Overestimating calories.

lilawolf

Therapy? I'm serious. Your maintenance calories are probably in the 18-2200 range, so even being a bit over will still leave you losing weight. What is the point of weighing and logging if you aren't going to do it accurately? 8-1200 calories a day is not healthy at all. You should not be terrified to eat. That is very unhealthy.

Write about it, meditate, get therapy, and try to find ways to get around your fears. Like take measurements and pictures so that you can compare when you are afraid of gaining weight etc.

Thank you for a serious reply. I do have a history of disordered eating, but I didn't know if this kind of thing was serious enough for me to seek out help again.

I'm sorry to hear that. Did your therapist from before give you any advice/exercises to help you overcome it before? Maybe you could try writing those down again and trying to apply them again? Think about how you got better, and why you ended up sliding back in the wrong direction. Are there specific triggers or an especially stressful situation right now?

I agree with the poster above who said it was better to get help sooner rather than later. If the above advice isn't significantly helping within a week or so, I hope that you can return to counseling.

You've beat this before and you can beat it again! You are a strong woman who deserves to live, eat, and enjoy life without fear.