my first post... need help please

[Guest guest]

hi..

thanks in advance for reading and any helpful responses you give.

I have been using the Cron-O-Meter for a few weeks now, and it took me

until yesterday to eat 90% of my recommended calorie intake.

I have been telling myself I am eating enough for years, when in

reality I have been eating about 1/4 of what I should... at best.

I am ready to admit this (not to family members or the general

public)... but I have told 1 close friend and she is helping me to

learn to eat more) and I have started the fight to be healthy. it is

very difficult to eat what feels like vast amounts of food to me, but

I have noticed several positive things happening since I have been

eating more. things like: better concentration, feeling weak or faint

less often, and feeling panicked or confused less often. my question

is: is there a different group I can go to (as well as coming here)

for former anorexic support? I have belonged to a few anorexia

" support " groups online over the years, and when they started telling

me that CRON was a bad idea, I stopped visiting them. I am no longer a

member of these, but I DO want to get support from people who love

CRON and focus on the nutrition and making sure to get the right

quality as well as quantity of nourishment. any advice would be much

appreciated! I had to make this post today. I have been putting it

off, but today I had a day (not the first time, but the worst) where I

kept thinking " This is SOO WRONG! I shouldn't be eating so much! Maybe

the cron-o-meter is wrong!? " so I only got in 27% of my calories. By

the way, I am 19 years old.

Mel

[Guest guest]

Mel: If you are anorexic, and from what you write, you need much more serious help than any online group can give you. Please see a doctor immediately. You need immediate medical attention. This is a serious disorder that can mean the difference between life and death.

From: Melshiah Thornvale <melshiah@...>

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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:00:48 -0000

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Subject: [ ] my first post... need help please

hi..

thanks in advance for reading and any helpful responses you give.

I have been using the Cron-O-Meter for a few weeks now, and it took me

until yesterday to eat 90% of my recommended calorie intake.

I have been telling myself I am eating enough for years, when in

reality I have been eating about 1/4 of what I should... at best.

I am ready to admit this (not to family members or the general

public)... but I have told 1 close friend and she is helping me to

learn to eat more) and I have started the fight to be healthy. it is

very difficult to eat what feels like vast amounts of food to me, but

I have noticed several positive things happening since I have been

eating more. things like: better concentration, feeling weak or faint

less often, and feeling panicked or confused less often. my question

is: is there a different group I can go to (as well as coming here)

for former anorexic support? I have belonged to a few anorexia

" support " groups online over the years, and when they started telling

me that CRON was a bad idea, I stopped visiting them. I am no longer a

member of these, but I DO want to get support from people who love

CRON and focus on the nutrition and making sure to get the right

quality as well as quantity of nourishment. any advice would be much

appreciated! I had to make this post today. I have been putting it

off, but today I had a day (not the first time, but the worst) where I

kept thinking " This is SOO WRONG! I shouldn't be eating so much! Maybe

the cron-o-meter is wrong!? " so I only got in 27% of my calories. By

the way, I am 19 years old.

Mel