One of my close friend’s is suffering from Anorexia, but I dont know how to help her. She’s seeing a therapist, but she feels that nothing seems to help. Is there anything I can do?
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I have reasons to be believe that a friend of mine is suffering from anorexia. Should I keep telling her to eat? Or is that a bad idea?
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I’ve been anorexic for quite some time and I’ve gone through some recovery process to gain back the weight I lost. Now I am a healthy weight and I want to just eat like a normal person now to maintain this weight. Except the only problem is, I don’t know what a normal person eats every day! So can somebody please help me, and just give me a rough plan of how much a normal person eats for each meal and snacks and how much exercise they do, in order to maintain their current weight. Please help!
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Ok, so i am in this partial hospitalization program for anorexia recovery. Right now, i am 5′4, 17 years old and 81lbs (i gained a pound this week! which is good, i guess). Anyways, the doctors there want me to reach around 100-105lbs and they see this as an ideal weight. However, i have always been very thin (i have never weighed over 87lbs– i continued to grow in height, but failed to gain weight). The idea of weighing 100 lbs really kind of scares me, but i want to get out of this program so i can go back to school and have my normal life again. I also know in my heart that i need to gain weight, but 20lbs seems like so much. Is 100-105 still thin for my height and age? The idea of gaining 20lbs scares me, and im afraid i will look and feel totally different. I am just really dreading it, because the doctors expect me to gain 1-3lbs a week, (they give you meal plans and calorie increases, but it seems like some of the girls in the program have to eat a ridiculous amount of food) or i will have to go inpatient. Can anyone help me calm down? I’m feeling really anxious and uneasy about all this.
Thanks
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ive been in anorexia recovery for a little over a month
the first program i started with they had me count my calories i had to have 1500 a day
then i came to california and joined a diffrent program
we are not allowed to count calories
we have meal plans which are called exchanges
we have to have a ceratin amount of starch(6) protien/meats(3) fats(3) fruit/veg(5) snacks(2)
but i still count calories
i really cant stop
im too afraid to tell my nutritionists and therapists at therapy groups and stuff
im scared
i dont know what to do
should i just tell them?
its not like they can do anything right?
please any advice is greatly appreciated
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