Did anyone here recover from an eating disorder or any tips on how to get started with eating more?

[Anonymous]

I don't think I have an eating disorder, but maybe very screwed perception of food and beauty.

I used to model for 8 years and I'm sure as anyone who worked in the indusrty knows, you'll pick up some weird things. For me it was mainly being more and more skinny. Throughout my modeling career I've had an BMI of 15 to 16 (I know it's not healthy but it's pretty much standart). Right now I'm at 17,4, so still a bit underweight. I just find really hard to eat more.

I counted calories for the past 2 weeks and I get to roughly 1100-1200 cal a day. I don't know where to strt eting more? Old habits die hard and I've been eating roughly the same for the past decade.

My husband also wasn't too hppy about me trying to gain weight, but he said with us trying to have children now, it'd be better. Still somehow I have it in my head that he wouldn't find me attractive anymore if I gained more weight

A lot of my friends have similar issues, but so far none of them had an incentive to live healthier, so I feel a bit alone with this

[Anonymous]

in high school I did, I restricted what I ate and when I did eat I'd work out like crazy, would go biking for hours and hours, and got pretty good at throwing up the bad foods I ate, but really tried to keep the bulima to a minimum to save my teeth and heart, etc. It's really unhealthy and not sexy.lol That was a pretty easy to give up, well not too easy I still purge bad foods... but it's reserved for desperate times and not so much for weight loss just for relief from stomach pains/guilty feelings... OK so I still have problems... I still exercise like a mad man, recently injured myself too I fell on my bike and now I'm bed ridden and so depressed because of it... I can feel the fat growing on me since I haven't been working out... god I'm depressing where was I going with this... What helped me was eating fruit mono meals, it digests quick and gives you good energy and is healthy, I drink fruit smoothies throughout the day and they have so many calories but the cals burn off fast... not all calories are to be treated the same! Get on the fruit smoothies! Also have big salads and kick out whatever stimulants you are taking, most restrictive diets rely on some kind of stimulant... diet coke, coffee, cigarettes, refined sugar... those are all stimulants and FAKE food, they trick your mind into feeling like you ate when you really didn't and your are just cheating yourself out of quality nutrients, that kind of lifestyle will really catch up to you.

[Anonymous]

I was on the verge, once and I can see where it would be a sinister, alluring path. The element of control is hard to fight. I've had a few friends and family members who struggled with severe eating disorders and here's what I've picked up:

Eat bland foods that won't upset your stomach. One girl I knew had to start with baby foods.

Get counseling. I think it's nearly impossible to recover fully without it. Anorexia is an issue of control and self-dominance more than weight.

One friend said it helped her to become really educated about nutrition. She took that intense focus on calories and starvation and put it into making healthy choices. She learned all about which foods have which nutrients, the best way to combine them, how to stay happy and healthy through diet and exercise. She can be more flexible now, but she said coming out of her early recovery, it's about the only thing that got her through.

[alexstorm]

It's healthier to have a balanced diet, good BMI and be active. I was anorexic and feeling weak and faint at times as a teen. The doctor just told me I was damaging my body and if I didn't turn it around it could permanently damage my health and shorten my life. That actually was pretty good motivation. You want to be around for your marriage, your family, your future kids? Get your eating adjusted to healthy and balanced now or plan on shortening your life by 30 to 40 years. What more motivation do you need. Ask the doctor, he will tell you the same.

[Anonymous]

i dont, but I read somewhere that you need to start slow, eat a little more everyday to increase the size of your stomach

[Anonymous]

i would go to a nutritionist

[Anonymous]

kind of but make a schedule