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porkchoppa
May 30th, 2013, 07:12 PM
I've had an eating disorder for three years now, yet I tell my friends I didn't have it that long because I'm too embarrassed. I'm only twelve. Two summers ago at the age of ten and at 98 pounds I began excessive exercising. After every meal I exercised and starved if I didn't as a punishment to myself. I felt I had to discipline myself. I actually recovered on my own, I came to a point of realization where I was too depressed to think about any exercising. All I could think about is how fat I was and how big my thighs were and how much fat was on my stomach and I was impatient. I thought I'd starve myself to get what I wanted because I had no self control. I started way out there with only one hundred or under calories a day. It continued. I fell out of it and then the next summer started again. This time if I ate anything I would have to exercise and it got down to the point where I would only eat fifty calories and exercise till I almost passed out which totaled to usually -600 calories a day. I was counting calories and restricting. I was twelve, 5'3", and was 60 pounds. People called me skinny which triggered me more. It got down to the point in which I thought water had calories. I was diagnosed with odd, ocd, add, extreme anxiety, depression, and Tourette syndrome. Most of those disorders I had before my eating disorder. I went to the therapist two times a week and psychiatrist once a month and the neurologist once a month. I began recovery. it took a whole year and here I am now. I've been having relapse thoughts. I'm so self conscious and want to lose weight I'm 5'4" and 120 pounds I feel huge and none of my friends agree but I don't care I want to lose weight I already exercise and eat healthy but excessively because I lost all my self control after recovering what do I do.

Horatio Nelson
May 30th, 2013, 07:34 PM
120 pounds is not fat! Starving yourself isn't good. But I'm sure you know that. You just have to accept who you are. Everyone is perfect in their own way.

Croconaw
May 30th, 2013, 07:37 PM
120 pounds is a normal weight for someone who is 5'4. I wouldn't suggest losing weight because something bad can become much worse. You shouldn't be embarrassed by the fact that you have an eating disorder. If those people are actually your friend, they wouldn't be bothered by it. It is good that you are getting the help you need. Good luck.