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Appetite.
I'm 17, female, about 5'6" and 110 pounds.
I hardly ever have an appetite and I'm rarely hungry.
I can't sit down and eat a meal, so I usually have one to three snacks a day.
I know it's really unhealthy for me, so is there anything I can do?
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yes, you're pretty light for your age and all but you should really have meals. you start by making those snacks larger. change a granola bar into a small portable serving of salad. jsut keeping making your food portions bigger. then eventually you can eat maybe small meals. good luck!
lori 16/f
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You may consider seeing a nutritionist. In some cases, people actually have fears of eating large quantities of food, but don't realize it. Note that this isn't to be confused with an eating disorder in which someone has a fear of gaining weight.
A nutritionist could help you get to the root of your inability to sit down and eat a meal. He will gradually increase your food intake and challenge you to introduce new foods to your diet.
If you wish to conquer this on your own, I suggest making goals for yourself. Perhaps each day you will eat a healthy breakfast every day. And once you're fine with that, eat a healthy dinner daily. And of course once you're fine with that, have a healthy dinner each day. And these meals don't have to be big! You may even chose to have 5 small meals a day. The key is to gradually make healthy changes rather than trying to throw yourself into something that at the moment seems unattainable.
Good Luck!
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