Am I crazy?

[screamtobeheard]

My best friend thinks I'm anorexic. I don't. I mean, on weekdays I typically eat a small breakfast, an apple for lunch, and a small dinner. It can end up anywhere from 400 to 800 calories. But it's too much. So I try to burn it off. I exercise every day, and I'm starting double swim practices two days a week soon. But I don't think this makes me anorexic. Especially since every now and then there's a day where I'll eat normally. Way too much. So much that I feel I have to get rid of it. Immediately. Anorexics don't eat nearly as much as I do. Do they? I don't know. I just know that I hate eating. And I hate being so fat. But who doesn't want to be skinny? I mean, I'm about 6'1" and I weigh about 135 lbs. It's so heavy. I don't see why it's so unreasonable to want to lose weight. It can't really be anorexia, can it?

[karl]

One of the mistakes you're making is that you're exercising to burn off calories. The exercising is only making you feel more hungry. Try not exercising so much. You won't get an appetite so you won't feel hungry.

[iamniokekun]

Well, if you're able to exercise and what not and weigh 135 pounds at 16, you cant be anorexic, just very thin. Your friend could just be exagerrating

[Fiction]

The amount your eating is not enough. Under 1000 calories a day is dangerous. I have the exact same thoughts as you... I can't be anorexic cause i eat too much and typically in a day i eat between 500-700 calories. I think we both know there is something wrong.
Anorexia is not so much starving yourself or being skinny as people believe, it is being constantly obsessed with your weight, and then trying to control it in an unhealthy way. Yes i'd say you are anorexic, or at least beginning to get anorexia.

[Syvelocin]

400 to 800 calories is in the ballpark hun. Anorexics don't just starve themselves, or they wouldn't be alive much more than a month or two if you're still taking in water and sodium. It can get to the point where they eat nothing in a day, but you can still be anorexic and eat very little.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, and an obsessive fear of gaining weight due to a distorted self-image which may be maintained by various cognitive bases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about her or his body, food and eating.

[Philleeep]

just because you eat little, as in your case, means that you will be a healthy weight and skinny, you can gain weight from malnutrition as you arent eating enough. I am at the opposite end of the spectrum i eat all the time, and i still only weigh 7 stone (im just over 5ft). try eating more and see what happens, if your body figure is still ideal for you keep what your eating and doing for exercise constant and you shouldnt see a difference its the healthier option

[Syvelocin]

just because you eat little, as in your case, means that you will be a healthy weight and skinny, you can gain weight from malnutrition as you arent eating enough. I am at the opposite end of the spectrum i eat all the time, and i still only weigh 7 stone (im just over 5ft). try eating more and see what happens, if your body figure is still ideal for you keep what your eating and doing for exercise constant and you shouldnt see a difference its the healthier option

400 to 800 calories is not healthy at all. And exercise on top of that is even worse. She's burning at least 3 times what she is eating, probably more, WITHOUT exercise. If you don't need to lose weight, you should be consuming the amount of calories that you burn in a day.

She needs to be eating more than that, I'm sure, since even I have to eat more than that to maintain my weight and I'm way underweight. I would not advise her current diet at all. Eating little is not good at all, and not healthy. 135 pounds for someone her height is already at the low end.

[Philleeep]

sorry its a typo

[screamtobeheard]

Anorexia is not so much starving yourself or being skinny as people believe, it is being constantly obsessed with your weight, and then trying to control it in an unhealthy way.

Constant obsession is a pretty good way to describe it. It's like, all the time, I'm always thinking about my weight or food, and how I need my weight to be less and to eat less.

try eating more and see what happens, if your body figure is still ideal for you keep what your eating and doing for exercise constant and you shouldnt see a difference its the healthier option

I've tried. I can't bring myself to eat more. It makes me feel terrible about myself and, quite frankly, want to purge. And that option is significantly less appealing than just not consuming the food in the first place.

Anorexics don't just starve themselves, or they wouldn't be alive much more than a month or two if you're still taking in water and sodium.

That's a good point. I guess it's not possible to just stop eating altogether and still survive. I guess I'm going to have to try to figure out what to do with myself. :/

Thanks for your input, everybody. (:

[Perfect]

It can end up anywhere from 400 to 800 calories. But it's too much. .......Especially since every now and then there's a day where I'll eat normally. Way too much. So much that I feel I have to get rid of it. Immediately. ... I'm about 6'1" and I weigh about 135 lbs. It's so heavy.
1. 400-800 calories is not enough to sustain life, let alone allow for exericise. The fact that you think this is too much shows that there is a problem.
2. You think you eat "way too much" at times.. However, if you think 400-800 calories is too much, then I highly doubt whatever your "way too much" is is not that much.
3. Your BMI is 17.81. Anything under 18.5 is underweight. If you lost a mere 2.5 lbs, your BMI would be under 17.5, which is one of the criteria to be diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. Provided you think you are heavy, this is problematic.

I would say there is definitely a problem of some sort going on. Are you still menstruating (Or have you started)? Have you lost weight recently, or have you always been this weight? I would consider talking to someone you trust about this.. parent, teacher, doctor, counselor, coach, ect. Is there anyone you would feel comfortable talking to about this? I know it can be hard to talk about, but it is much better in the long run than becoming extremely ill and ending up in the hospital and being forced to talk about it.

And, to answer your thread's question, no, you aren't crazy :) Maybe just ill, but that doesn't mean you are crazy.

[screamtobeheard]

Yep, I still menstruate. But it's getting irregular. Like, I keep skipping months. I didn't always weight this amount. I used to be about 145 or 147 pounds. There isn't really anyone I'm particularly comfortable speaking to about it...I suppose I should, though.

And that actually makes me feel a little better. (: