anyone who has been Anorexic.

Pheeia666
Pheeia666 Posts: 25
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so I've overcome anorexia just on 1 and half years now and has gained a lot of weight and is now 70kgs which is unhealthy I know, and my question is/has anyone had this trouble?
I just feel alone because any normal person should loose weight with what I'm doing yet nothing seems to be working aahh

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  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    I have had this trouble. I was anorexic in high school. I dropped 60 lbs before friends started taking notice, so I got help and managed to recover. However, dealing with my depression and anxiety, I gained about 30 lbs...which made me healthy. Then I went to college and gained another 10. Then I went to my second year of college and gained another 10. Then I moved to another state and lost 5 or so. And the big kicker...I got a desk job that was second shift. I drank soda and ate fast food all the time and gained over 50 lbs.

    Not to mention that I lost 23 pounds about a year and a half ago and then gained it back when I moved back home. Over the summer, I lost 20 pounds again and during a move to Japan and the holidays, gained 10 back. That's where I'm at now. We have to work twice as hard because we killed our metabolisms. Just take it slow and maybe look for fitness over the number on the scale. You may be losing inches so get a fabric tape measure...you can get them pretty cheap...and take measurements of your neck, arms, bust, underbust, hips, waist, thighs and calves. In fact, throw the scale out if you can....it is our biggest enemy.
  • LindseyAlyssa
    LindseyAlyssa Posts: 156
    I didn't have anorexia, but I do have experience with having an eating disorder. After gaining too much weight (40lbs) following my initial recovery, I'm here fixing that. What I've found to be beneficial is avoiding the scale and sticking to body measurements. I promise you that doing so will be much less stressful and anxiety filled than checking your measurements. I've been stuck at the same weight for a few weeks, yet I'm loosing around my waist and thighs.

    As for diet, what has worked best for me is to ditch the majority of processed food and stick to fresh, and eliminate empty carbs like breads, pastas, etc. and always use the full fat version of foods rather than the non fat. A bit counter intuitive (or at least it was for me), but once you remove sugars and start eating a healthy amount of fat, your body starts converting your fat stores into energy rather than using the sugars you consume.

    If you need some support on here, feel free to add me :)
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Hi!

    I am 38 and a recovering anorexic/bulimic. I am not sure how far into your recovery you are. This place may not be the best if you have not been symptom free for a few years. I have been for three years, and I know exactly what my triggers are. Before you try to lose the weight, you need to get your mind in order, because it is very easy to slip back into disordered thinking and actions, if you have not dealt with the psychological aspect of food and your relationship with it. Also I know this is hard, but have you learnt to love yourself at your highest weight? Or can you pinpoint things you like about you...are your thoughts positive rather than negative...are you still obsessed with images you see? All valid questions, because for me cutting calories is a trigger in itself, so is counting them. I am working on all of this now. I have suffered since I was 17. It is a daily challenge. I am still recovering as I know one of those triggers might just one day tip me over into bad behaviours again.

    Sorry this is long...I just want to warn you that being on here and seeing people lose weight, all the nice pictures and threads about many many things, might just trigger you if you are not ready.

    Small steps. And good luck!

    p.s. someone said we have killed our metabolisms...no I disagree totally with this, we have distorted our thinking and our actions. We need to fix those. The body is remarkably resilient. My metabolism is wonderful and has been normal for many years. We don't have to work twice as hard either, but because we have suffered with distorted thinking which has affected our actions, we need to address those things first before we can successfully view food and our bodies normally.
  • Pheeia666
    Pheeia666 Posts: 25
    Thanks so much for all your support and my councilor said to me I'm mentally and physically cured but she did say to me keep in mind you will have bad days and good days, I use to under eat and over excercise, well one apple a day and doing 1,000 star jumps and getting up and making myself move from 6am til midnight everyday, over a 5 month period and going to hospital and they Said I only had 2 weeks left to live at 42kgs isn't healthy. Now I DO agree I feel have to work twice as hard as my friends to loose weight and I am eating the same amount as Them and excercise more than them due to my job as a rouseabout.
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    You're lucky then, nexangelus. My metabolism is still totally shot and I've been recovered for 7 years now. I had to up my calorie intake because I felt I was starving myself at 1200 and now I have to workout twice as much just to lose 1 lb if any in a week. Granted I do need to see a doctor because I may have another condition making it hard to lose weight which would just go figure. I have seen it go both ways in recovery...some people's metabolisms bounce back right away and others never do. I think I'm in the later because I had a slow metabolism before I developed the eating disorder.

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