyy

x

For a gaining plan, it is simple ... increase your calories.

And read this: THE AIM IS TO GAIN: A Guide to Weight Gain, Whatever Your Reason - UPDATED

I am happy you want to get better as you are killing yourself by so severely undereating when you are so young. Your teenage years are critically important for your physical and cognitive development.

Calorie Count's mission is to promote healthy and sustainable weight management.

If you want to get better, and you are serious about it, you need to see a doctor, nutritionist, school nurse, school counselor, a parent, or trusted adult friend or relative ... NOW!!

You also need to increase your calories to no less than 2500.

Since you are only 13 going on 14, here are some links with a calculator and lots of information for teenagers:

calculator and calorie information for Teens 

Nutrition, Exercise & Weight Management for Teens

More Nutrition & Health for Teens

Dieting & Metabolism (explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter-productive)

The Body Neglected (explains what happens when you undereat a long time)

Something-Fishy.org (information about eating disorders)

We hope this helps, but we must advise you that that this website does not and cannot support unhealthy eating disordered behaviour from those who are unwilling to get help.  YOU NEED TO GET HELP IMMEDIATELY.

I hope the links above help and that you find the positive, healthy support you need.