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Teeanger With Severe Depression And Anxiety About Food Habits And Weight Gain. Suggest Diet Plan

Hi, since I was about 12, training in gymnastics at such a young age, I started to become very aware of the things that I ate. Whilst it never started as a body issue, it was a huge preoccupation with food and how much of it I would allow myself. It got to the point where I lived off of coffee for 5 days straight. I am now 19 and struggling off and on throughout the years. I don t want this for myself, these feelings of hate and loss of self-control but all it ever takes is one comment against my weight (i have broad shoulders but weigh now 62 kilos at about 5 5) and it can dawn on me until I reach breaking point again. And there is honestly nothing I can do to stop myself from feeling that way, even if it s up to me. I want to feel happy and confident and i can t do that if I am unhappy with the way I look. At a point this year I was living off of fruit and vegetables and dropped around 7 kilos, but then i got warned from a close friend and it is also that little push from someone who cares to get me eating and happy again, obviously not straight away. But once I begin to eat, I find it hard to go back. And so this ridiculous cycle continues. Right in this moment, I am so very unhappy with myself, as I know I have gained that weight back and even through fitness - which I am often too tired from work, I cannot seem to lose any of it again. I don t know why I can t stay slim, I don t eat much for breakfast if at all. I am also a vegetarian and mostly dairy-free. Basically, I have no one to trust with all of this information, I feel silly, as if I can handle traveling across the world but not to look after myself. And I am so confused, I don t know what answers I am looking for, I suppose venting frustration helps to clean it from my mind for just one night of peaceful sleep. I am not underweight, not at all. But once I become in one of these moments shall I call them, I can get very fussy and particular and I look very ill very quickly as I get so tired and weak and pale and all I want in entire honesty is to be happy and healthy, yet I can t bring myself to do that! I still cut my food up into four if I can, I don t eat things if they are mixed with two kinds of foods and have before used laxatives and attempted vomiting. it s not as if you could notice if I hadn t of told you though, so does it really matter? This endless cycle if theres nothing to exactly show for it? If you re not too thin then it s not a concern? Because I don t know if I can do this on my own.
Wed, 4 Dec 2013
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Hi and thanks for the query,
The most important and aspects in the process shall lie around drugs, exercise and low fat diet. Diet should be low fat, rich in fibre and vegetables. Exercise should be moderate and persistent. Some drugs are useful, especially in regards to depression. But this depend on the intensity of the condition and specific health history. The opinion of your primary care doctor would be most welcome.
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Teeanger With Severe Depression And Anxiety About Food Habits And Weight Gain. Suggest Diet Plan

Hi and thanks for the query, The most important and aspects in the process shall lie around drugs, exercise and low fat diet. Diet should be low fat, rich in fibre and vegetables. Exercise should be moderate and persistent. Some drugs are useful, especially in regards to depression. But this depend on the intensity of the condition and specific health history. The opinion of your primary care doctor would be most welcome.