@sommerstarving I think a lot of typical ARFID safe foods wouldn’t be high in protein and especially vitamins and minerals from things like fruit and veg so they would still be malnourished even if calories are technically adequate
@Mayafvuo a weekly deficit of 7700 (1100) should = about 1kg so if you’re still losing i’d say that’s a good sign considering your metabolism has probably slowed to protect ur body
@tauntifer@cloudie_pie this!!! our bodies are literally designed to compensate for us and can be working so hard to keep things stable until one day they just can’t anymore
@losing_lacy I do it all the time, for example if I don’t have time to get an ECG done but still need the bloods I just tell them I’ll get the ECG another time and they give me a “to follow” slip with just the ECG on it. Maybe try a different place and just say that you only need the CMP?
@losing_lacy okay so any collection centre should’ve still been able to do the CMP and then they just write a slip to say that you didn’t get the VBG done. hospitals order VBGs for electrolytes if they need quicker results
@losing_lacy ugh I’ve heard of that happening with iron infusions but it seems like you’re dealing with the extreme. maybe an admission would be better than all this back and forth??