Issues at the interface of Mavis, community-based psychiatric services and the mentally normal

[Mitchy1nge]

I think that covers us all?

I just have a mental disorder of starving myself being an idiot

Also shoot for sub-1350kcal net intake (accounting for exercise) - I should be staying below 500kcal to attempt to reverse fatty liver and diabetes but I can't function below 1200kcal because of migraines.

My diabetes nurse thinks I'm bonkers but she can't quibble with my results though she does look askance at my logs, spreadsheets and graphs.

that diet sounds very challenging

am glad I looked at stats, although the net cal thing is misleading - it synchronises with garmin and am not sure if it alters the calories used up in runs or sticks with what garmin says (prob more accurate)

I have lived on under 500 cals a day

it's not something would wish on worst enemy for any length of time

I've been a mess in the last two weeks due to smoking - 500kcal a day over goal and a grand total of 28% calories from carbs

Starving yourself sounds hard.

it's hard to get out of

Mine imports from Strava and accepts Strava's calorie estimate, but I always reinput the minutes so it uses its own algorithm which is a lower calorie burn.

Yes, I should probably shut up about food as it's likely to be unhelpful to you. I have to be rigid about food because of the physical stuff but I shouldn't inflict it on others. I'm sorry.

is ok, I looooove this stuff

I use the weight loss chat as a sort of pro-ana inspirational read but that's not healthy (seriously, I don't get the need for special thinspo/proana sites when MFP and mainstream dieting boards give you everything you need to keep your bad behaviours alive )

am sorting self out, am well past worst of last blip, running is my saviour because the more I eat the more and better I can run

I find this person hugely inspiring, is a friend of my ultra-running friend, and used running to overcome either anorexia (purging type I think) or bulimia

Still thinking of you Infinity, if you're reading.

Thanks for the link Mitch. She looks like an amazing person.

I have absolutely no idea what my calorie intake is although today the bull of my calories probably came from malted milks.

I'm horribly fat and tend to overeat when depressed, so thinspo never worked for me except when I fancied some hopeless self-loathing and subsequent falling-into-a-bag-of-Doritos.

Please tell me they had little pictures of cows on them?

My diabetes nurse talks to me about carb counting with actual rich tea biscuits hanging out of her mouth I suspect she is a sadist.

They did!

quick emergency poll

are these worth the £££ and anyway which colour?

they glow in the dark!

my v similar striped ones seem insupportably drab in comparison

Hooray. The mini cows are the best thing about malted milks.

Gosh. If you have the legs and the money, go for it.

Yes, I'd go for the black or grey (because I fear colour)

And purple. Always purple.

I get jealous of people who say they look like parsnips in skinny jeans, as I look more like celeriac, so I certainly won't be buying running tights that scream "look at my legs!" any time soon, but as you said you have fantastic legs, then why not?

I've got horrible short legs! my limbs always look boxy, was just a trick of the light in the glossy gym door reflection that ONE TIME

but am sure they will always look like that whether am under or over or healthy weight, is nothing that can be done about it

am thinking space blue or purple

Your reflection caught you unawares and was able to bypass your "Mitchy has terrible legs" distortion field.

Definitely purple. Everything that can be purple should be purple.