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Old Dec 22, 2009, 12:42 PM
Isabella12 Isabella12 is offline
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Location: The Mountains
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This online **** is a mind****. Excuse my french. The questionaire gave me the highest score indicative of disordered eating possible. I haven't been diagnosed with an eating disorder, but I have sought counseling because of anxiety that I attributed to disordered eating patterns. I wanted to lose 13 lbs. I started exercising, and actually looking at labels and calories. At the height of the disorder I was exercising for up to five hours a day, consuming roughly 600 calories, taking diuretics and laxatives four times a day, and had forced myself to vomit after eating two spoonfuls of ice cream. My body was displaying survival behavior. I grew hair. I did not eat anything with a fat percentage more than 4% of daily intake or more than 200 calories per serving. I had a BMI of 16.8. And I thought I still looked fat. Eventually I had a panic attack which put me in the emergency room after binging at a pizza buffet. I sought counseling. I stopped looking at "thinspo". The burden lightened up eventually although I still feel funny with food. I can see that i'm not fat although I have gained the 13 lbs back. It's a constant struggle. Sometimes you just can't put your own personal experiences in a box.