HELP!

Thank you, everyone, for your concerns. I know I may have been a bit extreme. I'm a determined person though, so when I set my mind to something (like losing weight 6 mo. ago) I really committed myself to it. It's hard for me to ease up a little. I will start to slowly eat more. No need to be so worried!

There IS a need to be worried. You should be eating atleast 4x the amount you are actually consuming. That and your hair is falling out! I honestly don't believe that you will start eating more either. If you posted on the forums its because you needed advice so take everyones advice and seek professional help. Theres only so much strangers on an internet forum to do to help and convince you.

This is textbook ED.

well dear..I would like to say its good for you have posted this here instead of keeping it to you. This way people are able to share their intellectual views with you. Look how many people are helping you come out of the situation. But its you, your best helper. If you don't act now you may place yourself in much more bad condition. All that we want is you listen to your precious body and up your intake.Be good to your body. Its not worth starving.:noway: Hope you post a new topic soon..letting us know that how good you feel eating more and healthy.

Hair loss is your body telling you you're not eating enough. If you're terrified of eating more, you're dealing with an eating disorder. There are many women on this site who weigh less than you, are the same height and eat far more than you do.

Boost your calorie intake from 500 to 1200. Start adding exercise. Don't be alarmed if you gain a pound or two because you're been depriving your body of essential nutrients for so long, it will try to hold on to every calorie you eat.

If you keep up your 500 calorie diet, you're guaranteed to fail.

1) get some help. You may not think you need help, but if you have so much guilt and feel like you fall into depression because you are not constantly losing and eating more than 300 calories it is a problem.

2) I am just under 5'1 and maintaining 113-115 lbs. eating 1300-1600 calories If you would like support feel free to add me.

I don't look unhealthy, and I don't feel unhealthy. I'll try to gradually increase my intake.

A number on the scale or looks don't often tell the whole story. People with bulimia (for instance), can look completely normal, not super thin, etc. Yet, they can also drop dead from what they're subjecting their body to. I'm not sure how you can say you don't feel unhealthy. Your hair is falling out. It's a sure sign that something is not right.

I know you said that you'll eat more, but it may not be that simple. Seek professional help. You said that you were determined to lose weight and you have done it, but there is a right way to do it, and a wrong way to do it, and starving yourself is the wrong way to do it. It is unsustainable, you could hurt yourself, cause your organs to shut down, cause permanent damage, and even die from it. I have a friend with ED whose body is still all sorts of screwed up 20+ years later. You don't want to be like that.

Keep in mind that your body has been starved for nutrients, and has likely lowered your metabolic rate just to stay alive. This means that when you resume eating, you may put on a little weight. Don't worry about it. After you have repaired the damage you have done to your body, you can always get that weight off, the right way. Eating enough to nourish your body, but still at a calorie deficit, and exercising.

Good luck to you. Please keep posting, hopefully about progress.

Are you logging everything you eat? You are literally starving yourself. Eating 300-400 calories daily is dangerous and unsustainable, as you are starting to find out. This sort of eating can do serious damage to your body. Please start eating more. Fruits, nuts, veggies, pretty much anything and everything. Food is not your enemy.

I totally agree!

Ok I stand corrected as I have read your diary and see why your hair is falling out. You are losing weight the wrong way and need more cal. then you are eating. If you ever go back to the old ways of eating or even just eating like you should be in general then you will put weight back on as you have done this the unhealthy way. I might add you have not worked out. I think I would go see your doctor and have a talk with them about this and I am sure they can tell you what to do. For starters though I would increase your cal. as your body needs way more then you are giving it. If you don't then you will start losing more than just your hair.

I hope this helps

Take some vitamin B for hair/nails.

Really? I mean, this may be one of those classic examples of someone actually not reading and just posting the first thing that pops in their head, but did you seriously read any of the rest of the comments in this section before you posted your brilliant advice, or are you simply trolling a serious situation. Read the room, for real...

To the OP, please, please, please, seek a doctor for help and they will get you where you need to be. I know friends that have gone through this and it is a tough mindset to get out of, but what you are doing is not good for your body. Please, I beg of you, seek some professional help.

your hair is falling out because you are malnurished. You are starving your body of essential nutrients, and when that happens it starts taking those nutrients from itself (including hair, teeth, bones, muscles . . . which includes the heart, etc). Go see a doctor and a therapist, you my dear are anorexic and the pretty things that you will lose over time (hair, nails, teeth) is little concern over the big things you will lose continuing down this path (bone density, heart and organ function, mental capacity). As a former ED sufferer, chances are you can't come out of this alone and must have the assistance of qualified ED specialists. Good luck to you, ma'am.

Take some vitamin B for hair/nails.

Really? I mean, this may be one of those classic examples of someone actually not reading and just posting the first thing that pops in their head, but did you seriously read any of the rest of the comments in this section before you posted your brilliant advice, or are you simply trolling a serious situation. Read the room, for real...

To the OP, please, please, please, seek a doctor for help and they will get you where you need to be. I know friends that have gone through this and it is a tough mindset to get out of, but what you are doing is not good for your body. Please, I beg of you, seek some professional help.

Had the exact same thought. Sometimes people should just, well... Yeah. I'll leave it there.