Posts by bugsylover

I think part of the diagnostic criteria for Anorexia is a BMI of under 17.5 so it is sort of understandable that your doctor didn't want to immediately diagnose you with an eating disorder. However, just because a person's weight is OK doesn't mean that they are mentally healthy and I wish that more people understood this. EDNOS is an eating disorder you might want to research.

For you (and others around you) to even be questioning your health is a sign that there is something wrong. You know yourself better than anyone else, and if YOU think that you have a problem of any kind then the best thing you can do is go out of your way to get the help that you need to recover. If this means seeing a different therapist, I think you should do it. 

Don't let this discourage you from recovery. Being told you're "not underweight enough to have an eating disorder" is such a potentially damaging thing, that could trigger you to become more unwell just to attain a diagnosis. Don't fall into this trap. You've already made a huge positive step by realizing you have a problem, and now you need to do everything you can to get healthy. 

Good luck xxx Message me any time if you need support, I'll be happy to try and help you.

Original Post by direwolf689:

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you are not eating enough. 

*EDIT* i just read that you have injured yourself? is there any way that you could manage to work in more foods that you could eat? liquids, soups, smoothies, nut butters etc.. under-eating like this is very unhealthy and damaging.

I usually eat a bowl of porridge at about 9pm and go to bed at 10pm. for the last few nights ive been going to bed at 11pm though trying to make myself more tired to sleep. i haven't woken up at all the past couple of nights and not ravenous in the morning either so im taking this as a good sign?

i've put a pack of 30 calorie rice crackers in my room for if i wake up feeling really hungry again but i haven't had to eat any yet ! i dont think i'll get any nasty night time eating habits from rice crackers since they just taste of nothingness? 

thanks for the replies x

I posted a thread about hypoglycemia a little while ago, there might be some useful information on there for you to look at.

http://caloriecount.about.com/anyone-hypogylc emia-ft119905

I'd also recommend looking at hypoglycemia.org which has lots of information and a quiz that you can do based on the symptoms. If you think you have it, go and see your Dr. and tell them how you've been feeling etc.. 

I went to my Dr. and took a print out of my results from the quiz, that way she could see all my symptoms clearly. Good luck! 

breakfast - porridge (oats, soy milk), green tea

lunch - home made spicy chickpea and tomato soup, wholegrain tortilla crisps crumbled on top

snack - strawberry yogurt mixed with puffed wheat, green tea

dinner - salad with loads of veggies, soya beans & med sauce, cinnamon baked apple, hot chocolate

snack - banana porridge, maybe with PB and raisins if i need more calories.  

breakfast
apple and cinnamon porridge
green tea

lunch
cream cheese and beetroot toasted pitta bread
wholegrain tortilla crisps/chips

snack
strawberry yogurt mixed with puffed wheat
green tea

dinner
quorn fillets and vegetables topped with tomato salsa

snack
another bowl of porridge, perhaps with banana
hot chocolate

out of interest.. i know that 'crisps' in the UK is 'chips' in the US, what are 'crisps' in the US, does it mean something else?

i've always wanted to be an author and i always always will. (when i was really young, my parents got me and my brother a hamster each for christmas, and we have a video of me playing with them, sounding REALLY distraught and saying "i want to write about the hamsters but i don't know how to write:(" hahaha!! to which  my mum replies "they'll teach you all that at school..." how funny)

anyway, i'd also LOVE to work on a magazine, with art or in fashion retail.

i havent posted on here for sooo long.. today im craving warm and spicy foods because it is freezing and our heating has broken :( boo

breakfast
porridge (oats, soy milk)
green tea

lunch
toasted pitta bread filled with peanut butter 'houmous' (chick peas, peanut butter, dash of orange juice, cinnamon) and stuffed with grated carrot
soy and rice crisps

snack
raspberry yogurt mixed with puffed wheat
green tea

dinner
spicy chick pea soup (my own recipe :D so proud!), with wholegrain tortilla chip things sprinkled on top
for dessert i am going to try baking some apples and sprinking them with brown sugar or honey, and cinnamon

snack
another bowl of porridge
hot chocolate

Original Post by hayleymajayley:

 

Oh, and to those of you discussing Bear Grylls, I just gotta say, that Les Stroud (his show is called Survivorman) is soooo much cooler... in my opinion. Bear has a whole crew with him all the time, that give him bottled water and snacks, and sometimes he even stays overnight in hotels!! He's such a cheater. Les is all on his own, doing his own camera work for a whole week in the wilderness. Now that's impressive :] And the way Bear talks totally cracks me up, he always sounds so intense!

I've never seen that but I'm going to look out for it.. I didn't know Bear cheated :(! How disapointing.. One thing I find hilarious about Born Survivor is when he's struggling to climb up a cliff or some rocks or something saying really intensely, "This is some of the harshest terrain in the WORLD, one wrong move, and I could easily plummet to my death.." etc. etc. etc..... and the camera man is just shimmering up after him with apparent ease... hahah! love it! 

girlfighting - i guess he is a chef .. he did cook SOME of the snake after all.. ahaha

On another note... I used to love Jamie Oliver back when he was The Naked Chef but recently I'm not feeling the same warmth... :( His recent series Ministry of Food was kind of a random concept. 

Still like him though, my Dad uses his recipes a lot.

if i were you i wouldn't resort to pills just yet (although it is your decision, im just giving my opinion :]).. 2,000 calories sounds good, your BMI is in the healthy range, and it sounds like you are sensible with your diet. do you take a multivitamin? that might be a good idea, just in case you were missing out on anything. it sounds like you're doing everything right though. IMO i think if you give your body a bit more time to heal, things should get back to normal. good luck! x

hello :) i am your height and weight, i used to be about 97lbs. i didn't have my periods for about 16 months, but they came back at my current weight - however it wasn't instant.. took about 3-4 months maintaining this weight before they came back. 

my advice is to just keep eating enough, don't lose any weight and you should find your periods will be back in a few months. but make sure you keep your doctor updated. 

xxx

i love the way that the build up to christmas, hot chocolate, bloc party and dark winter evenings all compliment eachother

Original Post by karozel:

Never, never, never eat something sugary all my itself... 

How would it make you feel if you did? 

Do you have to stop eating sugar completely? E.g. could you eat a yogurt that had say 10g of sugar in? 

OMG that dress is so nice! seriously considering that although i'm going to have to find a UK equivalent. 

ALL these ideas are awesome, thanks a lot, now i just need to pick one!

im also thinking i might go as Daphne from scooby doo.. my hair is naturally ginger (died in my display pics lol) so i'd just need the purple dress and boots. also thought of wilma flinstone but i think the dress for that is going to be a tad tricky.

anyway all these ideas have made the list. thanks so much lovelies :) X X X X X

(i would post a photo when i decide what i'm going to wear but i dont think i am going to be using CC for a while now..:(.. )

when i was trying to gain weight i found doing little things like eating higher calorie bread, more potatoes, butter, olive oil etc all added up over time and they don't make you feel too gross and full. & dip your bananas in peanut butter :) sooo good. i dont know much about weight lifting etc but i think if you want to gain muscle it's good to eat loads of protein? (that might be totally wrong :|) good luckkk xx