I’ve been on Vyvanse for almost 3 months now, 50 mg a day. It’s my first time on ADHD medicine, but I’ve been on Wellbutrin XL 300mg for 18 months. When I began taking the Wellbutrin I weighed about 155 lbs, in Dec of 07. Since then I got down to about 137-140 consistently, but since I started taking Vyvanse my appetite is completely dead. I can’t force myself to eat, because if I do then I get so sick that I have to go to the bathroom and try to throw up. I am NOT bulimic or anorexic. It’s just miserable being at work every day and feeling so nauseated, so sometimes I just sit in the bathroom and hope that I can throw up - I don’t make myself by gagging or anything.
For the first time in my life I feel 110% confident in my body and am loving the way I look, but I know that if I continue not eating I’m not going to be healthy. When I started Vyvanse I was average 137-140 lbs.
Today I weighed in at 122.8 lbs. Those 14 lbs were all lost within the last month, and it seems to be coming off even faster now. I’ve lost 7 pounds since last week. I’m 5′7" and 23 years old, and now my family (they don’t know I’m on anything) is telling me that I look skinny, but I love how I look now.
My point is - sorry I took so long to get there - that I want to know what I can consume each day to keep my nutrition from crashing, but without eating whole meals? I take vitamins, but is there something that I can put in my stomach so that at least I know I’m getting some sort of healthy substance? Like any specific sources of protein or something? Even when I did have an appetite I rarely ate meat, so lack of that is nothing new. I just need to find something to put me at ease about my body and make me feel like I’m not deteriorating. When I say "something I can eat without eating whole meals", I really do mean that I can’t eat meals. An example of what I eat per day is a latte in the morning, and sometimes - if I act as soon as I feel the hunger - something such as a bowl of cereal for dinner. That is how my health is now, and I know the obvious answer would be "eat multiple small meals a day" etc etc, but I can’t force myself to do that. That’s why I’m asking if there’s something small but has lots of nutrients?
Please help with any suggestions…
Thanks!
If you want nutrient dense, I would suggest hard boiled (or raw or softboiled whatever you prefer) egg yolks. You can survive without vegetables, fruits, grains and stuff, but you got to have protein and fat. Eggs really are a perfect food and just eating the yolks gives you a better fat ratio without adding fat. If you have lil appetite, I’d rather see you eat 2-3 egg yolks (or whatever you can get down) than one whole egg (the white of an egg is not perfect but it’s dense) Try to eat as many yolks as you possibly can before taking a multi vitamin.
You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you’ll need added potassium). Keep your fat percentage high. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
If you starve yourself, your body will freak out and will want to store every ounce in case it doesn’t get nourished again. You need to give it adequate nourishment so it doesn’t slow your metabolism down to adjust for lower calories.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin which can store the calories you eat into fat. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate you eat the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.
High insulin levels unbalance other hormones. Controlling your insulin level will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so you will gain lean muscle even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase your muscle mass with high HGH levels.
Reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass will have you in awesome shape in no time. Good luck!
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Angela
2009 Jun 18 1First of all, make sure your vitamin doesn’t nauseate you as well. Vitamins commonly make people nauseous, so only take those with full meals.
Also, try to make huge hearty meals before you take your vyvanse, and then another when its starting to wear off for the evening….
good luck
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cyn_texas
2009 Jun 18 2If you want nutrient dense, I would suggest hard boiled (or raw or softboiled whatever you prefer) egg yolks. You can survive without vegetables, fruits, grains and stuff, but you got to have protein and fat. Eggs really are a perfect food and just eating the yolks gives you a better fat ratio without adding fat. If you have lil appetite, I’d rather see you eat 2-3 egg yolks (or whatever you can get down) than one whole egg (the white of an egg is not perfect but it’s dense) Try to eat as many yolks as you possibly can before taking a multi vitamin.
You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you’ll need added potassium). Keep your fat percentage high. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
If you starve yourself, your body will freak out and will want to store every ounce in case it doesn’t get nourished again. You need to give it adequate nourishment so it doesn’t slow your metabolism down to adjust for lower calories.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin which can store the calories you eat into fat. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate you eat the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.
High insulin levels unbalance other hormones. Controlling your insulin level will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so you will gain lean muscle even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase your muscle mass with high HGH levels.
Reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass will have you in awesome shape in no time. Good luck!
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banana
2009 Jun 18 3Oh man I have the exact same problem…I have a.d.d and I take adderall and it kills my appetite too. But I try to eat at least 15 to 30 minutes after I take my meds it actually helps me keep my appetite going good for the rest of the day…when I first started I got nauseated also but now since I started eating after I take the pill it helps make the nausea go away and I can actually have a okay sized meal..I really really like healthy choice steamers…they have a good amount of protein and fiber and I also eat fiber one bars…their pretty good and their small too so u dnt have to force yourself to eat a whole bunch. I hope this helped sorry its so long! : )
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