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5 Tips for Vegetarian Anorexics

by Skinny Lady

My dear best friend and partner in this madness has recently and finally decided to become a civilized person vegetarian. So to help her maintain her new vegetarian lifestyle as well as her anorexic figure, I’ve come up with the following 5 tips:

  1. Take supplements — The least you can do is feed your starved body a few vitamins now and then. They’re zero calories. And don’t forget the flax oil. It has 15 calories per serving, but that’s the price you have to pay for a healthy heart.
  2. Drink lots of water & caffeine — This is a no-brainer. All diets call for lots of water, and the caffeine will give you that extra boost you’re not getting from calories.
  3. Eat spinach – Anyone who’s ever watched Popeye knows that spinach gave him the big guns. Of course no anorexic wants arms that size, but the point is it’s good for you.
  4. &   5.   Say your goodbyes –  Ok, so I really only have  3 tips. But that’s because your options are already limited as an anorexic. When you add vegetarianism to the equation, you’ve pretty much got nothing. You may as well say your goodbyes now.

5 comments

1 Crazy D { 04.08.09 at 4:04 pm }

Ok, but 15 calories for absolutely *no* taste pleasure? I only allow Stride gum to inflict its 3.5 calories on me because for a few seconds the sorbitol gives me a reason to live.

2 Skinny Lady { 04.08.09 at 5:42 pm }

Yeah, but is Stride gum good for your heart?

3 jilted yellow { 04.10.09 at 5:04 pm }

I get extremem nausea when I take vitamins on an empty stomach, so often I don’t take them. What do you do?

What about meat-replacements? Original vegan Boca burgers are only 70 calories, but contain 14g of protein. I also like South Beach Protein Bars. A bit high at 140, I believe, but if you’re not eating much/anything else, it’s ok. I think 10g of protein?

4 Julie { 05.31.09 at 1:28 am }

hunny – I’ve been a vegan for four years — there is plenty to eat.
What is left are only things people should be eating. There are tons of amazing, nutrient-dense, low-calorie vegetables, fruits, legumes.
On the higher calorie scale, we have nuts, avocado, olive oil [not that I eat those]
There are plenty of things to eat without murdering and devouring animals.

5 maren { 04.11.10 at 1:57 pm }

going on a vegan and raw diet started to help me get over my eating disorder. takes the stress out eating to an extent

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