Why do I feel like this?

[LovelyComputerVirus]

I'm recovering from anorexia nervosa and I just feel fat, I felt much prettier and healthier when I weighed 110 but now that I'm back at 160 I'm thinking of stopping eating again... SOH

[redeyemindtricks]

You need to make some standards that are NOT based on looking at yourself with your eyes. They can be scale numbers, measurements, clothing sizes (not stretchy clothes lol)... but they need to be things that don't lie, and can't be fudged.
Get knowledgeable friends, family, and/or doctors to help you make the standards.
Then stick to them.

I have never been diagnosed with an eating disorder, but I am a fitness competitor, which means that I diet down HARD to extremely low levels of body fat, and then "balloon up" after my competition shows.
In reality I only gain back 15-20 pounds, but it feels like 100 pounds. Blaaaahhhh. But I have standards that are numbers, and my husband enforces them on me. If he and I didn't, I would probably not let myself gain back enough weight to be healthy.

The hardest part is finding a support system of people who are not TOO sickeningly sweet (so that their words start to sound empty), and who will also take the tough love approach with you when necessary. You don't need a ton of people, but you need people.

Good luck sweetie. It ain't easy.

[Cmasterson]

I think its important to know your body type and what you can do to stay healthy and motivated. Muscle weighs more than fat so if you're keeping active and eating healthy meals you should be on the right track. Its unhealthy to loose weight drastically as much as it is to put on a lot of weight fast.

[LovelyComputerVirus]

I have a good amount of muscle, but im kinda tubby too

[KaidenKass00]

110 lbs. is too light if you're 5'7 but I'm not sure that's anorexic.

You should hone on a nice healthy weight and try to stick to it. It's not healthy to boomerang, that's for sure. The longer you stay at a good weight, the better you'll feel all the time.

[willow74]

Anorexia is a mental disorder, NOT a weight or a body size. Majority of people with eating disorders don't look like they have one at first glance.

[LovelyComputerVirus]

@willow74 thank you

[KaidenKass00]

I know what it is. And there are absolutely ways to spot anorexia and other eating disorders in people outside of weight; it's a lack of health that can be manifested in a variety of ways. I shouldn't have used it in a descriptive term there, though.

[Polocrew]

Cos you prolly were better at 110. How tall are you and did you do it while working out too? Or just wet weight?

[CuteVenus]

Don't stop eating just get on a diet, I bet you hate hearing those words but the fact is it's up to you to fight it, being anorexic is not healthy and sometimes our health is all we have during hard times

[Anonymous]

You feel like that because you have a mental illness aka an eating disorder, You know if you go back to an unhealthy weight though that the thought's just get worse. It's not worth it ):

[psychomonkey]

Don't worry too much just eat healthy and exercise. You'll be fine

[523206720]

The trick is to eat every time you are hungry but avoid junk food when you do eat.

[apple24]

Nah I am 160 no big deal its just a number... you just got work on it... got learn to love you!

[Maik567]

How tall are you?

[LovelyComputerVirus]

67 inches

[Maik567]

Well you used to be underweight, but now you are RIGHT on the edge of being overweight. I think you should aim for a weight closer to the middle like 120-140lbs

[LovelyComputerVirus]

Okay...

[Maik567]

Just saying that that is probably the reason you are not feeling that healthy.