My Journey To 6 Pack Abs - Episode 15
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Question by Chloe: paranoid about my weight and what I eat, someone help?
okay basically I've been feeling scared of what I eat, or eating in general because I'm worried about getting fat. I'm 5"0 feet exactly and weigh 7 stone 9...
my weight alternates each day going up and down between 7"6 and 7"10 but it never exceeds 7"10
(however all scales say different things? like my wii fit says I'm 7"6 a lot, and my digital scales at home say I'm 7"9 a lot, I'm assuming digital would be more accurate? but sometimes I do trust old fashion stuff like the manual scales)
but anyway lets just say for now those weights are correct, which would make my BMI around 20.52
which is healthy? its like just in the middle of ideal which is good right?
but I'm scared because whenever I see my weight dropping and gaining, even though it does not exceed the 7"10... I'm scared of eating. Because I don't believe in diets, I don't believe in saying "oh you can only eat stuff that tastes like crap" because I'm sorry who wants to? I can't BE that dedicated, I just can't because it makes me miserable, sure I'd feel better about my body, but I'd feel like I was trapped into eating certain things JUST to look good.
So my alternative is to not eat at all which is what I did 2 years ago. When I was 16 I stopped eating because of girls at school, I was picked on and bullied- not for my weight I've never been fat, but just in general, and when I just saw these girls they were slim and when I looked at myself I felt like I wasn't, so one day I stopped eating, not all together in one day- but gradually I just ate less and less until the absolute thought of food disgusted me.
My dad was cooking burgers one day and I threw up because of the smell and the look, I went down to 6 stone 4 and the doctor said I was becoming very underweight and according to family was gormed (I think its called) and my first 4 sets of ribs were visible
It was only quite recently, about January this year that I started getting very happy because of changes in my life which changed my eating habits, it made me eat and my mum suggested that it was because I was happy with who I was and didn't feel the need to make an image for someone else
but I've been becoming unhappy with myself again looking at myself and thinking I am fat, often pulling and prodding at my stomach, crying. But this time I can't just stop eating? I've tried but I get so hungry because your stomach adjusts to how much food is consumed a day and waits for that food to come. I try to exercise every other day for just over an hour, and have been drinking about 1.5ltr bottle of water daily.
Today for example my parents went away and left me money for a takeaway, just as I was placing my order online, I looked at myself and felt disgusted... I wanted a 1/4 pounder with cheese, no salad or sauce, and some cheesy chips... I don't eat like this every day of course? I have burgers about once every 3 weeks if that? So should I be feeling sick with myself? or am I just being paranoid about my weight so much that I think that by eating ANYTHING I'll become fat?
I have been thinking about trying to eat healthier and often check the contents of my food before eating it (fat, carbs, kcals etc) and try to stick to under the GDA (guideline daily amount)
Do you think that if I keep up my exercise every other week, drinking water, and only ordering takeaways occassionally (being like once every three weeks) that I'll be okay?
I mean when I gained weight because of being happy, I went up to 7 stone 5... and then I had a contraceptive injection recently, which side effect is weight gain and I went up to 7"10 which stuck around... as I said tho this weight varies and every week I weigh myself, and I never go above that... does that mean I'm eating okay and what I'm eating isn't making me put on weight?
I just need some reassuring words because I am worried that I will drag myself back into not eating
and I don't want to be like that again...
I became very ill, and when I look back on pictures I actually SEE the skinniness like I didn't before... but sometimes I envy that I'm not still like that... I just don't want my mind and self consciousness taking me back to anorexia or worse :(
Please help?
Best answer:
Aww, sweetie I'm dealing with the exact same thing right now. You just can't keep agonizing over every single pound; your clearly in a healthy range based on your height. True anorexia is not attractive, but getting toned and in shape certainly is. To look the way you want just slowly ween yourself into healthier foods until everything you eat is natural and its not general food that disgusts you, but just the greasy crap. It took me awhile, but it can be done. You definitely shouldn't diet; you can't do it for a sustained period. Once you enjoy the healthier foods you'll just pick them up and snack like it was a chocolate bar. Doing that will keep your metabolism up while feeding your body less calories so weight loss might occur if you aren't building muscle. While doing this, exercise often, and vary the type of exercise everyday. Plyometric workouts work wonders on overall body, and pilates really carves out the abs. If your toning everything through exercise and feeding yourself mostly healthy food all the time (aside from your monthly cheat day), you'll look amazing and not have to resort to your old ways to appear thin. Most of all remember to be thankful for the body you do have; many people would kill to look the way you do now.
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