Can't eat over 1000 calories

Biggipooh

My advice you need counseling. This isn't a healthy lifestyle and no doctor is going to recommend you eating this few of calories and anyone that is a "friend" isn't really a friend if they at telling you it's perfectly fine to eat that few or not to eat any food and just drink shakes! That's bull**** and you're heading down a road of anorexia and you'll have a much harder time recovering from that than of you, heaven forbid, gain 5 pounds and start to look healthy. Ask any guy and they will agree, a girl with a little meat on her bones is more attractive that seeing skin and bones. You'll look healthier with a few pounds on you.

And before I get reamed, this is my opinion, take it or leave it but all these young girls eating less than their body needs to survive are headed down a dangerous path, no different than someone who is at the other extreme eating too much. And I've been there and lessons learned. If you are truly that worried, see a nutritionist, and ask their advice.

It's awfully rude to outright accuse her of having an eating disorder and needing counseling. She mentioned food allergies. My friend has celiacs disease and her intestines are so screwed up (was diagnosed late) that it takes MUCH more food for her to gain the nutrition that she needs. She almost needs to eat twice what a normal person would eat just to survive. And yet, she's 4'10" and 85 pounds. She tries to eat calorie dense foods to make up for her deficiencies but her body is just not cooperating. Not to mention that if she eats too much, she gets sick anyways. She's always going to be tiny, and she's always going to have to work hard to shovel food down her throat just to survive. It sucks; someone may look at her and think she could have an eating disorder, but she certainly does not. She wants to eat normally, but her health prevents that.

And even if the OP had mentioned she feels she has an emotional problem with eating food, you don't need to start off with YOU NEED COUNSELING. What an insolent way to treat someone.

That was not rude at all. Everybody has a different opinion about things like that. Maybe she has an eating disorder, maybe not. Only a doctor or nutritionist can judge that..... But it is always a good thing, to point the possibility out. Better safe, than sorry.

You said, your friend has celiacs desease. I bet, she or he went to a doctor for the problems.....

geordiegirl27

I can totally understand what you're experiencing, when I was a lot younger I used to severely limit my calorie intake. I got quite ill but thankfully realised that what I was doing wasn't healthy and with a lot of help from my family I learnt to eat properly again (I didnt become anorexic but got to the point where I could have crossed that line)

I now find that I still tend to restrict myself when I'm trying to lose weight, when I first joined WW many years ago I had to eat more, I was terrified I'd gain weight but the leader was very supportive and you know what the weight came off.

I'm now back to calorie counting doing this and I'm fearful of calories in some foods and having to be careful not to become fixated and keep to the calories allocated and to start using some of the calories burnt during exercise.

Please be careful please try to eat a few more cals, even if its by going back to full fat versions of food you may be having low fat, pesto is lovely with salmon then wrapped in parma ham, you're not eating more food but you are getting more calories. Use olive oil to lightly fry some veg for a stir fry you can add a few more without trying - same as people wishing to cut out these hidden calories.

Stay healthy

LittleNicci

to OP: I'm allergic to everything and still manage to eat plenty of calories. just need to get more dense foods in your diet. try adding flaxseed oil or powder to your foods to boost fiber and protein, add a protein shake to your daily routine

LittleNicci

I'm not doing it on purpose, it's just that no matter what I eat, it's just not enough calories. It's even more harder since I have to portion every single meal.

Any one else out there that have the same problem?
Help much appreciated. :flowerforyou:

what are you allergic to?

Living4Liz2012

Yeah I am the same way, but lately I try to squeeze in shakes when I am not hungry to hit at least 1200

mlewon

I'm not doing it on purpose, it's just that no matter what I eat, it's just not enough calories. It's even more harder since I have to portion every single meal.

Any one else out there that have the same problem?
Help much appreciated. :flowerforyou:

Trying adding some shakes or drinks like the Bolthouse products

bolthouse.. mmmm

now_or_never12

Switch low fat/fat free, low cal items for higher fat and calorie versions of foods.

Drink protein shakes, eat cheese, full fat milk, add olive oil to your foods, etc. You need to increase your cals... when you consistantly eat too little your body gets used to it and won't burn as well as before.

JustJennie1

You need to try and eat more through out the day. Once your body gets used to being fed you'll find that you actually are hungry. I just upped my calorie intake a bit and although I'm finding it a little hard to hit my goal right now I've been feeding myself (slowly) through out the day and I'm finding that I'm getting hungrier and the calories I am eating are getting me closer to my goal.

Like some of the people here mentioned add in some protein shakes and use full fat versions of items.