Confused... - Eating Disorder Recovery Message Board

Jdub22 · 12-28-2000, 08:35 PM

Hey, i always read this message boards, and yes, i am like so many people wondering if i have a problem. I don't really know if i have an eating disorder. I mean i do on occasion throw up my food, and i know that is bulemic like, but its not really on a daily basis, and i do take laxatives also, on a occasion when i have them. Also, i try to restrict alot, like 500 cals a day, but i always and i mean ALWAYS slip. So, i know this seems like a no-brainer, but i have no symptoms of an anorexic or bulemic, like health or physical wise, and i have not by any means lost a drastic amount of weight, in fact, my weight is so unpredictable sometimes i gain up to like 5 pounds, and i have only lost up to 10. I am very active, and my energy level has not really dropped at all. So, in other words, i am just very confused...

Maci · 12-29-2000, 08:47 AM

Hi Jdub22. You do not need to look anorexic to be anorexic. You have so many of the signs or behaviors of an eating disorder-throwing up, laxative use, calorie restriction. Be very careful. I started out similar to you and at my worst I weighed under 90 pounds. (I am 5'5" so that's pretty skinny). All of the things you are doing are very harmful to your body. Also if you are very active, your body needs the extra nutrition.

katkat · 12-29-2000, 12:08 PM

first stop saying "like" so much. ok?
next quit vomiting because it erodes the emanel off your teeth. you think fat is ugly? try going toothless in a few years. and you know you have a problem with your eating or lack there of or you wouldn't be here. you should still be fine with 1200 cals a day. alot more healthy and try a vitamin every day for safety sake.

kat

katkat · 12-29-2000, 12:10 PM

first stop saying "like" so much. ok?
next quit vomiting because it erodes the emanel off your teeth. you think fat is ugly? try going toothless in a few years. and you know you have a problem with your eating or lack there of or you wouldn't be here. you should still be fine with 1200 cals a day. alot more healthy and try a vitamin every day for safety sake.

kat

Snow Angel · 01-03-2001, 01:05 AM

Hey!
I thought I better reply to this since some of your other replies looked rather harsh! Anyway..wow! Except for the fact that I've never made myself throw up, I am the EXACT same as you. I've done everything else with about the same frequency you have.

I have recently decided that I have a problem. I've always tried to tell myself (like you have) that I don't but here's the thing: If I don't have a problem then why am I always worried about the health concerns of this 'non-problem'? Why do I always have to wonder "Is this the time the laxatives will cause some irreversible bowel problem?" or "Is this the time I have an early heart attack from a few days of serious restricting?" If there was no problem, I wouldn't have to ask myself these questions.

I hope you realize the same and get the help you deserve for this.

Snow Angel