Eating disorder not recovering. I need to lose 30 lbs how long?

Ok, this one's a bit diff to what most people ask. I'm 15, 5'3. Gymnast, carry alot of muscle weight. I have had an eating disorder for several years. I've been down to 110 lbs, and in trying to sort out my life I gained 20 lbs back and I am now 130. I've given up on trying to sort it as it made me feel suicidal and depressed. I'd be happier if I got back down to 110 lbs, then to 100 lbs. How long of restricting/fasting is this going to take in your opinion. I don't wanna hear that I shouldn't do it, because this stuff takes over my head, I'm sick of fighting against it all the time. I AM going to lose it, but I just would like to know how long it's going to take roughly. No haters or bitching please. Thanks.

I also have an eating disorder. I have a 10 year history of both anorexia and bulimia, I am 5'7" and have been down to 90 pounds, not pretty.

I am now about 125 pounds and I am not at all happy. I took the mad decision like you to go back and loose weight, I cannot stand to look at how much fatter I have become in the mirros, and I honestly and truely- get at least one person a day asking me "are you pregnent" or "congratulations" or words to that effect, even close friends, are trying to talk me into oregnancy tests, a guy has not so much as kissed me, let alone slept with me so I am definatly not pregnent!!

I have tried cutting out all the food I can in my diet, unfortunatly this has pushed me backwards to my bulimia, which is making it even harder for me to get back my metabolism and loose weight, so I reccomment that you -if you are over weight, see your doctor and get health advice on healthy eating as oppose to restricting.

The thing with eating disorders is they screw up your metabolism, then when they DO get back to normal (often months after eating normally) they will still at the slightest whim- a late lunch or smaller breakfast for e,g, slow right back down again and will make it much MUCH harder to loose weight and keep it off. Bulimia also has the same effect as omitting a meal in terms of a meabolic slow down.

I have taken up the gym, the thing I am trying to concerntrate on is my belly and my wish to slim it down (done by a mix of cardeo and abdomen excercises as oppose to just abdomen stuff.), as oppose to muscle building which will add pound as muscle weighs quite a bit.

Its important to get some support, friends as oppose to anything else, for moral support to keep you motivated- and on track, and also to keep an eye on how things are going and so you dont take things out of control, a little weight loss can be enough for you to take the next step and diet yourself into a hospital bed with doctors intent on you putting on weight, and babe, I can say this from personal experiecnce, when this happens the rate of weight going on? (FAST) it settle around your stomach, and thighs as fat (you are not allowed to excercise in hospital- or excercise anywhere near enough) so you are worse off than when you began. Its not worth it.

If you go to the gym, try two or three small sessions a week- no more than an hour, no more than 500 kcals a time, this is to push up your metabolism, not to gain muscle, and over time will work. Eat according to a nutritionist/dietition who will advise you on what to eat, remember, dont miss stuff out or your'll just slow down your metabolism as it goes into starvation mode, it wont be as easy to be so small as it was first time around, your body has learnt how to prevent this happening so easily again.

Be social, happiness and people can help you see the bigger picture as well as motivate you.

It is so easy to look back and only see the good side of being so thin, but there are bad bits too, it may take some time but they will come back full throttle and you will feel too trapped in your diet regieme to stop the loosing weight. (hence where the dietiton come in useful)
I know how safe loosing weigh is- I can see it too, it feels like the only way to feel batter and you feel so fat and ugly that you dont want to exist anymore. This ios a problem in itslf, no amount of loosing weight will ever take away the feeling, it will just put vague calorie counts and blurs of apples in the way. Is this all you really want to think about for the rest of your life? what about when you get to old age and look back and think "what have I done with my life? why didnt I ever live it?"

Eating disorders shrink lives, I know they seem the only way out but please dont stop trying- I see a therapist and am not planning on going back to 90 pounds or less, I dont want to get to 40 (I am 26) and still have no kids, no job and be avoiding chocolate/sugar and BBQs.
Eating disorders also separate people, families become overly worried and friends cut off, the person not eating gets snappy- irritates easily and christmas dreams turn into night mares, it is SO not worth it. Please get some help with your feelings and problems and at least TRY not to go back to your eating dosorder, it will take time, it will take you full attention till it gets going, but it will get easier and you will feel a whole lot better after doing it as oppose to the "just one last bit to loose and I'll be ok" feeling you get from an eating disorder.

Its like there are two parts in your mind, the part that wants to get involved with life and be happy (not by loosing weight) and the other part which is wanting to be slim/skinny or loose weight. The thing is, if you listen to one part as oppose tothe other, that part will grow and the other part will shrink. It wont cease to exist but will be harder to kick start again the part of you that wants to get better/not loose weight/become part of real life again, its like you have to keep it growing by acting on it.

You do have a choice, some times life is a battle, but the endlessness of an eating disorder is far worse than the bad days you do get with real life. An eating disorder never has a good day, all days "could be better".

Honestly do not fast like that you can end up with a cardiac arrest...Been there done that...not fun. Try using a fleet kit; you will lose a lot in about three days....it makes you lose pretty much all of you water weight....I lost 12 lbs in three days doing that. you will have to use the bathroom a lot but if it means that much to you then more power to you. ALso carry a water bottle with water in it and sip it so you do not dehydrate...good luck
Absolutely no hating here. I'm the same way. If you don't eat anything at all, you can lose 1-2 pounds a day. If you restrict yourself to no more then 600 calories per day, you should lose 1/2-1 pound per day. Hope that helps. And good luck!!

--Courtney--
To lose this weight, it will take around a month on a crash diet, but I would not recommend this. The main reason is when you get to about 30 your metabolism will crash out as I have found out and I cannot lose weight like this anymore. Get professional advice as you are half the age I am - please.
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im 5ft6 and weigh 123lbs, used to be 14lbs heavier but managed to lose this by eating little and often, eating no more than 1000ckal throughout a day, if you cut out food you wont do yourself any favours and wont lose weight any quicker as your metabolism will slow down bigtime. I avoided anything fatty, mainly ate raw and boiled veg and drank loads of water. Alongside this I did 30 minutes of cardio 5 times a week, that is really all, not hard, just have to keep motivated, I know how hard it is and frustrating when people tell you off for doing it. I get told off all the time for going on diets "you're perfect the way you are, you don't need to lose any weight" but I feel ugly and flabby... I don't want to be a stick, just want a nice lean body... a flat stomach and slimmer thighs, that's not so bad is it? I actually want to weigh 110lbs myself, so that's 13lbs left for me to lose. Im gonna try roller skating and drinking grapefruit juice and green tea to boost my metabolism. Good luck :)
Well you obviously know that you aren't planning anything healthy here, and I doubt that a doctor would help you lose the weight. But if you are adamant to lose the weight try to do it slowly over at least 6-12 weeks. What's the point in crash dieting and mainly losing fluids, which will need replacing or you do yourself some serious damage? Cut out all sugars, fats and salts and cut down on your portion sizes, but try to still eat something that is healthy and varied.