Re: Is this an eating disorder? -
June 30th 2015, 03:28 AM
Hey there,
I can't give you a diagnosis, however I can tell you with certainty that this is not healthy for you to continue. Your body needs food to survive. When you don't provide enough nutrients, you're making it very difficult for your body to continue working as it should. Continuing to restrict your food intake as you're currently doing right now will eventually lead to many serious health problems caused by lack of nutrients.
The thing about trying to lose weight by restricting your food intake is that it's not healthy and it's almost impossible to maintain. You may be seeing quick results right now, however eventually your body will realize it's not being fed enough and will switch to "survival mode". This means your body may actually save what little you eat so you can continue to function. It will then become very difficult to lose any weight. To touch on my comment about it being almost impossible to maintain, this is in regards to your body switching to survival mode, as well as if you continue to consume way below what your body needs for fuel, you will become very sick.
If you feel like you need to lose weight, I strongly recommend doing it the healthy way. This means changing your lifestyle so you are eating healthy (ex. enough calories per day, eating enough from all the food groups, etc.), as well as incorporating exercise into your everyday routine. If you're looking to go on a healthy "diet", I suggest making an appointment with your doctor and expressing to them what you want and see what they say about how to go about this. The results may not appear as fast, but this is the healthy way. This is a long term, maintainable way to go about losing weight.
People often think that losing weight will suddenly be the key to finding happiness. Unfortunately, that is not usually the case, and especially not if you're trying to lose it in an unhealthy manner. Disordered eating and eating disorders will only make you miserable and feel like you're never quite enough.
I really suggest talking to someone about your thoughts you're having in regards to your eating now, before this gets worse. You don't have to deal with any of this by yourself. I have always found it helpful to remind myself that being healthy is the end goal. Food is not the enemy. It's very important fuel that helps your body continue to do all the wonderful things it does for you everyday. You need to take good care of yourself physically and mentally because you deserve to be happy and healthy!
I hope this helps a bit.
Take care. :]
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