Questions about by anorexia recovery

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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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    spoke to CAMs today about my depression, not much helped I have to wait for the Fourth of July for my appointment.

    How is everyone and is being 163cm and 7stone 3pounds bad?

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      Hi your weight is low for your height so don't worry about it you are not fat and you are not overweight.as for the depression one feeds off the other.your depression and anorexia go together one is the result of the other.your appointment is a few weeks away so you have to be strong.dont let the anorexia rule you the more you obsess about your weight the worse the depression symptoms will be.try to think about some things you like about yourself I know that's easier said than done but there was life before anorexia.something in your life must have been positive. Try not to focus on your weight look ahead there is a future and a good life for you.you can get through it.
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      Te thing is I want to be that weight bit no one is lettig me and thanks
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      I'm guessing people don't want you to be that weight because it's underweight.they care about you and are worried about you.to you ,you are ok and you look great but in reality that's not true.some people are underweight and are healthy and lead normal lives.but they are that way for natural reasons not because they starve themselves.its difficult to imagine being a normal weight I know you are terrified but with the right treatment you should be able to get your life back.food won't always be the only thing you think about things will come into your life that you will enjoy and eventually there will be a day that you don't weigh yourself everyday and food will just be an everyday thing not an enemy.
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      With all due respect, I don't weigh myself everyday nor starve myself and if anything I over eat dye to binges. I just wanted to start a fresh at that weight and put weight on as I continue to grow older like a normal person 
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    Hi, no one has posted here in a while, so I thought I'd post to tell everyone I'm 48kg, not really happy with how I am and look but I still have to aim for 50 so  annoyed at that but I mainly came here to post to see how everyone is
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    Hi, I'm in recovery too and have been for just over a year. I lost weight quite quickly because I stopped eating a substantial amount of food due to problems in the family and with friends. I knew what I was doing, and couldn't concentrate properly in class, especially during exams.. 

    I have to eat AT LEAST 2500 calories per day, including chocolates and sweets and started off by seeing a pediatrician, counsellor and later a dietician to help me control my weight gain or loss. : ) 

    Now I only see my dietician who is a lovely lady, once every two weeks or once a month depending on my result. 

    It was amazing as to how my looks changed as I gained..

    I began my journey at 6st 3pnds aged 14 and now weigh around 7st 10pnds aged 15. I was told I had to reach 8st, but my only worry was "will I look fat?" "Is that not to heavy?" As I have always been a thin person. Soon, I got sick of eating junk food and wanted to eat more healthily, and did wonder "will I ever be able to eat a normal amount like every other person my age?!" "Will my teeth go yellow from all the sugar in the sweets?" But stuck with eating what I was told.. 

    If you take anything from what I'm writing here, I hope it's that with persistence and hope it can be achieved. 

    I wish you the best of luck, and if you need anyone to talk too, I'm here

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      Thanks and I wish you all the luck and you sound like me quite a lot about the 50kgs

      The good news is I can be with in a range from 46-50 so I'm aiming for 47 bit unhappy not being 46 but at least I can be 47. I'm only bothered because that's what I was when I looked healthy and before I took things extreme so that's why I wanted to go back to 46/47kgs so badly 

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      Hey cal-man and holly, hows things for you both now? x
    • Posted

      Great thanks, really improving. Me and cal-man have actually become very good friends smile how are you? X
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      Im absolutely fine now! :') I realised i lost my sharp face features, but i got new features that i like, even if my stomach is not longer flat :'( I never get it out anyway,I look older and more mature. I binged for about 2 years non stop and felt sick all the time... but ive settled down now, am getting on with life :') So just wana say, recovery is possible, even if it feels like its never ending :') Spending time on hobbies, with good people and focasing on what needs to be done is always good :D
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    I don't usually comment on these boards because i normally feel like I have nothing extra to add to people's points. However I really felt like I needed to say something here.

    I also suffered from anorexia and bullimia in my early 20's. I went from someone who had never worried about her weight (i am a sports person so my weight tended to take care of itself) to someone who constantly agonised over every meal, snack and drink. My mum was the one who helped me recover 85% of the way by showing me how to eat well, plentifully, and still be active and a healthy weight. I say I am 85% recovered because I too suffer from depression which impacts my relationship with food, often causing me to binge. I used to hate myself, and sometimes eat until i felt like my stomach would expload, almost as a way to punish myself. Then the next day I would do extreme exercise to try and make up for it, use laxatives etc. All of this made me extremely unhappy and ravaged my body. 

    However i am lucky to have great parents and a great boyfriend who support me and i have gradually come to learn the following:

    1. Binging is usually a result of having deprived myself in some way, either over training or being too strict with diet. Therefore, instead of hating myself after a binge, i think "it's a good thing my body pointed out to me that i've been going too far recently", and instead of becoming stricted, i try to lighten up and usually no weight gain have occured. 

    2. Life is long. In our heads life is usually confined to our diet cycles and weight loss. But what if it wasn't? tomorrow is another day, another day after that, chill out, and realise there are loads of days of the year we can lose weight. so if you're low, feeling like eating everything in site and generally just having a battle with food, then go and see good friends, go to the cinema etc coz if you're guna eat so called 'bad' foods, then you may as well make the most of it!

    3. I too have lived in constant fear as a recovering anorexic that i will wake up one day and be suddenly obese. Guess what? that day still hasnt come over the last 3 years. Even when i've gone through whole weeks where i feel "omg i've lost my control over food, this is what i really am, an out of control eater" it still hasnt happened! My body finds it equilibrium and I eventually settle back into normal routine.

    4. Routine is very important for me. Yet there is a different between anoreix routine and having a healthy lifestyle routine. Try to eat different things everyday to give your body the optimum amount of nutrients, try a sport or hobby that involves exercise with friends or new people. That way, even if youre depressed, binging, feeling hopeless, if you can make yourself go and see your friends then by the time you get home you will feel 100% better. Trust me, i know the struggle to even get out of bed after a binge, let alone go and socialise and exercise. But it will guaranteed change your mood, that i can promise.

    I really hope this helps you. It's helped me in writing it out to see how much I've come in my recovery so thank you everyone. Everyday is a struggle, but life is good, and some days much easier than others, so soldier on with me smile

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    I am not doing well guys! I need your support.

    where does every one in the uk live?

     

    • Posted

      Well I'm here in your need advice or something. I live in the Isle of Man, some people regard it as part of the uk others don't aha. Stay strong x
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      where do u live? Im sorry to hear :'( I wana help, you'll be okay!!! I promisee! xxx
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      oh btw, ur asking us to meet up, but do u know what? So many people u know are stuggling secretly like you i bet! :P Its not unusual!

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