Every calorie literally counts right?

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  • davis978
    davis978 Posts: 103 Member
    I understand you had a bad experience in trying to get treatment for your ED. Try again. Go to different doctors, and be honest with them about what you felt didn't work about your previous treatment. Fortunately/unfortunately, there are many different treatments mental health. Some "fit" better for a given individual than others. Keep trying until you find one that works for you.

    Your primary complaint about your previous treatment is that it made you gain weight. Most of the time, when an underweight person goes to a doctor with an ED, that doctor is going to want the person to gain weight. That's treatment :) However, part of their job is to try to bring you to a head place where you want to maintain a healthy weight. That's step one. Find a doctor that will do that with you. They exist. But you have to want to try to get there. Right now, if doesn't sound like you want that.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Doesnt seem obsessive to me, seems like your being honest with yourself.

    It is obsessive if you have/have had an eating disorder. And her screenname is "feeling4bones." Her attitude towards calories seems unhealthy, IMO.

    Hope you are able to get the help you need, OP. Eating disorders are rough. I would suggest talking to your doctor about your goals.

    This.

    I'm a true believe that one bite of something or one sip is not going to upset my calorie balance all that much. At least so far it has not.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Your admission of ED, paired with your username and this thread are a very worrying combination.
  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    Yes every calorie counts. However, I am not the best logger and right now I am losing weight, so hey who cares. I do not take just bites of things, I either have them or don't. Bites off my kids plates I do not do anymore, unless they say it taste funny and I do need to check it. Son got food poisoning from milk once, so yeah. I do taste test some food, and I do get the look if I try to log it. I have been known to get to obsessive with my intake outtake. However if I have a smaller portion of some high calorie food, yes I do log it.

    How tall are you OP? Right now, I think you might want to check around for some help. Like another poster said, doctors want patients with EDs to gain weight, but of you gain an unhealthy amount of weight, I would hope the doctor would help you back to healthy. After all, having an ED makes that losing weight phase very hard for some as they go back to old bad habits. You might need help on body dysmorphic. Best Wishes OP! :flowerforyou:
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    Doctors are great with infections, but mental **** they shove too many pills at you.
    you wouldn't see a therapist or other metal health professional for an infection....so don't go to a general practitioner for mental/emotional/behavioral issues
    while there may be a physiological reason behind your history of disordered eating...it is most likely primarily a behavioral problem, and those are best dealt with by talking to someone about your history, and getting help changing your behaviors.

    but in response to your OP, if over the course of a day you typically only steal 2 french fries and have a few sips of ginger ale...don't sweat it. The problem comes when you grab a few bites of a bagel in the morning, a half dozen cashew nuts on the way to work, some fries and soda at lunch, some tastes of whatever you are cooking for dinner before you weigh out your portions, and then a few bites of a brownie before bed. THEN yeah, you wanna log all those things and make sure they aren't taking you way over. (and in my opinion, if that doesn't put you over...then snack away. little tastes are yummy, and they feel good, and there's nothing wrong with them as long as you count them)

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