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But to me it is. Either I commit to getting help now and don't enjoy my dads stay or I wait it out, relax and see where im at next month, without wasting anyone's time. I think I'll be in a better place after having him here, then, maybe I won't need any outside help.

Thank you both for responding, I'm just so scared right now. And I know if I don't have the psychiatrist appointment looming over me, i can relax a bit because, no dealine. If I've got a deadline then I'll stick to it, whatever. I want to enjoy my dads stay, not be worrying about "proving" im worthy of/need help. I'm…

P. S. MFP moderators, if you do think that this thread is inappropriate could you please let before blocking me? I've got all "My foods" stored and loads of "recipes" that I need. If I don't have the info' for them then I'll just have to bin the foods that I'm storing/have frozen. Please just gibe me a change to manually…

Too many typo's, I apologise 😔

I don't know what I can or can't say on here that'll not get my account deleted (it happened before, about 5 years ago) because I'm really NOT advocating/encouraging/whatever VLCD/eating disorders. My head is in an absolute spin at tbe moment. I've got the endocrinology appointment tomorrow morning to investigate my…

Thank you @PAV8888, I contacted all of those organisations that you mentioned, plus a couple of UK based ones. I had 3 webchats. I can't afford to pay for therapy or expensive calls to the US so that rules most out, straight away but beatuk did point me to their live weekly forum support group. The next one is tomorrow. If…

That's correct, I'm out in the sticks in Turkey. I wouldn't be entitled to or deserve free NHS treatment now and I don't believe in adding to the already huge strain on the NHS. Also, I know what treatment is offered there and how long it takes. I just couldn't spend that long there even if it were possible. I'm hoping…

No way am I eating at or anywhere near maintenance. I know the MFP rules/guidelines on these matters so I'm not going to say what my daily calorie intake is but it is NOT maintenance. Using the past 8 weeks data my maintenance works out at 1700 calories/day. I'm consuming considerably less than that. I'm expecting a whoosh…

BMI today is still 15.9. I don't understand why ☹️

For weight loss, tgere is no "proper diet to exercise ratio", just a sensible calorie deficit. Exercise is great for health but not necessary for weight loss.

Does anyone ever come here? 😒

It sounds like you've been through the wringer but, you're trying to improve, which is fabulous! Bravo to you for being so open and honest, it takes guts 👍

Thank you @PAV8888, much appreciated 😊

Yes, I was planning to mention it because that knowledge may need to be factored into any tests they'll do 👍

It's impossible to see a doctor without an appointment unfortunately. The system here is ridiculously irritating re; appointments - you can go direct to the relevant department secretary and be told you must call the appointment telephone number. When you call the number you are told you must go to the department secretary…

I've been regularly checking the online appointment system and my original doctor now has appointments free for 16th September. I've booked one 👍 BMI is still 15.9 but I'm expecting a change tomorrow.

I've just had an email from the hospital, my doctor has had to cancel the appointment (no explanation why) and there's only 1 other psychiatrist on the online booking system. He's got no appointments until October. Today's BMI is 15.9

Can you explain this please @xaosai?

So you don't really know how many calories a day you're consuming or burning if you're not tracking? I just put your stats in and to lose 0.5 lbs/week at lightly active it's throwing out 1590 calories/day goal. To maintain you'd need 1840. If you're not losing or gaining then you're maintaining so, I'd think, you are…

Am I reading this correctly - you've lost 7 lbs in 7 months eating 1300/day maximum? Something doesn't add up 🤔 What is your age, height and activity level? I would have thought that most people would lose more than that eating at 1300 for 7 months. Are you weighing all your solids and measuring all your liquids? Because,…

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement everyone 😊 It's taken me a long time ro realise that my weight loss efforts were beyond "normal". I just didn't think I would ever let myself get like this again but, I do want to stop it before it gets out of hand so I will keep my appointment, definitely. I just hope and pray…

B.S.!!! 🤬 "STARVATION MODE" ISN'T REAL!!!

I just noticed that the values you gave are a bit lower than mine. I'm tempted to use yours 😁 Your 368 cal's would be for dry weight and the 164 cal's would be for boiled weight. My dry weight values are taken from the packaging and the boiled values are from the same chickpeas.

I adjusted the number of servings to show you the values per 100g

Here's my nutrional values for dry and boiled chickpeas.....

BS. The minimum MFP will give is 1200 (for a female).

Thank you once again @PAV8888, I was inwardly hoping that you'd respond ☺️ It's my bedtime here now and I've got a full day of oncology and endocrine appointments tomorrow so I don't know when I'll be able to reply fully, but I will, as soon as I'm able to. I didn't receive any PM's from you but I did look at the Minnie…

Thank you for taking the time to respond, it's good to hear from someone who really understands the struggle (although not good, if you know what I mean?) And, I'm happy to hear that you're in a better mindset now. I did read up on the Minnie Maud Recovery when it was suggested before but, at the time, I didn't think that…