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I've posted something similar, but the situation now is pretty much entirely different >< That, and I forgot I'd posted a while back... had I remembered I'd have bumped my old thread, my bad!

In the last few months I developed, what one would probably call, an eating disorder. I went days without eating much more than a couple of bowls of cereal. I came down from nearly 70kgs to 60kgs in a matter of weeks. Then I realised that my body had gone into starvation mode and I shot up in weight if I ate much more than that, so I wanted to get out of it. I started exercising and eating healthily. I feel better, but I still calorie count, I weigh out portions, exercise a little excessively and weigh myself every day, so there's still work to be done.

However! I find it difficult to consume more than 700 calories, at most, a day. Most days it's about 500-600 and I'm terrified that, once I'm happy with my weight and gradually phase out the obsessing over calories, my weight will shoot back up again because I'm not consuming enough calories in /this/ stage.

I'm 16, 125lbs and 5'4" and I know 700 calories a day is incredibly unhealthy but I find it so difficult. I walk a lot, at least 40 minutes a day at 5km/h, and go to the gym once a week, but I think I might be, subconsciously, still trying to consume as few calories as possible...

I don't particularly want to talk to my parents about it as I've already told them I'm completely happy with my weight and that they'd offend me if they even insinuated I had an eating disorder. So that's why I'm here; can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can start consuming a healthy number of calories and not gain weight suddenly?

Thank you.

well obviously it is really important for you to be healthy. you should be having a normal amount of calories for your age and height as well as exorcising an appropriate amount per week. too much exorcise isnt good for you. learning to manage how much you eat is very important.
i also have problems with eating so you would think i would be able to give a little better advice than this but its the best that i could do :/ if you need to talk message me.

You should be consuming somewhere around 2,000-2,500 calories per day with your frame. Try adding soups and shakes to your diet, they will make you less full. You definitely need to start eating more. If nothing seems to work you should get some professional help. Are you depress? what was the cause for cutting back on your meals?

Sorry just cant live with 700 calories for a day , but hey that depends of how your body reacts. i eat a lot of fast food and stuff and i dont get fat. Diets were never my strong point , enjoy your life eating in a healthy way

I know :/ I did it because... I don't really know why or how it started, I just got into the downward spiral of it all :l I wanted some quick and easy fix for my self image issues?

Soups and shakes, got it.

*bump* I've tried upping my calorie intake, and since it's Easter I felt I could treat myself a bit so I had an Easter egg and some chunks of dark chocolate. I also had about 1000 calories excluding that. The treadmill tells me I've walked off at least 713kcal today on the treadmill alone. I weighed myself this morning and I was 56kgs. I weighed myself tonight and I'm 57kgs. I know you're meant to weigh yourself at the same time each day but I couldn't help it. Now I feel disgusting and horrendous and everything else.

I had grape nuts and soy milk (170kcal), an apple (47kcal), mash potato+chicken breast+peas+sweetcorn (god knows what that is), a yogurt (42kcal) an easter egg and some dark chocolate which really added a load on >< and then a jacket potato. I wish I could just eat normally without needing to be so concerned about calories. I never used to be like this. I wish so much I could just eat enough and not care about the consequences.

It doesn't help the fact that yesterday I hadn't lost any weight since the day before which I'm thinking is to do with the Sprite zero I drank.

Someone please tell me how long this extra weight will take to lose :l I hate this so much.