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rutty1982
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Posted: 9 Jul 2006 08:06 pm |
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I just wonderd how they started and what you did
When i was 16 i started being funny with my food and hardly eating, being secretive and throwing my food away when my mum wasnt looking, or telling her i had ate at school/college and work.
At breakfast times, i would put a fw cornflakes in a bowl and abit of milk and leave it on the side looking like i had eaten, or get the toaster and put some crumbs on a plate and dip the knife in the butter looking like i had eaten toast
At 5ft 6 i got down to 8stone (112lbs) and was a size 6-8 i didnt think i was tiny and wanted to lose more, but my family and friends did, even now looking at photos i didnt think i was that small??????? The heaviest i was was 8stone 10lbs (122lbs) this is the weight i would like to get back to if possible and have been trying to for over a year now, after having my son and its not happening. I go to the gym 3/4 x a week and do alot of cardio and try to watch what i eat and am currently 9stone 3lbs (129lbs) but my figure has completly changed and i am so much more curvier and i HATE IT I REALLY DO i want to be slim again, like i use to be
B4 i use to not be able to eat for days or just eat a apple but now i cant do that i have tried, i also keep thinking that not eating slows the motablisim down, which isnt what i want.
I never got under 8stone when i was 16-18 years old, i tried it just never happend and i dont no why, maybe its because i didnt work out, i have never had to work out in my life, except now after having my son 
I am so tempted to cut my meals right down and just eat alot of fruit if im hungry and 1 meal a day or chicken with veg or salad and see if i can lose some wieght and change the shape of my figure
I look at celebs like Victoria Beckham & she has so changed her body shape, and since having 3 children although she is to skinny & the same as Nicole Richie, she has compltley changed her body shape
These people though back years ago were how i wanted to look and i would cut pictures out and stick them in a scrap book to look at when i went to eat chocolate or crisps or something, it would stop me from doing it.
Those that cut meals down how soon did you find the weight came off, i just dont get how it does when not eating slows your motabilism down
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Peter
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Posted: 9 Jul 2006 08:49 pm |
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I was working a desk job in my late twenties and noticed that I was getting a little chubby. I'd always been thin, so I started jogging at the track. Being so compulsive, six months later I was running marathons!
Eventually I started running in 10k races about every two weeks, and I was determined not to be carrying extra weight on race day. So I'd cut way down on my food the last few days before a race. (In hindsight, I'm sure this zapped my energy and I did worse!)
As time went on, I started bingeing for a day or two after each race before I'd start eating well again. This cycle developed into "yo-yo dieting" as described in my tutorial:
http://www.thelegacywebsite.com/tutorial_disorder.html
It eventually got so bad that I developed physical problems my doctor told me could kill me. That was a sobering moment, and I turned to Overeaters Anonymous (OA) for help. I went to OA meetings for years and eventually got over it.
As I learned in OA, I was eating to escape from life's problems as an alcoholic does with alcohol. I'll never know if my disorder would have developed so fully if I hadn't started running.
Well, something good came out of it... this website! From the e-mails I receive, I know it has helped many others.
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 9 Jul 2006 09:05 pm |
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Weight-training or toning is what you want to change the shape of your body - to the extent that this is possible.
Although starving yourself does slow down your metabolism, if you really cut calories right down, you will lose (at a slow rate). Needless to say this is an unhealthy approach as such restricted calories you won't be able to take enough protein to maintain your muscles, or fibre-rich foods or nutrients (vitamins, minerals, pythochemicals) from whole foods.
Your weight loss goal (122lb) is reasonably sensible for your height - so there's no need to use unhealthy means to get there. The key is to go for a sensible calorie deficit (made up partly from cutting calories down and calories burnt exercising), 15% of your maintenance calories is recommended.
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IndecentOpinion
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Posted: 13 Jul 2006 02:53 pm |
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Mine was really progressive. I just wanted to lose a couple vanity pounds at first, so I was strict about only eating 1,000 calories per day. After a few weeks of success with this, I thought, "Hey, if only eating 1,000 is this easy, 800 calories should be a breeze, too." Eventually, with that kind of thinking, I was down to only eating 500 calories per day. I would feel like a complete failure if I went over that. It was such a horrible feeling because I knew I was so unhealthy and couldn't overcome it. I knew 95lb, 5'5" body was disgusting. Luckily, I had the help of my family and friends to get me back on track and up to a healthy weight.
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weezta
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006 08:57 pm |
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I just reread through your post. I could be reading into this a bit but it seems that you are trying to regain the ability to trade in a generally healthy lifestyle for your eating disorder. It seems as though you are secretly searching for ideas to use...
Personally, I don't think this is a healthy post and I would advise the post-eating disorder population not to post how it all started. No one likes to relive an unhealthy segment of their lives. I suggest the healthy steps to losing weight as found on this site. Since I found this site, I have lost 50 lbs. and that's in only 10 months. Results will come if you allow yourself to change your lifestyle to a healthy one.
Please consider your options.
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so tinyxx
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Posted: 3 Aug 2006 08:41 am |
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Im not sure how my eating disorder started.. i guess i just wanted to be a bit healthier. I started cutting out junk food & excercising more & things just went from there. Im 16 by the way.. ill be 17 in a few days thou. My lowest weight was 43kgs & my height is 5'7''.
I think eating disorders creep up on you without you knowing any better. I remember telling my dad that i wanted to lose weight because i wanted to be as skinny as a friend of mine, who was around my height, she weighed about 59kgs & my dad said to me 'You will never be as thin as her'... i think thats where it really started for me, like my make or break moment, because after that day i put my heart & soul into losing weight just to prove him wrong.
It was hard with my family, i think part of me wanted to lose weight as a bit of a rebellion against them. I rememeber being forced to take a family vacation for 6 days - that i REALLY didnt want to go on. I didnt eat anything but 3 mints that entire trip. It was my way of getting them back.
I did it all in secret thou.. i would leave dirty plates around the place, throw food out, hide it, lie & say i ate.. anything to make them think that i was eating. I could go for days without eating. The longest fast i did lasted 13 days.
even thou i was pretty skinny (43kgs & 5'7'') i still thought i was desperatly obese, & the less i weighed the worse i felt emotionally about myself. People started making me eat.. & thats how i started getting into binging & purging. & ive been doing that for about the last 8 months. i dont enjoy it, & i would do anything to be able to stop, but i cant. its been getting worse over the past month, maybe everyday 3-4 times a day. everytime i do it i promise it will be the last time but it doesnt seem to work like that.
so thats my life story.. how i got to be how i am & how my eating disorder started. I weigh alot more now than i did - & i blame my weight gain on binging & purging. I do intend to lose weight tho. Im not too concered whether i do it the healthy way or not. its just so tempting to fast & lose the weight quickly. for me personally a 5 day fast will result in 5kgs of weightloss. Im not silly, i realise that some of it would be water loss etc but its always a good feeling to see the number on the scales go down.
Im not really one to give advice & i dont listen to myself anyway.. but anyone considering purging.. or is just getting into the habit. Stop while u can. Its one of my biggest regrets.. not only will u gain weight but it does so much damage to ur body - u cant even imagine.
Take Care Dears x x o
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