Am I eating too much/not enough? Overcoming eating disorders.

EMC9112
EMC9112 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Just want to begin by saying I've overcome both binge eating disorder and severe restriction, I'm now at a place where I don't fear food anymore.

However because I had such a distorted view of food and a fear of the amount of it for many years I now have trouble working out if I'm eating too much. I also have hashimotos which means I gain weight easily and don't lose it easily.

I don't need to lose weight, I'm 5'8 and 132lbs, my goal is muscle tone and loss of a little bit of fat hiding the muscles :)

my typical day looks like:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with olive butter

Lunch: 4 organic nairns oatcakes with a banana with 1.5 tsp of organic peanut butter with grapes.

Snack: satsuma

Dinner: 2 jacket potatoes with lots of vegetables, or wholegrain rice with cashew nuts and veg (like a homemade Chinese sweetchilli dish) :)

I don't eat eat dairy on its own (no milk/cheese) unless it's part of a dish etc and I'm vegetarian. :)

any thoughts would be really appreciated, I know my diets not the best but I'm 19 and hate cooking haha :p

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Enter your stats here on the site. In your case, ask your Dietician or doctor for a calorie and nutrition recommendation since you already have food issues. Stick to their plan. Enter your food here. Enter your exercise. Eat until you hit zero at the bottom of your Food Diary (Food tab). Then do that for six weeks and see how it all comes out. That's what we all have to do to get a baseline number to eat.

    It is impossible to be perfect at this. Just use the tools and keep an eye on your weight so you don't lose any more! Lifting progressively heavier weights will give you the body you want.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    This sounds like it might be very low calorie based on the quantity of some of the ingredients. In order for us to know whether you might be eating too much or too little, we'd require the calorie counts for all of this as well as the scale weight, or close approximation thereof, for these items.

    Do you currently weigh your solid foods to assist in determining the number of calories that you are consuming?
  • illyich
    illyich Posts: 195 Member
    If you want muscle gain, put in your stats here and eat at a surplus. Tell MFP you want to gain 1/2 pound a week and lift heavy. Get your protein and carbs in. I wish it could be my turn to bulk :(
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