I can t have an eating disorder...can i?

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    ravinpenguin / Nov 22 2009 4.12

    Hey im 14 and i'm quite paranoid about my weight and stuff but isn't everyone? Anyway, my mum thinks i have an eating disorder. She told me. I'm quite weird with food sometimes - i don't know why. Like, i keep trying to make my sister fat!! I always give her real big portions and put chocolate in her lunch for her or offer her it. Is it me just looking after her or is it something more?

    And i skip dinner or lunch sometimes, but thats only cos' i go on like binges and can't stop. Well, i don't eat junk food but i start eating cereal out of the box or raisins and i can't stop eating them. My mum said its because i'm hungry and i don't eat enough.

    The reason i sometimes (not that often) skip these meals is because i'm afraid i would've eaten too much because of the binging. My dad said it's ok to snack coz im growing but i should either eat all of my dinner as well or stop eating so much oat granola (lol) so i'm not full and don't worry my mum.

    I eat around 1, 000 - 1, 300 cals a day, which can't be an eating disorder, right? And i don't do excessive exercise either coz i only do around half an hour a day, sometimes an hour. I also do crunches on a night and sometimes press-ups too. I always count the calories in stuff but thats just so i dont eat too much.

    But i hide food sometimes or chuck it away or if i've started eating it when im full i'll spit it out. I'm at a healthy weight too, but i'm trying to lose some so i can be slim and get abs etc. Loads of people want to do that.

    I don't think i have 1.

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    scarred / Jun 08 2009 22.04

    hey ravinpenguin

    it is possible that you have an undiagnosed eating disorder but i don't think so. i am 14 too and i skip meals occasionaly as i worry about haw much i eat and my size. when i look in the mirror sometimes i see a fat person but most of the time i seem normal size. this confuses me as people always tell me i am thin/normal despite this i still want to lose some more weight before i go on holiday in the summer!

    scarred x

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    ShiningStar / Jul 14 2009 19.09

     Hey ravinpenguin,

    I am 15 and have funny issues with food! It is really annoying and feels like it is controlling your life. I am not entirly sure if it is an eating disorder, but ii would suggest going to se the doctor, thats what ii did last year and turned out ii had an eating disorder. What ii do, is at school ii will give my food out of my packed lunch to my friends as ii don't want to eat it as ii feel fat, but they don't suspect a thing! I say ii am fat to them, but they say im not. 

    My advice is go to see your doctor, they can help you solve your problems.

    Good Luck

    xox

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    as93 / Aug 14 2009 22.24

    Hey

    Since January (09), I've cut down to one meal a day & no snacks. I've been calorie counting a lot and exercising more than I should and it scares me. I've been told that I have a normal weight, but I always see a fat person & it disgusts me. When I'm really depressed, I'll binge a bit but then feel guilty & not eat for as long as I can [usually 2 or 3 days]. My confidence issues have caused me to cut more and that scares me too.

    I was just wondering what would happen if I went to the doctor? My mum's started realising that I miss meals and my friends tell me that I'm losing weight [which makes me want to lose more].

    I haven't had great experiences with the doctor & I was wondering if he'd just tell me to eat more or just have more counselling sessions? I'm scared to go tbh.

    Thanks.

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    Estykins / Sep 09 2009 16.35

    Hey :)

    For a start the whole thing with your mum saying you wanna make your sister fat isnt true(most probs) you just wanna make her happy cause thats what kids like, hey I  do it to my brother :)

    If this help you feel better, at least youre not alone. Im sitting here eating Ben and Jerrys which I know full well I'm gonna throw up later. Binge eating is normal we all do it and it makes us feel terrible. But the fact you're binge eating on ceral or raisons is great cause i binge eat on junk food which is worse.

    Next time you have to binge eat, try doing exercise after and then continue to eat normal. :)

    Your doctor will proboly know that just saying "eat more" isn't going to work cause an eating disorder is in our minds. If you don't wanna eat you won't cause thats what your brain says.

     Cutting yourself  is also and issue, But I can't say anything cause I do it, today my frinds found out and they were horrified but they still love me and im sure if you trust anyone enough to tell them then you should, any tidy teacher in school? or an auinte or something?

    nted of cutting though try art or music( playing or listening) talking to a friend about anything not nesecarilly cutting, scream into a pillow or fight it, they don't fight back :) send a text to a loved one, even do homework if it takes your mind off it

     

    Please try some stuff, I promise you youre not messed up or anything ok?

    Lots of Love

    Estykins

    x

     

     

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    Girl13 / Nov 22 2009 4.12

     Hey.

    Tbh... am exactly the same. but i'm 2 years younger and do 7 hours of execise a week. Is that worse? i'm in year 8 but have mates in year 11, and they rekon i have an ED they've started watching me eat to make sure i have enough. They say i should be having 2000 calories, i know for a fact i have ALOT less than that. Have i got an eating disorder?

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