Eating on a budget

Question
Hi Lawrence. I've been eating on a budget for the last 6 weeks being in underweight (I'm 22y old /male, my weight is 119 pounds and height is about 5 ft 9). I've always been skinny, but I lost a few pounds since I started eating on budget. My diet is mainly based on spaghetti (I eat it almost every day), cornmeal, rice once day in the week and meat 2 or 3 days in the week. I used to get more meat, candies, chocolate desserts and potatoes. Although I only lost a few pounds I'm starting to miss them. I feel weak and tired sometimes. I can see my bones more clearly. I got bags under my eyes.My brother is also following the same diet and like me, he thinks he looks skinnier and has lost weight. We got 3 weeks to go to resume our regular diet and we've wondering what are the risks of keeping up with our current diet for the following weeks.

Answer
Ariel

You need to eat a well balanced healthy diet consisting of Carbohydrates,Protein,Fat,Fiber and these need to be eaten at every meal. 119 at 5ft 9 is a little low. You should be around 125lbs on the low side. My suggestion is to eat.I would also tell you to go to a doctor to get a check up if you have not had one for a while. The biggest problem is carbohydrates do not stay in your body very long and a person with a high metabolism burns them off very quickly. I see that you are eating lots of carbohydrates.

Good luck  

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