How to hide it at dinner

If you are under 18 and you eat family dinner every night it can be hard to come up with new excuses every night, and your family will be suspicious if you never eat and constantly say you don't like foods you used to like. So here's a couple tricks I've learned from eating with my family

• Don't ask for smaller portions of everything. Choose the most high calorie thing and ask for less of that. 
• If you are eating something with a tail, like shrimp, or any kind of end that needs to be cut off, "accidentally" cut off half the food as well. 
• Hide food under other food. But don't do it in quick jerky movements. Do it at a regular speed when people are engaged in a conversation. 
• Become a vegetarian or vegan
• Tell your family your not feeling well. 
• Tell your family you have a LOT of homework to do and can't eat with them but you will eat later. 
• Leave the house after telling you family your going to a friends house. Come back a few hours later and say you ate
• Try to eat when only the less strict parent about food is at the table. 
• Say you don't like crust or things with tough ends as a way to cut off half your food. (This works best with foods like a sandwich or lasagna) 
• If you ever have a dinner you just CANT eat, the whole thing is way too fatty  and calorie filled, accidentally knock your plate on the floor, but only use this as a last resort, because it can break the plate and your family will notice if every night you knock your plate off the table.
• If you have animals feed some of it to them.
• Wear your hair down so you can smear foods like soup or sauces in it. 
• Wear clothes with lots of pockets so you can stash food in your pocket when no one is looking. 
• Offer to help out with cooking- then you control what goes in food. But don't make it too obvious or someone will get suspicious. 

That's all I can think of for now. Let me know in the comments section if you think of any others. 

Tips, Restaurants, and avoiding Binges

Restaurants

1. Drink a glass of water before going.
2. If really hungry have some tea, or even veggies beforehand.
3. If at a restaurant drink at least a full glass of water before the food comes.
4. Take a sip in between each bite.
5. Eat slowly.
6. Sabotage food with too much salt, etc.
7. Try eating with opposite hand (if right handed use left hand and vise versa)
8. To avoid temptation, don't even look at the section of the menu with the fattening foods. Out of sight, out of mind, out of body.
9. Stick to ordering items including the words ' baked' 'broiled' and 'steamed'.
10. Always order sauces on the side 
11. Dip the tines of your fork into the dressing then into meal, so you can still taste the sauce but with a fraction of the calories.
12. Eat half and pack it up
13. Start with soup or side salad to fill you.
14. Eat in the order of veggies first, protein next, carbs last.
15. Have salad with only negative calories vegetables.
16. Try not to be the first to start or last to finish.
17. Aim to drink at least 3 glasses of water during the meal.
18. Put your utensils down between each bite.
19. Talk a lot so you spend more time speaking than eating.
20. Look up the nutritional info online before going to the restaurant so you can decide before hand what you want.
21. Ask for lunch size portion or children's size.
22. Say 'No thank you' to dessert. 

1. RULES, RULES, RULES. This is important. You need to set rules for yourself, and if you are truly ana, you will have no problem sticking to them because you are STRONG! Rules are everything. Examples: Don't eat anything white. Do not, under any circumstances, eat after 6:00. Don't eat before 3:00. Cut each bite into x amount of pieces, chew x amount of times. Do not eat anything that has over 3 grams of fat. Make your own and keep adding to them.
2. Ana must be the center of your life.
3. Drink a full glass of water before you eat and then sip a full glass between bites, you'll get full much faster. Remember it takes 20 minutes for the brain to realize the stomach is full.
4. Eat denser food because it feels like more. Light and fluffy foods compact in your digestive tract and you will feel hungry soon after.
5. Take out only the amount of food you plan to eat and don't allow seconds.
6. Think before you eat. Don't eat while distracted (TV, etc). Stop and consider if you really want to eat that then consciously give yourself permission.
7. 4 100-calorie meals is better than one 400-calorie meal.
8. Never eat anything bigger than about a cup, your stomach will expand and you'll get hungry more. If you need to, eat more frequently, not bigger amounts.
9. Slim-Fast and other "healthy" bars and shakes have more carbs and calories than in the meal they're intended to replace. Stay away.
10. Drink at least a glass of water every hour. It's better for weight loss to sip throughout the day than to chug a full glass (except before eating, in which case it can make you eat less, or make you slightly nauseous so you don't want to eat at all). Try keeping a water bottle somewhere you'll see it a lot, like every 10-20 minutes, and take a drink from it every time you see it/notice it.
11. Drink up to a shot of apple cider vinegar before eating, it's supposed to minimize fat absorption. Also speeds metabolism and can help curb cravings. Drinking more than a shot causes a vague nausea which helps suppress appetite.
12. Ice or gum are good food substitutes. Celery works too if you're really hungry.
13. Use small, dark colored plates. Dark blue or black makes you eat less, and smaller plates and utensils cause you to take smaller portions from the start.
14. Make a list of "bad" foods. Periodically, cross one of the list and pledge to never, ever eat it again. Eventually there will be none left.
15. Eat in front of a mirror, naked or in underwear if possible. If you can't, carry a picture of yourself in a revealing outfit and look at it when you want to eat. When you have cravings pinch your fat and look at your problem areas, don't add to them!
16. Eat a lot of fiber for digestive health and low calories.
17. Create a methodical routine for eating. Cut food into tiny pieces, count your bites and the number of times you chew, set your utensils down between bites, and sip water between bites. Add other rules or rituals of your own.
18. Eat higher-calorie items earlier in the day so you have more time to burn them off; if you eat late eat light or it will be more likely to be stored as fat due to inactivity. Try not to eat too late, sleep burns calories and is a good opportunity to burn fat with little effort. The body must burn through all digesting food before taking energy from stored food (fat).
19. When you go out, take very little money or only enough to buy whatever non-food item you plan on buying. This will make it harder to buy food on impulse.
20. Don't take bites, either from others' food or while cooking, as the calories add up surprisingly fast and you may not realize how much extra you're taking in.
21. Write down everything you eat and its calories. This will make you think before eating and also make you more aware of how much food and calories you are actually consuming. You can also write down other things such as how you're feeling, who you're with, place, time, and why you chose to eat it, this will help you track patterns in your eating behavior.
22. Wear a rubber band around your wrist and snap it when you want to eat. Food = pain.
23. Set a time you cannot eat past. 6:00 or 7:00pm are good choices. This is especially helpful if you are prone to night binging. Then make a rule that you cannot eat before 6:00 or 7:00AM, this is like having a 12-hr fast every day.
24. You shouldn't eat for at least 3 hours before going to bed. The extra hours will help burn off the calories. If you eat soon before sleeping, you absorb more calories due to inactivity and you put on weight.
25. Have a peppermint or peppermint tea. Peppermint decreases hunger.
26. Brush your teeth when you want to eat. The clean feeling and mint aftertaste will put you off food.
27. Press on your stomach when it grumbles. TUMS also stop stomach growling and have calcium.(5 calories a piece so be careful!)
28. Carry a list of all the reasons you want to be thin and avoid food. Look at it when you want to eat to remind yourself why you won't. Or, write a new list every time you want to eat. It'll distract you, postpone eating, and thinking of the reasons will inspire you.
29. Cut a ribbon the size you want your waist to be. wrap and tie it around your wrist like a bracelet. Every time you look at it you'll be reminded of your goals. When you're tempted, take it off and wrap it around your waist. See how close you are, or how far you have to go, and resist the temptation.
30. Always leave at least one bite of food on your plate. This will help you to be able to stop eating and prevent binges. It will also stop you from compulsively finishing portions even when you have eaten enough.
31. Save $1 for every meal you don't eat, then use the money to buy yourself a non-food present.
32. Friends will only get in the way. Avoid them until you reach your goals.
33. Never eat in secret. This is a terrible habit that leads to compulsive binging. If you wouldn't eat it in front of all your friends you shouldn't be eating it at all! Also if you only eat around other people they will know that you do eat and assume you eat alone as well, thus lessening suspicion that you have an ED.
34. Never eat out of a box or jar. Always eat from a plate or bowl. This will help you in several ways: You will see how much you are really eating; you can determine in advance how much you will eat and not go back for seconds; using a small plate or bowl will make you eat even less; you can count/measure out an exact serving and know the accurate amount of calories you are consuming.
35. Give clothes to Goodwill as they get too big for you. Don't keep them around "just in case."
36. If you live alone, put thinspo and/or reverse thinspo pictures on the pantry and refrigerator. A mirror works well too.
37. When you have hunger pangs, picture your stomach eating away your fat, and that what you feel is the feeling of thinness and your fat burning away. 
38. Coffee is an appetite suppressant. Drink it black or with Splenda or other no-calorie sweetener.
39. Count your bites, and the number of times you chew them. Plan in advance how many bites you can have. Then make them smaller or use smaller utensils. 
40. Paint your nails so you can't eat until the polish dries. Teeth whitening strips are good too.
41. Drink water before eating. If you're still hungry, drink green tea or broth. If you still need to eat, you'll eat less than you would have.
42. Eat low-calorie foods with strong flavors. Sometimes you're craving taste, not food. For bouillon, use less water than is recommended. Peppermints, pickles, peppers, and mustard are good choices.
43. Do not eat anything unless you know the exact amount of calories in it. 
44. Chew gum while cooking. That way you can't take bites while it is cooking, and you won't want to eat it once it's done.
45. Keep food out of sight, not sitting out, and stay away from food and the kitchen to keep your mind off it. 
46. Keep a pocket thinspo in your wallet with your cash so you won't spend money on food.
47. For sweet cravings, lick a chopstick and dip it into a diet Swiss Miss pack.
48. Write your current weight on one hand, and your goal weight on the other. When you go to eat, you'll be reminded how fat you are, and how skinny you could be.
49. The Four D's:
         Distance yourself from food.
         Distract yourself.
         Delay eating
         Decide what your goals really are.
50. Green tea raises metabolism and is very good for the skin and overall health. Drink it in the morning to increase metabolism for the day. Add lemon to make it more effective and to add a detoxifying aspect.
51. Hot water with lemon is another good morning drink.
52. Spicy foods raise metabolism, if you don't like them you can take cayenne pepper capsules available in supplement section of drugstores or health food stores.
53. Drinking apple cider vinegar is said to raise metabolism, have a few tablespoons, can also be mixed in water (with lemon would be best) or used as salad dressing.
54. Start the morning with stretching to wake up your muscles, the morning is also the best time to exercise because your body will use stored food (fat) as fuel instead of food you ate. It also processes food better throughout the day and gives you more energy if you exercise in the morning.
55. Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night, less than this can decrease metabolism by 10% and increase appetite by 15%. You look better and feel better when you have more sleep also if you're sleeping then you're not eating!
56. Keep good posture, it burns 10% more calories throughout the day. You also look better.
57. Vitamin B6 and B12 raise metabolism and give you energy.
58. Eating protein increases your metabolic rate by 14%.

More Tips

FOOL your metabolism by constantly changing the number of calories you consume daily.  This will prevent yor body from going into starvation mode.  Meaning the lesser amounts of calories will make you gain weight.  For instance, eat 500 calories on monday, 100 on tuesday, 800 on wednesday, and 400 on friday.

Get a full nights SLEEP, atleast 8 hours.  Although staying up late does make you burn more calories, dont become sleep deprived or your metabolism will get sleepy too.

Take VITAMIN pills frequently so your body doesnt crave nutrients, causing binges

DIET COKE and other diet sodas causes that bubbly full feeling in your stomach, for about 1 calorie per class.

BRUSH YOUR TEETH and tongue all the time.  The feeling in your mouth will ease cravings and additionally, food will taste bad with toothpaste.

DRINK WATER like a fish.  Drink a glass of water or a diet soda, every hour on the hour.  Drink water everytime you have the urge for a snack.  ICE WATER is better since it burns up more calories.  Bear in mind that often we mistake thirst for hunger.

CAFFEINE will speed up your metabolism.  have two or three servings a day.

EXERCISE . Not only will you burn off te calories you consume when you do eat, but it will increase your metabolism for some time afterwards.

Stand up and move about constantly.  Compulsively FIDGET.  It does add up to an estimated extra 500 calories burned a day.

 

 

WHEN YOUR FEELING WEAK...
PINCH your thigh and see how you dont need food

Buy some BABY TEETHING GEL, and rub it on your tongue.  This will numb your taste buds.

Pinch your ear.  Apply pressure to the front of the ear, one at a time.  The front of the ear is apparentlya PRESSURE POINT, in the area that controls hunger.

LET PERFUME REPLACE CHOCOLATE.  Everytime you have a craving, or pass a bakery, sniff some CHANEL NO.5.  Apply it to a tissue and carry it with you.  Smell has a powerful effect on the appetite.

Safe foods

Safe foods- Even though these foods are low calorie don't be fooled. They can still cause binges and they can make you fat, but they are still better than regular food. I will update whenever I think of more. Enjoy and comment others you know of in the comments section!

Lettuce- 1 cup- about 10 calories

Grapes- 1- 2 calories each

Blueberries- 10 berries- 8 calories

Graham Crackers- 60 calories in 1 sheet (don't eat often because it will make you fat)

Brewers Vanilla Ice cream- 1/2 cup- 50 calories

Strawberries- 1- 6-13 calories depending on size

Vegetable broth- 1 cup- 15 calories

Cheerios- 1/4 cup- 25 calories (Be careful about eating any kind of cereal if you are at a risk of binging because I know for me it can trigger binging)

Trader Joes Corn Tamale- 1/2 tamale- 100 calories 

Special K chips- 1 bag- 90 calories

Campbells Chicken,Beef,or Veggie broth- 20cals--do not add water

5 fat free saltine- 70cals

5 sociable crackers- 70cals
21 veggie chips- 140cals

Dannon light n fit smoothie- 70cals

Smart Ones Calzone Italiano- 290cals per

Lean Pocket Chicken Fajita- 240cals per

Lean Pocket Turkey,Broccoli, and Cheese- 250cals per

Lean Cuisine Steak Tips Dijon- 280cals

Lean Cuisine Roasted Turkey Breast- 290cals

YUMMY RECIPE:
Pizza Muffins- 70-75cals per

Country Kitchen low-cal english muffins

*very* little mozzarella cheese

low-sodium, low-cal tomato paste

    Pre-heat oven to 350, split the english muffin, then proceed to spread a tbsp of tomato paste on each side of the muffin.  Then lightly sprinkle mozzarella cheese, bake pizza until cheese softens

Negative Cal food list

Hey hey people!! I wanted to share some of the secrets to eating and not gainging any weight!! The secret is---negative calorie foods---and yes they do exist!! Negative calorie foods are foods that are already very low in calories and are supposed to burn up more calories in the process of digesting them, than are actually contained in the foods themselves.  Here are some of those negative calorie foods:

Apples
Asparagus

Beets
Broccoli

Carrots
Celery

Cherries
Corn

Cranberries

Grapes

Green Beans
Lettuce

Peaches
Strawberries

Watermelon
Grapefruit

Green gabbage

Lemon-Mango

Orange

Pineapple

Rasberries
Papaya

Garlic
If anyone finds anymore of the negative calorie foods, let me know and post them on this page..I know there are more, but I just put down the ones that most people will actually eat.

Hiding Ana

Hiding Ana:
• Go to the kitchen and grab some snacks every now and then and take them to your room where they can quickly find the trash can and everyone thinks you've eaten.
• Make a big deal of it when you do eat...make it really obvious.
• Eat a small piece of strong scented food and people will think you've eaten something due to the breath issue!
• When you start losing weight, wear baggier clothes to hide the loss.
• When you get dizzy/head-rushes in front of people, LIE! Say you're ill or have had a real bad headache all day or are tired.
• Wear foundation/concealer to give your dulling complexion a boost.
• At meal times, when a plate is pushed in front of you, grab it and say you're going to eat it in your room...straight into the trash can.
• When a 'treat' is bought for you i.e. a tub of your fav ice cream or candies, take small amounts out every now and then and throw in the trash, that way people will think you're always nibbling.
 





Controlling The Cravings

• Smoker? If so light a cigarette, it really helps take away the cravings. (but im not saying you should start smoking - Dont)
• Hit your stomach - causes it to contract and so feel less hungry (and stops it making noises)
• Wear an elastic band on your wrist and snap it every time you get hungry.
• When you get a craving look at a reverse trigger picture
• Put on Pro-Ana music - always helps me think of how thin I wanna be and how I don't need food.
• Take a cold shower - not only does it help you stop feeling hungry, it burns calories.
• Go for a walk (especially around meal times) - good for you as well!!!
• Exercise! Its the answer to everything!
• Smell the food you want - count to a hundred and then throw it in the trash.
• Chew gum - you're chewing so it makes you think you're eating and its less than 5 cals a piece.
• Drink water and lots of it. (warm fills you up quicker, cold burns more cals)
• Read Pro-Ana sites.
• Get busy - really busy. Cleaning's always a good one!
 

Teqniques to eat less

-Drink lots of water! It fills you up fast and is good for clearing your body of toxins and hydrating your skin. 

-Drink cold drinks/water. For your body to maintain homeostasis (the same temperature), it burns more calories drying to heat the water. 

-Sit up straight and walk straight. You burn 10 calories every hour for doing this. 

-Split up a single serving into three or four seperate parts and eat one part at your meal. Therefore you are only eating one serving yet it serves as three/four. 

-When your hungry or feeling hunger pains, boil water with one or two bullion cubes. The warm water will help your stomach feel better and the bullion helps restore the decreased sodium intake in your body. (Bullion only contains 10-15 calories per cube)

 -If you're going to drink diet soda, drink quickly in large gulps. This will help fill you up faster and prevent hunger pains 

-Chew ice cubes if you feel hungry

 -Most people just want the taste of food, so chew the food you want and spit it out. Don't swallow the food!

-Drink a glass of water every hour. It helps your stomach feel full.

-When fasting, suck on low calorie candies or mints. It will help supress hunger (peppermints mostly) and keep your mouth busy.

-When you eat, set your fork down in between bites

-Chew slowly, it takes thirty minutes for your stomach to realize its full

-Excerise in the morning when you HAVEN'T eaten. You'll start burning fat and calories instantly. If you wait till later in the day it takes 10-20 minutes of excersize to start burning fat

-While watching television, do crunches during the commercial, NOT situps. Situps make your stomach larger with muscle while crunches tone your abs.

-Lower the tempeture in your house 10 degrees lower than what you are used to. It will make your body burn more calories to maintain homeostasis.

-Eat around 7-9 AM. That is when your metabolism is fastest

-Building muscle helps increase metabolism

-Drink tea when you're hungry. It fills you up and calms your stomach. Also, green tea boosts metabolism

-Chewing gum can increase hunger, but it helps keep your mouth busy

-Don't eat after 7 PM. You're metabolism is at its slowest

-Don't eat 3 hours before bed. The food can keep you semi-awake.

-Get at least 6-7 hours of sleep a night. For every hour that you miss of sleep, your apetite is increased by 10%

-Eat on a navy blue or black plate. It helps you eat less

-Eat on small plates, so if it is filled with food, your mind sees a full plate

-Go shopping after eating, grocery shopping after eating helps you buy less

-Sleep when you get a craving. When you wake up, you'll most likely no longer crave that food.