Do I have a potential eating disorder or the start of one?

Question

Do I have a potential eating disorder or the start of one?

I am a typical 22year old women, I am approx 5ft 7 and my weight varies between 10st 6 – 10st 11 (I mainly wear size 10/12 on bottom and 8 on top) . I would consider myself as just a typical British body. I would love to be skinner. I used to be a lot skinner, but I blame the weight gain on social drinking.

I feel guilty whenever I eat food. Even if its breakfast/dinner/tea. I hate the fact that I can no longer eat food with out feeling awful. I don’t refrain myself from eating any food (if I want a take away il have one) , and I don’t make myself sick after. I have overdosed on Laxative but only for a few days at a time.

I’m not a gym freak but I do enjoy walking and try to do at least 30mins a day.

Is this the start of an eating disorder, or am I just a typical young women being influenced by the celebrities/ size 0.

Answer 1

Its difficult to tell really at this stage. It may just be a satge you're going through at the moment, or it may lead to a further developing problem. The feeling of guilt at the consumption of food, even normal regular meals would signify discomfort around food. But to say you keep it down regardless is a positive attitude. I don't like the idea of the OD of laxatives at any point really. By fooling your body it can lead to problems later on in life if you were to continue doing this. To say your not a gym freak, but make sure you do a set amount of walking a day points to health awareness and the need to exercise.

So to say for sure at this time is difficult. Try to have a poistive healthy attitude towards food and exercise without being obsessive. If you want to talk about it though at any point I have created a group through my yahoo! 360 profile called I desire to trust. Contact me if you wish. I will give you all the help and support you want if you need it hun.

Take care.

Answer 2

Tell her that's only grown-ups it happens to - and generally it's too much beer and cream cakes! After all little girls don't eat cream cakes and drink beer! Show her that you and daddy eat plenty of healthy food and your tummies aren't getting bigger - yours only did that when there was a baby in there (her!) Could you put her small helpings on a great big plate so it doesn't look as much? Promote her to grown-up cutlery so the spoon actually holds more? hopefully as she starts school, and the business of tea at friends' houses starts, she might pick up a bit. Might be an idea to put her on school dinners too. I got this with the Outlaws stopping the kids eating things (pasta, rice, anything garlicky) that they'd been weaned on, just because the wrinklies were 100 yrs behind the gastronomic times. I'd try and get her to tell you who was talking such rubbish, and go round and put them straight. Good luck!

Answer 3

You're dealing with probably the most complex aspect of the female psychy here. You feelings are far from unique sadly.

Your weight and size sounds perfectly normal and reasonable to me but if you feel uncomfortable, and think the gain may be as a result of social drinking, then the answer is relatively simple. Reduce the amount you are drinking and see if it makes a difference.

Taking laxatives is completely pointless as an weight loss exercise. All you lose is waste material, your body was going to get rid of that anyway. It's fat you want to get rid of, in order to do that it is essential to eat. If you don't your body will try and conserve it by using muscle tissue.

You may find a technique used by Weight Watchers useful. Track what you eat. There are several approachs but basically write down what you are eating. You can plan in advance what you are going to eat, write it and stick to it, write it as you go along, or write it at the end of the day (if you can remember) but get it into your head that as long as you have written down what you ate it's OK.

You are maintaining a healthy weight so there can't be anything major wrong with what you generally eat but writing it down with help you feel more in control and if you are in control then you are less likely to feel guilty.

Remember that you do not have an obligation to anybody to be any particular weight. It's your choice, you have a perfect right to be any weight you want, live how you want, eat what you want. Guilt is one of the single most destructive emotions for women so work on ridding yourself of it. If you want to eat, eat, who's business is it but yours?

Answer 4

You're being influenced negatively. No need to feel guilty as you do a fair bit of walking, and that looks like an appropriate weight for your height.

You don't say what type of food you normally eat, though. You did mention social drinking, and as long as that isn't in excess, you should be fine.

Here's a tip: if you feel you're getting too full, drink a glass of water. You should drink eight glasses a day anyway, it helps keep the digestion regular.

You need to eat, so there is no need to feel guilty about eating. Otherwise, you are in good shape.

Answer 5

I don't think this is the start of an eating disorder. Every woman has their moments were they feel like they should lose weight and they would like to be thinner. So I don't think you have to worry just choose foods you enjoy eating and eat healthy. Believe me when i say that you don't want to get started down that trail so avoid it at all costs.
blessings

Answer 6

I don't think you have an eating disorder but it could maybe lead to one if you don't sort out your relationship with food. I was told I had this coz I fely guilty after eating anything. I had to learn that I was eating healthily and if i had the odd takeaway the I was only human.

Answer 7

nope i think you sound like a typical healthy women :D

though my mum doesnt let me leave house withhout breakfest lol. but thats parents ay.
but my friends always suss out when i skip meals because i show my true colours.... mood wise....
but yer you seen healthy
and clothes sizes britain i think are wrong anyway....
because i was about size 12-14 last year but i was really really fat and weighted nearly 10 stone.... think im about 5ft 6 or 7 because lotta my mates are 6ft odd....but now im not as fat size 6-8 and 8 stone and bit but lost some again recently but dont diet and im proper lazy lol.... i think just growing upness.....

but everyones body different arent they.....
have nice week anyways xxx

Answer 8

Yes