Expert: Joanne - 1/28/2009

Question
It me, Leah again. Okay so I have not truelly realized that I have an ED. I talk
to my best friend about it during my health class and we babbled on and on
about it. I am trying to change my habbits (some what). Meaning, I will try to
eat lunch and dinner. A I will try not to go and throw it up. Mean while, when
I was thinking about it, is it bad to excersize every day? Meaning I run 5-10
miles each day and then I will to crunches and stuff like that. Its like I proly
over work it. I have a sprained ankle and all's i wanted to do is work work
work out! How come? I am so low on my appearence. Meaning I freak out
about it more than most people do. I am always like " i am fat and ugly" Of
course, my friends, family, nad teachers deny it. "but i am" Its like I wanna b
skinny and belong. So I sometimes, well, 3 - 4 times a week usually upchuck.
I talked to my counselor about it and nothing happened, again. WHat should I
do?

Answer
Leah

You need to demand help from your counsellor if that is what you want!  If this still isn't working, as I said in the last message, complain about her, and then visit your doctor and ask for help, or talk to another teacher or your parents.

I would not recommend exercising every day!  Your body needs time to recover after exercising and it will not get that if you are working out all the time.  Obviously it is fine to walk everyday, etc, but heavy workouts should be limited to maybe 4-5 times/week max.

Joanne