How to avoid anorexia?
barbstav27
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I've always gone on diets hoping to do it the healthy way, but I've always ended up hating myself if i ate something at all, and ended up restricting myself to under 200 calories a day.
This happens every single time I go on a diet, no matter what I do. I'll decide for once to be healthy, and I'll see the scale going down every day, but I always feel the need to restrict my calories further to get quicker results, even if I give myself months to accomplish my goal.
Every single time i go anorexic, I lose 20 lbs within like, a month or less, but it always gets to the point where I feel nauseous every time I take a bite of something. How can I prevent that from happening this time? I'm tired of losing weight, then gaining it back, only to start the cycle over again.
No matter how many times I tell myself, "I'm going to eat at least 1200 healthy calories a day", I always end up cutting my calories back down to absurd amounts, even if i dont want to. My body just wont let me eat every time I choose to diet or change my life to a healthy lifestyle. Help!
This happens every single time I go on a diet, no matter what I do. I'll decide for once to be healthy, and I'll see the scale going down every day, but I always feel the need to restrict my calories further to get quicker results, even if I give myself months to accomplish my goal.
Every single time i go anorexic, I lose 20 lbs within like, a month or less, but it always gets to the point where I feel nauseous every time I take a bite of something. How can I prevent that from happening this time? I'm tired of losing weight, then gaining it back, only to start the cycle over again.
No matter how many times I tell myself, "I'm going to eat at least 1200 healthy calories a day", I always end up cutting my calories back down to absurd amounts, even if i dont want to. My body just wont let me eat every time I choose to diet or change my life to a healthy lifestyle. Help!
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Have you talked to a family member, teacher, therapist, etc about this?0
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Print out what you posted here.
Call your doctor. Have a frank talk with them, and show them what you wrote here. It does NOT sound like you should be dieting. It sounds like you have an active eating disorder and need professional help. Not internet message board advice, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE to manage your health and your body image.
Please do that.0 -
Have you talked to a family member, teacher, therapist, etc about this?
Yes I talk to my friends about this a lot and they try to help me, but I end up puking if they try to give me something when I'm on a diet. But when I decide "I dont care how I look" I can eat perfectly fine. But i want to change my lifestyle to a healthy one and lose weight the right way. but every time i decide something like this, my body decides to reject any food I give it.0 -
Get professional help. Your behavior shows that you have extreme difficulty with regulating intake. All or nothing is not healthy.0
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Print out what you posted here.
Call your doctor. Have a frank talk with them, and show them what you wrote here. It does NOT sound like you should be dieting. It sounds like you have an active eating disorder and need professional help. Not internet message board advice, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE to manage your health and your body image.
Please do that.
Well I'm 5'6'' tall and I weigh 160 lbs. My doctor told me at my last physical I need to lose a little weight, but every time I try, my body decides to reject food. I dont want to burden my family financially by having to go see a doctor though0 -
You do this by focusing on how you look and your fitness, rather than on the scale number, if the scale going down is a trigger. What is the point of doing something aimed at health, if you are then going to allow a number to contradict that ? 1200 is too low for the majority anyway and there is no need to go so low...has experience not taught you that you will simply keep repeating the same old pattern until you change how you approach things ? Forget the damn scale, forget cutting calories to the bare minimum. Think about eating the right foods to provide your body the nutrition it needs, and being decently active. You only get one body to live in.
Also, it sounds as if you need to seek therapy, as obviously there is something else going on if you are drawn to keep losing more and more once you see that number going down.0 -
Have you talked to a family member, teacher, therapist, etc about this?
Yes I talk to my friends about this a lot and they try to help me, but I end up puking if they try to give me something when I'm on a diet. But when I decide "I dont care how I look" I can eat perfectly fine. But i want to change my lifestyle to a healthy one and lose weight the right way. but every time i decide something like this, my body decides to reject any food I give it.
AHEM.
Print out what you posted here.
Call your doctor. Have a frank talk with them, and show them what you wrote here. It does NOT sound like you should be dieting. It sounds like you have an active eating disorder and need professional help. Not internet message board advice, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE to manage your health and your body image.
Please do that.
BOTH OF THESE indicate you need professional help. PLEASE stop your cycle of abusing your body.0 -
Talk to someone who specializes in eating disorders. That should get you the help you need.0
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Please seek a professionals help. They are the only one who can help.
Here is a website
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
They even have a hotline
Call the Helpline
You may reach the Helpline at (800) 931-2237.0 -
Also, I honestly cannot see why your body would suddenly start rejecting food as soon as you decide to change your lifestyle/diet.
That is a mental thing, not a physical thing.
And I speak as someone with a 25 year history of on/off EDs and ED thinking, who is finally finding herself in a much better and much more balanced place.0 -
My family doesnt have the money to go see a doctor or eating disorder specialist or anything like that
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Will it be less of a burden when you end up hospitalized because you didn't want to burden them? As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.Print out what you posted here.
Call your doctor. Have a frank talk with them, and show them what you wrote here. It does NOT sound like you should be dieting. It sounds like you have an active eating disorder and need professional help. Not internet message board advice, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE to manage your health and your body image.
Please do that.
Well I'm 5'6'' tall and I weigh 160 lbs. My doctor told me at my last physical I need to lose a little weight, but every time I try, my body decides to reject food. I dont want to burden my family financially by having to go see a doctor though0 -
My family doesnt have the money to go see a doctor or eating disorder specialist or anything like that
There's a hotline listed above.0 -
What kind of expectations do you have for a time frame?
If you're expecting to lose more than a pound a week, you're setting yourself up for failure, and inherently from there, self-loathing and guilt.0 -
What kind of expectations do you have for a time frame?
If you're expecting to lose more than a pound a week, you're setting yourself up for failure, and inherently from there, self-loathing and guilt.
I normally make goals like 20 pounds in 4 months or something along those lines0 -
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Please seek a professionals help. They are the only one who can help.
Here is a website
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
They even have a hotline
Call the Helpline
You may reach the Helpline at (800) 931-2237.
You do not need to lose weight. You need to work on getting healthy not just physically but mentally - you need to have a different relationship with food.
If you know that you are going to restrict yourself to 200 calories a day...then you shouldn't even be dieting at all. You really need to talk to a professional. No one here can help. That hotline is free. Let me repeat - that hotline is free...
Like another poster said...would you rather be a "burden" now or would you rather be hospitalized?
You say your doctor said you need to lose weight, well I bet you didn't tell him/her about your restricting calories to 200 a day.
ETA: I'm not trying to be mean, just being honest and concerned.0 -
I looked at your profile and saw you are still in high school. Your school has to offer counseling services so I highly suggest making an appointment with them to discuss this.
Right now, you need to focus on your mental health. Not losing weight. Sure, you are a tiny bit overweight according to BMI but then again, BMI is bull****. I'd kill to have a BMI of 25.8.
Your mental health is 100000x more important than your weight will ever be. If your family doesn't have the money for an ED specialist, then call the hotline listed in a previous post. There are ways to work around having no money. Many people have ED's and no money but they still get the help they need. If your family has insurance, find out what the insurance company covers in terms of therapy.
Honestly, your body isn't rejecting the food. You are making yourself reject the food. It is all in your head. The mind is a very powerful thing and plays tricks on us all the time.
Also, I think you know that eating less than 200 calories a day is EXTREMELY unhealthy and dangerous. You are putting yourself at extreme risk for starvation, vitamin depletion, and even death. If you continue eating less than 200 calories a day, you WILL end up in the hospital and your family WILL be stuck in an even bigger predicament financially.
A lot of mental illnesses are mind over matter.0 -
Thank you to everyone who replied. I think for now I'm just going to see how things turn out without getting help first, since today was only my first day of my diet, and I was about to eat about 700 calories today, which is more than I'm used to. I'll try increasing it about 100 calories a week until I can get to a normal calorie intake, and see if I can maintain it from there. If it gets any worse I will seek whatever help I can get0
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Hotline free. Seriously. Call them.0
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I'm going to call them if I start to go back to my old eating habits. Thank you so much for providing me with the numberHotline free. Seriously. Call them.
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Hotline free. Seriously. Call them.
Please. Do. This. There was a lot of very good advice given. I hope you seriously consider seeking help, not "if" you go back to your old habits. Prevention like one of the other awesome posters stated. You've identified the problem. Now it's time to address it.0 -
Thank you to everyone who replied. I think for now I'm just going to see how things turn out without getting help first, since today was only my first day of my diet, and I was about to eat about 700 calories today, which is more than I'm used to. I'll try increasing it about 100 calories a week until I can get to a normal calorie intake, and see if I can maintain it from there. If it gets any worse I will seek whatever help I can get
Eating (netting?) 700-800 calories is against MFP guidelines... because you need more than that starting now. Call the hotline. You need help, but you are in denial.0 -
The way to stop the cycle is simple - stop dieting. I struggle a lot with disordered eating, and I've come to find that attempting to diet always ends up triggering a relapse in Anorexia for me. Knowing how bad my physical and mental health can get during those relapses, I try to just avoid dieting all together. I really suggest you do the same. People with eating disorders (AN, BN, OSFED, BED, and such) tend to find themselves in relapses, when they try dieting.
Focus on your health: nourish your mind and body with as many healthy foods as you can manage. It's okay that you're struggling with that right now, and try not to beat yourself up over the situation (or guilt yourself)! You cannot choose whether or not you have an eating disorder, which kind of sucks. What's cool though, is that you can choose to start pursuing recovery, and therefore also a healthy lifestyle.
I won't give you the hotline number since it's already been posted on here, but do call! If you tell them that you cannot afford treatment, they'll help you to find more affordable treatment, and they'll let you know if there is anything free of charge in your area. ALSO, look for studies being done on those with ED's, as that's a way of receiving cheap/free treatment. It may be harder if you're not of majority yet, though. STILL, it's totally worth looking into!
Feel free to shoot me a message if you need any support. I'm really proud of you for taking the energy to reach out, which I know from personal experience can be so gut wrenching! We're all here to support you in your journey to health, and I hope you start feeling better soon.
PS. Throw out your scale, ASAP. Scales are useless.0 -
In no way am I going against MFP guidelines since I am not promoting anorexia. I'm seeking help for it. Nor am I in denial about anything since I am aware I have a problem, and I am aware that I need help, which is why I said I would call the hotline if I cannot fix myself on my own...Thank you to everyone who replied. I think for now I'm just going to see how things turn out without getting help first, since today was only my first day of my diet, and I was about to eat about 700 calories today, which is more than I'm used to. I'll try increasing it about 100 calories a week until I can get to a normal calorie intake, and see if I can maintain it from there. If it gets any worse I will seek whatever help I can get
Eating (netting?) 700-800 calories is against MFP guidelines... because you need more than that starting now. Call the hotline. You need help, but you are in denial.0 -
I am not going to tell you what to do, I have a similar issue and have been battling my eating disorder since I was 15. I havent beaten it but I have accepted it is part of who I am now and without having gone through it I would not be who I am today. I am fighting every day not to give into my urges, and that is really all I can advise for you: fight for each day, take it, it is yours!
Feel free to message me if you want to talk.0 -
Print out what you posted here.
Call your doctor. Have a frank talk with them, and show them what you wrote here. It does NOT sound like you should be dieting. It sounds like you have an active eating disorder and need professional help. Not internet message board advice, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE to manage your health and your body image.
Please do that.
Well I'm 5'6'' tall and I weigh 160 lbs. My doctor told me at my last physical I need to lose a little weight, but every time I try, my body decides to reject food. I dont want to burden my family financially by having to go see a doctor though
regardless of what your GP says go to a therapist/mental health doctor. it doesn't matter if you are too skinny or too fat -- you have an unhealthy relationship with food. asking a forum how to avoid anorexia in a serious manner is not something taken lightly. i agree with the above poster. please seek help.0 -
YOU ADMIT TO EATING ONLY 700 CALORIES ON DAY ONE OF YOUR LATEST DIET!!!! Seek help since you are already exhibiting the behaviors you asked for help avoiding. You obviously cannot do this without help beyond what a message board can provide.
I've noticed that you haven't opened up your diary. Something tells me that what we'd see is even more upsetting than your posts so far.
CALCULATE YOUR BMR, THEN COMPARE YOUR CALORIC INTAKE. YOU ARE EATING LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IN A FREAKING COMA!!!0 -
In no way am I going against MFP guidelines since I am not promoting anorexia. I'm seeking help for it. Nor am I in denial about anything since I am aware I have a problem, and I am aware that I need help, which is why I said I would call the hotline if I cannot fix myself on my own...Thank you to everyone who replied. I think for now I'm just going to see how things turn out without getting help first, since today was only my first day of my diet, and I was about to eat about 700 calories today, which is more than I'm used to. I'll try increasing it about 100 calories a week until I can get to a normal calorie intake, and see if I can maintain it from there. If it gets any worse I will seek whatever help I can get
Eating (netting?) 700-800 calories is against MFP guidelines... because you need more than that starting now. Call the hotline. You need help, but you are in denial.
:flowerforyou: you are influencing others. People who just read and don't respond. It's not a good plan. Here read this. It has me on the right path: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
You said that you are seeking help for it yet you are not listening to the recommendation. Are you a troll??0 -
I think you're currently setting yourself up for failure because you're going into this with a mind set of self-hate. Thus turns unto restriction, control, and never being good enough.
You also seem to be exhibiting black and white thinking (you can eat whatever you want when not counting but once in control you HAVE TO RESTRICT!).
Unfortunately as others have said until you seek some kind of self discovery and journey to change your current perspective this is going to be a recurring problem.
I'm not going to judge but generally these thought patterns are apparent in numerous aspects of people's lives. If not only for this situation it would definitely be beneficial to living an overall happier life.0
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