anyone have anorexia? Options

[ANG33ZY]

no i'm not. i eat a lot. heh

[toodlepops.]

i don't think i am. but i eat quite a lot.

[yeseulx3]

i have high metabolism.

[Litobabygurl88]

No, even though I am kinda thick.
I still love to eat, and enjoy eating
It's not how other view yourself, it's how you view yourself

Well take care.

[becomingAWARE]

people assume im anorexic, but im not. you say you want to eat, but you cant? at least you want to, and if you have anorexica it isnt full blown. I feelterrible when someone [if i know them or not] has one. i just want to help them get their life back. it depresses me. :"(

[Teesa]

I am definitely not..I eat SO much..I love food.

[xReLix11]

uhh i dont have it

[justalanna]

i used to be anorexic once and it wasn't fun. it got bad to the point where i didnt know if i could go on with life. so please don't think that you are fat, because chances are you really aren't. good luck. =]

[perfectxflaw23]

I spent three years battling bulimia. Not anorexia, but it's an eating disorder. The only way to describe it is hard. I'm thankful that I do not have heart issues, throat issues, or anything with my teeth. It's surprising that I don't. At first it was just little thing inside me telling me.. you ate too much, get rid of it. But then it became a bit of a reflex. It only took a tiny bit from me to do the deed. I knew that people knew about it. But I really didn't care. I just wanted to get a little thinner, then maintain that. I got a little thinner. About 110lbs. I know that doesn't seem very thin to any of you, but right now I weigh 160. It was a huge thing. It took a while to get completely back on track. Occasionally I still feel like it's the way to do things. I just want to eat a whole box of Oreos and do my thing. But I don't. Because I know if I do, I'll spiral back to the way I was.

Long story short, the only way to lose weight is to eat right and exercise. If it's beginning to become a mental thing, please see a therapist right away. The longer you wait, the harder it will be.

[sammehmyst]

i've never been anorexic, however when I was on a swim team (our team was third or fourth in the united states) my crazy coach tried to get us on an "extreme diet" where we werent allowed to eat for a day, the next day just eat a bowl of vegetable soup, the next day a bowl of vegetable soup and a small peice of meat, increasing until sunday, where we don't eat and go through the cycle again.

Are you sure...?
Coaches aren't allowed to force kids to not eat.

It's just like.. not allowed.
I think the top 3 or 4 in America would make kids eat healthy. I know what I'm talking about.

[sportschick1]

nope

[Girl_Interrupted...]

I've been anorexic for about 7 months...I usually eat between 0-200 calories a day, except when I'm fasting, when I don't eat anything at all. I'm very extreme, most anas stay between 500-800 a day. (For reference, the average American woman consumes ~1600 cals a day.) I am usually hungry, it's only in the very late stages of ana that you fully stop wanting to eat. For me it is about control. The only thing I feel I can control in my life is my weight. Denying myself food makes me feel stronger. It's a coping mechanism. When I don't eat I feel better, even when I almost faint from eating nothing for 3 days. All of the headaches, dizzy spells, hunger pains, and nausea are worth it if I see the number on the scale go down. The problem with me is that I'm so phobic about fat, that if I eat anything I immediately work it off. I'm a restricting type. I think exercise is alot better than purging it, because with bulimia you have to worry about your teeth and everything. I have trouble eating in front of people too. The hardest part for me about being ana is lying to the people you love. You have to keep it a secret, so to do that you make any excuses you can think of. Lying, for me, is much worse than any hunger pains or dizzy spells. I am underweight, yet I still feel that I am fat. One of the major factors in anorexia is that no matter how much weight you lose, you always look at yourself and see yourself as obese. This is one of my favorite quotes on anorexia:

"The absolute truism of eating disorders is that you never believe you are thin enough. Whereas most people set out to lose a few pounds, say 5, 10, 15 - and stop when they get there, the anorectic sets out to lose 10 pounds and then says, well, maybe 15. She loses 15 and says 20, loses the twenty, says 30, loses 30, says 40, loses the 40 and dies. Oops. She hadn't really meant to die. She just wanted to see what would happen. Wanted to see how far she could go. And then couldn't quite bring herself to break her fall."

Technically, anorexia nervosa is defined by these criteria from EDO:
(I personally do not agree with these criteria. I am anorexic, yet I have never lost my period for a consecutive 3 months. So I cannot be diagnosed, even though I have been starving myself. I have been given the tag "EDNOS" - Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.)

ANOREXIA NERVOSA


An eating disorder characterized by a loss of 15% or more of original body weight and a refusal to maintain a weight considered normal for the person's age and height; intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight; a distorted body image; and loss of or irregular menstrual cycle. Although the term anorexia means "loss of appetite," actual loss of appetite is rare among victims of anorexia nervosa.

Diagnostic Criteria for Anorexia Nervosa

Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected.
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight or emaciated.
Distorted view of one's body weight or shape. Undue influence of body weight or shape on self evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
Amenorrhea in females for at least 3 months.

Restricting Type
The person has not regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas.

Binge-Eating/Purging Type
The person has regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas."

I'm sorry this post was so long. I just felt that if you wanted to know what anorexia was, then what better way to have input from someone who was living with it, as well as what the health officials use to diagnose it.

Please don't leave me any hateful comments, I know I'm hurting myself.

[xMayleex]

I am not anorexic but sometimes i feel fat and i try to eat less but its usually when i am really sad or in a bad mood.

[twelveislands]

Nope. I like my food too much

[iskshortie_glare]

i guess i used to be but not hardcore - i wasn't like seriously ill. i'm quite small neway so i guess people didn't really notice even i didn't.
There's a really bad culture now though where it's almost cool to have an eating disorder. My friend who i'm not sure actualy was is always boasting that she used to be bulimic. It's a really negative message for others to give out and i think more should be done in schools about it. i know i've never had any information about the risks or any offers of support for those going through anything.
Eating disorders are not cool and some people either make them up or actually go through with them just to seem cool and get attention.
People get really paranoid about whether or not they have a disorder most of the time (i know it was for me) it's not a consious thing to become anorexic or bulimic.

[lolthissiteisfun...]

I'm not, I eat all the time, but I have some friends who are

[miszSERENiTY]

I`m really skinny but I eat a lot. I hate it when people ask me if I`m anorexic though...so rude.

[*salcha*]

tch, no, I eat a lot. haha.

[SKDMNLE]

nope i dotn have it o_O my friend had it though. we got her help =)

[SKDMNLE]

double post sorry >_>

[x0 kAtH3rInE 0x]

i think i might just have it. im really cold most of the time now, wen it cums to meals i feel not hungry at all, and it's hard to eat it. im really skinny and i can see my ribs sticking out of me most of the time. in like my bikini nd stuff u can see my ribs practically perfectly. i now always think i am fat. i have been constintaly telling my friends that i am gonna go on a diet cuz im too fat, nd the tell me im not. i excersize now after every meal practically, worrying that i dont get fat. i regret frum eating food sumtimes. im really scared. afta seein that terry shiavo thing or whatever and found out she got creepy frum anorexia, im mad scared. i dont no what to do! sum1 help me

[*Azarel*]

^ First off, tell someone irl rather than on a forum. And other than that. Uh. I don't know. -_-

Bleh. People think I'm anorexic even though I'm not. I'm nooooot.

[cookiemonstr3579]

i might be anorexic but i eat like crazy, and even worse i cant find pants that are skiny enough that dont come up to my knees. I am 5 feet tall and weigh 75 pounds , and can still fit into a kids size 8 slim, but of course there up to my knees. its really fustrating cause my doctor says that im going to be in the hospital if I dont gain alot of weight, but im eating five times as much as my friends and weigh more than 25 pounds less than them. its really uncomftorble changing in the locker room for gym cause my ribs stick out so much and people make fun of me alot, sometimes so much that I end up crying myself to sleep at night . I never wear bikinis while swimming and always wear an oversized t-shirt in the pool. Is there anyone like me out there? if you have the same problem as me PLEASE e-mail me! I really want to talk to someone with the same problem as me! my e-mail adress is jem21392@yahoo.com also if you know of any stores that carry really skinny clothes e-mail me!

[Rachel]

^You are not anorexic if you eat a lot....

And Girl_interrupted-Please get help. You are slowly killing yourself.

I am not anorexic. Granted there have been times when I have gone a day or so without eating.

[*mzkandi*]

i might be anorexic but i eat like crazy

If you eat like crazy then you are not anorexic dear. i am skinny, plus i am tall and i have a hard time finding clothes. people always tell me things like "you're so skinny, do you eat?" I'm like "I eat like a freakin pig". My mom and dad are both skinny so thats where it comes from.