I feel like this is getting serious.

I dont feel like I see any results unless I'm totally starving myself. Even if I eat extremely healthy and exercise my weight just stays the same. I only feel better when I dont eat at all, but then I feel even crazier and more frustrated because thats basically anorexia. But I'm not even skinny, I know I should see a doctor but it feels like I would just look like a joke...the overweight anorexic. I just need some advice and support. I'm either starving or binging.

Mon. Dec 5, 11:59pm

What is it that you are eating? Are you exercising? A well rounded fitness program includes cardio (3-5x/week), strength training (2-3x/week), stretching(daily), etc. An interesting fact-something called set-point, which means that our bodies have a weight that it likes to be, and despite our calorie intake (or lack of), the body fights to stay in that weight range. We can change the set-point by increasing our metabolism through increased cardio, healthy food choices (with enough daily calories!!!), etc. It is possible that your metabolism is sort of stuck...Keep us posted!

Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 12:10 AM

a) a doctor wouldn't laugh, because you rarely become anorexic when you're skinny (but it does happen) he'd probably commend you for coming to you before you became a skinny anorexic!!

Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 2:50 AM

eating disorders

I can't tell from the information you gave if you do have a serious issue or are just dealing with a set point issue. If you want to know more without seeing a doctor - google EAT-26 - it is a very reliable assessment you can take to see if indeed this is a health issue. If it is, I encourage you to seek some support. Eating disorders are nothing to mess around with. I am a mental health counselor and am responding like this out of support - Not judgement. If this is not a concern for you - good luck altering your set point.

Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 3:05 AM

Your metabolism is probably very slow because you're probably not eating enough... If you don't take in enough calories on a regular basis, your body will store away anything you let past your lips b/c it figures it'll need fuel (fat) to live off of when you're not feeding it food... So, first, try for a few weeks eating a healthy diet of enough proteins and fats, and tons of fruits and veggies, as well as exercising regularly. Try eating maybe 1500 calories a day, every day. Your body will stop clinging to food b/c it knows that the next meal is always coming. Then after a few weeks, cut back to 1200 or so - the minimum number of calories you should consume, assuming you're exercising. Just don't have days where you eat nothing followed by days that you eat everything, b/c that's when your body clings to all the extra calories you eat! Try a very steady diet - and most importantly - be patient!! Weight loss does not happen (or even start) overnight!

Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 9:50 AM

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