babe, like others have said, there is no such thing as being healthy when you have an ED- and I mean anywhere along that continuum b/c people often debate frequency of sx's and the like, but it does not matter. Purging or binging once is not healthy. I do think you sound a lot like me at various times in the past and I just got used to... I reasoned with myself that I was going to school and working and eating after all, so no big problem-right? wrong. I wish I could take it back. I wish I would have never started b/c I have paid for it, and I am contuing to pay for it, and I cannot find the way out. I am not saying all these things will happen to you, but they can happen... I finally went to a dentist and I had to spend lots of $$$ and still have more damage than others, I have spent lots of $$$ on T which may have been less so if I would have tackled this sooner, my GP recently told my my iron level is severly below normal after I was so tired every day I could barely function, so now I am on iron and calcium supplements. It has interfered with my immune system, my energy level, my skin, and did I mention I need to geat my heart checked regularly??

And I WAS that healthy bulimic. I did eat. I had a life. I had friends. I went out for dinner. I even like cooking and baking. I love fruits and vegetables and nuts and lots of other healthy foods. Those are good things but my point is they do not make up for what an ED does to our bodies. And a lot of it is not ST- but in the long term, I fear t will catch up...

Now to you- your face is swollen (most likely direct effect from ED behaviours), you can't go out unless you check out the menu first, you are counting calories, you exercise a lot, you purge after dinner. If someone else would tell you those things would you think they are healthy hun??? I am not trying to be mean, I am just trying to share with you that I used think like this- and still do to some extend- but it is not true.

There are so many T's out there... please try to find another one. You deserve that help. I hope you do. Please let us know how it goes.