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Thank you so much that is so kind. It's a horrid disease and I hope your sister is in recovery and doing well now. Yes they are definitely sneaky although she is very upfront when she has missed a meal but she has proved that if I do not bring her food she will not eat. She is in no way able to control what she eats. We…
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I've just started giving her smoothies and have them at 750 calories I add protein powder, Greek yoghurt, pumpkin seeds, almonds, Chia seeds, banana, frozen berries, what else do you think I could add?
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Completely controlling her diet in this stage of treatment is mandatory and part of the treatment plan the next stage is where she starts getting control back again. As she restricts food by me controlling it she is not able too
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I have not been advised too and am not tracking it as such. I just put in about 5 days worth for a few reasons mainly to see how many calories she is having so that when they weigh her I can adjust accordingly but also was interested to see how she was sitting with her carb, fat and protein %'s.
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Yeah I've heard that had a good friend go through it with his step daughter and she was pretty bad as well, took them 3 years and several hospital stays but she has been good now for 6 months. Can't imagine how hard that would be and am hoping we have just caught her before it got to that stage. She is very intelligent and…
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Thank you so much. I do not have any experience in eating disorders but do have a medical background and am pretty clued up. My initial thought is to keep the fats slightly higher (good fats that is) as they are calorie dense so a good way to get calories in with a small amount of food for those times when she is too full.…
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She working with us and is doing exceptionally well. When we started treatment a few weeks back she was using school to restrict her food but now she is no longer going to school.she has been very compliant and we've had no resistance at all. I'm hoping that's not going to come.
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Awesome, thank you so much. I am feeding her that often already but that confirms my thought with trying to increase the protein a bit. I posted this in another food forum Web page and ended up being bombarded with every bit of unhelpful advice except what I was actually asking so I really appreciate your post.
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Not with the type of treatment we are doing we just have 1 person we see in this stage of treatment who guides us. We are doing FBT which means the family makes ALL the decisions. Immediate treatment is just to feed so maybe the rest comes later incl a dietician?
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And the professional that diagnosed it is a psychiatrist so don't think he works with diets
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No they have not given any guidance as to what to feed her. I have a medical background myself and a great understanding on nutrition after my on personal journey so am not just a "jo blog" on the subject. Just wanted to know how important the protein intake is and does the 5% we are under really matter.
