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I Can't Eat Much
I am female, of 18 years of age. I am of average height, 5'4" with a naturally thin body and weighing 113lbs. I have always stayed from 112-114, never went up or down like at all. Recently I started college and I wasn't able to eat much. A lot of people kept asking me if I was anorexic and it made me feel really bad. I AM NOT. I love food! I make weird mixes and everything. Whenever I get anxious or nervous though my appettite is very low. It's not my fault. It's not like I tell my body to do such things. Is there any way for me to gain my appettite even when I'm nervous? I have to walk a lot and that coupled with low nutrition will end up killing me, I need some help with this problem while I get used to my new life.
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Start by eliminating anything that reduces appetite, like coffee and cigarettes etc. If you drink a lot of fluid during the day then reduce that as well. Then, aim to eat a lot of smaller meals and increase your carbohydrate intake (potatoes, rice, fruit etc).
Try that for a few weeks and see if it helps.
If not, then the next thing to do would be to "disguise" extra calories in the food you are eating, so if you are eating low fat versions of things then switch to full fat, add olive oil and dressings to your dishes, aim to eat more calorie-dense food such as salmon instead of tuna, choose fattier cuts of meat, use cheese as a garnish etc.
Then of course you will need to work on your anxieties - these will be particular to your situation but think about working on confidence by having more social interactions, reframing situations in a more positive light, identifying those things that make you anxious and confronting them or practising being around them so they don't make you as nervous.
Hope this helps :)
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