Anyone suffer from an eating disorder?

how many calories does MFP give you to eat?

When I was a teenager I suffered from anorexia. I felt exactly the way that you are feeling now. The hard truth sweetie is that the very best thing you can do for yourself is seek the help of a professional counselor that specializes in eating disorders.
I am so impressed with your bravery to share this with all of your friends on MFP. I know how hard this must have been for you.:flowerforyou:

SEE A PROFESSIONAL. I'm going this next week as soon as I'm done with this flu bug. I've struggled with an ED for several years now. A nutritionist should be able to help you...even a counselor/therapist type person. Please get help because the longer you go without it, the harder it is to overcome it. Muchlove...sending positive thoughts your way

Go seek help! As a person who has struggled with EDs for the past 16 years...professional help is the only way to go before it spirals out of control even more.

I used to have an eating disorder too. About 5 years ago i started out weighing 140 lbs and thought i needed to lose weight so i tried dieting it wasnt good enough for me so i began to count calories with that it went down hill from there. i was counting my calories over 100 times a day!! thats all I could think about was food and numbers and what was i going to eat later that day, did i go over yet. I was working out 3 times a day!! i got down to about 92 lbs. my parents were so stressed because of what i was putting them thru they took me to get help. i slowly gained weight back and felt amazing. well 5 years later i let myself go..142 lbs now and i feel awful but this time i am losing weight the Healhy way and couldnt feel better about it. I sometimes worry that my old habits will return but i am dedicated to turn everything around and keep the weight off. I know you can do this, and i am not saying you will gain all your weight back like me i just went thru another difficult stage in life. Family members passing away and relationships and so on. I am so proud of you for trying to turn your life around because its a great feeling. good luck hun!!

Go by what MFP is telling you to eat. 1200 calories? Then you should eat that and then if you exercise aim for burning only 300 calories (no more), so your total calories a day 900 after exercise. Eat something for breakfast or coffee. Eat a salad, sandwich with whole wheat, tuna with veggies, chicken salad, whole wheat wrap, etc. And then for dinner a meat, veggies, and healthy carb. Stick to that. You have lost way more weight than you should have I'm guessing. And, yes, I know how it feels when the weight and inches fall off and it feels awesome. But, you need energy too from food. So, try that plan, and you should maintain. Hope this helps. And congrats for realizing that you do need a change. And for snacks...almonds, yogurt, v8 low sodium, berries, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, celery, etc. Good luck girl!

go to a doctor/proffessional something. I would like to say relisation is a big step but you actually need to act on that. I was anorexic and knew I was, it took my periods stopping and a good few fainting spells to start eating again, and that wasnt cos I wanted to, it was cos i was forced to. My hair started falling out, my periods stopped, my veins went blue, my friends felt alienated etc (I was eating under 1000 calories a day and exercising an hour and a half a day, im 5ft9). You need to eat more, if you dont a scary spell in the hopital or worse awaits you.
I can totally empathise, i even refused to steal a chip off of other people's plates at my worst and I still have that little anorexic voice in my head, after memorising the calories for literally thousands of foods, Its hard not to count calories every single day.
Try to get enough protien, and iron, you're probably anemic as well because of your lack of food so red meat, spinach and broccoli are good for this, it may help with the tiredness. Being anorexic is all about control, I had to control ever little bit of food that went into my mouth, if you can maybe switch this to a different thing, now I try to get enough grams of protien a day and lower my salt as well as counting calories, so I dont get too obsessive over the calories.
It's frustrating sometimes doing it the healthy way but your skin will look better and you will fell better. Anorexia does make you short tempered, depressed, irratable etc as well, so mentally you will feel better if you eat better.
What kind of foods do you really like? Generally there are ways of working really yummy food into a really good regime. If you have any problems, support or want any good meal ideas, just message me.

(((BIG HUGS)))

You are a brave girl for sharing your story (so are all the other lovely women who have shared theirs too). I wish you the very best on your journey to a healthy lifestyle. Please seek some professional help or at the very least share with your parents what you just shared with us so that they can help you make the step to get help. :flowerforyou:

Definitely seek professional help. There are lots of different types of services that range from mild to more intensive, but a counselor can also help you decide what will work best for you.

There are also often lots of support or educational groups that you can attend. Therapeutic groups are great because you realize you are not alone in what your going through and you learn from your peers as well as professionals. You have accomplished the hardest part: Acknowledging that something needs to change in order to benefit yourself.

You are very brave for finally coming to terms with this and you've already started seeking help. Mayoclinic.com offers a lot of resources on eating disorders and nutrition. Alexian Brothers (http://www.alexianbrothershealth.org/services/abbhh/ourservices/eating-disorders/index.aspx) also offers a lot of information on eating disorders. There are so many types of disordered eating as well that even emotional eating could fall into that category.

As for changing your eating habits, definitely talk with a nutritionist, which a counselor may be able to help you set up as well. You body is used to eating minimal amounts of food, which means you will need to slowly re-integrate calories and food, otherwise, as you've noticed, you won't feel well. As you begin to eat healthy and reach a safe goal weight, you will find your body will function much more efficiently and you'll feel better.

I hope this helps. I know its a lot but I speak as a professional, which is why I strongly encourage you to seek help. If you are attending a community college or university often times the school will offer a certain amount of counseling services for free. Like I said before, you've already accomplished one of the hardest parts, which is acknowledging the need for change.