Should I eat at maintenance while sick?

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alexandrabjork388
alexandrabjork388 Posts: 2 Member
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Wondering if I should eat at maintenance while sick. The food I eat won’t be changing just the volume so I’ll be getting all the nutrients I need either way, just wondering if the body needs extra energy. I’ve been tracking for a couple months now and don’t struggle with sticking with the diet, just want to make a speedy recovery. If it matters I’m 180cm and 65kg female.

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  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 1,845 Member
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    You want to be at least maintenance calories or preferably a little above when sick. Your body is working overtime so you need to feed it
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,838 Member
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    I'd vote for maintenance when experiencing or recovering from anything significant, whether illness, injury, or surgery. Yes, healing requires both energy (calories) and nutrition.

    On top of that, you're already at BMI 20.1, on the lower end of the normal BMI range, so I'd suggest you don't want to be losing very fast even when trying to lose, i.e., 0.25 kg/week or slower would be good.

    For other USA-ians like me, 180cm and 65kg is about 5'11" and 143 pounds.

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