Food Issues Food Log

[AshieDawn]

b: 2 waffles w/ peanut butter and syrup
l: a chocolate chip muffin
s: 1/3 bag popcorn
d: 2 servings cottege cheese
s: 1/3 bag popcorn

^sadly, that's a lot better than what i've been eating. I had a lot of juice too though, and for every 8 oz of juice i drink I get 1 serving of fruit, so I probably got about 5 or 6.

I have such a junk food diet! Argh!

[porvida]

ok today I didnt eat well, I fell asleep at 5 this morning and woke up at noon...its now 2 am and ive eaten
a tiny mango
a couple bites pasta salad
a cup of tomato basil soup with about 1/6 of the hunk of bread they gave me
-iced tea with splenda
-black coffee

before i had the soup, basically i had eaten that mango and nothing else in the span of at least 24 hours...i just had no appetite :(
maybe its because ive been depressed lately. today started out the same, slept badly, weird disturbing dreams, and i was just depressed...but then, it turned out to be a really good day. I still don't have an appetite really...that soup was at about....7 or 8. but at least im content and not crying.

[porvida]

yesterday was SO not any better
I ate a mango in the morning, at 11 when I woke up, and a couple bites of cereal...literally, like 5 pieces.
then 5 baby carrots about 8 hours later
then nothing except for half a diet pepsi for another 5 hours
and then I was hungry so I had...probably another 5 little salted nuts.
and then I went to bed.

GOOD DAY.

i've been awake for about 2 hours and just got home. I have a headache and had kind of a crazy night last night. And I want breakfast but at the same time don't feel really hungry. I'm gonna eat I just don't know what, we have like....zero food I want. maybe I'll go out somewhere with my book.
I wonder where the hell my appetite went. Why am I never hungry? Why don't I even crave food?

[Virtue23]

PV - you sooo need to be on the ETL thread. That is, if you ever wanna get better or live a healthy life, of course.

You know what to do. Do it. Eat. Vebo says so! :D

:vebo:

[porvida]

well, I AM recovering from an eating disorder. honestly this not eating thing for the past few days isnt because I want to lose weight because I dont really care. I just don't have an appetite.

i just had a bluberry bagel with a really little bit of lite cream cheese, and a bite of chocolate.
I think what I need to do is cook. make some chili or something later, I haven't cooked all summer...so another reason I'm eating like crap.

[Virtue23]

Wonderful, that's a good start! :up:

And I second the cooking. Cooking my own food definitely helped me to eat more during those few times when I wasn't eating nearly enough. Perhaps your mom could cook for you in case you never get around to it tho.

Still, great start.

[porvida]

well my moms out of town right now, plus she doesn't cook much. She's more likely to eat something vegetarian that I make than she is to make something herself, she used to cook all the time but got sick of it after her boyfriend, the pickiest person in the world, moved in with us. :-/

[Virtue23]

Oh, that sucks. But cooking for yourself is cool too. Make sure you actually do it tho missy. For future reference, buy foods that you like and can also eat on-hand at any time you get hungry. Like, I keep a salad bag around as frequently as possible, and definitely WHOLE GRAINS. Be it oatmeal packets, granola bars or whole-grain rice cakes, these are definitely necessities. And any nutbutter could help supplement for the healthy fats you may be lacking. :D

[porvida]

ooh. i need to buy more rice cakes. I think I have some in the cabinet, but i also think they've been there about a year :lol:...unless I threw them out.

anyway I just made vegan chili!! its simmering on the stove right now. I think I'm gonna make some carrot bisque later. I really do like cooking. my mom will like what I'm making too so yay.

[wannadisco]

she used to cook all the time but got sick of it after her boyfriend, the pickiest person in the world, moved in with us. :-/


i moved in with my boyfriend about four months ago and i feel the same. he never eats anything i cook and its alright for him cus he's really skinny and can get away with eating pizza daily but i cant :cry: and ive put on so much weight cus of it. he says he'll support me and help me but he never does. blah to the past few weeks

[porvida]

dude. my mom's boyfriend is NOT skinny. He eats the crappiest food ever and my mom was sucked into it. She wasn't skinny to begin with but she's gained a lot of weight and gotten really unhealthy. I'm making an attempt to help her eat better...I'm really concerned about it.

[Virtue23]

I know the feeling PV. Both of my parents are overweight and generally eat quite unhealthily. However, I think my transition to veg*nism helped them to eat a LOT healthier. They eat more fruits and healthier versions of the things they like.

Unfortunately, they only seem to do this when I come over to visit tho :think: . Like when I visited for my brother's graduation 2 weeks ago, I got them to go to Subway instead of McDeath or some other greasy fast food place for dinner. Subway is still fast food obviously... but its WAY better than most fast food places. Since they insisted on going out and not cooking. So, I'm sure you're influence will kick in soon hopefully, PV. :yes:

[Virtue23]

Today:

1/2 small mug of chai tea :lick:
a few handfuls of dried cranberries
...

I do have a pb sandwich for later tho. Its 2 tbs. pb on 2 slices of low-cal/low carb 7-grain bread. Yum.

Oh I have more of the cranberries too. Maybe I can snag a small handful of my co-worker's trail mix as well. Haha. We'll see.

[porvida]

awake for 5 1/2 hours, eaten:

1/2 a small mango
1/2 a strawberry bagel w/ very little bit of lite cream cheese
can of minute maid lite lemonade (5 calories and my favorite stuff on the planet)
couple bites of my veg. chili....cold....gross

asian food later with my mom, maybe I'll pick on stuff before then...

why does that seem like so much food?!? i suck.

[ynaffit]

i'm sick. all i've eaten today is tomato soup (probably about .5 carton) w/ nutritional yeast and crackers. i probably won't eat anything else unless chris makes me food.

[Virtue23]

awake for 5 1/2 hours, eaten:

1/2 a small mango
1/2 a strawberry bagel w/ very little bit of lite cream cheese
can of minute maid lite lemonade (5 calories and my favorite stuff on the planet)
couple bites of my veg. chili....cold....gross

asian food later with my mom, maybe I'll pick on stuff before then...

why does that seem like so much food?!? i suck.

Porvida - thats not nearly enough food. I think you know that. Try having a big salad with dinner and I'd definitely have a snack before then. You can do it. :up:

Ynaffit - feel better! I hope Chris makes you something, or else you should at least have more soup and bread. and plenty of liquids.

[AngelOfDance]

where are all these "small mangoes" I keep hearing about (or even "tiny mangoes")?

ever mango I've ever seen is HUGE... I love mangoes, but don't get them often because they're so big.

I'd be absolutely delighted if someone could direct me to a tiny mango source

[Azalea]

where are all these "small mangoes" I keep hearing about (or even "tiny mangoes")?

ever mango I've ever seen is HUGE... I love mangoes, but don't get them often because they're so big.

I'd be absolutely delighted if someone could direct me to a tiny mango source

That's strange. I've actually seen them in several shops in the city, here.

You could come. The plane ticket might be a little costly, though. But at least you could revel in the delightful irony of going to Norway for mangoes. :p

[porvida]

yeah, the ones I have are always very little. I wont buy them if they're big. I dunno what it is...they're normal mangoes too, not the yellow ones because im not a huge fan of those.

[@Raeven]

virtue, you could benefit from your own advice :)

Porvida, great start!! I want mangoes now, dammit!

[bluewisdom]

I'm going to start posting here again, I think. Currently, I'm eating normally..or as normally as my appetite/stomach/mind can handle..and using Ensure Plus/other liquids for the weight-gain-calories. Today I didn't have enough calories for my weight-gain-goal though, because I am sick with a sore throat. Normally I try to aim for 1350 - 2100 daily, averaging about 1600 calories daily. (0.5 - 2 lbs gain per week).

Tuesday July 12:
Lunch:
*sandwich, consisting of two slices raisin wheat bread (96g/251 calories), 3 oz tofu (170), small handful of baby arugula and baby spinach (5), 1 tbsp light ranch dressing (50) - 476
*8 fl oz 100% watermelon juice - 112
Dinner:
*yogurt parfait, consisting of 100g Fage Total greek yogurt (130), 1/2 tbsp honey (39), 157g banana (157) - 326
*8 fl oz Ensure Plus - 351

Total: 1264 calories/ 30g fat (24%)

[ynaffit]

thanks, virtue. i do feel a little better than i did this morning.

i ate more, too: celery sticks w/ pb and raisins, some steamed broccoli, a dr. praeger's california burger patty on a roll, chocolate, a silk live! drink, and a bowl of red cabbage with sesame oil dressing.

[Virtue23]

virtue, you could benefit from your own advice :)

Porvida, great start!! I want mangoes now, dammit!

Yeah, I know. I did eat a little more much later in the evening though. I had some all-natural corn tortilla chips and 1/2 a pb cookie. **shrug** well, at least it was something... and I usually do eat enough.

[porvida]

we all just need to try harder!

I havent eaten yet but its only been like 3 hours, all of which were spent talking to my mom and figuring my life out. i might go have one of those cottage doubles things, ya know low fat cottage cheese and fruit....probably terrible for me but it has some protein, which I never get...and I'm out of mangos. !!!! how am I to live?!

[Virtue23]

Yeah, I have been doing ok for the most part, but today seems to be particularly challenging for me. Everything keeps getting screwed up at work and other stuff is annoying me, so in essence...my appetite is GONE. I mean, usually I get hungry every 3-4 hours (good metabolism - haha). But today?? I've been sooo angry that I don't want anything I packed for today. I just wanna go home and sulk, which I know would be totally unprofitable and not wise... but still. So eating seems to be quite a challenge today. I pray things will get better. :-/