eating between 200-500 calories
alishali
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my friend is struggling to eat due to a tummy bug and she has just eaten 200 calories today.. will she lose weight just today? how much weight will she lose within a few days if she eats 200-500 calories a day, she is trying to gain but how much will she lose? thanks for all the answers
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She'll probably pass out if she continues eating so little calories.
General science - eat less energy than you use/burn = losing weight.
However, there are means and ways.
Hope she feels better soon.0 -
One of my kids ended up in the hospital getting hydrated after a stomach bug did that. If she doesn't eat and drink more within a day, she needs to be seen by a doctor.0
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thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?0
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'She' will be very ill if she doesn't eat as soon as 'she' feels up to it.0
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She will lose water weight and be dehydrated as all get out. She will not lose much fat only eating 200 calories in a day.
I hope she feels better soon. Being sick and not being able to eat makes us even sicker due to lack of nutrition.0 -
thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
That's seriously the only thing you're concerned with?
Wow.:noway:0 -
Are you sure that this is really about your friend?
Just sayin'.0 -
anything she loses will be more than likely just water weight....
I had food poisoning once and dropped like 8 pounds in four days but it slowly came back over next few weeks...0 -
im worried she'll lose weight because she is trying to gain instead and i dont want her belly to shrink0
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thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
That's seriously the only thing you're concerned with?
Wow.:noway:
I was thinking same thing ....two options..
1. This is troll thread...
2. OP's "friend" is really just her....0 -
thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
It sounds like this person needs to go to the hospital... why are you so concerned about the weight loss??0 -
thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
That's seriously the only thing you're concerned with?
Wow.:noway:
I'm going to second this...
When ill weight loss should be the last thing on your friends mind..to recover she should try to refuel and leave the weight watching to another day.0 -
what did you eat when you had food pisioning?
anything she loses will be more than likely just water weight....
I had food poisoning once and dropped like 8 pounds in four days but it slowly came back over next few weeks...0 -
im worried she'll lose weight because she is trying to gain instead and i dont want her belly to shrink
your profile says you have an ED ...so me thinks that your friend is you ....
If this really is you, please do not just eat 200-500 cals a day ..and if you are, please seek immediate help.0 -
I had a nasty stomach bug late last year and couldn't keep anything in for 5 days, I tried to eat little and often and kept drinking clear fluids (Yakult was recommended by my GP) I lost 8lbs in 5 days but it all went back on within a few days of eating normally. She should try and eat what she feels like and keep drinking, it is doesn't improve go to see her doctor. And not even think about weight loss while she is ill.0
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what did you eat when you had food pisioning?
anything she loses will be more than likely just water weight....
I had food poisoning once and dropped like 8 pounds in four days but it slowly came back over next few weeks...
bad chicken ...0 -
Seriously she needs to concentrate on getting fluids in her system!!! As a mom I know that is priority numero uno! And yeah she'll lose but it will come back once she is able to eat again.
And I agree with the others - weight is not the concern here - not what should be the concern if health is the main topic. What's up?0 -
what did you eat when you had food poisoning?0
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This sounds like a thinly veiled ana post.
Reported.0 -
If your 'friend' is eating that little her body will go into starvation mode and hole on to anything 'she' eats.
In the end 'she' will have only lost water weight and may even gain extra weight.0 -
what did you eat when you had food pisioning?
anything she loses will be more than likely just water weight....
I had food poisoning once and dropped like 8 pounds in four days but it slowly came back over next few weeks...
bad chicken ...
no i mean whenever you couldnt eat, what did you have?0 -
even though this is likely a troll thread. When I had the flu in April I lost 10 pounds in 2 days. (I was only eating 500 calories as I couldn't keep anything down). I gained it all back within three days, so if your friend is trying to gain weight I wouldnt worry.0
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thank you0
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thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
That's seriously the only thing you're concerned with?
Wow.:noway:
^^^^ This!! Screw weight loss, get her to the Doc!! Health comes first, weight loss should be the last thing on your mind at this stage!!0 -
what did you eat when you had food pisioning?
anything she loses will be more than likely just water weight....
I had food poisoning once and dropped like 8 pounds in four days but it slowly came back over next few weeks...
bad chicken ...
no i mean whenever you couldnt eat, what did you have?
i could only keep down chicken broth and sip water for about two days...totally sucked...after that toast with honey ...0 -
No random person could tell you how much weight she could lose from one day (or more) with a stomach bug. There are too many variables, too many considerations that completely impact every little ounce your friend could lose. Is she 400 pounds or 120? Whats her normal calorie expenditure? Did she lay in bed that entire time or did she try to run a marathon as well? We can't tell you what she might lose with no information and even then it would just be a guess.0
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thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
My guess is she won't lose anything.
I've consistently lost 1lb or more per week for the past 6 months eating 1400 to 1600 cals per day. Last week I had 1 whole day where I only ate 400 cals (had an operation under GA so I wasn't allowed to eat or drink). I actually put on a few pounds the days immediately after the OP.
Does this answer your question?0 -
Wait she has a tummy bug & most of you are saying she is going to pass out? Hello but a tummy bug usually means you cant keep anything down anyway & therefore MAKING a person eat is not going to be great for the person.
Shame on some of you. Eating is most likely the LAST thing this 'friend' can do without vomiting it all back up right away & making it very unpleasant.
Shame on the OP as well... seriously. Being sick & all you can think of is her stomach shrinking?????? Huh?0 -
'She' will be very ill if she doesn't eat as soon as 'she' feels up to it.
this!0 -
thank you but how much weight will she lose each day or two days?
That's seriously the only thing you're concerned with?
Wow.:noway:
I was thinking same thing ....two options..
1. This is troll thread...
2. OP's "friend" is really just her....
It is the OP, not her friend.
Check her diary.
Look, OP, you're not feeling well & you ate only a little today. And you're trying to recover from an ED.
But right now, how much water weight you're going to lose to being sick, isn't important. Getting better is.
To get more cals in you for today, tomorrow, etc.
Make a smoothie with protein powder, greek yogurt, banana, milk of choice, and some berries or whatever.
It'll be like 400-500 cals and be pretty easy on your tummy. Or go buy Ensure or Bolthouse Farm drinks - those pack a calorie punch and have nutrients you'll be lacking due to being sick. Drink like two of those plus eat what you can so you can get your cals up until you can eat normally again0
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