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Having problems maintaining!


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Hi!

Ling story short: I have successfully recovered from about a year and half of eating disorders.  I am finally at a healthy weight ( 5'1'', 101 lbs)..though I know the BMI counter on here says I'm underweight, but my doctor says I'm in an okay weight range for my body type.

 I'm having problems maintaining though. I seem to be seeing the scales going back down, and I don't think it's daily fluctuations, because it seems to be consistent. I amtrying to eat around 1500 calories a day, but I just dont seem to be getting enough. 

For example this is what I ate today:

 B: 1 cup cheerios/skim milk/small banana

S: apple, 2 adora chocolate supplements

L: turkey sandwich in WW bread with veggies and no dressing, light n fit yogurt

S: 100 cal popcorn/orange

D: Salad with spinach, tomatoes, onion, olives, 2 slices deli turkey, cucumber, with a little vinegar for dressing. A slice of whole wheat bread with a heaping TBLS of peanut butter.

Dessert: mini snickers bar

AND I'M STILL ONLY AT 1277 calories, with an A grade.

What on earth can I add to get enough calories w/o binging or eating unhealthy foods?!

Would anyone be willing to critique my food plan? I would very much appreciate some input on getting enough food! 

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what's wrong with unhealthy food? I am eating cake lmix as i type... (don't ask). you had a healthy food day and there is nothing wrong with a treat, eapecially something with some nutrition, ie hot cocoa made with milk, or something along those lines.
First off, for breakfast, add a piece of toast with some almond butter, top it off with sliced banana.

For your snack, I'm not sure what a chocolate supplement is, it sounds healthy I guess, so no comment on that.

For lunch, add some mayo or vegenaise to your sandwich, also some avocado, or maybe just some shredded cheddar (good stuff, not processed) Go for a lowfat yogurt. Yoplait Passion Fruit, or Pina Colada are good.

Second snack, looks pretty good, but maybe have 2 bags of popcorn. Maybe eat some raw veggies with hummus..

Dinner, olive oil is lovely on salad, you don't need much, maybe just a teaspoon. Use Extra Virgin, it has a lovely flavour, or try some walnut oil. Also have a baked potato with maybe some cottage cheese or hummus on it. They are good plain too if you use a Yukon Gold, or a Red potato.

Dessert, hmmm the mini snickers sounds good.

So you might find some of the stuff hard to eat at first, or maybe you don't like the suggestions, but maybe find something you do like that you can incorporate in. Like maybe throw some pinenuts in the salad, a tablespoon or 2.

How about switching to a regular calorie bread? Possibly adding more than a few extra slices of turkey to your salad, and a bit of cheese.

But in all honesty, I know how you feel! I have trouble hitting my calories at times.

The easiest way to get calories in is by eating nuts. a handful (small one even) will cost you around 250 calories. It's good fat and protein, so no worries. Maybe eat those with your apple snack. 

figurethefat! Thank you so much. I actually tried out a lot of your suggestions =D, and look at that--it's 4 pm and I'm already up to 1200 calories! hooray! Now I can have a regular sized dinner and make my goal. The Hummus and EVOO idea was fantastic--and it helped boost my healthy at intake! thanks again.

x17star17x- Thanks you for the nut hint--I went to the store and bought some raw almonds today! 

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Try eating sweet potatoes and brown rice or beans instead of all that bread.

Hummus, nuts, and PB are essential for me every day, since I need like 2500-2700 to maintain.

You rock, happyandhealthy9! So glad you enjoyed the extra stuff. Keep up the good work :)
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