Comment: I Lost Weight – I Have an Eating Disorder

My weight I have gained ten kilos in the last few years. I am very happy about it.

I definitely don’t want to lose my hard earned weight, which is why I get frustrated with constantly reading instructions on how to lose weight.

Magazines, advertisements, and social media are filled with foods that “help me lose weight” and unhealthy lifestyles that “make me fat.”

It seems that losing weight and slimming down are absolute values ​​that everyone must achieve.

But when I don’t want to do it at all!

I am sick Anorexia developed a few years ago, and this is probably the worst case since the pandemic began.

In the early stages of my illness, I researched every possible nutrition trend of the time from the wonderful world of the internet and tried to implement them all simultaneously.

I noticed that if I followed all the weight loss tips on the Internet, I would no longer be able to eat carbohydrates or fats, drink anything high in energy, for example, I could not eat tomatoes and cucumbers at the same time or eat anything other than cottage cheese for dinner.

So there is almost nothing left, because almost all foods are banned in certain nutritional trends. Even though no nutrients are actually dangerous in themselves (if allergies are not taken into account).

You can eat everything in moderation, and food won’t suddenly become fattening at any particular time of the day. You should eat when you’re hungry, regardless of the time of day.

Eating disorders There is no logic otherwise. I am in my fifth year of college as a health science major and my brain still tells me that I would recklessly gain weight from a few years ago because of a flavored yogurt.

When I followed the stupid diet rules dictated by my eating disorder (similar to many diet trends), my body wasn’t getting enough nutrients.

I was flawed and my personality completely changed. When I didn’t eat enough, I would lose my temper – just ask my ex.

An eating disorder led me to hospital treatment, during which I was taught how to eat.

Yes, by the time I was 20, I had lost the art of eating because my head was so messed up from dieting that I no longer knew how many potatoes should be on my plate, so it was easier to just not eat any potatoes at all.

Slowly, I started getting back on track. When I say slowly, I mean it because it took me probably over a year to be able to eat the way my body wanted.

From eating disorders During my recovery, I learned something very important. Eating is actually very simple. It’s so simple that even a child can do it. In the early stages of recovery, I started to behave like I did as a child – eat when I was hungry and eat whatever I wanted.

If I want bread, I eat bread. If I want salad, I eat salad. If my body asks me for candy, I give it to it.

Guess what?

Even though I was snacking the whole time, nothing bad happened!

Yes, I gained weight in the beginning, but that was as it should be. I was too light for my vital functions to function properly.

For example, if I had continued on the same path, I might never have been able to have children, or I wouldn’t even be here.

I also never believed I could develop an eating disorder. It is an insidious, persistent and insidious illness that can strike anyone.

Just try one for weight loss and it will blow over. That’s why I can’t recommend a single nutritional trend to anyone.