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Does this seem right?

"You should consume about 2639 calories a day to reach your goal weight of 105 lbs by June 10, 2009."

If I'm 15 y.o., female, 98 lbs and I don't really have any exercise?

I've been eating 2,000-2,100 and I've gained about 4 pounds in the past couple weeks. Is 2,600 really what I should be eating?

BTW- that's not my final goal weight, just by summer.

omg. please just go away now. this is ridiculous and boring.

u shud eat AT MINIMUM what the site tells u. if u dont like the amount and feel its tons and tons, as uve sed, then eat less. watch what happens.

ur *fifteen, u shudnt Have to be dealing with this ****, u shud be out there being healthy, energised, and happy.

dont u see we're actually desperately trying to get u to see what has to be done for you to start efficient recovery?? so that u can, in time, attain the above*? that whether u like the way we show it or not, we DO care about u and wat happens?

ur manner was insulting and ignorant from the get go....

u can use this time to reply defensively and pointlessly again, or u can go have something highcal like nuts/seeds/something with healthy oils to get u on the road.

im GUESSING i no what ul choose to do. u can prove me wrong.

but its about U. we're not being sanctimonious, nasty or scathing. ud be hard pushed to find more appropriate responses and advice than wat we've given u here.

Why don't we ALL do a bit of introspection and consider why everyone's getting so het up about the words of strangers on the internet? Honestly, if Thrine doesn't want to help herself then no one on this site can make her. It's her problem, and all we can do is offer her advice and support and hope that something gets through the ED haze.

I would defend Lala to the ends of the earth because I think she's AWESOME and I'm SICK of her being attacked.

Fidget - chill girl, don't stress over stuff like this. <3

Thrine - I've lost 5 years of my life to anorexia. Hospital, inpatient, tube feeds, Mental Health section panels.. And the worst thing about it was that on some level, it was my own choice that I was too weak to choose not to fight ED. And at my sickest, most health threatened state, I wasn't eating 'nothing.' I was eating around 2000 a day. And I could have died.

I can't read what you're trying to say, honestly. Could you rephrase that or something? -- And I know I'm fifteen and I shouldn't have to be dealing with this ****, do you think I chose having an eating disorder? Do you think I wanted this?

your right mash.... like you, i hate lala being attacked. i think she's an inspo (not a thinspo!!) and i hate to see her being knocked or attacked. i am calm and cool and i am going studying :D

Original Post by fidget84:

your right mash.... like you, i hate lala being attacked. i think she's an inspo (not a thinspo!!) and i hate to see her being knocked or attacked. i am calm and cool and i am going studying :D

I don't know where any of you got the idea that I 'attacked' her. I have respect for her from what I know. All I said was that I wasn't interested in learning about her life story.

But sometimes learning about others' stories is how we learn the most about our own situations and the course of action we could and should take :-) I'd encourage you to read her profile page - it's v. insightful. If you truly want recovery, there are also a number of groups on here - namely 'No ED In Healthy' where you will get lots of support providing you too are willing to put the work in.

do you think I chose having an eating disorder? Do you think I wanted this?

YES AND YES!

ED IS ALL ABOUT CHOICE. CHOOSING TO EAT TOO LITTLE. CHOOSING TO CONTINUE TO EAT TOO LITTLE. CHOOSING TO REFUSE ADVICE, HELP, CHOOSING TO HURT URSELF AND THOSE AROUND U....

STOP BEING MELODRAMATIC AND HYSTERICAL AND GET WELL CATIE

U HAVE A GIFT (SEEN UR SITE) U SEEM BRIGHT AND ARTISTIC

STOP PUTTING OBSTACLES IN UR PATH U ARE THE ONLY ONE HU GOT URSELF INTO THIS U ARE ALSO THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GET URSELF OUT OF IT

FACT

I had no intention of posting this to start arguments. I'm sorry and I'm going to keep trying to gain weight. Please delete this post.

I don't think anyone meant for this to develop into an argument Thrine. Keep up your battle, and keep trying to gain. Life is worth so much more than anorexia and ED thoughts - I wish you the best of luck :-)

2500, pounds of food, huh? I had to eat 4000 to gain, sweetheart.

I developed anorexia last January. Was an emotional overeater before it. Could binge like mad. Went the other way, downhill. I didn't live. I didn't eat. I worked out and moved every minute I could till I hit a BMI of 15.5 and was threatened with daypatient. Started increasing. Hit 2000 and lost weight. Got to 2500. Lost weight. Hit BMI 14. Increasing to 3000 worked for a bit, then I maintained. Same at 3500 - and 3500 was too slow. So I had to eat and drink 4000.

My muscles in my legs atrophied so badly I fell over in the corridors of my college. I developed anemia so severe I fell asleep in one of my exams in a blink and the indivulator just thought I was lazy. Anemia so bad I still haven't got my blood sorted out. I screwed over my stomach. I lost so much hair. I also lost all my friends and my boyfriend.

I've gained 50lbs just to TRY and get healthy and I'm still damaged from what I did to myself. And I'm still not past the negative thought processes.

I'm not biting heads off because I don't give a crap. I bite heads off because, like you say. You're fifteen. You don't deserve to be going through it. And I don't want people going through it but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. 

But why, then, would you ask for permission to eat more if you feel this way? That you don't deserve it? But hey. I don't care, do I?

And believe it or not, I would want to know about you if you weren't being so defensive and catty.