Is/Has anyone been in recovery/recoverd from anorexia?

Question

I am 13 years old and I'm currently in recovery from anorexia (with bulimic tendencies). I was just wondering if anyone else could share their experiences with me through this, it's getting really hard for me. It seems like my nutritionist has me eating so much, and I'm scared of the weight that I need to gain. Yesterday, she just added 500 MORE calories.. and i'm not even allowed to exersize.Anyway, if anyone can share their experiences or stories with me, it would be awesome. Anything is good, what it was like, how you dealt with it, how much you gained, did you get the weight back off, how you felt, how you feel now, etc. Anything! Thank you sooo incredibly much, anything is appreciated.

Answer 1

I was never into throwing up but I did starve myself drastically to get rid of a potbelly (which we learned later was from a bad back). I'm 5'11" and weighed 102-110 pounds. When I married and wanted a child, the doctor said it woudln't happen until I put on weight so I "ballooned" up to 112. Against all odds, I did get pregnant and he announced if I wanted to kill myself, fine, but think of that baby and don't starve her. I was 125 when she was born. Over the years, I went up to 145 and stayed there until I became pregnant with my son and immediately after he was born. (I dropped from 180 to 145 in six weeks and my back gave out. Never drop that much weight that quickly.) Kept my weight at 150-160 since I hit menopause. Still don't eat right and probably never will but the potbelly still exists.

Answer 2

I was anorexic when I was younger. I was threatened with a food tube stuck up my nose. That got me into recovery reallllll quick! 500 calories isn't a lot hon. Just think, your body needs at least 1500 a day to run normally. Your 13, why do you care about what other people think of you? There is no normal. Don't ever let anyone tell you there is. I'm a lot bigger now then what I was used to before I had my child but I'm happy now. I grew to understand that it wasn't how others saw me, it was how I saw myself. You should love yourself and you can't do that if your starving your body.