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my mum thinks im turning anorexic
I'm not really skinny, I promise, its just everyday I have the same thing over and over and I will not change my routine. I think I tend to eat less because I'm a busy person, eating feels like a chore so I eat things that are really quick to eat. This is my diet:
Breakfast- 1yogurt + drink
Lunch- 1apple + water
Dinner- homecooked meal with the family
Is this a healthy diet?
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That's not enough food to live on. You need to eat a lot more than that, sorry. Weight loss is a lifestyle, not a diet.
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, am learning to cook, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
More on vitamin B12
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Good luck!
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Your diet isn't the best I have ever seen and it is not the worst either. You could probably improve upon you lunch with a salad or a sandwich to go with that apple.
If your healthy and not underweight then there is not anything truly wrong with you and you are certainly not anorexic. You could try eating smaller type meals more often if taking time to eat is seen as a chore.
If your still in school I'm sure you can find something quick and easy to eat in the cafeteria at lunch other than the apple. When you get home maybe a PBJ sandwich or something else like some carrots or celery sticks. Celery sticks with cream cheese or that thick Greek yogurt would be really good. Then dinner with the family and an after dinner indulgence would be in order as well.
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Um, not really. If anything, you should be eating small meals 5-6 times a day to keep your energy up and your body going.
Anorexia is a mental disorder that often stems from issues of control, and is often paired with body dysmorphia - that is, you look in the mirror and actually see yourself as much larger than you are. So if you don't think you're fat, and your goal is not to be a skeleton, then anorexia is not the correct name for your issue.
However.
I know how you feel, and I often fall into the same habit of just barely eating enough to keep myself going, but you have to keep in mind that, much like a car, your body is a machine, and food is its fuel, in various forms. That being said, I can't imagine (unless your homecooked dinner is very high in calories) you're getting anywhere near the normal 2000 calories you should be, provided you're not trying to lose weight. Even a person trying to lose weight should typically not dip below 1200 calories, as I recall.
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If you're below 1200, to keep your body out of starvation mode (where it stores everything you put into it instead of using it, and slows your metabolism WAY down), try adding some calories to your meals, or using protein or meal shakes to supplement. Even if you're busy, you MUST remember to take care of yourself. Set alarms to eat if you have to.
Be healthy. Good luck.
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Hi. I'm studying psychology A level at the moment. I'm no doctor, but I think this is healthy.
Anorexia is a psychological disorder. Without going into details, it's you're brain taking control of a situation by not eating.
Basically, it takes a while for an anorexic to realize they are.
Now you've spotted you're 'not really skinny'. An anorexic thinks they're fat or thinks other people think that they're fat. So they loose the weight because they feel insecure and, according to Freud, 'regress' back to when they were a child, and develop childlike qualities so they're problems go away.
So you see, anorexia is a much more psycological problem than not just eating enough. If you've got an average BMI and you feel healthy and have healthy hair/complexion they yeh its fine.
Take care now :)
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