Serious problems with undereating

healthy4alex

Hi everyone...so, I'm really annoyed with myself for losing weight. I have such a hard time keeping it on already...I don't want to become unhealthy again, but whenever I am under high amounts of stress, my weight drops. I wouldn't complain, but I don't have very much wiggle-room left until I become underweight. I am 5'0 and 97 pounds right now, and the lowest I can healthily go is 95 pounds. I am supposed to eat about 1400 calories a day to maintain my normal weight of 98 pounds, but I've been going under without even realizing it.. How can I be more aware of my serving sizes instead of over-estimating them? I am a recovering anorexic (2 years into recovery), and its harder for me to realize this than for other people.

Anyone have any ideas? Help!

wyodawn

Do you measure things or just eyeball them? I had the opposite problem, but I was underestimating what I was eating and eating way too much. Some days, measuring things does trigger my old struggle with anorexia, but once you do it for a little while you will be able to estimate amounts better.

healthy4alex

I generally measure or weigh everything, but I'm good enough at eyeballing that there are times where I will just do that.