I think I'm anorexic - I need help?!
Question: for the past year, i've been eating about 600-800 calories a day and going to the gym and burning off 300-400. although i do have slip-up days where i eat somewhere between 3000-4000, but i've never purged. i lost a lot of weight, 22 lbs. i'm 90 lbs and 5'0 now.
i want to lose more and be thinner, but at the same time i DON'T because i know it's unhealthy. it's a constant debate with myself. i'm scared i'm going to gain it all back if i start eating "healthy". am i anorexic? am i seriously hurting my body? i'm only 15. i got my period when i was 11 and i had it very regularly for since then, but now it's stopped - i haven't had it since last august. do i need to gain weight to get it back? will it be gone forever?
and how harmful EXACTLY is anorexia? how can i beat it?
a lot of questions, i know.
Answers: for the past year, i've been eating about 600-800 calories a day and going to the gym and burning off 300-400. although i do have slip-up days where i eat somewhere between 3000-4000, but i've never purged. i lost a lot of weight, 22 lbs. i'm 90 lbs and 5'0 now.
i want to lose more and be thinner, but at the same time i DON'T because i know it's unhealthy. it's a constant debate with myself. i'm scared i'm going to gain it all back if i start eating "healthy". am i anorexic? am i seriously hurting my body? i'm only 15. i got my period when i was 11 and i had it very regularly for since then, but now it's stopped - i haven't had it since last august. do i need to gain weight to get it back? will it be gone forever?
and how harmful EXACTLY is anorexia? how can i beat it?
a lot of questions, i know.
well, the very good thing is that you are conerened for your self and don;t want to be sick, anorexia in it;s worse state involves actually wanting to be sick. which os why it is so incredibly hard to recover from in it;s avdanced state. you do sound like you could be in the danger zone, certainly it is time to take stock and start getting healthier so you don;t get worse. anorexia is about denying yourself food but it's also about hating yourself, and wanting to be less and less. while also loving youreslf, but in an obsessive, one track mind kind of way. ...the point is, the best way to get healthy and stay healthy is to take pride in yourself that have nothing to do with your body, and find ways to enjoy your life that are also unrelated to being thin, projects, are books, friends, career ambitions, traveling, relationships, it doesn;t matter really, but just to get youself things to think about besides your weight. then- yeah- you should prob consider gaining some weight, but you can take it really slow. if your period stopped and you weight 90 pounds, thats dangerous, and you should gain some weight. but you dont want to gain a bunch of weight quickly and then feel really bad about it. what you want to do is put on a couple pounds and then try it out on yourself, get to know yourself that way, and then put on a couple more pounds and try that out. curvy girls are very sexy, you might find you get plently of attention from guys with a fuller figure, you just need to get comfortable with it, it;s all in the aditude. also as you gain weight you can do some weight lifting to sculp yourself so your curves are toned. a firm curvy body is the hottest thing around, so dont be scared of being healthier, you might find you really love it.
Unless you're pregnant (and you would know if this is at all likely) you are anorexic, because a period will cease if you're not getting enough energy to maintain it. Also, even for a person dieting, you should get at least like 1800 calories, and you're not even getting half of that.
Now for a test: wrap your left thumb and index finger around your right wrist. Unless you can get your thumb over your first joint, you should be over 100 pounds.
Anorexia can be very harmful. A few people have died from it, and it increases chances for osteoporosis. It also can decrease certain healthy functions.
Get some help. Doesn't have to be professional; a friend to make sure you're eating might do. But do get help, and good luck.
From what you have said it does sound like quite a serious eating disorder you have. But well done, as you have recognised that it is not normal. You will need all the help you can get to overcome it. Have you tried talking to your family? If you haven't or feel worried about the repercussions of telling them, then go to your GP/doctor. They will be able to help you alot, so please go to them.
Here is a link that will tell you more about the harm anorexia can cause to your body. Have the willpower to overcome this because you can do it!