Posts by moominpie

Thanks everyone for your advice :)

I'm going to try and keep to a regular eating pattern. Over the past two days I have started feeling really cold and shivering quite violently AFTER i eat something - is this a common symptom? I'm hoping it will correct itself soon, because its not a nice feeling! 

Thanks again 

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Thank you so much for the replies everyone, i never expected such a helpful response!

Its good to know its not out of the ordinary to have it twice a day, then. Im going to look for some soya milk tomorrow, im hoping I'll find some vanilla stuff! This might be a ridiculous question, but does soya milk have the same amount of calcium in it though as cows milk?! The dietician I see is always keen to push for lots of calcium, for obvious reasons..

I find it hard to have any other cereal apart from weetabix, cos i freak out about measuring the right amount of other cereals :( Im going to start, though, because i love cereal and I obviously im trying to work on getting rid of these ED behaviours. :)...I was going to try Bran Flakes, but Grape Nuts sounds intruiging! I'll look in Tesco :)

thank you so much for the replies :)

rebelchick1017, I've read a lot of your posts and know how much you know about all these things, so Im super glad you replied :) Yeah, Im actually getting a bone scan next week to check for bone loss. I guess i shouldn't worry too much about the dairy thing, i think I've just been brainwashed by all those things you read telling you dairy is really bad for you and you shouldn't have too many portions of it, yada yada.. 

I feel better after your reassurance, so i think i will start having it twice. thanks !  :)

kfirth1, yeah I eat weetabix (im from the UK, its maybe just a british cereall?) which is low in sugar and doesn't have any weird stuff in it so it is fine :) Im really intrigued by vanilla soymilk though! Would i be able to get that from a normal supermarket?

tootie applechunks

hahaha ^-^

Button Moon is a cruddy name for an ice cream flavour....how can something taste of moon?!

Thank you for the replies :)

Yeah, im starting to think a blind weigh is a good idea. I've realised that no matter what my weight is, im never happy. If its down, i feel like i've failed, if its up, i feel greedy and awful too! So maybe not knowing could make things easier.

I just ate a cereal bar out in public :) I know it sounds silly and easy but its a big thing I think! Im currently an IP but I was out at the library using the internet, so I had my afternoon snack out, with other people around. And managed not to freak out! Not sure if your technically ALLOWED to eat in libraries....but meh! :D

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Hi. I'm currently an IP in the UK.. I don't know how much help I will be but I will certainly answer any worries or queries you have about what to expect (I know its maybe a bit late now, sorry). The idea of becoming an IP was terrifying for me, but I can definitely say that you will receive a lot of support, and that that should hopefully make things easier for you. Sometimes things just get beyond our control, and its too difficult to make changes on our own - I know it became like that for me. I hope that being an IP is a positve experience for you and you can begin to work on a healthier relationship with food and weight. xxx

Hi everyone

This is my first post, though I have been reading these forums for support for a while now. Everyone seems lovely and gives so  much advice that I thought I would write, hopefully this is the right thread for it?

 Im 18, just starting the long process of recovery from anorexia. Two days ago i should have been on a plane to Japan, for an exchange trip, but I found out a week ago that I was too underweight to go. I was/am devastated, since it has been my ambition to travel to Japan for years... Now im stuck at home the entire summer. my eating disorder has ruined the best holiday i could have had, and i dont want it to ruin other parts of my life (such as university, which i start in September )

Anyways, im trying to recover. Had an appointment with a consultant, and have another one on monday. There are no specialists in ed's where i live so we have to do it by a video link up. Its going to be strange! Should also be seeing a dietition at some point - hopefully that will be helpful.

I really like these forums and i hope i get to know some of you, because its great to realise that im not alone in this, so many people here have the same struggles, fears, hopes and things.