How do i fight my anorexia?
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First of all, congradulations on your fight against anorexia. You are doing great! I had to fight it in my teens and I had a lot of friends who went through that and even bulimia because we were all in ballet all through jr.high and high school and never felt we were skinny enough for the stage. I had to quit ballet because it was too damaging to my body. Now I work out to stay in shape and eat to feed my body nutrients.
Focus on your overall health. Stress can cause you to eat more than you should, but eating whole foods helps you to glow and have energy for daily life.
Be around people who reinforce good habits and don't influence you to starve yourself.
I know this sounds funny, but do things for others. Focusing outside of yourself and teaching others about your experience can help you stay focused on your goal of good health.
Be active. Get involved in activities that you enjoy, that also reinforce good habits.
Understand that muscle weighs more than fat. Muscle is good because it helps you stay active and actually fills you out and makes you more attractive than the skin-and-bones look. Don't look at the scale. When you become active you may actually gain muscle, but as long as you are getting toned, that is what counts.
Eat well-rounded, balanced meals. Talk to your doctor about seeing a nutritionist.
Tell yourself every day that you are a great person, worth taking care of, because you are!
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eat healthy and exercise that is the only healthy way to lose weight good luck
Treatments
Dietary tips for managing anorexia
* Serve food when the patient is hungry. A microwave oven often helps.
* Have the patient eat small meals every one to two hours, or time meals corresponding to when the patient feels best (typically early in the day).
* If only a little food is consumed by the patient, it should ideally be high in protein and calories. Avoid empty calories (i.e. foods without protein and nutrients).
* Add extra calories and protein to foods with the use of butter, skim milk powder, commercially prepared protein powder, honey, or brown sugar.
* Try to tempt the patient with tiny portions on small plates.
* Serve food in an attractive manner.
* Food is more likely to be eaten if it is served at frequent intervals unrelated to standard meal times.
* Avoid strong aromas if the patient finds them bothersome.
* Avoid liquids with meals to decrease problems of early satiety
* A small alcoholic drink of the patient's choice may help unless contraindicated.
* Consider flavors, consistency and quantity of food when preparing meals.
* Encourage eating with friends or family members; a meal in a social setting may help the patient to eat.
* Stimulate appetite with light exercise.
* Treat any underlying cause and, if a particular drug appears to be the cause, modify drug regimen.
* Have the patient take medications with high-calories fluids, i.e. commercial liquid supplements unless medication necessitates an empty stomach.
Often, patients may experience difficulty with eating due to upper gastrointestinal blockage such as problems with swallowing, esophageal narrowing, tumor, stomach weakness, paralysis, or other conditions that preclude normal food intake. In those circumstances, enteral nutrition may be administered through a tube into the gastrointestinal tract via the nose, or through surgically placed tubes into the stomach or intestines. If the gastrointestinal tract is working and will not be affected by the cancer treatments, then enteral support by feeding directly into the gut is preferable. Parenteral nutrition (most often an infusion into a vein) can be used if the gut is not functioning properly or if there are other reasons that prevent enteral feeding.
An appetite stimulant may be given such as megestrol acetate or dexamethasone. In clinical trials, both these medications appear to have similar and effective appetite stimulating effects with megestrol acetate having a slightly better toxicity profile. Fluoxymesterone has shown inferior efficacy and an unfavorable toxicity profile.
Alternative and complementary therapies
Depression may affect approximately 15-25% of cancer patients, particularly if the prognosis for recovery is poor. If anorexia is due to depression, there are antidepressant choices available through a physician. Counseling may be also be sought through a psychologist or psychiatrist to deal with depression.
St. John's Wort has been used as a herbal remedy for treatment of depression, but it and prescription antidepressants is a dangerous combination that may cause symptoms such as nausea, weakness, and may cause one to become incoherent. It is important to check with a dietitian or doctor before taking nutritional supplements or alternative therapies because they may interfere with cancer medications or treatments.
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Have a healthy diet with proper exercise.
Start with your doctor. They can direct you to support groups and other important information. Keep focused on nutrition and keep informed..you can overcome it but it will be a continuing battle. Good luck!
Easy. Get exercise for at least 2 hours a day but after 60 minutes take a 20 minute break and then do a 60 minute brak and there you go! you got 2 hours for the day and eat healthy. Im 13 and 119 pounds and my height is 5'7.
see a Doctor he can help u
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