Getting Help

So, I have never been officially diagnosed with an eating disorder and people don't really think I have one because I am not under weight, but one of my best friends came to me today and told me that he was making an appointment for me to see a nutritionist at the school we go to because he has never seen me eat and since we started school in September I have lost almost 30 pounds. I know I have eating disorder tendencies such as binge eating and purging, over exercising, counting calories and night eating (ect.) but I never really thought of myself as having an eating disorder. Is it possible that I do without realizing that I'm doing? I feel good about loosing the weight and every morning when I get on the scale it makes me feel good to be a pound or more less. I don't see a problem if it makes me feel good.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
Well, actually it is good to lose weight and feel good about it. It boosts one's morale. However, one should not become obsessed with it. To get a realistic view—log in what you eat. Keep a diary. Log in each food item you take, time at which you ate, purging if any or forced vomiting, laxative if any that you took etc. Basically a diary of what you ate—food, medicines etc, exercises you did—duration type of exercise etc. Consult the psychologist and nutrition expert with a diary of week-10 days. If you are not able to maintain an honest diary (actually it is very difficult to be honest about it), then you can ask a close friend to do this for you. Take care!