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I'm a vegan and it's starting to get hard.
Good day! Here's my dilemma. I've been recovering from an eating disorder. It's kind of hell, you see. I've gained ten lbs so far (went from being 105 lbs to 114 lbs), so I'm not dangerously underweight anymore. That's it's own kind of hard, but lately things are starting to get even more difficult. I've been vegan for…
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Bloating after eating
Hi there, sorry if this sounds more like a rant but I'm just incredibly frustrated right now. I always try to delay eating every day for as long as I can. I get up at around 5:30 am and don't eat until anywhere between 1:30 to 3 pm. This is only because after I start eating, my stomach bloats up and I look terrible. I'm…
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New fitness regime - how many calories should I eat?
So I took about two weeks off from serious dieting in order to reign in my mentality back. I was around 106 lbs and I'm certain that I'm around 110 lbs again. (5'5.5") If not 110 then higher, but I can't check right now. I just started a lifting program. I go four days a week: I do legs and abs for two days and upper body…
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Binging in recovery - please help
I'm trying to adopt a normal plan of eating so I can recover from an ED, but I keep binging every time I start eating. It's nearly 1 PM where I'm at and I've already eaten over 2,000 calories - I don't know what's wrong with me. I know I'm underweight (5'5.5" 107 lbs) and I know that triggers binges but I'm not restricting…
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What should I do from here?
Hope everyone is having a lovely start to the weekend! I think I have finally come to terms with the fact that I'm at an unhealthy place right now, weight wise. On a BMI chart, it says I'm underweight (5'5.5" and 106 lbs) but I don't really know if a BMI chart is all that accurate. But I know something is wrong because of…
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Appetite uncontrollable after calorie increase
Good day! (it almost was) For the last few weeks, I've been eating more as many people in my personal life have been worried about me as I am now lighter than I was when I had an ED (still recovering). My goal is maintenance, and since I'm 5'5.5" and 107 lbs, it's around 1,900ish calories (I work out nearly every day). But…
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How to estimate the calories in a restaurant meal?
What do you do when you're at a restaurant and you don't know the nutrition info? I've been googling the place but I've had no luck. It's a chain place called Charm Thai and I get the same meal every time. It's called "Tofu Royal" and it's comprised mainly of vegetables, but it comes with tofu and brown rice and everything…
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Old habits are dying hard.
Good day to you all! I'm having some difficulties. I've been in recovery for an eating disorder for quite a while. As many on here may know, during the stage of recovery, many recoverers find themselves binging quite a bit. I basically binged for three months straight on fruit, and I'm trying to stop the habit entirely. My…
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Anyone else thrive on one meal a day?
Happy Saturday! Out of curiosity, how many of you tend to only eat one meal per day? You can survive on one meal per day granted that you eat enough calories in the meal to get by. But does anyone prefer to eat this way? And if so, how many calories do you consume daily and what does your meal usually consist of?
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Feeling discouraged
This week just hasn't been the best. I developed a head cold and it's been really getting in the way of things. I missed a workout yesterday (I rarely miss workouts) and I made soup (sodium-heavy) to try and cope. Combining that with my being on my period and a lack of regularity, I weighed in at 114 lbs instead of 108 lbs…
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Was this the right thing to do?
I've accidentally undereaten severely for the past few days. Two days ago, I only ate around 750 calories, and yesterday I only ate around 1,250 calories. For maintenance (though inclined for slight weight loss) I should be eating around 1,800-1,900 calories per day. I wasn't trying to eat so low; it just kind of happened…
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Should I start lifting so soon?
I'm in recovery for an eating disorder. I've made decent progress from where I was a few months ago, and I'm continuing to get better. Granted, I'm not in a perfect state of health as of now. My boyfriend knows the ins and outs of weight lifting. In fact, he's actually been accepted for a job as a personal trailer at the…
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I really do need help with something...strange.
This is a really peculiar problem, but I'm finally ready to break free of it, as it's been plaguing me for months now. My diary's private for a reason. I'm embarrassed about it. I never reach the appropriate macro counts. It's always very high carb, very low protein and fat. I rarely eat grains; a half cup of rice, and not…
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Will I ever reduce my waist size from here?
I'm 5'5.5", weighed in today at 110 lbs, and my waist size still hovers around 26-27 inches, and that's in the morning before I eat anything. Is there any way I can get my waist down to 24> inches? I've tried a lot of things (including waist training with a corset, but I don't think I'm going to try that) and while I do a…
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Didn't weigh fruit samples, concerned
Hi there! I went to a fresh produce market today in the city. Before going, I had one of my typical meals, salad and Skinnypop (merits about 300 calories). However at this market, I was trying fresh fruit samples from many of the stands, and I have no idea how many calories it could have been. I also ate a lot of fruit…
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Gained four lbs in a week?
Hi, I'm panicking right now. I reached my UGW a week ago, 110 lbs. For the rest of the week, I ate anywhere from 1,300 to 1,900 calories, exercise every day. I ate to my TDEE (1,900) yesterday and a few days back. I weighed in this morning at 114 lbs. I feeling very depressed about it and I'm having a hard time getting…
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Binged on fruit
Hello all, I'm asking about an issue that I've been dealing with for months now. This is basically night eating with a slight twist. Today, I'd eaten 1,408 calories, which is around my goal for the day, but I continued to feel hungry no matter how much time passed. I wanted to wait till morning but my cravings got the best…
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Anxiety at eating TDEE
I've been trying to transition into maintenance, as it's something I've never done before. I calculated my TDEE and it says I'm at 1,950 calories for each day. I got to 1,900, which is great, but now I'm just kind of freaking out. I want to go burn off the calories from the last meal I ate because that's what I'm used to…
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Should I eliminate grains?
Good evening! This isn't really a question about eliminating food for weight loss, since it's all about calories in and calories out. But studies and books keep popping up about how bad grains are for you, how they are a product of an unnatural arigcultural environment and how they aren't digested that well by our stomachs…
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Gained three lbs in two days?
I usually weigh myself every two days, and two days ago I weighed in at 111 lbs. Today I was 114 lbs and I don't know why? I didn't go over my calorie limit in over a week; I haven't even hit my maintenance number. My period isn't regular and I'm not expecting it any time soon so I don't think it's that.. What could this…
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Minor screw ups
I have a question: what do you do when you make smaller, last drastic mistakes? I mean they're not severe enough to require some kind of drawback but at the same time if you do nothing, it's like you're reinforcing that behavior in some ways. For example, today I ate under my calorie limit. My usual caloric intake is…
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Intermittent fasting question?
Hope you all are having a nice Wednesday! I've been doing intermittent fasting for a month and a half of so, and I love how it makes my body feel and the results I've gotten. But I'm wondering which method works better, doing 18:6 or 21:3. The reason I ask this is because I usually eat two meals per today but sometimes I…
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Skipped a workout, feeling anxious
I need an opinion on rest days. I'm used to working out every day, whether it be in a gym or at home. However today I didn't do anything besides a two mile walk. Should someone work out every day? Or is 5-6 days a week better?
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Advice for a current situation
Hello there. I really screwed up yesterday. I'm leaving in three days and as a parting gift I made these vegan cookies that my family really enjoys, especially my younger sister. Well, I ended up indulging myself in them and I ate several spoonfuls of the dough, which is like the worst caloric way to eat them. All I had…
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Terrible chest pains during cardio?
I've been having a few bad days at the gym, but today was by far the worst. I was on the elliptical and about eight minutes in, I started having these awful chest pains. The people around me could see how visibly distressed I was and though I tried to continue onward at a lesser intensity, it didn't seem to help. I fear…
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Scared of eating at maintenance
Good day, hope you all are having a nice Tuesday. I've been posting on the General Diet forum on occasion because my mindset lately has been to lose more weight. I don't have that much farther to go, and weight loss is so slow near the end. But today I was having a discussion with my brother about it and he said, "You're…
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Lost my period, should I be concerned?
I'm not really sure why this could happen outside of a medical reason - I plan on receiving a doctor's advice as soon as I can. I could have sworn that I was having PMS symptoms right around the time I should have, but then they faded away and my period never came. But all the bloating and other symptoms that come with PMS…
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Always hungry, should I increase calorie intake?
So, here's my situation. I eat anywhere between 1,200 to 1,800 calories (depending on exercise) and for the past two weeks, I've been insatiably hungry no matter what. My exercise routine has been pretty consistent lately. Every day, I walk 2-5 miles at a moderate pace, just outside and around my neighborhood. I don't know…
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Want to eat more protein ... But I'm vegan?
Hi there! People on this site always say that eating more protein keeps you satiated, while a carb based diet tends to cause more cravings. I try to reach my daily requirements for protein every day, but lots of people also encourage that you go past that limit. The thing is, I'm vegan. I'm not vegan for weight loss. I've…
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Should I eat before a workout?
I usually try to base my meals around my daily workout. Instead of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I'd usually eat pre-workout and a post-workout meals. For the past week I've cut out the pre-workout meal, and now I'm rethinking the decision. Thoughts? Do you eat before you workout? Are there reasons why I should/shouldn't?
