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Wed, 12-20-2006 - 5:21pm
hi everyone~
first, i want to say that i dont think i'm anorexic...but that's what i'm trying to find out. this past spring and summer, i went from 145 pounds to 115 (I'm 5'6 1/2"). I did it because my weight had always bothered me...i know 145 is by no means fat, but I put on ALL of my weight in my stomach area (i've always been flat chested and had vritually no butt to speak of), so I was extremely self conscious about that area of my body. to lose the weight, i ate 1200 calories and ran 4 miles per day. at one point i got obsessive about it, weighing myself everyday, but people started worrying about me and i've been making very conscious efforts not to obsess/lose any more weight. i rarely weigh myself anymore, but I'm very conscious about what I eat and how many calories it has. I definitely DO NOT think i'm fat, and i definitely don't want to lose any more weight...i just don't want to go back to the way i was. recently i've been trying to eat a lot more, but my parents are still worried about my weight. also, i haven't gotten my period since july, even though i eat about 1800 calories a day...i'm just confused and i want to know if there's anything wrong with me...i'm not one of those girls who wants to be anorexic and be skeletal, i don't like the fact that people make comments about how little i weigh...but the thing is, i'm happy with my body now! so my question is, does it sound like i'm anorexic?
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In reply to: beg88
Thu, 12-21-2006 - 9:58am
If you are happy with your body and not restricting extrememely to get/keep it there then it's probably okay, but you do have some body issues that will haunt you no matter what your size so I'd speak to someone ASAP.

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Registered: 12-13-2006
In reply to: beg88
Thu, 12-21-2006 - 1:29pm

Hi! Welcome to board!


I can't remember what the criteria doctors or therapist follow to diagnose anorexia. There are

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Registered: 09-06-2005
In reply to: beg88
Sat, 12-23-2006 - 1:01pm

Hi there, beg 88, and welcome to the ed board!


It sounds like you're trying to figure out where you "fit in" in the ed spectrum, if you do at all.

 

 

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