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Recovery food suggestions (do-able meals snacks etc)?

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thatcoldfeeling · 15/04/2018 19:11

So my CPN is a bit slow and doing absolutely tiny steps that are meaningless. I have done this before without support, but of course the longer it keeps going on/the more I relapse the harder it gets. I have downloaded recovery record and I'm feeling like I need to do the three meals three snacks thing again to get myself back to a safer kind of space. I feel like hell and need to try again :(

Only I have been purging most things. Lots of food feels really unsafe. So:

  • Does anyone have any suggestions for easy to do 'safe' (in that it won't trigger purging) food.? I can't eat to full without feeling I need to purge. (I am also vegan but ignore that as I can adapt and if people post here it would be nice to be useful to others as well).
  • Anyone done recovery with proper ED treatment and have any insights into how to do this!?

So here are my suggestions for starters:

Breakfast - Moma porridge sachet with banana (portions pre-controlled - useful).

Snacks - frozen alpro yoghurt
Apple
Vegan protein bar

Lunch - cup a soup (portion control again) Is that enough? I am truly rubbish at lunch, but if I have snacks I think that would okay?

Dinner - argh, danger zone. No idea. It also involves cooking for my children.

So I am at a bit of a loss and will be a but useless and restricted if I only eat my above suggestions and then panic every dinner time. In fact that doesn't sound like recovery at all! So...I need to plan and would really appreciate any help.

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trickyex · 21/04/2018 23:11

Good for you OP.
Hang in there and well done on enjoying the weather.
I like the blog you linked to, perhaps write a list of recipes for the week rather than batch cooking? Knowing what you are going to cook in the evenng can make it easier to deal with IME.

thatcoldfeeling · 23/04/2018 17:12

Thanks all - I think @trickyex linked to this previously and I made it yesterday, it was well nice :) I even made my own hummus which was a bit shockingly domesticated of me. I did however restrict slightly during the day but have suitably given myself a talking to now :)

Trigger warning for the next part - weight loss / BMI

I have actually felt so much better already despite also being anemic and went back to an exercise class yesterday, weighed myself on the gym scale and found I have lost 1.5kg! It was a bit of a mixed feeling though because my stomach has been killing, I have been plagued with tempting ED thoughts and yet this seems like a positive to 'recover' while also being something that 'in recovery' I probably shouldn't see as a positive! (BMI 20 anyway so not like it is a concern).

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