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Do I sound like I might be anorexic?
I know this seems like an easy question, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm anorexic or just weight conscious. I'm 4ft 10in and 75 pounds. I try to only eat once a day, but I do make sure I eat once a day. If I eat more than once a day I worry that it'll be noticeable and people will see I've gained weight, but this is because where I work the uniform shows your midriff so I don't want to look bloated. Sometimes if I feel a little bloated I'll purposely suck in or make sure I stand up straight so I look skinnier.
If I eat more than once in a day, then the next day I try hard to eat less. Lately, I've been thinking about working out so my tummy is flatter and I can weigh a little less by burning off the calories I eat. I would kind of like to get down to 60-65 pounds, maybe a little less. I feel like 50 pounds is probably a little extreme though.
I've recently seen a doctor for other things, but I noticed he didn't really mention my weight so I feel like I could still lose some weight and be okay.
I just really don't want to look overweight and I hate that when I sit down there's a little pouch.
I don't ever make myself throw up or anything like that and if I'm really hungry I do eat so I feel like I'm not anorexic.
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Hello, I am a recovered anorexic. YES, YOU ARE! Anorexia has nothing to do with vomiting. That is bullemia. You can still have an eating disorder, even if you are at normal weight. It's called eating disorder otherwise specified. The only difference between anorexia and EDNOS is that to be diagnosed as anorexic, your BMI needs to be below normal. Yours is DANGEROUSLY below normal. All of these patters are exactly what I did. I am glad to hear that you are aware that these behaviors seem a little off. You need to get help RIGHT AWAY! The longer it takes to get help, the more difficult this will become. There is a huge risk of becoming bulimic and turning to binge eating to replenish. Please get help. Message me personally and I will give you my contact information. Just ask me a question through here and I will reply! :)
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Hello my dear,
I wouldn't consider it as anorexia because as you said you don't trigger the vomit...so you may be weight conscious (though ask your doctor also to be sure because I just have a little info on anorexia,a professional may help you better)
As for your food,I would like to reccomend to you to try eating at least two times a day,particularly at breakfast and lunch ( lunch can have a lesser amount of food intake ) and you can only take something lesser at night.So basically like lessen the amount of food as your day goes by so as not to lose nutrients
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You don't mention your age or whether your frame, thats the bone structure is small, medium or large.
I've looked up a body mass index and you have to scroll down to see it.
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Even if you have a small frame, for 4'10 you are underweight already now. They list normal weight starts at 92 lbs and goes up to 100 for normal.
So the answer is yes, you are anorexic. I don't know exactly what your Dr. said. However it's possible you are not telling us something when you wrote 'he didn't really mention ...' That sounds evasive and may only be a poor choice of words. But it means he did mention something. Its like saying, I didn't really pay my phone bill, I didn't really drink coffee this morning. Its a matter of you did or didn't. Said as you did, it could mean I only paid a portion of my phone bill or only took one sip of coffee this morning but didn't drink the whole mug full. You have to be honest with yourself and I think you probably are as you wouldn't have asked unless you were hoping we'd all say you were okay. If your doctor doesn't think anything is wrong, and you want to lose even more with exercise, then you need to see another Dr., get another professional opinion, because your body is like a car. A car needs fuel to work properly and different oils and fluids. If we let the oil run out, we'd burn up the engine for example.
In the same way, our bodies need food for fuel to run properly. A body needs even more if you will be exercising as that takes more fuel/food to maintain a healthy weight and the body uses up more fuel, just like a car when its working harder like going up hills. So see a Dr. ASAP and get working on getting to a healthy weight.
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I did not have to read far to answer your question. While I am not a doctor it is easy to see you are grossly under weight. Depending an your frame size you are 25 pounds to 45 ponds under weight for your height. This is a major part of the definition of an eating disorder and possibly anorexic.
Being so grossly underweight you are doing great harm to yourself. The type of harm that causes your internal organs to shut down; eventually leading to death. You need to see a doctor ASAP.
I recommend going to a hospital ER as soon as you read this.
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