Friday, February 17, 2012

1 T honey - 60
 5 cucumbers - 5
1 T ranch - 35
1/3 carrot - 10
1 pop tart - 200
2 c milk - 300
1 chocolate chip cookie - 100
1 slice pizza - 184
1 1/2 c tea - 17
Total calories - 911

D danced for an hour today (-362).  About half way through dancing, D was having trouble focusing and was obviously dizzy.  I called her to the side and told her that something was going to have to give, that not eating was effecting her ability to focus and her ability to dance and that beginning to eat more was the best option but if she wasn't going to do that to figure out what to do.  She got really mad at me b/c she thought I was saying that I wasn't going to let her dance and where some part of me would like to do that I know that if I took it away from her she would just find another way to burn calories and would consume less as well as be losing her biggest emotional outlet.  So, after she calmed down, I was able to explain to her that I was actually just trying to get her to see the natural consequences of her choices and hoping she would make better choices.  She asked me how I handled that situation when I was anorexic and I told her that I was never able to find a way to focus both my body and my brain at the same time like dance requires, that I didn't exercise so I didn't have any experience in this.  The next part is where her knowledge of nutrition kind of stinks - she sat there and figured out that if she changed the time of day that she allowed herself to eat to before dancing and changed the type of foods she was consuming to something high in protein that she might have the ability to focus both her mind and body.  She asked me what I thought and I told her that though it is better than what she is currently doing to her body, it is still not healthy.  Honestly, I think she might be right, at least for a time.

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