Expert: Meg - 11/10/2006

Question
hey,
well i have an Ed and don;t really eat much at all at most a chew and spit of  a piece of bread adn a bite of carrot but lately i have not been losing and i have beem working out about 6 hours every day to try and lose thise weight
and now my legs have expanded and they are huge and i don't fit into me old clothes. Why is this when i am eating less adn exerciseing more i don;t get it

please help me i am desperate!

Answer
Hello,

It sounds like your body is in starvation mode and so you are not losing weight, despite your drastic diet.  I would also guess that your perception of your body and feeling like you're getting fatter is a symptom of your thoughts being pretty heavily colored by your eating disordered thinking right now.  

While you may not like this advice, I really recommend that you get some type of help so that you can get out of this terrible cycle and get your life back.  Sadly, the sicker one gets with anorexia, usually the fatter and grosser she feels.

Also, if you want your metabolism to function more normally again, you are going to have to consume a lot more calories so that you can get yourself out of starvation mode.

Good luck and please take care of yourself!

Best,
Meg