New, nervous, ED

Welcome.
:flowerforyou:

Eating disorders usually have a root cause somewhere totally unrealted to food. Trust me, I know. Make sure on this journey you keep that in mind and you find what your root stems from.

Make sure you listen to the advice of others, but remember it's just advice...none of us, that I know of, is a professional (yet) in this field. Of course, there will be conflicting advice at times....find what works best for you and stick with it.

Remember, your weight is not too high already....so it may be more of a challenge to lose weight. Keep it up though... and keep it healthy and realistic.

Good luck.

First of all, I don't think you need a kick in the pants. As anyone who has suffered from an eating disorder knows, you probably do that to yourself enough. So first thing, STOP. You are worth a healthy, happy you. Even without extreme eating disorders, pretty much everyone on this site is here because food has at some point in our lives become a comfort or a rationale for reward in what may otherwise seem like a thankless, un-appreciative life. Some of us might even have gotten too comfortable in our worlds or too busy taking care of other people and their needs that we forget about ourselves.

Second thing, YOU CAN DO THIS!!! Eating disorders are like a cancer. It's a disease that sits inside you, sometimes in remission, sometimes raging it's ugly head, but it is beatable. If you had cancer, to what lengths would you go to not only live, but live a productive life? Same is true with eating. You don't just want to be able to fit into those size whatever jeans. You want to be able to run and jump and play in them. Ever see the girls in the mall who look like they're walking on stilts and you realize that you didn't even know jeans came in a size zero for an almost 6 foot tall woman? And one good wind would just blow them over? Not who you want to be!

By the way, I'm talking from experience. My incentive? My beautiful eight year old daughter who I want to never feel about herself the way I grew up feeling. What is your incentive? Is it your future?

Suggestion: Look at yourself every morning in the mirror and find one thing you find attractive about yourself. Doesn't have to be big. Your hair? The color of your eyes? The way your ears are symmetrical? Doesn't matter. When you feel like overindulging, concentrate on that one part of your body that you like. Look in a mirror or just picture it. As you start changing your eating habits, your exercise habits, please don't forget getting PLENTY OF SLEEP, you'll start seeing more parts on your body that you find attractive. One day, you'll walk out the door realizing you are just that dang hot. The feeling may go away the next day, but hopefully you'll have more days than not.

So my small words of wisdom: YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! You already are. Making the decision to change is a HUGE step. Keep it up. Post here often and don't be afraid. We all have our days, weeks, months, years, problems, ups, downs, successes, and failures. Help us to keep plugging away too.

And WELCOME!!!

Hi,
No need to be nervous. Everyone is here because they need support and motivation. I wish I had better advice to give, but all I can do is wish you the best of luck and offer an ear if you ever need it.:flowerforyou:

welcome to the site, we are all here to get healthy and help each other :flowerforyou: