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And starving yourself permanently could lead to a rather unhealthy case of death.
Please, nip this in the bad while you still can.
Skin and bone is not attractive and it's not healthy. My friend narrowly missed out on getting hospitalised because she was 5"4 and 6 1/2 stone. She looked like a dead person walking :no: Another friend who is 45 has struggled with anorexia on off for 30 years. She's just come out of hospital again after another year long battle with her disorder. She went past me on crutches the other day and i thought she was a 10 year old boy. Breaks your heart and i'd imagine her children's hearts too.
Hence why i wouldn't want you to put yourself or your family through it.
Notanotherusername - do not do this to yourself. Don't. Ever. 8 stone is weeny no matter what height you are. Unless you're like, 8, which I don't think you are.
If you want to lose weight the healthy way, there are lots and lots of people on this forum who I'm sure would be happy to help you figure out a plan that you can stick to so that you can do it properly and be proud of yourself when you get where you want to be. I myself want to lose about three and a half stone (and I need to, my stomach has the stretch marks of someone who's about to bloody give birth) but I know I need to do it properly and I know that once I am at my goal weight I will be so much happier with myself than if I'd starved myself.
You won't be happy at 8 stone. You won't be happy at 7 stone or 6 stone or 5 stone either. Not if you go the route you're going. Do not do it to yourself and, as someone who is in a permanent state of worry over someone who has an ED, do not do it to your friends and your family. It's not worth it. Ever.
If you admit you are wrong and you have a problem, then you still have a problem even if you dont admit you are wrong.
C-A x
Id personally say do more exercise and keep the calorie intake a tad above the 1500 mark, as that is still verging on a long term starvation of the body.
Not cool
it's not is it...
remember if your gp isn't sympathetic you can always ask to see a different dr
C-A xx
yeah i knew it didn't have a lot but i still couldnt bring myself to eat the whole thing. It's kinda a lot of calories for one slice. which the rest of you probably think it isn't...
Yeah, i'm thinking about it
C-A x
Btw, just because someone else has done something unhealthy and seemingly escaped unharmed doesn't mean you will. Some people have eating disorders for years and then even recover, but some people do die within months. Be very careful. This is not just a slightly unhealthy way to control your emotions. You could be actually, literally, dicing with death.
Crying Angel - I know you're trying to be helpful, but please be aware that posting specifics in a thread about eating disorders (i.e. weight, BMI, calories consumed a day) can trigger competitive behaviour in people. It's best to pass on your opinion without giving actual numbers.
I have to agree strongly with this.
Perhaps not, but it can be triggering.
Agree too. It can start a ball rolling rather than scaring someone.
p.s Maybe if you feel contacting your doctor is too hard a step then you could try speaking or emailing someone from a website?
http://www.b-eat.co.uk/Home or http://www.something-fishy.org/sitemap.php
as in the drink? I didn't know you could get apple lucozade
notanotherusername! - i would not reccommend trying to live on lucozade and fresh air.
I have been obsesed with my weight for ages now so i have thought this through ( although admittedly not very well) but I struggle to see the bad side of it because I suppose my judgement is clouded by how I want to look. And I know that there is a healthy way of doing it but this way I feel that I'am in control.
I don't mind the comments crying_angel is saying because they are allowing me to relate, but I can see how theY could potentialy trigger others in the same boat or maybe me on a bad day.