Advice?

tashaa1992

My body is really weird when it comes to food. I eat, and five minutes later I'm really sleepy and don't have any energy. It happens with anything I eat.

My old diet: fresh fruit and vegetables only. way over the recommended 'five a day' guideline. I'd have a sugar free redbull every morning and that'd sort me out. Aside from the redbull, I drank black teas and black coffees, about five a day.

I am trying to introduce new foods into my diet now: soups, yoghurts, small servings of dried fruit such as raisins or apricots. A cereal bar to go with my tea mid afternoon, meat free mince, quorn chicken pieces, fresh fruit and vegetables but no more than five a day.
I'm still working on incorporating these foods into my diet, just one step at a time.
I drink the recommended water intake but I still drink teas and coffees, my cut off point is at two mugs. I also drink no added sugar squash, 200mls of skimmed milk a day and just one glass of diet pepsi a day.
I'm in recovery from anorexia and I understand this may be part of the reason why my body doesn't have the energy for usual daily tasks but it's really getting me down. I have suffered with anorexia from the age of six, I am twenty now. At the age of sixteen I started purging(vomiting)my food and drinks, water too, so it is a big deal keeping anything down for me.

Note: I used to sleep roughly 4-5 hours a night and I currently sleep 7-9 hours a night.

What do I do?

melloneill16

My body is really weird when it comes to food. I eat, and five minutes later I'm really sleepy and don't have any energy. It happens with anything I eat.

My old diet: fresh fruit and vegetables only. way over the recommended 'five a day' guideline. I'd have a sugar free redbull every morning and that'd sort me out. Aside from the redbull, I drank black teas and black coffees, about five a day.

I am trying to introduce new foods into my diet now: soups, yoghurts, small servings of dried fruit such as raisins or apricots. A cereal bar to go with my tea mid afternoon, meat free mince, quorn chicken pieces, fresh fruit and vegetables but no more than five a day.
I'm still working on incorporating these foods into my diet, just one step at a time.
I drink the recommended water intake but I still drink teas and coffees, my cut off point is at two mugs. I also drink no added sugar squash, 200mls of skimmed milk a day and just one glass of diet pepsi a day.
I'm in recovery from anorexia and I understand this may be part of the reason why my body doesn't have the energy for usual daily tasks but it's really getting me down. I have suffered with anorexia from the age of six, I am twenty now. At the age of sixteen I started purging(vomiting)my food and drinks, water too, so it is a big deal keeping anything down for me.

Note: I used to sleep roughly 4-5 hours a night and I currently sleep 7-9 hours a night.

What do I do?

Are you getting any protein? Like Tofu, greek yogurt, eggs? That might help with the tiredness...any mulitvitamins also? or Ensure? I think it is a great Idea what you are doing! Keep it up with the slowly introducing and trying new things! WOndering if the protein and vits will help with the energy....keep us posted!

LovesGG

That happens to me a lot. I find that I can actually do my homework while I'm hungry but if I eat prior to doing my homework, I will fall asleep on it. I find that it's not only the kind of food that I eat that causes it but I also realized that it has to do with the amount of food I ate. If I eat till my stomach is full and then add an entire drink on top of that, I get sluggish. But if I eat till I'm like 95% full and have a drink to fill up the 5% left, I feel significantly different. I also feel a slight difference depending on how slow or fast I ate. If I ate super fast then I feel horribly drowsy even if I didn't fill my stomach. See what works for you because I could just be a weirdo. I think it may be part of your body just saying "Woah, there's a bunch of stuff in here that went in too fast. Sit down while I digest."