How do you know?

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Registered: 09-28-2004
How do you know?
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Mon, 10-04-2004 - 12:08am

Here is the deal, I am not to thin, or small, but I have lost a lot of weight. A few friends have made comments that I never eat, and I have a problem... I do eat, not a lot that is true, but I still want to lose about 10lbs so I'm still dieting. I eat one small meal a day, or 2 small meals sometimes. (I eat about 600 or so calories) I know it isn't heathy but it has worked before, I have a 6 year old I gained a lot of weight with him,I am 5'5 and I went from about 130 to 220. I lost it and stayed about 130-140 after him. With my 2 year old I got up to 230. she was born July 2002. I now weigh about 130-135. I want to get down to about 120. I don't think that is too thin. I will admit I should eat better and work out more instead of eating very little, but like I said it worked last time and I didn't have any problems, this time I just want to lose a little more because clothes fit different now, I'm 26 so jeans now are a lot lower, shirts are shorter than they ever have been for me. I don't mean I wear them that way, I mean to buy clothes (in style) they just are... I am not dressing like a 18 year old either, I'm talking jeans, (American Eagle, or Gap) not too tight not too lose they just fit. And I mostly wear t shirts. Again a regular t shirt  not a half t shirt... I know what I can't and wouldn't try to pull off...lol. I do rarely though, go a day without eating, I have gone two but I haven't done that in a long time, I will at least it a sandwich. (about half of a six inch sub) example if I were eating subway. I get kids meals at fast food, Most of the time I eat either lunch or supper.


Do I have an issue? other than I still want to lose 10 lbs... I try and take a daily vitamin and I drink a lot of water. I will eat more normal after I get to about 120 and start working out more.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 6:51pm

Well, it’s hard to say but it doesn’t sound like a full-blown eating disorder to me. However, keeping your calories THAT low really is not healthy. You are also taking the risk of your metabolism slowing down and when you do eat normal again, gaining weight back. That’s what typically happens with extreme calorie reduction diets. A better approach would be to have 5 to 6 small healthy meals and exercise at least 3 days a week and if you have weight to loose, you will.


Love & hugs, Kristina

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 6:53pm

Well, it’s hard to say but it doesn’t sound like a full-blown eating disorder to me. However, keeping your calories THAT low really is not healthy. You are also taking the risk of your metabolism slowing down and when you do eat normal again, gaining weight back. That’s what typically happens with extreme calorie reduction diets. A better approach would be to have 5 to 6 small healthy meals and exercise at least 3 days a week and if you have weight to loose, you will.


Love & hugs, Kristina

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Registered: 04-13-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 8:09pm
Wow! It's like listening to myself...with a few minor differences. I am currently trying to recover from anorexia. I wouldn't admit it for a while. It started with my freshman year in college when I gained about 15 lbs. I was always skinny, really skinny and at 5'4" I weighed less than 110 lbs. In college my weight went up to 125 and after I started sophomore year, I decided that I was too fat. I started exercising for an hour every other day, hard cardio workouts. And I wouldn't eat more than 700 calories each day. I ended up losing ym period too. Six months later (today) I am still counting everything I put into my mouth. I can't stop. I have tried, but food is a constant thing. It's so much more than just the idea of food. It becomes your number one obsession, from grocery shopping, to cooking huge dinners for others. Anorexia becomes you and everything else has to be scheduled around it. You should see my little book, a fat little book with nothing but calories eaten. It's embarassing so I hide it. I really really wanna stop. It's not even the fear of being a lil bigger, cause I see bigger girls and they look fine. I can't even decide what it is anymore. With anorexia I became mildly depressed and that made my sophomore year one of the worst. I am currently trying to re establish my relationship with food and I think I am a lot better and further along the road than two months ago, or even a month. My mom was suspicious, she threatened to sit me down and force feed me. I literally have to control my food because I go on these binges if I allow myself to eat normally. It's horrible. But the thought of stopping is even worse
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Registered: 09-28-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 8:32pm
how much do you weigh now? are you controlling it yet? and one more thing. at that weigh why did you start not eating? I gained like 100 lbs I''ve dropped all of it in the last 2 years, most of it has been this year that is why people are starting to talk about my eating habits, but I was really over weight when I started not eating...

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