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cal-man1
cal-man1

Hi I'm in recovery and lately I've been eating a hell of a lot more since I starts my recovery. When I started I ate 2000 calories and now I'm eating 3000-4000, I'm not Hungary but my mind just tells me to eat till a point I'm nearly sick. Also, when I'm back to normal, how will I eat more healthily, is it easier or hard to cut back down

Whilst in recovery I have gotten my old healthy looks back big I also need to add a few pounds, will it affect my looks and appearance eg bring my stomach out more and putting a bit more fat on my face

During recovery, to get my calories I have ate an awful amount of sweets because I have deprived myself of them for so long, is that good or bad

What is the ideal weight for someone who is 15 and 163cm tall

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  • cal-man1
    cal-man1

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    Well I'm 7 and a half stone, still depressed as I can't stay as the weight I wanted to be and my weight chNge is easily noticeable. Looks like last summer of losing weight to a suitable weight was just a waste of time and compliments. I still binge due to depression of this, hope everyone is ok 
  • carolyn88417
    carolyn88417 cal-man1

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    Your weight is not high and from what you say your weight was lower last summer.i know you probably think you look fat but you don't.the process of recovery is slow and not easy.it will take a long time to be happy with your body image.you have to get to the root cause it will be painful but if you can do it you will recover.unfortunately for me when I was treated in the late 70s things were not looked at the aim then was just to gain weight and as a result my relationship with food has been very rocky.if you are receiving good treatment then let it work for you.i know it's difficult but it will be worth it in the end
    • cal-man1
      cal-man1 carolyn88417

      Posted

      I hope it is because I weighed less last summer and October when everyone and I was happy, so I have accepted I have lost the battle to the weight I want to get at and keep putting it on through depression and junk food
  • carolyn88417
    carolyn88417 cal-man1

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    I bet you weren't really happy.true happiness is not measured by your weight.if your eating is out of control then please talk to someone.you binge for the same reasons as you starve yourself.you will continue to feel depressed about it until you change it.i don't know how old you are but I'm guessing you are quite young.take all the help you can get it will be worth it.
    • cal-man1
      cal-man1 carolyn88417

      Posted

      T just wasn't my weight, it was other things getting compliments, looking back on my success, have a change from being fat and everything was going right for me at my time, I had no worries in the world, I had the best life. I thought if I can get my weight back to normal and exams over I could start a fresh from when everything was perfect as after all I have got my personality back. I only starved myself due to stupid ideas in my head and a long story but now I know where I went wrong and all I asked was that I get where I wanted but I cant
    • christina60158
      christina60158 cal-man1

      Posted

      dude I am in the same boat. annorexia is just at by being underweight. I am severly under weight and on my death bed I dont know where all of you are from and how old you all are but I am based in the uk London to be exact and feel depressed a lot of the time. drs said if you eat more you will not feel that... so i eat more put on weight...yippie they say your better... but deep down I am not bloody better
    • cal-man1
      cal-man1 christina60158

      Posted

      Hi, sorry to hear about that, I'm 15 and from Liverpool and all I wanted to be was when I was happy again at a sensible weight but I can't have that. I'm sad to see my favorite photos now. I look normal but still slightly underweight and I've pledged and cried to stay the same but my mum, dad and doctor aren't having it so I get annoyed at them and I feel really bad in doing so as they only love me but I just asked for one thing and can't have that
    • christina60158
      christina60158 cal-man1

      Posted

      I am 24 years old and nearly 25 I have been like this since I was 16. One minuite I am ok next not the NHS dont treat people in the correct way. I have done private health care and spent so much money on therapists and none have helped-now i strongly think that there should be two types of annorexics-ones who are born it-FOR EXAMPLE US-who also have other major linked tendencies such as OCD-DEPRESSION ect. and others who just go through a difficult time.
    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 christina60158

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      I am so sorry to hear you are so I'll.it's very difficult to think of yourself beyond where you are now.i know when I was 5 stone. I still thought I was fat.i know anorexia is treated very differently now but the problems are just the same.you have to have some faith in yourself put some trust in the people who are helping you.they don't want to make you fat they just want to help you.i know that's easy to say but most of my life has been blighted by what goes in my mouth.i didn't get proper help and apart from a few years my world has revolved around food.im not saying you can't get better because if you have the right help you will.so please be helped its a difficult road ahead but you can do it.
    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 christina60158

      Posted

      How are anorexics treated now?the genetic thing is very true I believe my mother suffered from an eating disorder.i copied her behaviour.
  • christina60158
    christina60158 cal-man1

    Posted

    may I ask if you are male or female and what your lowest weight was. were you hospitalised?
    • cal-man1
      cal-man1 christina60158

      Posted

      Male and I wasn't hospitalised, my lowest point was 38kg I'm 47.5kg now and all I wanted was to be 45-47kg
  • christina60158
    christina60158 cal-man1

    Posted

    gosh 5 stone is extreamly low
    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 christina60158

      Posted

      That was along time ago I don't suffer with anorexia anymore but I do have an eating problem
    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 christina60158

      Posted

      I don't really know what you would call it.my diet is very restricted I'm only allowed foods that are comfortable to me which aren't very many.everything I put in my mouth is analysed I don't really enjoy eating its a necessity.
    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 christina60158

      Posted

      I don't want you to feel despondent by what I say.i believe my eating patterns now are because my anorexia wasn't treated.thats why I'm saying you must accept help and have faith.hopefully after all these years I'm going to be starting councilling and I'm going to get some answers.so please don't give up you can come out the other side.
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