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How to fuel for 9 pm race?
Alright, so I have a dilemma. I am recovering from anorexia and so I have a meal plan have to stick to with 3 meals and 3 snacks. Usually eat dinner around 8:30/9 pm and eat two snacks later on. Problem is I am running a 9 pm 5 K tomorrow. Usually my races in morning and I don't eat before because makes me feel sick, but…
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Addiction?
So I am recovering from anorexia/overexercising and wanted to ask some "normies" for help. I have found I counter my ED best if I have facts/others experience to rely on. Currently this is my struggle: Three days ago I graduated from university. I was working constantly to maintain the 4.0 I graduated with and working full…
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Rebuilding my body
So I lost a lot of weight (down to 85.8 lbs at 5 ft 7 at my lowest..now 90 lbs and uncomfortable) due to anorexia. I have had all eating disorders since I was 6 (Binge eating disorder till 14, then anorexia and exercise bulimia till well...40 days ago now). I am trying to not look at this as gaining weight but as…
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Can you be allergic to candy?
Hey everyone-- So I am recovering from anorexia and tonight was dessert night. I decided to finally have the Reese's Xmas Tree I had wanted (yes I have kept it since xmas). I felt fine before..had good dinner (mahi-mahi, spinach salad, potatoes, peas, yogurt, melon, olives). Was still a little hungry so went ahead and ate…
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Surgery?
So I had a liver biopsy two days ago (Wed) and due to pain was barely able to eat those two days (maybe 900 calories) and yet I have gained weight? Gained even more after getting back to regular intake yesterday. I am just curious....could I still be retaining fluids from the IV or did I really just gain weight?
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AMAZING Greek Yogurt Find
Light N' Fit Greek Yogurt Dark Chocolate Cherry...heaven in a cup! Only 80 calories. Yes please! Anyone else found this yogurt and best flavors?
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Help me recover!
So basically I need people with sanity to help me. I am trying to (and have been trying to) recover from anorexia. I had a pretty bad lapse and today was 88.6 lbs..not my lost of 85.8....but still bad seeing as I am 5'7.5". Through a strange turn of events I decided to get back in recovery...not tomorrow...TODAY. I have a…
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how the heck!
So I was backed up in the poo dept for a few days and had to do magnesium citrate lax yest per gi doc reccomendation...lots of diarrhea and still have some today. was up a lb this morning...how is that possible? I would think with being cleared out I would be down. Stomach still very distended and all gurgly. Is this water…
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Did I screw myself up
So I am recovering from anorexia and was doing great for a month or so. Eating my meal plan given by nutritionist (probably around 1700-1800 calories) and was only gaining 1 lb per week. However three weeks ago my father suddenly died and I immediately lapsed. I went to eating 800-1000 calories, working out, and towards…
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Breakfast with Santa
Hey guys-- I really need help. This year the theme for our Xmas meal is B-fast with Santa. My mom knows I love baking and that it's healing for me so I will be baking everything for her, my brother, stepdad, and stepbrother. I am totally fine with this as I need some healing this Christmas as my dad passed three weeks ago.…
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PB2 Brilliance
So there was this PB by PB & Co I liked, but it was too oily and messy for me. It was spicy though...thus it's name The Heat is On. Well, oh well...my brilliant mind just invented the same thing! Make your PB2 as usual (for me 2 T powder with as much water as needed for desired consistency) and then add 1/4 tsp Cayenne…
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Way to tackle thanksgiving
I hope you all will enjoy some Thankgiving time and food with your family. A week ago today I was sitting in my dorm room thinking about actually eating my dad's stuffing. He made it so healthy but still hadn't eaten it since I was 13 because of my obsession with weight loss and eating healthy. I did binge on it after day…
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Eating before 5k..
So originally was working with a nutritionist and planned on eating my assigned meal plan..no questions asked. Well..last Wed at 11:48 pm I got a call from my brother and my father suddenly and tragically died. No warning, nothing. He just died. And grief has hit me hard...real hard. Barely ate 700 cals Thurs-Sun, then…
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Struggling with body image
So I am recovering from anorexia...yes I have a team and yes they know all this. I have started gaining weight outpatient for the first time. I officially today have gained 3 lbs. I am 5 ft 7.5 inches and now weigh 89.6 lbs...this is highest I have been in months and I haven't been over 90 lbs since Feb. I am struggling…
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Putting happy back in halloween
I've never celebrated Halloween much thanks to having an eating disorder since I was 6...but this year...I started the celebration a day early. Yesterday I ate a halloween cookie unplanned because I wanted it. And tonight...my RD is having me eat 5 pieces of halloween candy. I am a senior in college and haven't eaten any…
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Why you should give up your eating disorder!
This basically sums it up! Been avoiding facing the reality of my eating disorder for so long..but it all came out tonight. http://freedomhunger.blogspot.com/2013/10/reality-and-costs-of-ed.html Now I just hope I can get back on the road to recovery..
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Pre and Post Run Food
So I am training for a 5K (actually this is quite depressing as used to be a xc runner and these were easy for me...now I can barely run 3 minutes straight...thanks anorexia for stealing that). Well back when I was runner I was also anorexic and now I am on road to recovery. I know if I ever tried to eat before a run I…
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Popcorn in bag
I really, really don't want to have to buy an air popper....but cooking popcorn in the brown paper bag isn't working. Maybe I am doing it wrong...anyone know best methods?
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Does timing matter?
So I had a weigh-in for my nutritionist this morning (I weigh on my scale at home and report it to her). I was so nervous to weigh-in that I did same thing did last week. Instead of weighing right when woke up at 8:30 AM I delayed it. Last week delayed it till 9:30 and this morning till 10 AM. So here is my question. The…
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Weigh-in time
So I had a weigh-in for my nutritionist this morning (I weigh on my scale at home and report it to her). I was so nervous to weigh-in that I did same thing did last week. Instead of weighing right when woke up at 8:30 AM I delayed it. Last week delayed it till 9:30 and this morning till 10 AM. So here is my question. The…
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Pumpkin
So I have a can of pumpkin I need to use, but I am a college student who just has a microwave...so what can I do with it? I am on meal plan so I can sneak out sugar-free syrups or something...but can you just eat pumpkin out of the can?
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rapid or fluctuation
So on my 21st bday I had bday cake for first time in 6 yrs (recovering from ED). Before that had maintained my wt for 5 days (from tues and then weighed Fri, sat, Sun). I had eaten a lot of my forbidden foods during that time and was feeling great. Then Sun had the cake and next day up a lb. It's now Wed I kept eating…
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same scale but diff house
So I brought my scale with me from college back home for the long weekend because been waiting to see if the wt gain had from my bday was temporary or real. After .6 of it still there yest I just accepted it was real (been 5 days). Well I weighed for first time at hometoday and rest of wt came off. Promised would go to…
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Fluctuation vs real
So on my 21st bday I had bday cake for first time in 6 yrs . Before that had maintained my wt for 5 days (from tues and then weighed Fri, sat, Sun). I had eaten a lot of my forbidden foods during that time and was feeling great. Then Sun had the cake and next day up a lb. It's now Wed I kept eating forbidden foods and the…
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How many days till fluctuation real?
So on my 21st bday I had bday cake for first time in 6 yrs (recovering from ED). Before that had maintained my wt for 5 days (from tues and then weighed Fri, sat, Sun). I had eaten a lot of my forbidden foods during that time and was feeling great. Then Sun had the cake and next day up a lb. It's now Wed I kept eating…
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On my 21st...
I will allow myself cake! So a little background here...I am 21 today and have had an eating disorder since the age of 6. Started with binge eating disorder, then non-purge bulimia and anorexia (did overexercising to purge, no binging), and then straight anorexia, and then back to non-purge type bulimia and anorexia (again…
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21st b-day victory
So a little background here...I am 21 today and have had an eating disorder since the age of 6. Started with binge eating disorder, then non-purge bulimia and anorexia (did overexercising to purge, no binging), and then straight anorexia, and then back to non-purge type bulimia and anorexia (again overexercise but no…
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Eating Disorder Support
Anyone on here trying to gain weight in recovery from anorexia? Any tips on not getting scared about the rate? Anyone using a meal plan instead of calorie counting...aka trusting a nutritionist? Weighing daily or weekly? Dealing with how you think people think of your new body? I have struggled with literally every…
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Facing fear of...
Hey everyone-- So I kind of need help facing my fear of desserts. You see...I am in recovery from anorexia nervosa, but have had an ED since I was 6. I have had every single kind and been from the underweight condition I am in now to obese when I was younger and binging. Well...I kind of want to (and I think need to) face…
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Rapid weight gain
Has anyone else experienced weight gain at an accelerated rate in the beginning? Does it slow down? I don't think numbers are allowed here so won't share, but it's hard when nutritionist is even confused how I am gaining so much.
