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Do I have an eating disorder *trigger*

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queenofcheese · 15/11/2017 16:41

Hi everyone I’m new here.
Don’t know if this kind of post is allowed or where I should put it.
So in May this year I decided to lose weight. I weighed 15.7stone and am 5ft6.
It worked! I now weigh 13.12stone.
However, I started through calorie counting and ate no more than 1600 a day. It went well, I swam 4 times a week and ate healthily.
Now I cannot eat more than 1200 without fear of gaining weight and I feel so guilty and disgusting when I do. I still eat junk food every day rather than healthy food and because of this I now am not eating much. Eg yesterday, one sandwich, one packet of crisps, two slices of pizza, one muffin and two cookies.
Surely I can’t have an eating disorder. I weigh myself 3 times a day and frequently break down because of my weight. I am finding it so hard to eat well and eat more.
I am losing more weight.
Surely because I’m overweight still I cannot have an eating disorder.  please help.

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OP posts:
queenofcheese · 15/11/2017 16:47

Hey sorry I posted this on AIBU too so sorry if you see it twice. I just don’t know where to post this sort of thing

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Quartz2208 · 15/11/2017 16:48

eating disorders are not about how much you weigh they are about your relationship and attitude to food and your weight so yes I think you do.

I think you need to get some help with it

PurpleDaisies · 15/11/2017 16:50

Surely because I’m overweight still I cannot have an eating disorder.  please help.

Eating disorders aren’t about weight, they’re about attitude to food. It sounds like you’re getting a lot of guilt when you’re eating. That’s a worrying sign.

There’s a great website called b-eat which would be worth looking at, or talking to your gp.

Grumpbum · 15/11/2017 16:50

This was me 3 years ago. I need to lose 3 stone but scared to count cals again I wa referred to ED unit but chickened out

PurpleDaisies · 15/11/2017 16:51

www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk

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