Something which i find quite absurd is that people around me, who see i eat think I eat alot. .. However some who read my blog like to tell me I don't eat enough? That is usually the reason why I don't post food diaries, even if they are requested... the fact is that food and food intake is so individual. That what one person eats and how much might not suit someone else... you need to find what suits you. I was talking to my sister the last day and she was saying that she hated when people say that I eat alot, because really i dont. Who is to define what alot is? For my energy needs i eat enough. .. more than someone who just has a desk job. Because I need more. But some athletes an eat around 5000+ a day.. .and i know some bodybuilders and athletes eat 10 000 kcal a day (not a joke. )
So yeah... its about the circumstance. The person.... Not just looking at how one day or one meal looks and telling a person whether they eat too much or too little.
But here is how my food intake looked today a day where I felt I ate quite a bit as i was extra hungry.
breakfast:
Quark mixed with yoghurt & 1,5 handful raisins (Yes my breakfast was small 1) no food in the house2) not super hungry)
Snack: 1 questbar
Snack: 180g (pacakge) salted nuts.... They are ny weakness! Hahha. .. i know i can easily finish one of those packages, which i did!
Lunch: Tuna & bean salad
snack: Big bowl of yoghurt & 2 handfuls of mix of nuts and seeds & 1 orange & 1 questbar
Dinner: Quorn fillets, 2 home made wraps, vegetables & cottage cheese
Snack: 8 chocolate pancakes, 1 serving vanilla casein & vanilla yoghurt.
^^ tgere you see how a day where I felt more hungry looks :) (and remember I have minimal movement and activity at the moment. But I'm not restricting. ) ( and in the post below you'll see how I looked today after dinner. .. I'm not fat just because I ate 200g nuts or because I didn't exercise or because I haven't done cardio in several days ;) :))
You still work out Every day so I cant agree with no excersice :p
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DeleteI think you eat perfectly using intuitive eating without restriction! Thanks for the food diaries. I always enjoy them (:
ReplyDeleteHahah thank you :)
DeleteI love seeing your food diary - it helps to see that it is perfectly OKAY to eat frequently. I feel like I am always eating (even though what I do eat is very healthy), and that scares me. You may have done a post about this before, and if you have, could you direct me to it? But one of the biggest fears I am having to deal with in trying to recover is the anxiety of gaining weight rapidly. I know it is illogical and not really possible, but every time I think about getting a hamburger or milkshake or skipping a work out, I automatically feel like I am going to wake up 5 pound heavier. I feel like I am kind of stuck in a half-recovered stage. I definitely don't restrict when I feel hungry, but all I eat is healthy food and I get anxious about skipping workouts. I know I'm probably rambling, but what I'm trying to get at is how long does it actually take to gain weight? I know that would vary from person to person, but is it something that sneaks up on you or is it really obvious?
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI think you should begin really facing your fear foods... not just eating healthy. Because that isnt mcuh of a life either if you are scared to treat yourself or eat other types of food apart from your safe food...
Your body can handle all types of food... you dont just eat a hamburger and gain weight. To put it sort of mathematically.... say your body needs 2000kcal a day (roughly, more or less), and to gain weight you need 500 more, and because you are exercising you need another 500.... so you should be eating 3000 (rtoughly) a day to gain weight.... So no, weight gain doesnt just happen over night... to gain 0,5kg you would have to eat around 3000kcal everydya for a week....
In the beginning of gaining weight you can gain anything from 2-5+kg in a weeek, but thats form water wieght as well, and you can lose that weight again,..... but otherwise it usually takes 2-3 weeks to gain 1kg. So eating a hamburger one day, and a milkshake extra on another day wont make you gain weight...
But really, if you need to gain weight enjoy those things even more. Because they wont harm you... Face all your fear foods, step outside of your comfort zone.
Gaining weight is a slow progress... for some, they can gain quickly... but it all dfepends on the person and their body type. For me it went slowly, despite my very large calorie intake....
Just try to keep eating at high calorie intake, as thats what your body needs and not just eating your safe food, because then you arent truly recovering... you want your mental side to follow the physical!
Nobody should judge anyone's eating as long as they are happy and healthy! You don't owe it to anyone to have to post your food diaries here. Everyone wants and feels like eating something different daily, which is a big thing I had to learn when recovering. Just because some days I want 2500 calories even though I'm sitting on my bum won't make me fat and days where I'm not feeling well and happen to eat my maintenance doesn't make me have an eating disorder. It all comes down to a positive relationship with food. :) By the way that quest bar looks extremely delicious!
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Thank you.
DeleteYes, people are quick to overananalyze things... the negative comments dont affect me as i know that how and what i eat works for me. So they can judge or critique the way i eat, but in the end i have different dietists which have looked at my food diaries and intake for a week and told me that they look fine, so no anonymous person can really tell me what im eating is wrong. As everyone likes different things and has different energy needs.