Weight Loss and eating disorders?

Im not going to get into detail but I struggle with an eating disorder, I been struggling for 8 years and I also have a 3 year old son, I just turned 21, 5'4 and 98 lbs. I want help but im not sure the type of help they have is what I need or want, I know its not about what I want though. I need to stop purging and starving, sometimes I will go weeks without food, WEEKS! then I purge alot when I do eat, even healthy food and it doesnt even have to be a binge. I want to start eating again, like start off with celery and peanut butter, mabe 3 pieces celery a day with a teaspoon peanut butter for protein. How does that sound, am I gona blow up? I use diuretics and laxatives, Im sadly addicted but dont feel sorry for me I just need real advice.

Will I lose weight from eating that? I just want to be thin dont preach to me please, I've heard it all and I know it all but I gotta stop purging and starving myself. I gotta start somewhere right? I might even purge the celery. God help me...

I dont want to gain weight and eating normal meals make me sick and purge, salads make me purge even drinking V8 but I've heard about celery and how your body takes more calories to digest it or something.

A major part of eating disorders is that they are psychosocial. Typically they involve some sort of problem that the individual has with their appearance/weight. Even though they may only weigh 98lb (like you), they may still see themselves as fat, so they continue to starve/binge/purge, etc. I suggest that you try to eating something small like a sandwich. You should go and see your primary care doctor and get a checkup to make sure that you're ok and that you're not mal nourished and perhaps see if he can set you up with a therapist/psychiatrist to try and help you resolve your eating disorder problem.

I hope this helps.

You might try something other than celery, because that has very few calories. But, celery might be what you should start with, if you think you'll freak out about the calories. I don't have any experience with eating disorders, though. I would advise that you talk to a doctor. He can tell you what things to eat to try to gain weight, help you with the laxative addiction, and refer you to a counselor if need be. Good luck!

anorexia and bulimia is an adiction as well as a disease. i cant tell you what to eat, but i can tell you to go see a doctor or even a nutritionist right away. your son needs you alive.

Well maybe you should talk to a physician ( your doctor )about that. Maybe he/she could help you. But eating celery takes more energy to digest it that you get from it.

before u continue reading this i just want u to know that i have an eating disorder too. thinking about it i realized i had compulsive eating disorder, until i started purging which brought me to an addiction - bulimia, which i've now had with me for 1 1/2 years.

now, do me a favor. name one person in this entire world - dead or alive, total stranger, friend or family member, who has had or is going through an eating disorder, who is happy. honestly, is there one single person out there who is a happy eating disordered victim?

you are thin. to a dangerous level. NO 21 year old should be 98 pounds, or any double digit number. i know u dont wanna hear this but im saying it all anyway. what about ur son?? what would u do if he developed an eating disorder because of u?? kids with eating disordered parents are waaayyy more likely to develope an eating disorder themselves. just to remind u, no matter how low the scale goes, u wont be satisfied. every time the number goes down, u just want it down more and more. soon, u will be too weak to care for ur son. it doesnt matter what u think or what u believe will happen. there are no "but if i do it this way" "if i reach this number" "i will be perfect when i am this weight" as long as u have an eating disorder this is where u will be heading. u will be miserable.

....okay, as crazy as it sounds, u HAVE to eat to lose weight. ur metabolism is sooo incredibly slow right now because u havent been eating. to lose weight u have to eat and exercise. to be happy and healthy u have to eat and exercise. to be beautiful and thin u need to eat and exercise and be healthy mentally and physically.

there is such a thing as being too thin, and that is what u are right now. u are TOO THIN. at ur height, being anywhere between 105-115 at LEAST would be very very nice. not too thin, not even close to being overweight.

i'm trying to recover from bulimia. i started by telling a friend. i wont go to a couseler...i hate talking to strangers, so my best friend is where i started. i eat three meals a day - nothin large - just meals with a variety of healthy foods. throughout my day i try to consume fruit and veggetables, low fat meat, skim milk, and a little bread - so that i get all the right nutrition. i gained several pounds back right away, BUT, i lost them again and i am still shedding fat already because while eating healthily i exercised an hour to two hours a day. i am begining to eat more now but i am still losing weight because my metabolism is up.

CO made me fat. bulimia made me maintain. being healthy is making me happy and healthy,

plz get help, for ur son and for urself.