Posts by knoppie_

maybe record it and then they'll believe it, i dunno but i think that no matter how much positive talk you're going to give, if a person keeps going on for hours and hours then it's gonna sink in(i've been there) I would tell someone and make them listen because this is not an environment for any kid to live in

I had the same thing.

I had to keep telling myself that she needs to lose weight while i need to gain.

I stopped thinking it just by telling myself that over and over

At some point i would try and let them eat more so i don't feel guilty but then i thought about how i would hate it if someone did that to me so i stopped.

It sucks but maybe it's the extra thing you need to stop comparing

Original Post by tokens101:

Well I've been losing weekly but this week I went up two pounds and I've noticed I'm not going to the bathroom as often and my stomach is protruding more. I doubt I'll get my period, but the whole experience--if it is TOTM symptoms and not weight gain-- isn't having a good impact on my damaged mindset right now. I've eaten approximately 1350 calories in my feeble attempt to eat more (and this was after i spent my first half an hour of the day literally staring at the food in the kitchen cupboard trying to decide if I was going to eat or not until my parents got angry at me and I bit the bullet and decided to get something) but a rise on the scale when you're no where near a suitable amount isn't the most encouraging of signs to make you want to eat more. It's awful that a year has gone and Im basically trapped in the same place again, I've practically come full circle.

I stopped weighing myself 6 months ago and it feels great, i can feel water weight some time during the month but no longer the daily wheel of fortune that's going to decide how i'm going to feel on that day, I'm still recovering but that is one thing that has really helped me

I always had the bloating before, after my period came back the bloating was more though

I think that the only things you'll be shedding is your own organs

I think you should tell your mom everything

You wanting to lose weight is not ok

I had the same issue, but keep focusing on what you want and that's your period

the bloat will lessen and you'll body will get used to it

Hang in there

Would you mind gaining? it's too little and isn't the reason you're asking this because this is an ED thought?

I think that you should gain weight

Nobody seems to have replied

I am a recovering anorexic too.

You're not losing weight because your body is in starvation mode, you need to up your calories to at least 2000, more if you can, it should fix your metabolism. You will gain a bit of weight in the beginning but soon your metabolism'll kick in

I don't think that your brain is capable of having a positive body image at this low of an intake, your heart needs to keep beating so the last thing your food is going to go to is the brain.

You need to get serious about your recovery because i don't think that you want to keep living like this for the rest of your life. Gaining  a little weight, won't kill us.

You're not hungry because your body is used to starving itself, after you start eating again, your appetite will come.

I don't think it's just vanity, anorexia goes deeper than that.

Are you seeing a psychologist? I assume not, i think you should, a psych can help you

I have IBS and for me it's still here, i learned to identify my trigger foods and that helps, stress also has a lot to do with it

Thanks everybody, i really appreciate it, but i even found posts here about people who say they don't have them, which got me confused.

I'm recovering from an Ed and i'm trying to know what's normal.

If anybody has any other opinions please let me know