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Do I have an eating disorder?
I was a pretty good weight two summers ago. Then all at once, a bunch of incredibly stressful stuff happened (my dad's affair, my own toxic relationship, and my cat's death). I ended up gaining 22 pounds total. I'm 5'2".
This year I've managed to take off 10-15 of those pounds, but because of some thyroid issues and other stress, I've sort of fallen off the bandwagon ... I've only gained a couple of pounds back, but I haven't lost any weight in over a month, and I think I'm starting to develop an eating disorder.
When I'm at home, I do pretty well, and sometimes I just barely eat enough; that is the perfect amount, according to healthy standards. But when I am with friends or with my dad ... especially when my dad takes me out ... I lose track entirely. I eat what I want, and tonight was the worst. My dad took me to a Mexican restaurant and I ordered more than I could eat, not realizing how big a tostada would be. But even though I wasn't raised on this philosophy, I felt somehow obligated to clean my plate, and so I did. I'm nearly doubled over in pain right now because I ate way too much. And even as I was eating it, I was planning how I would cut back on food for the next 3-4 days to make up for this.
The basic idea is this: I feel like I have to hide that I'm trying to lose weight, so when I'm alone or at home (I live with my mom, just the two of us) I do well, but I "hide" my efforts to lose weight by pigging out around other people. I usually feel awful afterwards, physically and emotionally. I don't make myself throw up, and I don't WANT to have an eating disorder ... but I can't pretend that that hasn't crossed my mind.
Is this an eating disorder? What can I do to stop the vicious cycle? I need some help :( this isn't going to fly when I go to college to be a nutritional consultant in the fall :( someone help, please! I don't know what to do.
1 Answer
- ?Lv 49 years ago
That doesn’t sound like an eating disorder, it sounds normal. I eat better when im in my routine. i.e breakfast at home, prepare my lunch and bring it to work, and back home for dinner. Its VERY easy to eat within calories like this. Eating out is where the problem is.
For example, I was at TGI Fridays and even their salads were like 2000 calories.. that’s how much I should be eating in 1 day!
What you are describing isn’t an eating disorder, its life. And its hard to stay in shape but in the end its worth it.
I try to plan out all of my meals when I go out. For example, if I know im going to a restaurant then I try to go online to see how many calories stuff has – and even before I goto the restaurant I know what I will order!
If I don’t have that luxury, I play it by ear – and to be on the safe side I might eat a few less calories the next day.
For some reason you might not be comfortable with your weight or the fact that you have to manage it.. but trust me when I say EVERYBODY thinks about it DAILY. Its not something to be ashamed of.
enjoy life, i promise its a lot more fun when you do =)
And who cares about a few cheat meals, get back into your diet the next day if you cheat..