I need some advice!

I have a mate who is only eating one meal a day... she has been doing this for several years, and i am starting to worry about her.
She thinks she is perfectly healthy and that what she is doing is perfectly normal what can i do to convince her that she is wrong.
But i do not want to lose her as a friend!

Reply 1

*starry_eyed_*

14

for a few years you say???? has it had a big effect??? this is a very sensitive topic, so whatever you do, approach with care.

Reply 2

viviki

14

well is it a big meal does she ever snack in between?

Reply 3

no she has no snacks if she does it is either an apple or satsuma...
she has lived like this for about5 years... and the meal is dinner..

Reply 4

she says she weighs about 66 Kg

Reply 5

viviki

14

thats about 10 1/2 stone how talll is she

Reply 6

*starry_eyed_*

14

not being funny but how could someone do this for 5years and not be in hospital seriously ill????

Reply 7

viviki

14

easily if you have a big evening meal

Reply 8

davestones

1

I only eat 1 meal a day most of the time, and it's not exactly a big one. I'm 6ft2, 12 stone, BMI dead on what it should be. I'm in perfect health :smile:

Some people just don't need to eat as much as others...

Reply 9

SmuUsh

well she is 5ft 11 and the meal she eats is very small because when i go round hers she gets this tiny plate ful. she doesn't look to thin but even if they do look thin a lot of damage has been done on the inside...
i am probably the only one who knows that she eats this much.. her parents don't pay to much attention to what she is eating!

Reply 10

beach surf babe

14

She might eat when she's at home. How do you know she only eats one meal?

Reply 11

Gio

3

then i should start worrying me first. Im a 19 year-old male. have 2 meals a day and snacks in between. I do some exercises and have a what a consider as a healthy lifestyle. I am 1.75m tall and weigh 55 kg, is this normal? :confused:

its just no matter how much i eat, i just don't put much weigh on....

Reply 12

notts

Gio

then i should start worrying me first. Im a 19 year-old male. have 2 meals a day and snacks in between. I do some exercises and have a what a consider as a healthy lifestyle. I am 1.75m tall and weigh 55 kg, is this normal? :confused:

its just no matter how much i eat, i just don't put much weigh on....

you sound pretty similar to me, except im a bit taller! its freaky...

but i wouldnt worry about the girl, one meal a day is fine i think.
my friend starved herself for 4 days after she cheated on her bf. i was worried then

Reply 13

beach surf babe

14

If your relatively healthy then it probably is ok. We only have more meals to top up energy levels. I tend to get hungry quite easily so I need my food! If you are hungry tho then perhaps you should eat more...restricting the number of meals for weight loss is like crash dieting! Doesn't work and it can be dangerous!

Reply 14

slk999

15

Well, perhaps if you get on really well together, which, by the looks of things, you both do, then you could ask her if she'd like to go out to dinner with you as an informal thing, you know, to chat and the like and so she'd have to eat with you so as not to hurt your feelings (if she's that sensitive), but then of course that might be her only meal, and you can't do that all the time unless you're Richard Branson. Perhaps you can go food shopping together to get some really nice luxury things and try to get her to realise that food is really exciting, equally, if not more so than shoes and clothes. But if she wouldn't get offended, then you can always have a chat with her about her eating habits, but I'd leave that as a last resort. Try what I've suggested first if you like.

Reply 15

Niaya

13

she may only feel like eating one meal aday especially if shes used to it - for a while i had an extremly small stomach so could only eat little bits

offer her food like when your out say if your eating something offer her some and see how she reacts

her BMI is 20 if the info you have is correct - remember she could be lying

Reply 16

loser88

12

i'm 6 foot 10.5 stone i do no exercise and eat crap constantly- have fat thighs but couldn't really care. one meal a day to me is just WRONG (i never sotp snacking!!!) i know a girl like that and she is anorexic.....is there any chance that could be what is going on in your friend's case?

Reply 17

xXMessedUpXx

15

I think a lot of people do it. I do. Wel i do when i remember to eat. Though i haven't really lost any weight cos of my drinking habits :s:

Reply 18

AngelofnoColour

14

xXMessedUpXx

I think a lot of people do it. I do. Wel i do when i remember to eat. Though i haven't really lost any weight cos of my drinking habits :s:

I eat only one big meal a day, and then have little snacks in between like chocies, fruit and crisps. I never eat breakfast, I hate that time of the day. I dont put on weight or loose it.
Some people just dont need to eat more, you should be worried if she is loosing weight, if she isnt then its ok I'm sure.

Reply 19

icedsilhouette

yeh, if her weight is relatively constant i wouldnt worry too much, it's probably all she needs!

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