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i have not had the greatest of days lately. our 15 year old dog passed away in our living room. i was triggered last weekend and still haven't been able to shake the binge urges. i have had at least 4 migraines this week alone. this has kept me in bed much of the week. my migraines maess with my appetite. i never want to eat much because i'm in so much pain. this makes it harder to avoid slipping into the starvation end of my ED.
so i got up @ 4:30 (was fighting off ANOTHER migraine) and went to the bathroom. i heard kayla talking about how she needs to lose weight. she was talking about diets and diet food. she's 13!!! she's very tall for her age and looks healthy. i don't think she's fat at all. i think she's gorgeous. now, i don't want to eat. i started thinking, "if she thinks she's fat, then she must think i'm disgusting."
please help me! i starved yesterday morning. except for some grapes, i didn't eat anything till 2:30. i came close to bingeing the night dalilah died, but ended up stopping myself. i have been in bed all day and i NEED to eat. i just can't. kayla wants to keep a food diary and have dad keep her diet food here. that's going to drive me CRAZY!!!!!! i know i'm going to want to starve if that junk is in the house!
i'm also worried about her. she's 13, 5 feet 4 inches, and 150 pounds. i feel bad for posting that because i'd be upset if she posted my weight somewhere, but she's NOT FAT! she has a little belly that's barely noticable, but so what? i don't want to jump the gun and say she has an ED. as far as i know, she doesn't do any behaviors. then again, we all know me not seeing her do behaviors doesn't mean anything. but i'm afraid she could be headed that way. please help! advice, comments, anything really would be appreciated.-fallon
so i got up @ 4:30 (was fighting off ANOTHER migraine) and went to the bathroom. i heard kayla talking about how she needs to lose weight. she was talking about diets and diet food. she's 13!!! she's very tall for her age and looks healthy. i don't think she's fat at all. i think she's gorgeous. now, i don't want to eat. i started thinking, "if she thinks she's fat, then she must think i'm disgusting."
please help me! i starved yesterday morning. except for some grapes, i didn't eat anything till 2:30. i came close to bingeing the night dalilah died, but ended up stopping myself. i have been in bed all day and i NEED to eat. i just can't. kayla wants to keep a food diary and have dad keep her diet food here. that's going to drive me CRAZY!!!!!! i know i'm going to want to starve if that junk is in the house!
i'm also worried about her. she's 13, 5 feet 4 inches, and 150 pounds. i feel bad for posting that because i'd be upset if she posted my weight somewhere, but she's NOT FAT! she has a little belly that's barely noticable, but so what? i don't want to jump the gun and say she has an ED. as far as i know, she doesn't do any behaviors. then again, we all know me not seeing her do behaviors doesn't mean anything. but i'm afraid she could be headed that way. please help! advice, comments, anything really would be appreciated.-fallon
I'm extremely sorry about the death of your dog. Animals are like family to me, and I'm sorry for your loss.
Have you tried Excedrin Migraine? You probably have, just wanted to throw that out there, because it's so much cheaper than prescriptions and I'm told by friends that it actually works. It can mess with your stomach a bit though.
I think it's pretty sick how young girls are obsessing about their weight. My god daughter is 8 and a few years ago, she told her mom she wanted to look like "this" and pulled up her shirt and sucked her stomach in so far she looked emaciated. Scared the living shit out of us. All you can do, I guess, is make sure she knows that she's beautiful as is.
Good luck and I hope you're feeling better!
unfortunately, i tried to ask why she wanted to lose weight. it didn't go over well.she just said "because!" and told me to shut up. i don't think weight loss in and of itself is neccessarily a bad thing. but my grandma and mom-who were both overweight-spent the majority of their adult lives trying to "be thin". my mom is still trying new diets. she's probably spent her WHOLE LIFE dieting. my grandma had a series of strokes at 74 and passed away in 2003.
my mom is taking her vacation from work. she is going to stay with my uncle for a few days. he has a pool and mom wants me to go swimming. i don't even own a suit and i've always felt self-concious in one anyway.
on the bright side, i did eat. dad brought home burgers and i had some chocolate afterwards.