Women And Eating Disorders

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Erm, you can't just have an ED in your menstrual cycle. You either have one or you dont.

I consider myself a binge eater. I always have a lot of junk food in my house.

BMI 17.3 for most of the year then up to healthy 20 with dieticians recommendations, something to that effect. (Compliance.)

Varies. Anorexia fundamentally, vomited when eaten foods that caused allergic/intolerant reactions resulting in discomfort (can use as self-punishment,) especially when experimenting with Gluten, breads, cereals ec around 14 and again in late adolescence for a stint. OCD/perfectionism/phobia/control issues. Usually over eat when depressed, much happier when eating not much of anything. Resent eating for anything but energy. Prefer plain/dry/cold foods, to pick on, bit of a 'Squirrel/Mouse.'

When I was in my 20´s, I went through an anorexic phase. At first I just wanted to lose some weight, but then it got worse and worse. I have a memory of sitting in a cold bathroom, facing a toilet, and being consumed with self hatred because I couldn´t bring myself to stick my finger in my throat and just throw up already! I sat there for hours. But I hate vomiting more than anything (talk about a horrible sensory experience, in my opinion)!- so I never did it. But I think some of my thought processes in that anorexic time were pretty sick. I think, in my case, a lot of it had to do with self hatred. I think that self hatred was, in part, a side effect of AS.

Luckily I got over that, and nowadays I eat pretty healthily...except for the fact that I do like salt, and sometimes just have to have that popcorn! I definitely do have some food issues though, and am rigid about eating. A lot of my "issues" either have to do with health, or the fact that certain food combinations just feel better in my stomach, and I digest my food better. For instance, I like to have a salad every night with dinner, and hate it if I´m visiting someone and they serve meat, potatoes and rice. Like...where´s the salad? I need vegetables, and feel horrible when I eat big, starchy foods only. I´m very picky about drinks, and which drink goes with which food; Twinings Jasmine green tea is imperative for breakfast, I can´t have any meal that has garlic in it, or any red meat, without red wine...etc. I´m just particular, I guess, about how to combine food. I also can´t eat gluten or dairy products, so that makes me even more limited. I guess one of my quirks is that I´m pretty controlling about my food...I guess that irritates some family members, when visiting.

Food and control topic

I practice calorie restriction, as a sort of economic measure. It is also called rationing. I suppose it is a form of control, as there is not a whole lot I have voluntary control of at the moment. Often women are under tremendous pressur, and perhaps we have not learned how to make this work in our favour. Perhaps then we use food as a rewar, and may then feel guilty after we have consumed more than is bodily necessary. Then we purge. My oldest used to do this, and sh received counselling.

I try to see food as mainly sustenence, and only secondarily as comfort, as I feel this may prevent a return of my own eating problem. My emotional/psychological problems cannot be solved by food, and as long as I am aware of this then i can eat more sensibly.

This is an ongoing challenge for me.

I have problems with internally measurements. time, distance, amounts, weight, etc.

so off my meds I have issues with properly judging portion control and it takes my mind some time to figure out it is full. On my meds I tend to eat small amounts, eat slower, want to only take small amounts, and eat frequently instead of once a day.

I am sick of what men think so i mostly eat what i want. I have had a vulumpteous figure right from when i was a teenager.
Even though people think i look young for my age. I have never had a girl like figure in that i always have been curvy. Even when i have been skinny as i still dont look stick skinny like some women do. It shows my curves up even more and people say i should be a model.
Anyway, I had a bf that only liked skinny women and said i was fat so i didnt eat for weeks, literally. My sister gave me some chocolate and i threw it away. I ended up being really skinny and hospitalised for being malnourished.
My weight goes up and down so now my figure is vulumpteous and i dont look like a gorgeous model. Guys still think i am sexy even younger males of that i think they would only be intereted in younger girls with skinny figures and maybe some do but in my experience men of all ages love women with big breasts, round ass just the typical female figure so f**k looking like a barbie doll!

I limit myself to about 200 calories a day, usually only eating every other day however. Diagnosed anorexic.

^ Thats serious.
When I was your age I got disgustingly skinny to the point i couldnt hardly even walk. I didnt and Ive never counted calories but i was coming off herion and speed based drugs so I got really sick and couldnt eat for months. I was as white as a ghost plus i would crack up crying alot or i would go into a rage. Which people that starve themselves cry easily and get really moody because they are starving thier brain of essential nutrients.
My sister has been anoxeric and i know all about calorie counting and not being able to eat food with any fat content because they think its disgusting plus they abuse weight slimming tablets. they might be really skinny but they are unattractive because they look sick.

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Diagnosed anorexic? Does that mean you are receiving help?

^ Not yet. I'm on a waiting list to see a therapist that specializes in it.

Well, I very much wish you luck with that.

I consider myself a recovered anorexic- I'm still considered thin and somedays I don't feel as great about my body as others, but I learned to curb my obsession and become healthier.

My eating disorder was the worst when I was age 15. My limit was 400 calories for awhile, but I would skip days also. It took me about a year to feel better about eating, and another few to gain a more stable body image. It was a rough journey.

One of the hardest to remidie also. I too wish you a swift recovery.

My (very Asish) mom was anorexic when she was young...and I was the opposite. When I was in the 4th grade, i was way too fat to fit inot her wedding gown.,,,

I currently do not have an eating disorder and I am naturally overweight..which might make some people think that I do just because I don't freak out about my weight...but I am a vegetarian..and I exercise alot and i probably weigh more than you do..

Any day now, I plan on going into "freak out about my weight" mode, because I guess I probably need to.

I've struggled with Anorexia (restricting type) for over a decade. For me it started as a defense mechanism. I was raped at 15 and 16 and decided that if I was disgustingly thin I would be safe (I realize logically that the 2 have nothing to do with each other but for years that was my 'logic').

I hit my lowest weight at 21 and actually scared myself enough to try eating. I managed to gain 10 lbs but then freaked out and just maintained for the next couple of years.

I admitted myself to the hospital in 2006 and was there for 3 months. Weight gain was excruciatingly slow (it took those 3 months just to gain 10 lbs). I was still technically underweight but my thought process had completely changed. I could eat foods you couldn't have payed me to try. And I was finally able to eat without being immedietly innundated with graphic flashbacks.

Weight gain is still a struggle for me. I'm 25 and have never been at an adult weight- never even been in the triple digits . I am determined to continue working towards it, though.

i had anorexia since i was 14.
it was an on and off thing its no big deal really nobody thinks i have one i had it real bad my junior year and my parents think im making it up so whatever im fine i was also on adderall which makes you lose weight like crazy the only reason i wanted to take it cuz it makes you lose weight and it will cure my learning disorder at school but its not magic and i developed more problems later so i had to quickly get off of them. by the end up my summer and beginning of my junior year i weighed 100 lbs now i weigh 115 lbs so im fine i actually over eat now i heard that was an eating disorder too but i swear i eat 3 breakfast before school cuz i have a real late lunch at school and im afraid my stomach will growl at school.
my family actually thinks i have malnutrition tho it could be possible cuz i dont eat meat and other stuff im a major picky eater soooo yeah idk..
but the funny thing is that i really miss being 100 lbs i felt a little bit happy and i could wear tight girly clothes now i cant i look pregnant ughhh.