Eating disorder recovery meal plans should ideally be designed by a Registered Dietitian (RD), which you can incorporate into your treatment plan. The RD should be able to assess your current nutritional situation as well as your lifestyle and preferences and be able to create a customized recovering meal plan for you. Dietitians take into consideration lots of factors such as individual nutritional needs, weight, exercise level, lifestyle, food preferences, etc. when they are designing your meal plan.
Therefore, these Eating Disorder Meal Plans are simply samples of what your meal plan could look like. Your nutritional needs could be very different from these meal plans shown here. These sample eating disorder meal plans are designed for 3 meals and 3 snacks per day, eating every 2.5 to 3 hours. Each sample menu plan incorporates different requirements for each exchange and includes proteins, starches, fruits, vegetables, fats, and dairy (or alternatives). The foods listed in the meal plans could also be substituted for another item in the same group (ex. Starch for another starch, like substituting a ½ cup brown rice for a ½ cup whole wheat noodles).
Sample Eating Disorder Recovery Meal Plan 1
7:30am
Banana
½ cup or 1 serving Cereal
1 cup Milk (dairy, soy, almond, etc)
10:00am
Protein shake or ½ cup cottage cheese w/pineapple
12:30pm
Turkey sandwich with slice of cheese on 2 slices whole wheat bread
Carrots and celery w/low fat ranch dressing
3:00pm
1 serving crackers, pretzels or popcorn
6:00pm
Grilled chicken breast
1 cup broccoli
1 cup noodles w/1 T butter
1 cup milk or soy milk
8:30pm
1 cup yogurt w/1 medium apple
Sample Eating Disorder Recovery Meal Plan 2
7am
1 slice toast
1 scrambled egg with mushrooms
1 medium apple
10am
1 oz cheese with 1 serving wheat crackers
12:30pm
2 slices whole wheat bread with roasted turkey, 1 slice cheese & mustard
1 cup salad with vinegar or 2 T low fat dressing
3pm
¼ cup trail mix (raisins, nuts, dried fruit, etc)
6pm
Baked salmon with 1 cup broccoli, ½ cup pasta, 1 T butter
1 cup low fat milk or soy milk
8:30pm
1 cup yogurt with 2 T peanut butter
Sample Eating Disorder Recovery Meal Plan 3
7-9am
1 cup yogurt
½ cup bran flakes
9:30-11:30am
1 slice whole wheat bread with hard boiled egg and tomato slices
11:30am-1:30pm
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Tossed salad with almonds and 2 T low fat dressing
1:30-3:30pm
½ cup cottage cheese with fruit
5-5:30pm
Veggie burger (make sure has 14 grams protein or more) on whole wheat bun with 1 slice cheese
1 cup steamed broccoli or vegetable
1 cup milk or soy milk
7-8pm
1 serving wheat crackers with 2 T peanut butter
