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Is this disordered eating?

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dogdaysareover · 20/09/2020 06:59

For the past year, my eating habits have been what I believe to be 'disordered'. I fast for 18 hours a day and am vegetarian. I will only eat certain foods, namely tomato soup, flatbread, guacamole, humous, chocolate and crisps. Occasionally I eat some cheese. I also run 5k at least three times a week, swim and do weights. This isn't about keeping my weight down. I am a healthy size 12, normal weight and not really bothered about being smaller/bigger/whatever so I don't really know how I have ended up here. I cook for my family but I never eat what I have made. I have just kind of stopped liking food altogether. The thought of sitting down to a 'proper meal', chilli and rice for example, makes me anxious and sick. Whilst I don't feel that this habit is much of an issue for me, I am very worried that I will pass on disordered eating habits to dd. She is still young at the moment but I do not want her to think this is a normal way of eating because I realise it is not but I just don't seem to be able to eat anything else. It's like the food switch in my head is turned to off and I just cba with it anymore. If I could choose to stay alive and healthy and at a healthy weight and never eat again, I would.

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Betty12331 · 24/09/2020 21:26

It’s certainly a restricted diet . I would speak to your gp.

Twixes · 25/09/2020 13:14

I'm on the fence with this. You recognise and acknowledge your behaviour which in itself is very healthy and you're aware of the potential impact it could have on your DD.

Some people just don't like food that much (wish I was one of them!). My late DF was like this, he just ate to survive. He didn't exercise, but food was just fuel. If you loaded up his plate with heaps of delicious food, he would think it was disgusting and excessive and it would turn him off.

My advice would be to keep an eye on things, be mindful of your BMI, anything less than 20 and I would maybe be thinking of easing off on the exercise and increasing calories.

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