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Q: Do I Have An Ed?
asked by: tiffany1018 on September 24th, 2006
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Hi, everyone. I'm just curious if I have an eating disorder or not. I usually never eat breakfast...My whole life. Anyways...About december to january of this year, I lost about 20 lbs. I was pretty stressed, and couldn't hardly eat anything. Well, since then I haven't gained any weight or lost any...Give or take a few lbs, but I usually only eat one meal a day. It's like i'm just not hungry and if I do feel hungry and make something to eat, I can't eat more than a couple bites (like say im hungry for lunch..). I usually only eat dinner, and then maybe have a snack later on...Like some jello or something. I'm just curious as to if this is classified as an eating disorder. I weigh about 118...And i'm 5'6. My "normal" weight was between 130-138. The last time I was this current weight I think I was in 9th grade. I am concerned though with gaining weight...Not overly obsessive. I've never thrown up, or taken diet pills or anything like that, but I am concerned about gaining weight. I mean my friends and family all tell me that it looks like i've been losing weight and that I look good. I don't want anyone to think I freak out about it, I just thought that you had an eating disorder if you were aneorexic (spelling...) or bulemic. Which I am neither. Any thoughts would be great.
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poetmcc
replied on September 24th, 2006
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Hey tiffany, well thats good that you're not throwing up or taking pills or obsessing over your weight. However, you are pretty underweight as you yourself mentioned. When you say "i can hardly take more than a few bites when i'm hungry" is that because you are physically full or does something emotionally stop you from eating. You did say that you are a little concerned about gaining weight...This could be the first sign of an eating disorder. I dont know if you are on your way to an eating disorder (it usually starts small like not wanting t o eat and then progresses) or whether you are just fine and just not feeling hungry bcause you have a slow metabolism.Maybe you should ask your doctor what he/she thinks.

Anyway, take care of yourself, sorry I couldn't be of more help, and let me know how you are doing.
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v00d00cita
replied on September 26th, 2006
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Re: Do I Have An Ed?
Well, you don't seem to have an eating disorder, but a problem with you metabolism, so you should check up with a doctor to see what's happening to you now.
But i'm pretty sure that it's not an eating disorder ^^
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