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Anorexia
This is a pretty long question, but you can look at the last paragraph which basically is the question. The rest is background information.
When I was 15, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa and had to go to a rehabilitation centre to recover. When I entered rehab, I was 30 kg (Around 67 pounds). When I left, I was 45 kg (Around 99 pounds), which I maintained as my weight for 2 years.
Now, I try to take care of my body more. I've always been pretty fit since I've been taking dance lessons since I was 4 and yoga since I was 11. I recently took up pilates and joined my school track team. And lost 3 kg (Around 7 pounds).
My mum is now convinced I am still anorexic and is going to send me back to rehab after I turn 17. I don't want to go back, but my mother won't believe it when I said I wasn't anorexic. She refuses to reason or even listen.
I have tried to eat more to prove her wrong, but she just believes I am binging (eating large amounts of food now and starving myself later), which is completely false.
I also have a therapist who notes what I eat daily, which I think is pretty extreme. And, basically, all she does it force me to eat more and more.
I'm scared I actually will gain weight to the point where I resort back to anorexia, which I do not want to happen. Please help to make my mum see I am not anorexic without giving up the physical programs I love or stuffing myself silly!
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well...anorexia is a pretty serious thing...and im glad that arent anymore....your mom should see from the therapist that you are eating....maybe she cares so much about you that she is worried that you will become it again...maybe your mom is starting to have a problem...talk to her...spend some time with her...make sure that "she" is ok....well...i hope that helped...i hope everything goes well
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you lost 7 pounds..and you cannot understand why your mother freaked...you were in a rehab..for losing weight..ok...if you are doing more exercise..you should be putting on weihgt as you are putting on muscle.
Several members of my family have had this disease as well as friends...
as long as you lose weight..you are not getting better.
See you are replacing food with exercise..which is also addictive.
People die from this..do you want to die??Keep losing weight and it will be a certainty.
Limit your execise..gain back that 7 poounds and your parents will back off...
You dont need to stuff yourself silly but exercisng 2 - 3 times a week is plenty..
But to me..i would find out why i must either starve myself or exercise myself to death....that is the real issue..and until you solve that problem...well..you will never have a normal life.
I am sorry to be so mean..but after watching PEOPLE die from this...well...you can only hope that no more..will
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You might not be eating enough to counter all of the physical activities you are doing. You are probably doing 4 times the amount of exercise than the average American for sure.
The therapist is just trying to show you what is actually going in your mouth. They also use that technique to get people to lose weight. I know everybody has probably told you this, but if you can just have smaller meals at greater intervals you won't feel overly full. If you choose your snacks wisely, you will still be healthy. You could probably still gain a few pounds and still look great. Being healthy is more than just a number, its also how you feel.
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First of all i am very proud that you are better. And you should deffinitly sit down with your mom and tell her that your not and that its just because of track.
Hope I helped
~Brina~
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Your mom is just trying to protect you. She is afraid of possibly losing you. If you know deep down that you are not anorexic, sit her down and tell her. If she doesn't listen get your therapist to reassure your mother that you are no longer anorexic. Parents can be overly-assuming many times, and this sounds like that kind of case.
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