Blood_Roses
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I would recommend having a bit more per day. You can actually get sick if you jump from 500 to normal eating in one day because your system is used to tiny amounts of food. Your stomach has shrunk, etc.
I would say eat a bit more (200, 300 cals for example) everyday until you are eating enough. This can be in snacks like nuts and cheese are calorically dense...so a small amount can add 200 cals. Get some olive oil and put it over some salads, have some whipped cream with berries or in your coffee. Small changes like these will help. And I think for someone not used to more food, definitely smaller meals throughout the day rather than 3 large meals which may be harder to stomach.
Also, the minimum amount of 1200 is for one's basal metabolic rate...by definition that is what you need just for your heart and brain, basically resting body function to take place. If you are active at all, it of course would be much higher.
I would say eat a bit more (200, 300 cals for example) everyday until you are eating enough. This can be in snacks like nuts and cheese are calorically dense...so a small amount can add 200 cals. Get some olive oil and put it over some salads, have some whipped cream with berries or in your coffee. Small changes like these will help. And I think for someone not used to more food, definitely smaller meals throughout the day rather than 3 large meals which may be harder to stomach.
Also, the minimum amount of 1200 is for one's basal metabolic rate...by definition that is what you need just for your heart and brain, basically resting body function to take place. If you are active at all, it of course would be much higher.
