Anorexia Recovery & Treatment

As part of a project for health class I must research anorexia. One of the questions on my page is “If one could only drink water, but they couldn’t eat how long would one survive until they experieced and physical changes as in body “shut down”? So, pretty much the question is how long could someone live without food?

My 17 year old daughter has anorexia, and she is just now accepting that she will need some treatment. However, she is very worried about how this will affect her University applications, especially as she is set for Cambridge. Her As work so far has never been lower than an A grade, and she is incredibly bright, but unfortunately this has happened…. If she misses a lot of school to recover, will she get compensation with her AS results? Will Cambridge even look at her if they know her medical history?

The anorexia is undiagnosed, and there haven’t been any recent treatments for mental illness.

i am in (forced) recovery from anorexia and am hating this so much. i am now 111lbs at 5′8. i know it doesn’t sound too bad but i look disguisting, and it is sickening to think that i weighed 82lbs only 3 months ago. they want me to be 130! i’ve never been over 105. my shoulders/arms used to hang in a square shape, now there is this disguisting curve where fat has accumulated in my shoulder and upper arm. if i gain much more my thighs will touch. my hipbones are disappearing. all my clothes were a baggy size double zero now my whole wardrobe is too small, i now can squeeze into a uk size 6 and am too embarrassed to buy clothes so big. the boyfriend says i am still thin but i know he is only lying to make me feel better, i don’t deserve him, he doesn’t deserve a fat girlfriend. i am trying to eat as little as possible but i am on a meal plan and am forced by my mum to have breakfast and dinner.

I’m thinking about not exercising today. But I just got my new meal plan from my nutritionist for anorexia recovery and so for the first time I’m going to be eating probably twice the calories that I usually do. Should I take the day off or will I gain weight?