How WLR Can Help
Brief outline of how the tools and resources of Weight Loss
Resources can be used to help overcome an eating disorder.
How WLR Can Help
The tools and resources of Weight Loss Resources can be (and
have been) used to restore regular, balanced eating patterns for
people who are trying to overcome eating disorders. The site can
be used to gain, maintain or lose weight in a healthy and
sustainable manner.
Goals & Results
You simply tap in your height, weight, age and background
activity level. Then you can set a goal, either by target weight
or target date, to gain, maintain or lose weight. You can select
to achieve your goal at a rate of between half a pound and two
pounds a week.
The computer comes back with how many calories you need each
day to reach your goal, and the date you can expect to achieve it.
The site carefully calculates this daily calorie quota for you
to work to. Have confidence that this figure is carefully
calculated and if you stick to it you will achieve your goals.
Every time you update your weight (normally once a week), the
programme produces reports on your weight and nutrition, and a
graph tracking your current weight.
Food Diary
You keep an online food diary.
The food diary keeps a running total of the calories you
consume in a day, and adds any calories burned in exercise to your
daily calorie requirement. The food diary also keeps track of the
nutritional balance of your diet, and how many portions of fruit
and vegetables you eat, so you can make sure your diet is healthy.
Completing a food diary puts you in control of your food and
calorie intake. You know exactly what you have consumed. You will
start to learn about your eating habits. Writing notes in the food
diary journal may help to highlight what you felt were good days
and days when you might feel things did not go to plan. This
knowledge will give you the power to start making changes to your
eating patterns and hopefully help you to restore a regular,
balanced eating pattern. Take things slowly; this can take time
but as each day passes you will be nearer recovery from the
disorder.
Exercise Diary
Inputting exercise and physical activity into your exercise
diary shows you exactly how many additional calories you have
expended throughout a day. This information should help keep you
on track with overall calories expended and your food consumption.
Support
You are not alone. You can talk to other members on the Eating
Disorders message board in Members
Forum. Swap war stories, get support and advice, and make new
friends.
You can keep a food diary and
journal to help you restore a regular, balanced eating plan.
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