Posts by xdarkmoonxdancer

I do this all the time. Its why I gained so much weight.

What really helps me is water. If Im eating when I dont need to (say, right after a meal), I'll skull a few glasses of water. That fills me up pretty quick. Also (agreeing with above comments), get out of the kitchen! Its so hard to think clearly with good smelling food close by. Get out, and think about why you really do not want to eat it.

best of luck!

Im starting week 5 this week as well. Im terrified of the 20 min jog as well. Im planning on just runnning the first 5 mins, then thinking "ok, we can make 8", then when I hit 8, Ill see how Im feeling. If I need a break, Ill walk for a minute, but I'll pause the music and NOT count it in the 20 mins. Either way, I will run a total of 20 mins. Im hoping to at least make 10-12 mins, and once I hit 15 mins I'll not want to give up, so I'll make it.

Good luck! Let me know how you go!

While I'm in now way 'skinny' (as in underweight skinny) any more, I remember allllll too well what I hated about it.

1. Being so cold that sitting in front of the heater, wearing 4 jumpers and holding the just boiled kettle didnt warm me up.

2. I couldnt make it to school without feeling like I was going to pass out

3. My best friends stopped asking me to go out with them coz they were sick of hearing "cant tonight, im too tired"

4. I was grumpy, and never ever smiled. I used to smile all the time.

5. I thought I was so pretty, so much better than every one else. WRONG.

This is a good thread, maybe when people are having a rough time, we can come here are remember how much we DONT want to go back to being so thin.

Good luck everyone!

Its good to know that stress can cause weight gain. Im doing my final year at school and with the massive exams looming ive been studying up to 10 hours a day and stressed beyond belief, and needless to say, ive gained about 15-20 pounds!

Hopefully when this years over I'll be able to lose some of the extra weight, after the stress levels come back down!

Im an athlete, trying to slim down but not really lose weight. Im a gymnast, so I'm constantly exposed to the 'must be skinny to win' mindset, though Im much more conserned with gaining strength to safely attempt new skills and thus 'thin up' than loosing weight. While burning up to 1000 calories during sport, while restricting to lose weight, I've done serious damage to myself , and now am trying to avoid restrictly and just focusing on eating healthy and exercising.

Thanks for your reply, and I know it sounds risky. I just thought I was in a better position this time around, but i understand how easily you can slip back into an ed. Thanks again!

Im trying really hard to keep my calories consistantly at 1600-1800, but I just cant do it, i keep slipping and restricting again, and as a result of this, Ive GAINED even more weight! I dont know whether I should just restrict again or up my cals and keep trying. I know everyone here has had successes, but (and I know this will sound stupid) I feel like IM different, like I cant eat that much without gaining. I know thats not logical, but then again, are eating disorders EVER logical? I think Im just looking for words of advice, anyone have any ideas on how to keep my cals up?

Wow, this is amazing. Ive gained over 30 pounds since recovery, and Im really disgusted that all my hard work has been undone so fast. I really hope if I up my cals to a CONSISTANT 1800 the same thing will hapen to me, I really would like to lose some weight, jsut to feel better about recovery.

Congrats! This is amazing!!

Thanks for your advice, I know I need to eat more than 1000cals, but I just have such a hard time eating when I feel / look (in my eyes at least) realy 'fat'. I love eating, but I jsut cant seem to do it well enough ... I wish my metabolism was faster so I could eat more haha.

Thanks again for your support =)

My mum always favoured my brother because he's been really sick most his life, and she didnt pay any attentions to my achievements (hense perfectionism). I learnt early on that her affection was best earnt through being sick, so I starved. Ballet was another factor, i put a lot of pressure on myself to be as thin as the other girls, and its making recovery difficult becuase Im still comparing myself.

Hey,

For every day stuff I do sit ups, push ups, biscep (sp?) curls and tricep (sp?) dips. I do those every night before I go to bed.

I also dance 3-4 times a week.

Friday and saturday nights I take my dog for an hours walk, then go into my'workout room' and spend a few hours just mucking around, doing pilates, dancing, strength work etc.

Im working really hard to gain muscle so I can slim down but not lose weight, and Im really hoping to get a six pack soon. =)

Hey,

Im sorry I dont have any advice, but I just wanted to say that Im pretty much the same. Im gaining on 1200-1300, and Im sooo scared to up my calories. Ive gone from eating 400 a day up to 1200-1300 a day, and I know I should go higher, but its hard, since Im seeing the scale up as it is.

So I guess we should both up our cals together =)

Keep going hun, youve come so far.

Hey! Congrats on getting all your cals in!!

 As far as I know (and Im no expert, so I may be wrong), weight loss is a sign of your metabolism speeding up, so you need to keep upping your cals until you find your maintance level, or if you need to gain, youll need more.

 If your worried, Id suggest talking to your GP, they can help you out more than I can.

Good luck with recovery!! You can go it!