Serves: 5
If you have an eating disorder, or have made the mistake of having your stomach stapled, your first essential step is to seek professional help. The second step is to begin recording your eating patterns. Write down exactly what you eat (or are unable to eat) on a typical day. If vomiting is one of the symptoms of your disorder, record how many times you vomit each day. The next step is to very gradually increase the amounts of good healthy food you eat. The key word here is gradually. If you increase these foods too rapidly they can place extreme physical stress on your body, which will trigger it to store fat. Too rapid an increase can also be very dangerous to your health. Remember that your goal is to get well physically and emotionally, and that goal is achieved through knowledge and gradual change. To obtain that knowledge you must study the Lean & Free program intensively every day. Then slowly begin to implement that new knowledge. Your body will begin talking to you again. It will send signals of hunger, fullness, energy, and contentment. Just give it time.
The following is an example of how one woman very gradually changed her eating habits and began to enjoy good, healthy food again. We'll call this person "Jeanine." Jeanine was anorexic when she began the program, so anorexic that she even had trouble swallowing. Fear of fat interfered with every attempt she made to take a bite of food. Even plain water tasted bitter to her. Yet each time Jeanine looked at her withered hands, or found herself crying uncontrollable for hours at a time, she determined that she had to change. Her first step was to seek professional help for eating disorders and depression. Her next step was to begin eating very small balanced meals throughout the day.
Jeanine's Starter Meals
Breakfast
Water: 3 to 8 ounces bottled water (if tap water tastes bitter)
Grain: 1/4 to 1/2 cup Cream of Wheat hot cereal with 1/2 teaspoon of honey
Protein: 1/4 to 1/2 cup skim milk
Fruit: 1 to 2 slices of orange (1/2 inch thick each)
Snack
Water: 3 to 8 ounces
Veggie: 1 to 2 baby carrots (Or steamed or canned veggies if raw veggies upset your stomach.)
Lunch
Water: 3 to 8 ounces
Veggie: 1 to 2 baby carrots
Grain: 1/4 to 1/2 slice bread (part-whole-grain)
Protein: 1 to 2 tablespoons tuna in water mixed with fat free mayonnaise (Put tuna on bread.)
Fruit: 1 to 2 small slivers of apple
Snack
Water: 3 to 8 ounces
Veggie: 2 to 3 green beans
Dinner
Water: 3 to 8 ounces
Veggie: 2 to3 green beans
Grain: 1/4 to 1/2 small blueberry muffin (part whole-grain)
Protein: 1/4 to 1/2 cup nonfat fruit yogurt
Fruit: (blueberries in muffin)
Snack
Water: 3 to 8 ounces
Veggie: 1 to 2 celery sticks (Or steamed or canned veggies if raw veggies upset your stomach.)
Exercise 3 minutes/3 times a day
Drink 3 to 8 ounces cool water while exercising.
Jeanine's beginning exercise was this: She would sit, play gentle music on her recorder, and perform simple arm movements. She would move her arms very slowly in and out, in and out then up and down, up and down. The movements were very gentle the arms were bent at the elbows.
As Jeanine's body and mind developed more strength, stamina, and balance, she very gradually increased the amounts of food she was eating. She threw away her scale and monitored her progress instead by how she felt and looked.
Today Jeanine is a high-energy, vivacious, and attractive woman who leads a happy, fulfilled life. She looks fifteen years younger than she did in her anorexic state. Her menstrual cycle is once again regular. She eats like a normal person. Her entire life is back in balance.
If you suffer from an eating disorder, have been a chronic dieter, or have had your stomach stapled, it's time to get excited! You've found the answers you've been seeking. Take advantage of the knowledge you're being offered: Study! Study! Study! And be gentle and kind to your body. Listen to its signals, for it will talk to you. You'll develop faith in it and in how it works with you, instead of against you. Take these steps and you too can have a lean, high-energy, beautiful body. And you'll be eating like a healthy, normal person for the rest of your life. You CAN do this--it will work for YOU!
See Charlene's, Karla's, and Lisa's success stories on pages 184, 192, and 194 in your Lean & Free 2000 Plus book concerning eating disorders. Carefully study Carol Ann's and Janelle's stories on pages 179 and 181 of your Lean & Free 2000 Plus book if you've had stomach stapling or bypass surgery.
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