I'm about 5'7 and weigh 126lbs. In March I weighed about 160lbs. I have dealt with severe depression problems and anxiety my whole life. I'm constantly worring about everything and I'm a hypocondriac. I grew up in a household with a mother who was always complaining about how fat she apparently is and I have always had the same body type as my mother until now. I've always had self esteem issues but when I was dumped by the love of my life after 1 year and a half back in March I felt horrible about myself. I began, what in my eyes was, dieting. At first it began a few pounds lost here and there but it wasn't good enough. I didn't think much of it but after a while I began to majorly cut back on food. What was once 4-5 meals a day on normal sized plates that were completely filled soon turned into 1 meal or 2 on a small plate that isn't even filled up. After I eat I feel depressed and disgusting. When I don't eat and feel hungry I feel great. In about April I began smoking which seems to help with the hunger. When I'm hungry I light up a cigarette rather than grabbing something to eat. Then I began avoiding my family around meal times. I still live at home with my parents and when I should be at home eating dinner with my family I'm out with friends having cigarettes and coffee instead of food. I've lost about 20lbs in the last two months alone. I can tell my friends and family are starting to get concerned. I've noticed in the past two weeks my friends who usually are with me when I skip dinner have been making me eat and lecture me about how I need to stop saying I'm fat. But that's something I can't seem to help. Though everyone around me is constantly saying how skinny I am, when I look at myself in the mirror I can't help but see myself as overweight. Though I've noticed that you can see some of my ribs and can see my hip bones I can't help but see a fat stomach, big thighs, and love handles. I don't know whether it's real or in my head anymore. None of my clothes fit me anymore, even pants I bought a month ago are too big when they fit perfectly when I bought them. What has me scared is I haven't had my period in about two months and my eating is getting less and less. I'm always cold. I get sick easily. I've noticed that my once extremely thick hair is starting to get thinner. I'm really weak and my joints hurt. My knee even randomly gave out while simply bending down the other day. My arms, legs, hands, feet, ect. tend to sometimes go numb or “fall asleep” out of nowhere. I'm always extremely tired. I barely even notice that I'm hungry anymore. Another thing that scared me is I was at a friend's house the other day, stood up to get a cup of coffee and got really dizzy, lost vision for a few seconds, and could feel my heart rate drop. Thankfully my friend sat me down got me a glass of water and a large cookie, in which I felt horrible about eating shortly after. I've noticed that without even thinking about it when I feel as if I’ve eaten too much, I make myself some laxative tea that I have. However, I have never once made myself vomit. I don't know what to do. I need some help, advice, anything. I'm scared. Am I anorexic?

I am 6 and a half stone and eat one meal a day. my husband thinks im way too thin.

i want to gain weight but can't. I don't know what to do.

Hi. I am 31 years old and am living in a foreign country away from family and any friends. My weight is like 150 and I am 5'3', however for the past four months i barely eat and am in severe depression. I can barely concentrate to do my work here. I can't sleep at night either. I've tried to tell people I notice anorexic behavior but people don't believe me and tell me I am obese. i know I should eat but I just don't have the interest or the strength. I am just too young to be going through this.

I'm 5'4", maybe 5'5". I'm in between 100 pounds and 107. I'm terrified of being over 108, and I limit myself as much as possible, but I always end up eating. And then I feel fat and terrible. I always feel better when I don't eat in a day because I look skinnier. Oh, I'm 14, 15 in five months. A while ago, I had surgery and was 81 pounds just before I went back into the hospital, due to complications. I want to to go back to, like, 92 pounds because then I looked sort of pretty. Now, I just look in the mirror and see someone fat and ugly. People say I'm skinny, and some people say I'm pretty, but I don't believe them. I'm ugly and fat, always. I want to go back to the time when my thighs didn't touch, when I could fit into 0 slim fits (American jean size) and I could wear this really pretty blue sweater. Now, I just look fat in it. Please -- am I anorexic? If I am, I'm not sure I want to get better. I want to be thin! I'm so fat right now.

I can't stop thinking about losing weight. It's like there are two sides of me. Whenever I have any food I always get an urge to hide it or throw it away. I keep not eating lunch at school, and my best friend is really upset. I try to force myself to eat and just stop thinking about it, but I just can't! Sometimes things happen at home which make me upset and depressed, and I just miss meals and try to skip eating as much as possible. I just want to be normal, and a healthy weight, but another part of me tells me I want to be skinnier. Sometimes I want to talk to someone, like my friend who really seems to think I'm going to go anorexic, but I just can't force the words out. I don't know how to stop thinking like this.

i'm 15 and 5'8. and this morning i weighed 128. is that overweight? I think I'm fat, but all my friends tell me i'm skinny. How much should i weigh?

I'm 14 and i'm 40 kgs and i'm 160cms tall and my BMI is 15.6kg. does dis mean i'm under weight? i really want to get fatter and i keep on eatting and nothing happens. Can you guys please help me?

I am 15 years old, 5ft 8inches and am 113 pounds. I hate myself because I feel I am fat. I run cross country and for the last month and a half I weighed 123 and now weigh 113. I don't know what to do. I am so scared of getting fat.

Hey, I'm a 5'2", 12 year old girl. I weigh about 88 pounds. I was just wondering if that is good for my age and height. I eat anything I want, but I don't gain much weight. Yes, I play sports, so maybe that's why I'm not gaining much. I'm really skinny, one of the skinniest in my class. And my doctor says I'm healthy. So, is 88 pounds good for a 5'2" 12 year old girl like me?

I am 45 years old. 5'51/2" and I'm less than 109 pounds. This is very skinny for me. I cannot eat. I am so depressed. I cry so much like all day and all night and I lie there and I cannot eat. I am starving and I cannot eat. I have a doctor. I have a therapist. I cannot tolerate the antidepressants. I went to the hospital in my city, which is a teaching hospital, several years ago for depression. I stayed two nights and it was so horrifying that when I left I thought I would rather be dead than to have to go back. I'm not going back there. I would go to another hospital if I could find one. I simply cannot make myself eat, unless I am with a friend. Then I can eat, sometimes only a little but the other night my friend came and I ate my meal and half of his and all of the desert. He was so happy but afterwards my tummy hurt and he said yes "because you have to eat more" but he is too busy to help me. Everyone is too busy. My son has a brain disorder and can't help. I have two dogs and I'm too weak to walk them. I haven't weighed in about two weeks but I know I've lost more weight. The hunger hurts. But here is the thing -- I hate being so skinny. I hate it. So am I anorexic? I would like to gain weight so my clothes would fit me.

Call me starh i'm thinking about becoming anorexic. i think its so sexy! I'm 16 and weigh 280 pounds. And i bet you before i'm 25 i'm going to weigh 100 pounds. Who wants to join me?

I am a 13 year old girl and am 5 foot 3. I weigh 86 pounds. My boyfriend says i was just made small but everyone else seems to tell me i need to gain weight because i am too skinny. I don't eat barely any breakfast(normally a piece of cheese) or any lunch. I only eat dinner. My dad said i am just losing weight because of puberty but i don't know if that is it or i am really medically ill. Am i anorexic? please help!

im a 17 yr old girl. since i was 13 i used to pray, beg, wish, i might have even killed, to be skinny. i wasn't horribly fat, but i definitely wasn't skinny. i weighed about 135 at my highest at a height of about 5'2. yet i couldn't be anorexic, i didn't have the will power, i was weak and despised it. it made me so depressed i got sent to counseling because my parents thought i was going to commit suicide. i only went two times, and the lady figured my problem was my parents arguing and screaming and stuff was the problem. i recently found out that's why my mum moved out. but it wasn't that, i sat on the stairs and listened to them, it made me so disturbingly happy. i was depressed because i was a fat, emo, ugly, weak girl, with no friends, and couldn't even control the small parts of my life, like what i ate. i looked at the girls who were anorexic and i coveted them, i looked up to their strength and it was really a glorious thing. people said it was horrible and a problem, and i can see that, but i just didn't (and still don't)care. just how i know abortion is wrong, and starving children in africa is wrong. but me, my inside, just doesn't care and i can't make it, no matter how hard i try. am i a horrible person? anyway, im now 17. im 5 feet, 2.75 inches, and i weighed 106.4 pounds this morning. i know that doesn't even put me in the underweight section of the bmi, but its the lowest I've ever been (since i started to care), so it makes me happy. i weighted 115 last week (and was proud of that). i am a lazy person, not physically, but i cannot stand drama, or stress. i'll do almost anything to avoid it. i don't want people to know im anorexic, because they would just feel obligated to get involved or try to help me. i don't want that. it's too much hassle. i just want to be underweight for once in my life, so that i can convince myself i'm not fat. i have proof. if the numbers say it, it's obsolete. that's all i need. 103. over the summer my friends and everyone was saying i was skinny, and i got a lot of compliments on losing weight, and on my hair, and stuff. it made me really happy. and i even got honesty box comments on facebook, saying stuff like "Eet! it wont kill u!" or "anorexic bitch!". It makes me satisfied to know i'm not fat in their eyes at least, though their comments hurt. but now the comments and compliments have stopped coming. i weigh less now, and i feel better and feel like i'm pretty, but nobody else seems to. and so i look in the mirror and though there's less of me there, i feel fatter than i did a month ago. it's a mind thing i know, but even moving, i feel heavier and i feel like gravity's pulling on me more. i don't understand. ughh, i even have to close my eyes when i go to the bathroom, sitting makes my legs look utterly massive, not even kidding. i swear i had a point to this before i started to ramble about my life, sorry to anyone who actually is still reading. i suppose my point was to ask if anyone has any advise on how to sort out my head, because i want to be anorexic. i enjoy it, it's like a little special secret i get to keep to myself, but at the same time, i want people to tell me i'm skinny and stuff because without it i get fatter and fatter, even though i weigh less. but i don't want them to know it's because I'm anorexic, because that just causes problems and counseling and stuff i really haven't got the time for. its confusing. screw life. jeez. how do i win this game?

I am 15 years old. i weigh 48kg and i am 164 cm high. I'm always looking in the mirror, thinking i'm fat. I usually eat very little e.g. very small breakfast, no lunch and small dinner i.e half a pizza. My friends say i'm skinny but i really don't think i am. Am i anorexic? please help.

im 24 years old, im 5'3 and weigh 107. i don't know if i'm underweight or anorexic or both. im afraid of being fat. i'm afraid of eating too much. i love cooking and baking, but i don't eat what i bake and cook, i just give it away because im afraid that if im going to eat it i'm going to be fat. i love to be thin. although a lot of people are telling me that i'm not fat i dont believe them. i think of myself as fat. can you please tell me what's wrong with me? please i need answers. thanks!

Anon45684, I am not a doctor, but I don't think you are all right. According to a little preliminary research online, your Body Mass Index is 15.1, which is considered underweight. In fact, according to a growth chart I found, your BMI puts you below the fifth percentile in proper growth.

You can never completely eliminate body fat, and you shouldn't try. Humans are meant to have a certain amount of body fat. It helps us regulate our body temperature, for instance, and helps keep our systems working properly. If you have started having periods, have you noticed they have decreased in frequency, or stopped altogether? Are your arms and legs a little more hairy than before? These are serious warning signs that you are becoming severely malnourished, and your body is attempting to compensate by growing extra hair to help keep you warm, and your body is not producing the right amount of hormones.

Please, please, please, talk to your mother or another trusted adult about this. I am afraid you are heading down a road that will end in one way: death. Yes, girls die from anorexia every year, and all of them think it won't happen to them. They think they can control it--that they won't get *that* skinny. They just want to lose another couple of pounds -- another kilo or two. Just to get a little extra fat off. Sweetheart, you don't have any fat left to lose. Even if you have some fat on your thighs or upper arms, you're *supposed* to! Eating healthy is a great thing, but it can become a destructive obsession. Please, I urge you desperately, *talk* to an adult you trust -- one who will really listen to you and whose advice and opinion you respect. Do it now. Please, do it now.

I am 15 years old, 16 in 4 months. Four months ago i used to weigh 55kgs (about 121 pounds). i started getting really aware about how i looked against everyone at school as a lot of the girls are skinny. so i started thinking i am fat, so i started counting calories and reading the backs of packaging. i think i look okay now, but i do need to lose a bit more fat. i am now 40kgs (88 pounds). i am about 5 foot 4. i am okay, aren't i?

i am 16 and approximately 5 foot 7'.After weighing myself last week i realised i had gone from about 123 pounds to only 99 pounds without even realising it. My body is getting more slender and i just dont want to eat anymore. I drink a lot of water and eat an apple and maybe a little snack a day. Am i ok?

Anon45340, yes, you do need to get some help. Please talk to your mom, school counselor or nurse, or another trusted adult about your situation. Anorexia is nothing to play around with. Please talk to an adult you trust.

I'm 14 and 4'9" and i weigh 80 pounds. i don't eat breakfast. at lunch i'll have a couple chips, and at dinner time i hardly eat. I'm always hungry, but when i try to eat i just feel sick. i could go two days without eating. i hardly drink any water. i feel light headed a lot and get stomach aches and headaches all day. should i get help?

I'm 15 and i'm 5 feet 8 inches tall, and i'm incredibly obsessed with my weight. I'm a size 8-10 Uk girls but i want to get smaller because i'm too big for my height. How can i get down to a size 4? because i've got big hips too, but i'll work so hard to get there.

i don't eat breakfast most of the time i skip lunch and if i can i skip tea as well (by making up lies such as :not hungry -- my mate brought me something or i have a stomachache). after i do eat i do a lot of exercise. i constantly worry about my weight a lot and my mates tell me that i'm really skinny but i don't know what they're on about and sometimes i feel really fat. i go rigid when i'm around food and i have a massive fear of being fat.

am i anorexic?

i skip breafast and lunch. i often skip tea if i can after eating. i eat lots to try and make myself sick or do lots of exercise to burn it off. i haven't lost much weight but my ribs are starting to show but this may be because when i over-eat to make myself sick. it doesn't work. everyone says i'm skinny but i often feel fat and i do this to myself because im afraid of being fat.

am i anorexic and should i seek help

My legs are so skinny.

am 5'2 and am 18, and i weigh 84 pounds. but before i weighed like 92 pounds and i pretty much lost weight. and i at least want to be 115 pounds, and people do tell me that i am skinny. i don't eat breakfast and sometimes skip lunch.

im 13 years old and a half. i am about 5'6 and i weigh about 113 pounds. i don't know if that is normal. i try to stay away from eating a lot of junk and calories. i play heavy soccer about 5 hours a week , maybe it's the muscles that are weighing a lot. some people say that i am a little fat on my legs, some like my shape, some say i'm skinny. but i don't know. my friends are all skinnier than me by like 11 pounds. i hope its not anorexia. i don't think so at least. :( is this normal. i'd rather die then be anorexic!

i'm 5 foot 4 and i weigh 104 pounds. i'm 15.

i never eat after 5, and after every meal i eat a lemon to burn off the calories. i also skip lunch. am i anorexic?

I'm drinking soda sometimes and eating maybe some junk foods. I'm only 13 years old and 80 pounds. My friend at school doesn't eat anything sometimes in lunch time. And I eat more than she does.

im 13 almost 14 and weigh 93 pounds. i don't eat lunch or breakfast but i do eatt dinner and dessert. am i anorexic if i refuse to eat food?

I'm 24 years old, 5'1, and I'm 99-100 pounds. each day it's back and forth. I limit my food, I don't eat all day and then eat a few things in the evening at 7. I think Im anorexic

I need help. I'm 16 years old and i think i weigh less than my normal weight, for the past couple years i maintained a weight of 118, but not so long ago i went to 116 pounds. I feel that i lost more weight but i haven't checked myself. I haven't been sleeping for the past couple months normally and I wouldn't go to sleep until 5 a.m. or even later. I haven't been eating normally either, and i would limit myself from eating. I exercise everyday at night because i feel insecure about my body. i don't know what to do.

danielle im so so sorry and i pray for you to get better. Please go eat some chips or a sandwhich or something! you can do it!

hi i'm kat. i'm around five feet to five and 2 inches in height and weigh around 95 to 105 pounds. im twelve years old. My friend called me aneorexic. when i told my other friend she didn't say anything like "you are So not!" or "that's stupid." she just didn't do anything. I admit i am a picky eater, i like certain things i like soup and cereal, mexican rice and read. That kind of things, i also eat white chicken and turkey. Also i love sweets candy, soda, ice cream, fudge gummy bears laffy taffy reeses pb cups, yum! but im pretty picky and can't pig out as much as my friends can. I don't count calories or check labels on food cans but i do play softball and am signing up for track. i have a stepfather who i really don't like. not only is he annoying but his daughter is a total dork and is really creepy and says im her bff. anyways my stepfather says all these comments about me not eating enough and it makes me want to cry. His only daughter (described earlier) is a little overweight so could it just be not what he's used to? Sometimes i feel swept up in all the weight loss craze of advertising, i do read seventeen and teen vouge but because i like fashion and they put fitness articles in there and sometimes i will do them. a few months ago i was crying over everything, and my mom said that i was at risk for aneorexia which just made me cry harder. she also said im a perfectionist. i was always scared of being a perfectionist, because that's a viscious circle of self doubt nd stuff. Right now im trying to excercise every other day for 30 minutes. and have dessert only once daily. So please answer me! please! i dont want to stay up crying every night and want to prove them wrong! or if i am aneorexic get better, so whos right my mom stepfather and friends, or me? please help.-Kat :(

I'm 14, 5"8, and 106 lbs... Last year I weighed 140, to me, thats FAT. Lately I've been feeling really dizzy and weak. I've had many friends and families confront me. I reaserched anorexia on the internet and all the symptoms I had, it's like they were inside my head!?!? I decided I didn't want to be sick and judged, so I started eating a little more.

I thought I had recovered but I still keep track of EVERY calorie, pretty much if I eat something and am unsure of the calories I reaserch it just so I feel in control... Personally, I think I look the best I have EVER,(which is my problem) but all my friends say I look like a skeleton. But the downside is all my bras are pretty much empty space now...Great.

I started working out after every meal, it makes me feel better. Whenever confronted about my weight I get really angry and aggresive, just fed up. I'm terrified to gain weight, I won't touch any form of junk food, and I never eat between meals. I've concidered being a model maybe because I'm tall and officially thin... But I'm afraid I'm seriously unhealthy. I just need some advice on what you think I should do.

I'm 14 years old, 5"8, and 106 lbs. Last year I weighed 140... To me that's so fat, and when i look at old pictures I almost want to cry. Everyone at school thinks I'm anorexic, and I've been told a lot of times. I always denied being anorexic.I read every label and count every calorie. All my meals stay within a certain carlorie count.

Lately I've been reaserching anorexia, and all the symptoms I have. When I read everything it was like they personally knew me? I was crying because I don't want to be sick.

I used to get dizzy everytime I stood up, but after like a million interventions from my, and other families I decided I wanted to change. So I did, I started eating a sandwhich at lunch. On the scale I saw I gained 5 pounds (106 lbs after I gained), I was proud at first, but lately my mind has been telling me to lose...

I started to exersise after every meal because it makes me feel good :) I looked at the scale today and I dropped a couple pounds. I think I look so good, but other people tell me I look like a skeleton... I only see it a couple times in the mirror. As of now I have like no chest, my bras used to fit, but now they're just empty space :(

I thought I had changed, and I was proud of that, but lately I've been getting into my old habits. I've been cutting down calories to try and "maintain" and lose weight. Everytime someone says something about my weight or says I have a disroder I get really mad and aggressive and fed up with everyone/everything.

I'm scared I'm going to get really sick, but I feel ok? What should I do? I'm terrified to gain weight, and my mind always tells me I can't.

I'm a 15 year 5'5" I currently weigh 110. last week I weighed 118.

I've never been the smartest in my grade, nor have I been the most athletic or outgoing. I am athletic and I love playing volleyball and I enjoy running. I don't feel like I'm the best or need to be the best. There's just one thing that I feel the need to do for myself and only myself.

I know I'm skinnier than most of the girls in my grade, but some are skinnier. I often find myself jealous of them, even though they are shorter I still feel like I should weigh the same or less than them. So I started to diet. I only ate about 500 calories a week, this only lasted about a month. I dropped about 5 ibs.

I started eating normally again. I think since school was out and I wasn't really able to compare myself with the skinnier girls I wasn't so insecure about my weight. I was back to a healthy 116-118 and I was eating like a foodaholic. Naturally I love food and eat a lot. But now I just find myself not wanting to eat so I can lose weight. I've only consumed about 100 cals. in the last 3 days. I run every other morning too.

When I look in the mirror I never see myself as fat or normal, I see myself as skinny. Even though I know I'm skinny I always want to weigh less. I am definitely a perfectionist with my body and feel the need to always look the best. I never was this way in my younger years, I grew up as a happy healthy child although I was always in the underweight category.

I know that what I'm doing to my body is very dangerous and life threatening, but I feel like it's the only thing I really have control over.

Is this a life style I really want to consider???? My mind tells me no, but my conscience tells me otherwise. :/

I've always been a bit underweight, but it has gotten really bad the past year. I am 21 years old, 5'5 and 100 pounds. I've never thought i was fat, and a lot of this comes from the fact that I am really poor. In the past 2 years, I have had my period 3 times. I feel so sick and dizzy, I feel like I am wasting away. Going to bed hungry every night is never something I've gotten used to.

Please Help!!

I am around 12 years old. I way around 88lbs. I get a lot of exercise, and i eat enough. I find myself to be losing weight. I don't eat a lot of meat, and I try an finish my plate but i cant? Whenever i'm forced to eat everything i feel like it's going to come right back up? I sometimes feel fat even though i'm not, but i really am getting worried because i'm starting to lose weight fast!! i don't know what is wrong with me!

im 12yrs going on 13 in october.

i weigh around 95-98, im constantly going from 95 to 98 or to 98 back to 95

im barely 5'1

i don't weigh my self but once a month.

i barely eat whats on my plate when its time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but since it is summer i get up late most of the time so i wait for lunch time to come around but if i wake up early i eat yogurt or some kind of fruit.

when its lunch i usually have pasta like raviolis or oodles and noodles.

dinner comes around and sometimes im forced to eat, and if i don't eat the meat that my parents fixed i get yelled at but i could care less about the meat all i want is the vegs or whatever is another side.

im a size 0 in pants and shorts, in the winter i go up the scale and stay at a constant size but my size 1s that i wear in pants in the winter started to sag on my butt in january and i wasn't playing soccer, the only kind of sport i was doing was tumbling and thats an all year sport for me, but then when it was lunch time at school sometimes i wouldn't eat and i would get told to eat but i wasn't hungry and all i was craving was water. when i came home from school i would have a light snack like anything that would hold me over till dinner, but then i wouldn't eat everything that was given to me. but then i would just have a light snack before i went, and that still happens in the summer too.

i was getting headaches alot more than i was last year and i was about the same size as i was last year. but im getting headaches everyday now and i take 2 of ibuprofen and that only lasts about 3-4 hours long then i have to take more.

can you please tell me if i near anorexic or if im normal.

i decided to search anorexia symptoms and such on the computer when i found this. im 14, 5'2" and about 100 pounds. at the beginning of the year i was 110. and my doctor said only 33% of the girls my age have that weight, and apparently im underweight. i never considered myself skinny, bc when i look in the mirror, i see a girl with huge thighs and a huge stomach. and im 100, and that to me has always been fat... ive always been naturally skinny in a way. at age 11, i was 59 pounds. my doctors were so worried that they put me on a serious diet, and i feel like it made me fat. the issue is, i feel fat, but i tried my hardest to stay away from anorexia or anything, so i started working out like *crazy*. i couldn't move for weeks I was so hurt. and then my doctor started noticing my drop in weight, and so did my friends. and i said it was bc i work out. but she said there is no way you can lose 10 pounds in only a matter of a week or so, and i didnt understand.

i realized that i wasnt eating, because i just lost my appetite. i often skip dinner, and ive never eaten lunch or breakfast. so i searched this, bc my close friend said she was worried about me. she said i was too skinny, but i said no, im fat? and she freaked out. she begged me to eat, but i seriously wasnt hungry!!

i go two days without food, and my stomach doesnt growl even once! i pick at my food, and end up throwing it away when my mother isnt looking. im getting worried, because in the article it says that signs consist of missing ur period multiple times. i cried, because i have been. i go months without it. im soooo scared that ive become anorexic, and i hate it. i dont want to be that way, it makes me feel sick. but i dont understand, because im looking in the mirror, and i tell myself im skinny, but i just dont see it. im afraid im anorexic.

what do i do?!? im only 14, and im scared for my health. im always tired, im never hungry, and i dont ever get my period but maybe 5 or 6 times a year. if someone could just tell me what i need to do to get my appetite back up, id really like that. im extremely insecure, and i find myself insulting myself for everything. my hair isn't pretty, my thighs are huge, im so ugly... and my friends try *so* hard to tell me im pretty, but i dont believe it. i need help, i know... but where do i start? how do i get back on track? *please help*

hi i am 12 and i weigh 105 lbs. about a month ago i weighed 110. i am almost 5'5. people say i am skinny but i think i am fat i don't eat because if i do i can't stop eating then i feel fat i have tried to make myself throw up it didn't work only water came up. do i have an eating disorder?

I am 13. my bmi says it is 17 and under-wieght. I only eat 100 calories a day but im not losing anymore weight. I have actually gained about 3 kilos over the past 3 months and now I am going crazy. apparently i have gained weight because my metabolism has gone in "survival mode" because i am not eating enough and that is why i am not losing anymore weight. My family is happy about this now, they say "oh but you look normal now" but the thing is I feel really fat. I don't want to be "normal" I want to be slim and pretty. I am going to try and speed up my metabolism by eating breakfast instead of skipping and exercising at least 3 times a week, but now i am questioning myself, is this crazy??

please help me i'm totally freaking out!! i think i may be anorexic. i'm 14 and the skinniest girl in my year (or so i'm told). I don't eat a lot because i'm not always hungry or i just don't want to eat. i'm about 5 ft 2 and 5 stone and i'm 14. am i anorexic or just underweight?

i am 25 years old and have lived with anorexia now for 14 years, i have never addressed the issue before and have only realised in the last 4 days that i have a problem, nobody around me has ever spoken about it (i moved out when i was 16) until my partner confronted me the other day. after a long talk and 4 days of thinking about my life i have finally been able to admit that i do have an eating disorder and i am not proud of it.

i am not really ill, i have always been under weight. i always eat my meal on the night with my family (but make excuses why it should be smaller than everyone elses) but during they day i eat a piece of fruit or a chocolate bar, if i eat anymore than that i feel really bad and obese in the mirror for hours feeling i have put on weight.

i have tried throwing up but it never seems to work right and can only be sick a bit.

i feel fat at the moment, somewhere in my mind i know i am wrong i know i am not but that's just how i feel.

7 months ago i gave birth to twins (with the help of ivf) i worked really hard to put weight on or they wouldn't have given me ivf.

after the birth of my babies i suffered bad with PND and the only way i could control it was by losing weight, i am now a size 8 and still feel hugely over weight.

i have booked an appointment with my health visitor for Wednesday and am going to talk to her as first step towards recovery. i need to do this for my children. but the bad thing is, i don't want to put any weight on, i still want to lose a lot more!!

im 15. i dont think im anorexic, but lately things have changed. my weight is only slightly lower than normal, but just barely and my parents have voiced their concerns, but how do i know when i actually am? because right now i dont want to eat most of the time, but when i eat i feel too stuffed.

my name is sasha and i am 20 years old. there are times that i don't want to eat and if i don't get what i want i won't eat and i will go for days without eating and there are times that even if i get what i like to eat i don't want it anymore cuz i got bored of it and the thing i like b4 i don't want it. why do yuu think i get like that?

i'm a 13 year old girl. my friends all say i'm anorexic coz i don't eat unless i have 2. i haven't been eating properly 4 about 6 months. i eat half a biscuit and then i'm full.

i don't seem 2 be getting any thinner but i'm not getting any bigger either, but i fainted in skl the other day.

my friends say i'm skinny coz my bones are showing really visibly. after i eat i often feel sick.

i have loads of energy though so im often running around and dancing in my room.

they say i barely have a bottom. if i didn't eat then wouldn't my friends say that they'll force feed me if they have 2 (i know their only messing around though.)

i get really bad stomach pains and my hair is starting 2 fall out.

i don't know who 2 talk 2 coz i know my mum won't listen. if told one of my teachers at skl would my mum have 2 find out.

confused person

Everyone can look thinner, better. I think it's natural to want to lose some weight. Personally, I love losing weight and love the buzz of seeing i'd dropped lbs.

It's impossible to diagnose properly online, but also easy to push someone to believe they have an eating disorder when they may not.

Realistically, I think when your family begins to follow you to the bathroom, or starts saying you have no bottom, is probably a good time to worry, prior to that, research shows a lot (mainly males) use the experience of an eating disorder to lose lbs without even having one. I think this is often true of many, and you see on the forums many who go in search of ana and begin to develop it.

I think it's best caught early. As once you have it, even when you lose it, it has a habit of resurfacing, usually after some big event like a split, or such.

I am 5 foot 8 inches and i weigh 43.7 kg ..i have been to the doctor and he told me i need to eat and gain weight (go on a healthy diet) my family is happy at the fact i am eating again. But i am not. So i have decided that i do not want to eat again. So i am stopping and if i feel as if i am going to faint i'll eat a Cube of Cheese and that shall be it.

I'm 15. I don't know how much I weigh but I know I'm very skinny. When I'm in school I want people to notice. I think it's because I'm not that pretty and being skinny is the only good thing about my appearance.

I know I am skinny but I still want to lose weight because I think if I just got a bit smaller I would look better. All my friends are pretty.

A few months ago I went to the doctors and the nurse asked me if I'd eaten that day. I had and I love food but now I'm eating a lot less. The nurse said I'm on the edge of being underweight. In some weird way that made me feel special. I really want to become underweight. I don't know why and I know it would be wrong, but I still do.

When I look in the mirror I can see some of my ribs and I know I shouldn't be able to. I still want to be skinny... but I kinda don't. I want to be average weight like all the other girls in my class but I'm scared of doing that.

Tonight my parents aren't home so I have to make my own dinner. I know I probably won't eat anything. But I should.

I'm 5ft 6 and weigh 8st(112 lbs). I'm not anorexic now but I really want/don't want to lose weight. Will I become anorexic?

I'm Brenda and i got in trouble because i didn't eat all day. My mom said that she would let me do everything i wanted if i ate, but i don't want to. What should i do?

Hi My Name Is Emma

When In Primary School I Was Badly Bullied, One Day A Boy Called Me *fat*. I Knew Deep Down That I Wasn't And He Was Just Saying It To Hurt Me ... And It Worked.

Every time I Tried To Eat I Heard That One Word *fat*. I Stopped Eating. I Got Up Before The Rest Of My Family And When They Got Up I Told Them I Had Already Had Breakfast. I Chucked My Lunch My Mum Gave Me In The Bin At My Bus Stop. At Tea Time I Hid My Food In A Tissue Or Cried Saying I Felt Ill Or Wasn't Hungry.

I Did One Hundred Press Ups, Sit Ups...(you name it i did it) A Night, I Was Obsessed. If I Did A Sit Up Wrong I Would Start Again. In Reality I Did Around 400 Sit Ups A Night.

At School I Was An A* Student, All My Targets Were A*s I Was A Perfectionist. If I Got a B It Might As Well Have Been An F. `

Not Eating Made Me Short Tempered And Soon I Started Falling Out With My Friends. They Were Worried About Me And I Resented It. One Day One Of My Friends Told My Tutor. I Went Mad. The School Made Me Have Counseling...It Didn't Help. Nothing Made A Difference Until I Was Willing To Admit To Myself I *was* Anorexic.

There Was A Teacher At My School Who Noticed Changes In Me. One Day They Told Me To Stay Behind And Promised If I Ever Needed To Talk I Could Go To Them. I Broke Down In Tears, Realisation Hit Me. I Knew I Had A Problem, But I Couldn't Tell Anyone, I Knew My Mum Would Over-React And Blow Everything Out Of Proportion So I Lied... I Said Nothing Was Wrong.

For 4 Years I Was Anorexic. At My Lowest I Weighed 5 stone 4 lbs.

No One Understood. They Though I Was Doing It To Loose Weight. I Wasn't. I Just Didn't Want To Get *fat*.

One Day I Tried To Tell My Tutor. He Made Everything Worse. He Didn't Listen. He Just Heard The Word Anorexic And Referred Me To A Councilor. He Let Me Down.

I Am Now A Recovering Anorexic. I Am 5 Foot 2 Inches And Weight 7 Stone.

I Have Never Told Anyone About This Before Until Now. The Only Reason I Am Now Is Because I Understand. No One Can Really Help Unless They Have Experienced It Themselves. People Say They Understand But They Don't. Not Really.

Anorexia Is Like A Pit. An Inner Darkness. I Never Could Have Known Had Existed Until Now.

Anorexia Ruined My Life. Plz Don't Let It Ruin Your's!

x

Hi, I am a 12 year old girl that is 87-90lbs.

All my friends say i'm skinny, even my teacher...

But when I look in the mirror, I look fat.

My stomach dose not stick out, but sometimes it like sinks in, that the point I feel like i'm dying, but really i'm not, but...

In grade 6 I weighed 98 pounds, then I lost 15 pounds to 84, then 82, but I told myself if I reach 70, I'm dying... so I never reached it.

I am 5.1 but I think I look fat compared to some other people. Am I anorexic?

Hi iM Jazz im 12 AM 5.2 and i weigh 99pounds and i want to loose weigh fast without my parents finding out my friends say am skinny but im not

Help Me XxxxxX

Just call my Lizzy. I'm 15 years old, four feet and six inches and 94 pounds. I eat two things a day. Today I had a bagel and a small cup of rice. Do I sound Anorexic?

I am 15 year old boy going on 16 soon. 5'8-5'10. I weigh 115 pounds. I'm skinny and I am classified as skin and bones to many people. I hate this. I consider myself at the stage of being healthy and going into complete anorexia. I had to lie about my mile time last year in order to pass the fitness gram.

I do eat enough in the morning, yet around 10-11 o' clock my stomach starts to grumble randomly. It is embarrassing considering I cannot figure out why. I try to eat more and more yet it continues to grumble. This has been going on for a year now and i'm pissed off at it.

I try to eat a lot yet I don't gain weight or i gain 1 pound after 6 months or so. I want to join Track, but i fear the fact that I'm going to end up making a fool out of myself from not being able to be successful in the event because of my health. I am a 1/10000 child since i was born with a narrow aorta vessel so i had to undergo surgery when i was 1 day old but I don't believe that has anything to do with my weight condition. Please help me =[

i am a fourteen year old girl, i don't eat at school and lately i don't feel hungry and i think i look fat, i have diabetes and do horse riding weekly. i don't know who to speak to and i am not sure if i am anorexic or not. plz help

hi, i just turned 14 years old. ever since iwas about 9 years old i always thought i was fat and still do. when i first started high school i began to not eat and only drink water and have rice and daul very occasionally.

i used to throw the food that my mother gave me away. no one noticed until i stayed at my sisters and she knew i wouldnt eat which was then they forced me to eat and so now my mum always makes sure i eat. i want to continue starving myself ive always looked at every one else how skinny they are i dont like wearing certain clothes and i never wear a bikini or anything i just want to be thin and pretty ive tried everything

i do eat but if i had a choice i wouldnt what should i do?

Im 13 And About 5'2 I weigh About 6 Stone And My Friends Always Say Im Really Skinny But I Dont Think I Am. I Dont Really Eat Much And The Wii Fit Says Im Underweight. :S

I am 14. I am 5'5 and 125 pounds. I eat only 100 calories a day, yet I'm not losing any weight. What's wrong with me?

I am an anorexic since last year. For a while I was in denial about my disease but now I know its a for sure thing. I have lost 8 pounds in just a week before! I am 14 am on the verge of hitting 80 pounds. I eat about one thing from one meal every day so depending on what it is then the most I eat is about 500 calories a day. My stomach is growling all the time but I don't feel hungry. At school I just sit there because I am self conscious about people watching me eat. My dad is kinda finding out. I told my school librarian because shes awesome. She said that I am doing well with it this year and I am getting it under control unlike last year when I skip up to two days worth of meals! I'm kind of recovering. kind of not. Since I got myself into this, I don't know if i'm getting out.

Hi. I am 15. 16 in a week. I am an athlete. i love volleyball. I have tryouts in a week. school season just ended. i am 5 ft 11 in and weigh about 123 lbs depending on the day. In oct. i weighed 138 lbs. i work out at least 5 times a week...intensely running at the minimum 4 miles, weight lifting, abs, and stretching. On top of that i have a 4.8 gpa, i am working on the school play which is in 2 weeks, participating actively in 2 clubs, and busy with friends, babysitting, and family events. My parents began fighting really bad, and the blame fell on me. that was in oct. when i first stopped eating. now i eat like celery and peanut butter or seafood salad for lunch with carrots or pretzels through out the day. and for dinner an apple and a salad and maybe some meat depending on my headache. my friends and 'rents began to notice my eating habits changing, and are getting on my case but have backed off. i have made myself puke twice after they forced me to eat, i stay away from dinner parties, and at sleepovers eat just enough so no one looks at me curiously since i used to b a big eater, eating more than my 220 lbs 6 ft 3 in dad could consume. i feel sad, stressed, and a little scared. i havnt slept for awhile, i have pounding headaches, a little dizzy at times, and weird stomach pains. i see myself as huge. i am not even underweight. so theres no way i can have an eating problem. no one would believe me if they did. just say i am over reacting, or being silly. then would tell me to go out and get a cheeseburger and fries....which sounds very fattening. i need to get down to 115 lbs so i can fit in with my friends and sisters. who are all around 110 lbs. boys dont even notice me. it feels like this is something i can control. i can finally do something for me to make me happy. and it is. my brain is always consumed with the thought of food and how to hide it today and how much weight i am loosing...even though i have a lot to go. am i sick? or just paranoid?? if i am sick how is that possible when i am not underweight?

hi, im 14, i weigh 130 lbs, and i am 5'10. i eat about 1000-1500 calories a day. my parents and friends say that i am going to be anorexic if i keep it up, but i cant help it! im fat! i want to weigh at least 10 pounds less than what i do now. is that a bad thing? im kinda scared. i keep eating less and less. what do i do?

Hello everyone, My names Joshua and this is my story. I'm an 18 year old male. I havent been on the slim side my whole life pretty much, but my family and friends feel I'm smaller than I use to be. It was so bad at one point my mom would through out phrases like "are you on drugs?" "are you watching your weight" or friends will say "your so skinny!" and I even had an experience at the mall. I asked a worker if a shirt came in an extra small, and his reply was "no, go get a burger or something." I personally left this was really rude.

As I said I'm 18 years old, about 5'7-5'8. I weight about 125. I remember at one point in my life weighing about 136, but I cant remember when. Well i recently became a vegetarian, and I also have to take some medication that I don't feel comfortable talking about, but a side effect is "loss of weight"

I went to the doctors in October of 2008 and weighed 127. This was 1 pound less than the year before, then when i went back after being on the medication on October 30, 2008 I dropped down to 122 in 1 month. Thats 5 pounds in about 20 days.

I have to admit and this may be weird but, I don't mind the feeling of being hungry. I actually like it? I don't know. When I'm completely full, I feel awful, I feel grossed out, and just want to go run.

I have a sister at the age of 15 who eats more than me at the supper table. I don't get many big portions of food. I eat smaller meals through the day, but still I'm sure not enough.

During the school week, I dont eat breakfast, and when at lunch at school I get a ice cream at times, but if no ice cream I wont eat lunch, then I go home and I might grab a snack, and when I should be starving because havent eaten all day and I have been up from 5:30-3:00 without food yet. I feel not hungry. After the snack I take my pill, which makes me tired, I wake up later have dinner and go to bed.

I don't think I'm anorexic, but with so many people worrying about my size and food intake it makes me wonder and confuses me.

Also when people tell me to "buff up" I see being buff as being fat. I don't want to be huge, wide, stocky, or anything along those lines. I would much rather just be toned. Guys who have more muscles and brains make me sick. I don't see why I should have to be forced to look as an image of such a bodybuilder.

When people talk about my weight or how slim I am, my mom will through out, "he likes to be that way" like I have some way of choosing how I am.

I take a size 28-30 in jeans, and a xsmall-small in shirts. I know I'm on the slim side, but it's not like I can watch my weight there isn't a scale in my house. But i do find myself every time I go to anyone elses homes, I see if they have a scale.

I would be happy if there was a pill I could take instead of eating. To me eating isn't a big deal, I'm not a big eater.

Well I'd love to hear everyone's advice? idk.

i have a friend who is 12 she says she had a blood test and that the test says she is a little anorexic though she lies about a lot of things and doesn't look anorexic

hi im 15 nd im 5 foot 7 nd i weigh 96 pounds nd to me i look fat and i feel bad. im always weighing myself to see if ive put on any and if i have i try and diet until im less. i checked my bmi nd it said i was underweight but i still eat, not as much as my friends but still i dont not like not to eat i just dont like to eat too much. i started dieting and i had 300 calories a day but i want to go less to 150 calories a day. my period is quite irregular like ive missed 3 in a row and stuff. all my friends are all really worried but i really dont see the big deal. am i anorexic? plz tell me thanx

I am a recovering anorexic. Anorexia sucks. For all of you who don't know if you are anorexic or not just go to the doctor and tell them what's up. Anorexia sucks. Please don't let a mental disease take over your life like it took over mine. Anorexia sucks. I hope you all can get better and I hope I can get better. Anorexia sucks.

I started dieting about 2 summers ago. This summer I went to Italy and I couldn't control myself so I ate... alot (well for me) when I came home I ate even more all summer and I feel like a cow!! I think I did it because I became more confident in myself as a boy I liked started flirting with me. I'm now back at school and I've gained a lot of weight, I'm a normal weight on the BMI calculator, when only a few months ago I was underweight. I hate my body and none of my clothes fit perfectly anymore. I am a perfectionist and I do very well in school. I'm trying to lose weight, but I can't manage not eating in school as I find it hard to concentrate if I'm anyway tired. This is an exam year for me and all I want is to be anorexic. I know I have serious problems but every time I look in the mirror, I hate myself. I was happier when I was skinny!!

hi. i'm 13, 5'2" and weigh a whole 88 lbs. I have a very high metabolism, and if I don't eat a meal, i feel fatigue. Whenever I skip at least 1 meal for 2 days in a row, I get a high fever. The last time I got a high fever, I lost 9lbs, making me 79lbs. no matter what i do, i feel like i'm killing myself if I eat too much.

i dont know if im anorexic. im 13....81 pounds. I do gymnastics 20 hours a week. u can see my ribs. I dont eat sugar, dairy, meat or packaged foods. all my friends noticed but i dont eat very much just fruit and vegetables...i force myself to eat in front of my parents so they dont notice. what should i do????

please, I need help. I need information too. I'm 14. I just entered high school. I weigh 103 pounds and im 5'6". Is that bad? People tell me im horrifically skinny; it's scary to them. I dont notice anything, I think I look fine. I am a good student. I've gotten nothing lower than an A- since beginning of elementary school. I usually have a break down if I get something lower than an A-. Stress is a main factor in my life. I can't escape it. Except, with having to be a perfect student, i haven't been eating. I don't even think about. I don't feel hungry. Ive been like this since 7th grade. Now i skip breakfast, for lunch i have a bottle of water, and i usually have a little something to eat when i get home. Is something wrong with me?

I am 13, about 5ft 2 or 3 ? i weigh 98 pounds and I am not skinny what so ever ?!

its not that i am worried about my weight - because im not, I just want to look different ?

I do ballet (which is not the reason I want to alter the way I look) And my legs are nicely toned but its just my bum I want to lose weight on because I am very insecure about it unless its nicely covered (:.

Reading some of the comments here I have started wondering about my eating habits because What i call having a snack, others may call Binge eating.

and sometimes I do feel guilty for what ive eaten because I know that I havent done anything that day whatsoever. And sometimes I will notice that i have only eaten one dinner and a snack or something like that - but I cant Physically bring myself to eat nothing. ( not that I want to ). I dont know ?

Although i havent started my period yet which is quite late and I was thinking maybe it was something to do with my weight but when I was eating ALOT of junk food I was 7 stone 2 pounds but since then I have lost about 2 pounds ?

Which no one has noticed because its not visible!! I think i have some sort of problem with my eating because of how i feel about myself but I wouldnt go as far to say i was anorexic because im not !

I dont look anorexic, in fact im not thin , im slightly on the plumper side. What do you think ?

i have recently struggled with anorexia nervosa. i was 5'5' and 100 pounds. it got to the point where i would only eat less than 500 calories a day and i was not hungry. now i am still 5'5' and 135 but i want to lose weight and become 125. i am just afraid that i will go back to anorexia again. i had all of the symptoms you listed and i lost my period for a little over a year and i just got it back. my family says im skinny but i think im fat. what should i do? im 13.

Hello, Im 15, 5'11 and i'm going to estimate my weight as being 117 lbs. I'm wondering if i'm becoming anorexic or not. Every day my parents tell me i'm "eating too little," "I'm nothing but skin and bone." etc.

I have started to eat less and less on purpose to try and lose weight for maybe 2 months. I skip breakfast every day, when i go to school I will give at least half of my lunch away to my friends especially chips and stuff, I try to never drink anything such as: soda, juice, and anything with caffeine. Limiting myself to water. For dinner I try to eat very small portions so I continue to lose weight.

Some things I believe may be symptoms from this are I now have very dry skin near my eyes. It basically is pinkish a little i dunno how to explain scaly. Also my basketball season has just started up and I have found myself getting tired about 20 minutes sooner then I did when i weighed 10-15 lbs above my current weight.

Also, at school I secretly compare myself to my friends. In exercise and eating habits (probably some others but i cant think of atm). Whenever i look in the mirror i can see all my rib bones but i continue to look at my stomach and think of it as fat and I feel an urge to get skinnier.

I have even had friends tell me when i take my shirt off that i must be sucking in my stomach because I cant be that skinny... (but i'm not, or not consciously doing it I don't know) I'm sorry if these things are out of order but, I'm just saying what comes to my head first. Any advice would be helpful.

p.s. I don't eat tiny things such as carrots only However, I do try to eat less such as mentioned above.

I am 14 years old. I'm 5'3". About a 7 months ago was the last time i was weighed, I was 96lbs. I'm sure i'm about 104 or something like that now. I don't know. But in this past month i've become obsessed with calories and eating less than 1000 a day. I don't eat breakfast. And if possible no lunch. And little dinner. I have no idea if i've lost any weight, i can't tell and i don't own a scale. I don't want to become anorexic, but i really want to lose like 10 lbs. Im fat!! and I know it!!

hi this is the 20 yr. old from the other comment. ok I weigh 102 pounds and my height is I think 5'3 or 5'4 I dont know how to gain weight. how do you gain weight without getting fat? oh and I also hate food ok well maybe hate is a bad word I um I just dont like it to me it just looks terrible. I dont know anymore I'm tired of being tired can you help me?

i'm 20 yrs old and I dont feel hungry half the time I've been skinny all my life and if I lose two pounds people would say I look skinner or that I look anorexic and I need to eat and get fat I know that I am skinny and I know I need to eat but I just dont want to I just dont feel hungry. am I anorexic?

hey im 13 and im about 5 ft 2 and i weigh 100 lbs :3 and my doc has been telling me to eat more just every time i try and eat i cant.

hi im 15 years old and im 120 pounds. when i was 14 i was 95 pounds and my therapist told me to eat since i was so skinny. i dont want to be 120 pounds anymore why cant i be at least 98 pounds and not be anorexic. Many people tell me im still skinny but i dont believe them. Do you believe i should be 98 pounds and not be anorexic?

Hi. I'm 15 and I'm about 5'1 and I weigh 94 to 95 pounds. My whole life I've been chubby and weighed around 125 but I'm short. Well I hated it because every girl would be skinny but me. Now I lost weight by reduced calories and excessive exercise but am too skinny and borderline anorexic. I'm seeing a therapist now and she wants my ideal weight to be 105 to 110, which is okay to me, but I am worried about gaining the wrong fat, meaning the flabby fat. I still want to have a flat belly and look good but with more healthy weight on me. I lately have been eating more than enough but not gaining any weight. What can I do?

Hey, ok i'm a guy about 6'2' and 175 i'm pretty built even though i have a six pack and you can see like all my veins in my entire body and you can see my ribs. all my friends say that need to gain weight but i dont want to get fat i play sports all the time their my life but, i have to lose a lot of weight some times to keep playing an winning cause that's my main drive to lose weight an also because i want to have the perfect body i workout like 8 hours everyday for it and whenever i go in to a room or anywhere i look around and rate everyone there fat ugly sexy etc. and some people say i'm a egocentric cuz i look in every mirror or anything with a reflection just to look at myself so yeah maybe a little bit but whatever is there something wrong with that i'm not the only one that does all this right?

I'm 15 about 5'7" and when I weighed myself today I weighed 104 lbs, but over the weekend I was down to 101.5 at one point. My BMI says I'm underweight but, I have always been. I LOVE food, which sucks, because I tend to overeat...This just started about 3-4 months ago when I began to eat less and less, normally i'll have a special k bar or english muffin for breakfast, carrots and ranch, soup, or a turkey sandwich for lunch, then eating a lot for dinner and have a few low cal snacks in between with activia yogurt at night. I do have thin hair and it sheds, I also stopped my period, does it sound anorexic? or not...? thank you!

You're supposed to have fat on you; it's there to keep you warm, to cushion your organs, etc. You couldn't have babies without it... your brain wouldn't work as well... it's not just "extra fat"; it's a valuable part of your body, not to mention the part of you that makes you look feminine. When anorexia gets bad, women start to look more like boys than women.

Lots of women have these subclinical eating disorders... basically something that would be an eating disorder if it were more severe. You don't have to have a diagnosis to get counseling, though you could go to a nutritionist instead.

Theres a lot of talk of girls being anorexic... but what about guys like myself... im 19... im 6 foot ish... maybe 6 foot 1... and weight around 136lbs usually... it varies obviously a lot... but i think im fat and people keep asking why i'm soo skinny... but its almost like i dont want to lose my figure... when men put on weight they get a big old stomach... and i like my flat skinny waist line... its about 27inches and my hips are like 30 inches... and my chest is 34 so i am skinny enough but i do have some flabbyness on my legs and stomach... its like what meat there is on me... is basically fat... and i havent developed like most guys... i havent gotten hairy thank god and havent got much facial hair... Id hate to end up like a typical hairy foul man.. i duno what to do though.. am i not eating to stop this happening?

Hi, I started a low fat, low calorie diet about a month ago now, and for the last two weeks i seem totally obsessed with counting calories and have been eating under 500 calories a day, only eating fruit and veg and maybe as a treat either a bit of chicken or an egg. The thing is I can stop now, I cant make myself eat and stop thinking about calories. I wouldnt even have a drink of tea because of the milk in it and i dont find myself hungry anymore, i just eat fruit for lunch and a salad at night because i know i have to. I cant stop it and i think i need help but whenever i talk to my boyfriend who is away in the Raf at the moment he just gets angry at me and tells me to go cook a pizza or he wont speak to me. so i lie to him and say i have, but i cant.

I was wondering if anyone knows how long it takes for anorexia to really develop? I am 20 years old. I started throwing up when i was about 12 and did that till about 17 but got control and stopped for about eight months, and in that time i went from about 130lbs to about 210lbs. Then, in a year i went from 210lbs to about 108lbs. I constantly think about how much I eat. I feel anxious when I have a couple of bites of bread, or even if i drink something with calories, like skim milk (which is ridiculous i know). I wear a size zero but still feel extremely fat and want to lose more weight. I refuse to talk to anyone about it, so if anyone has advice other than talk to someone, it would be appreciated.

im probly the perfect weight but i don't know im 5'6 and im 127 i only gained 2 pounds since i last weighed my self last year. u can see my ribs and i do not eat lunch any more only my carrots and i will not eat dinner and i only have half a bagel for breakfast and im 12 so i feel kinda fat and people at my school are skinner than me.

If you need help with anorexia, you can call the National Eating Disorders Association’s toll-free hotline, for yourself or about someone else, at 1-800-931-2237 or you can visit their website (edap.org) for information, advice, or referrals.

For those of you who don't know what to say, so you don't say anything, I've written what you can say below. It doesn't matter if you are young or old, male or female, white or black, rich or poor, overweight or underweight... you can say what I've written below. You can write it, read it, IM it, say it, email it, whatever it takes. Here's what to say:

Hey Dad, (or Doctor, Coach, Aunt Janine, etc), I have something important to tell you that's been on my mind, but I haven't said anything because I'm not sure about it all and I'm a little worried about your response (or "about my parents' response"). Can you just listen to me until I'm done? (If the person interrupts you to argue a point, like if you ought to lose weight or if you should be worried about this, say, "Would you please listen to everything I have to say before responding? This is hard for me to talk about and I want to be sure to get it all out.")

I've been trying to lose weight lately and I've noticed that I'm thinking about it a lot now. I've started [say your symptoms and concerns here, like...] not eating even when I'm hungry, and constantly comparing how skinny I am to my friends. Even though I know in my head that this thinking isn't healthy, I can't seem to control it and (sometimes) I really don't want to control it. It's starting to affect my life (or "to concern me," or "to get out of hand") and I'm wondering if I might have anorexia (or, "and my friends are saying that I might have anorexia" or "some people on the internet said I might have anorexia.") I've thought about talking to a (school) counselor or doctor about it, but I'm scared. (You could also mention specific fears, like "I'm scared of being told to gain weight or to stop working out or that I won't be taken seriously or that my Mom will blow it all out of proportion or that it will be true." And/or, you could say whatever other feelings you have like, "I'm embarrassed to be dealing with this at my age, or to be a guy going through this, to be relapsing after going so long, for people to know, to be overweight and maybe anorexic" or maybe you feel conflicted, confused, justified, or another emotion, and you would say that here.) Will you help me? (You could also mention specific ways to help, like "help me to get to the doctor, to tell my Dad, by staying in the doctor's office with me, to understand what's going on, etc?")

That's it! Be honest, be straightforward, and deal with whatever is going on. By saying all of it at once (what's going on, what you've done about it, what you think and feel about it, ask for assistance) you're going to be able to take control of the circumstances and to stop feeling powerless and controlled by these forces pulling you from outside and inside. Choose a mature, trusted adult in your life and tell him/her/them everything here and they'll help you to empower yourself. You might tell the doctor everything to find out your weight and eating are fine and the person who suggested it needlessly made you worry, that you really have a different problem--maybe one easily treated with some medication, or you might find out that your body is starving itself and eating its own fat and organs to live because you aren't giving it enough food and if you keep it up much longer then you'll soon die a painful death. Whatever it is that is going on, following what I said above will get you to where you need to be. So now that you know what to say and how to say it, go say it!

I've seen a lot of people posting they aren't saying anything about their concerns they might have anorexia because, they say, "I'm not even sure if I have it." Well, people who have symptoms of cancer don't know if they have it, so they talk about their symptoms and get a diagnosis. It might be something different, but it isn't your job to figure that out. Of course you don't know if you have it! That's why you need to talk to someone who can help you figure out what is going on, whatever it is. Go talk to a doctor or other adult today!

please help me! Im 13 and I've lost about 7lbs. really, really recently. I dont know if I have anorexia or not..... I skip breakfast, pretend to eat in front of my friends, and eat as little as possible for dinner. I am 5'0 and down to about 89lbs. Is this normal? I've been down to 76lbs. at my lowest, and really want to get back down to it. Where do I draw the line?

why do i feel fat even though everyone tells me i'm skinny? no matter what that is how i feel. i don't want people to know because i am a girl no one would ever expect to be anorexic. what do i do?

my mum is constantly nagging me because apparently i dont eat enough. but usually i eat most of my meals. she bugs me and says i look like i skeleton.. which i dont think i do. i weighed myself today and it said 8 stone 8, im about 5ft 8, which i dont think is anorexic weight. i lost a lot of weight since i was ill and i was 8 stone when i was about 9 and a bit before. i dont wanna be that skinny but i dont wanna be fat either. i look at myself and see the tummy that i want to be flatter. im usually cold, i have dry skin and tired which i read are symptoms. i just want answers to shut her up and leave me alone cos she threatens to take me to the doctors.

this is all complete honesty here.. cos i just want answers now. im so fed up.

hi, im Alexa and 13 years old. Im 5'0 and weigh 96 whole lbs!Ive been trying to lose weight since last year, and at my lowest have made it down to 76 lbs. I try to skip breakfast without my mom knowing and I eat as little of my lunch as possible to get it past my friends. They think im anorexic but I dont know... and Im scared! All I see when I look into the mirror is fat and hated. I am always thirsty and feel very weak almost all the time. My friends are basically force-feeding me and trying to help me "gain weight to be healthy". My best friend almost told my mom... but she didnt, because we're not sure if I have anorexia or not. Im really scared because I know that people can die from this and I just don't know what to do! please help me!!!

Im 12 years old and have a difficult time with my weight. All of my friends say that they are fat. one person in my class is so skinny i love it!! she is a size 0 in jeans. But although she's skinny she show it off to everyone in class. She stands up and glides her hand down her stomach and laughs. And it's not like we like it. me and my friend always talk like "You're so skinny. Ya right. well you are. no i'm not" stuff like that. I might be a size 1 and she is a size 7 but as i always say jeans can't hide everything. no guys like me. i don't know. im going on a diet but i don't think it's working. i weigh 105 lbs. please tell me what should be my goal or i'm i at a good weight??

i'm 13 am weigh 28kg. this word anorexia is always in my head i'm always running and exercising, never eating. people at school be like sarcastic calling me fat and stuff and it really gets to me. i think i need help, am i anorexic ?

I'm not sure if I'm classed as anorexic or not. I'm 23 and approx 7 1/2 stone, I'm not trying to lose weight, I know that I don't need to and if anything I could benefit from putting some on. But I can't seem to eat a regular meal, I don't eat breakfast, never have, I usually skip lunch and in the evening can only manage about half of what would be considered a normal sized meal then I'm full. I eat when I'm hungry which isn't very often, my parents have asked me about this but the honest answer really is that I'm just not hungry. I have the odd binge where I can eat full meal upon meal but it's rare. Does all this make me anorexic???

hi im danielle and im 12 i have got anorexia and it's hard living with it and the worst thing is my doctor said if i don't put on a few pounds i will die in a week so don't become anorexic please

I Feel if i am fat which i am i have no reason to live i starve myself and don't lose weight i exercise i don't lose weight my friends say i am skinny but i am fat compared to them i need help

to anonymous, if you are concerned that you may be anorexic, then you may have a problem. if you know that you are at an unhealthy weight, and feel like you want to lose more weight, then you may be anorexic. at 13, you cannot handle this on your own--if you have a hard time going to your parents, or family, then you should go to your school nurse, your teacher, or your friend's mom. there are so many adults who would be willing to help you talk to your parents. you don't want to risk your health now, and your future health by waiting to address this. find the strength within--you can do it! good luck and best wishes!

i posted the last question

how could i tell anyone no one would understand can you please tell me how i could tell someone because i haven't got a clue how.

also i may not actually be anorexic i might just want to lose weight.

i am 13

i have been worrying about my weight for a few months now i am 5 stone when i see myself i feel soo fat i am always freezing and my hands are blue my friends are starting to notice but i don't care all i want to do is be thin.

what can i do?

hi. i've had anorexia. im 97 pounds.

you need to stop. it gets addicting. no one knows that i'm anorexic. no one knows how i feel. i have all those problems that you do too...

anorexia is a sign of depression. if you start eating you won't be depressed. i tried it and it worked but i gained weight. so i stopped eating and here i am. addicted to not eating. everytime i see food i feel like i'm gonna puke.

stop. you NEED to eat. PLEASE!

i always feel as if eating is not something i must or want to do and that i'm overweight but i recently got asked if i was anorexic. but it didn't change my view. no one but that one person has mentioned my weight so i'm not sure if he was kidding or not ...

Hello.

i've struggled with anorexia before.

i'm now 15.

i'm 5'9 and im weighing 120 pounds still losing

you can see my ribs badly when i'm standing OR sitting for that matter.

i get sick WAY too much..

and i'm not eating at all.

i have no appetite what so ever.

i play sports all the time.

i'm an athlete.

but i also have ALOT of stress in my life..

i don't even know where to begin with that.

my parents and everyone around me says i'll be in the hospital soon.

am i too skinny?

how far is too far?!

help

signed;

desperate

it is known that most pre-teens and teens get anorexia because they want to be skinner. they watch models on TV and compare themself to others. if you or someone you know has done this or YOU even has done this do something about it or it will get worse.

as an anorexic i know it's hard to tell someone when you need to. but its something you just need to. i may be only 12 but i know when it gets bad or starts to improve. i'm still anorexic but i still know what to do. if no one believes you tell me i check this site daily.

I WILL GET YOU A ANSWER IF YOU SPEAK UP

THANK YOU

its what to say. i'm afraid to tell my teacher because i don't know when to. i don't even know if i'm anorexic yet. because my story should be above this. CAN YOU TELL ME?

Please tell your teacher, and if your teacher doesn't listen, tell a different teacher or a friend's mom. Keep talking to adults until someone helps you!

I am confused if i have anorexia. meet me i'm the 12 year old. im 98 lbs and this is my story

as you no i am currently 98 lbs and i was 110 lbs before my goal on losing weight. in my concern i have been trying to lose weight for about 2 years. i got to 75 lbs at 4 grade, then i started to gain during 5th and 6th grade. in didn't like that. it meant that i was getting fatter and fatter every year. i started to cut myself for eating. i still have the scars. one said my name, another said BNR for Big & Rich, and a lightning bolt. also i non-visible one which said poison. my friends said that i was crazy. my cousin in which has known this for a while said that i NEED to stop hurting myself for this.

Well there is more on the way. i have cracked my wrist for eating fries, bent my finger for EATING. I COULD GO ON! i went to a smoothie diet once. helped a little, but not enough. i didn't know what to do but it's getting worse i can tell.

i read up on anorexia that it can lead to severe dehydration, kidney failure, hair lose, a lot of things. i KNOW i have the severe dehydration because i passed out over it. my hair is falling out a little.

but who can i tell. my mother wouldn't listen when i tried to tell her. should i tell my teacher. and if i should, what could i say.

im scared and i don't know what to to

i don't know who to tell.

I NEED SOME ADVICE FAST

i'm only 12 and i'm VERY confused if i have anorexia of not. I was 100 pounds when wanted to lose weight. i would and still say that my friends are skinner than me (and they are). Most of my friends are taller so they LOOK skinner than me. Now i'm 98 pounds and i can't stop losing weight. i don't know if i need help or not i am told that i have similar side-affects to it. DO I NEED HELP OR NOT?! i am also getting dehydrated more often, losing some of my hair some how. i don't know!! the dehydrating part is the hardest to deal with. i didn't know i was dehydrated and i road my bike about 1 mile and i ended up passing out on a chair for 3 minutes until i drank something. its serious i know, but i don't know how to tell my mom or get help if i need it. SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!! PLEASE.

I'm 14 years old and think I may have anorexia. It started out really mild. I would eat, but more in the morning and less in the evening (you burn your breakfast calories off by the end of the day). I actually did go from 96 lbs to 87 lbs (I am currently 5'2.5") . Then is sort of became a game...what was the lowest weight I could reach? Then, I went to camp, it's not hard to loose weight there, and when I came home I was only 83 lbs. Then I didn't want to gain weight. Very recently I was sick, and my weight went down to 81 lbs. I don't want to gain weight yet I know I need too! I throw most of my lunch away and say I've eaten think which I haven't really. It's like out of control! I know it's horrible for me, but I can't help it!

I may only be 12, but I have a hard time dealing with anorexia. I'm not like the other people in my class. While they are drinking dr. pepper and that kind of pop I'm drinking diet stuff. My parents now that i am dieting but what they don't know is that i'm 10 pounds under weight

It sounds like you may be displaying the symptoms of anorexia, although you really should get a diagnosis and help from a doctor! Please talk to someone - a teacher, your parents, or one of your friend's parents and get help!

I'm trying to figure out whether I'm anorexic or not. I'm 14 years old and i only weigh 91 pounds. I recently lost 3 pounds this week. I do starve myself most of the time. My friends all ask me why i never eat anything at lunch with them or breakfast. I'm running out of excuses. i don't gag myself and i don't exercise daily, or take diet pills. My friends are worried but my family has no idea. how can I find out if I'm really anorexic or not, without my parents knowing. Can someone tell me at least?

To the author of the first comment:

Yes, eating too little will put your body into famine mode, where your basal metabolic rate will be reduced to protect your weight. Eating fewer than 1200 calories per day will be counter productive for weight loss. In fact, depending on your height and activity levels, you probably need to eat approximately 1500 calories per day to lose weight consistently.

And yes, you can indeed become actively anorexic again. Many women who have recovered from Anorexia Nervosa will experience relapses of this nature, even years after recovery. Your fixation on what and how much you're eating is a very bad sign, and eating so little is a good way to push yourself over the edge. I strongly urge you to take action now, to avoid falling back into the trap. A good registered dietitian, with experience with treating eating disorders, would be your best bet.

Good luck to you.

I may only be 13, but i have had an awful time with anorexia. ( i have posted my story and my name is Lottie if u wanna read it) If you worry about it at all, speak to yor doctor. DONT RISK IT, please! You have a small child!! they need a mummy!

Lottie

I have a history of being anorexic when I was a teen. I got this under control, and am now a 47 yr old mom of 1. I have MS, and the limitations of mobility from this combined with gaining almost 100 lbs with the pregnancy, has gotten me to the point of being overweight.

About a month or two ago I decided to try one of the Hoodia products on the market. It is working remarkably well for me. I have lost about 20 lbs so far.

I am also using a computer program where I chart everything that I consume, and it breaks it down to show nutritionally what my percentages are. This way I know what things I need to work on.

With this said, I actually have a couple of questions.

First-The program I'm using also shows me a report that shows my averages over a period of time. Well so far(I've only been using the program a week), my average caloric intake is under 1000 calories per day. Am I being unrealistic in thinking that I should be losing weight quicker? Is there such a thing as your body going into a starvation mode if your intake is too low? I actually have about 80 more lbs to lose. But I am very aware of what I am eating, but I am worried that I could possibly become anorexic again. Is it silly to think that someone of my age could become anorexic?

Thanks for any info you can share.