Getting hate for wanting to recover from..

Continue eating! It's way more important to be healthy then to be super-skinny, which isn't even attractive to anyone but other anorexics. You're getting healthier, and that's what matters. Ignore the nay-sayers -- they're not worth your time.

Of course you should continue eating, but you probably need to be under a doctors care. And you need to find friends and support on here that match your goals. Just because they're anorexic too doesn't mean that they're here to help you. It sounds like they're feeding your fear of being fat instead of supporting you in your goal to get healthy. Delete them. And go to the doctor.

Get new friends on here, block the ones that give you grieg. Strong and healthy is sooooooooo much better looking than stick thin. Please eat. The damage done to your body can start repairing itself, and you'll start feeling better. Eat.

eat and block those who are telling you not too... your health is more important then what others say...i think they might be projecting their own body issues on you because they are jealouse of you taking control of your life and doing what they (yet) cant..your getting better..every day make the choice to live a healthy life!!

1. Yes. Eat. You aren't seeing things clearly. Google Body Dymorphia.

2. Stop talking to any friends you made in the ANA circle. Delete your profile from any ANA sites. You need healthy friends.

Remeber the people giving you grief are in the throes of their own struggle, what they say isn't about you it is about them. Cut that toxicity off your friend list and out of your life and make friends with some of the incredible strong fit healthy supportive people on here x

Well the anorexic people bashing you are being ignorant and neglecting your health and life. So that fact alone disqualifies anything that they have to say. Eat and be healthy. If you are concerned about the form that your weight takes, do some weight lifting to tone and turn those calories into healthy muscle. If the thin image is what you are after, that is attainable to realistic levels through proper nutrition and exercise while still maintaining a healthy body. Since you are trying to recover, you obviously know that just starving yourself isn't the way to go. Keep on your path and only listen to people that want you to be healthy and happy. There's a lot of people on here who have recovered from anorexia and I'm sure they would offer a lot of great advice and continued support via e-mail if you seek it out. I wish you the best.

Ditto....

anyone on your "friends" list who is giving you negative feedback, ditch them! Get some supportive people in your sphere. My heart goes out to you. Your body will level out once you get to a healthy weight. Be the best YOU that you can be. Eat foods that will nourish you and make you feel amazing (fresh fruits, and veggies, nuts etc). I know that it's hard to understand, but these people you see in magazines are airbrushed or photoshopped or have gone to unhealthy extremes. Do you want to live this way for the rest of your life? You are the only one who can control this. You don't have to be perfect, just the best version of yourself that you can be. You can do this. Be strong! You are AMAZING...

As someone who has recovered from Anorexia and bulimia myself, I would also encourage you to seek the treatment of a counselor. I know from experience that you cannot fight this HORRIFIC disease on your own. It will come back to haunt you if you do not get adequate care and an understanding of what this disease is truly about. You are taking the first step in acknowledging that you need help, but the food part is only a symptom, there are so many other layers that need looked at. Take good care of yourself and please look for a support group and a one on one counselor to help support you through such a challenging time. I swear to you that my worst day in recovery was always better than any day in my disease. Best of luck to you in your journey through recovery.

What's more important to you, feeling healthy or looking like a coat-rack with clothes on? i don't understand why it seems like a game to some people, this getting so thin you could pass out at any minute. My oldest daughter went through that in high school and it was pretty scary!

Mental and physical health are what matters in the long run. Being anorexic and old probably doesn't happen because that can't sustain a useful and happy life.

YOU are the smart one here!! Are you old enough to get help on your own, you know, like a therapist or anybody? There are some bad bad lies we tell ourselves about weight that interfere with our health. Like you said, you are cold, anemic, hormonally challenged, and feeling crazy. Does that sound like how you want your life to be? You won't be able to have children, if that's a desire eventually, because your hormones will stay messed up if you continue to be too thin, and you'll always feel unhappy if you feel crazy, right? Being anorexic screws with your ability to focus, to be available to anyone else besides yourself, and an anorexic person isn't even really there for their own best interests, know what i mean?

PLEASE CHOOSE to stay on the path you are currently on! As you get stronger again, you'll be able to get active and those pounds will go to the right places. You need to feed your brain and body. DUMP those anorexic as*** and stay away from them, and use that smart brain of yours to keep choosing for YOUR best!!

As i reread my message i realized that i sound like i'm mama/grandma-ing you, hope you don't mind. Now eat your peas. ;-D

I cannot go to the doctor. I have social anxiety anyways. Doctors scare me.
She'll put me on like 3,000 calories or something crazy and I'm far to worried ):

I highly doubt the doctor will put you on 3,000 calories.. that is way to much... even for someone trying to recover like yourself.

Is there anyway that you can see a counselor? One that specializes in ED? They can help as much as a doctor could, and could also help treat the social anxiety aspect.

Girl, you are perfect and there is nothing fundamentally WRONG with you.

I've had similar problems, and I know that the bouts come and go!

But you just need to take that first step in NOT CARING about that perfect body goal. It -will- come, in time. It's hard to get out of that horrible preoccupation when we're young, I know.

It just takes a bit of muscle building for that good posture and tiny portions of protein throughout the day.
You can keep the weakness away this way.

You DON'T need to give up, but just get out of that horrible cycle of feelings. It's like a meat grinder!

Why are you still friends w/ folks who are still suffering from ED's?

It's like an alcoholic who's trying to quit drinking but still hangs out at the bars.

You already know what the answer is to your question is. Find new friends, continue eating at healthy levels until you're eating at maintenance. Maintain body weight not by starving but by exercising moderately.

I get the impression you don't want to live w/ an ED any longer. Time to cut those out of your life who are bringing you down and not supporting you.

Good luck! :flowerforyou:

Ditto!!