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I have. I was anorexic for a while... hardly eating anything. I recently gave my life to Christ and immediatly I started eating normal again.
Hang in there! God can help you through this!
Hang in there! God can help you through this!
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I still struggle with eating, i eat no more than 1000 calories a day and even if im hungry, i won't eat, and im finding it hard to push myself to eat again.
i've prayed and prayed for deliverance... could you please pray for me?..and if you have any tips it would be very much appreciated
God bless, Kirsty x
i've prayed and prayed for deliverance... could you please pray for me?..and if you have any tips it would be very much appreciated
God bless, Kirsty x
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Of course I'll pray for you!
I think one of the things I did to start eating again was that at first I forced myself to eat something. It was the last thing I wanted to do and I felt extremely guilty about eating afterwards, but I just kept forcing myself to eat a little more every day until I started eating normal again. And also, it's very tempting and becomes a habit to look at food labels all the time for calories and fat, but if you just don't look at labels at first, it helps a little bit. Just don't force yourself to eat a lot or anything unhealthy, just small amounts of healthy food. It's also important to not listen to yourself when you tell yourself you need to be a certain weight or look a certain way to be loved and accepted. Tell yourself your weight doesn't matter as long as you're healthy and happy and doing your best to serve Christ. And I also talked to one of my pastors about it, and he supported me through it and helped me get through it.
I hope those tips help you. I'll keep you in my prayers!
I think one of the things I did to start eating again was that at first I forced myself to eat something. It was the last thing I wanted to do and I felt extremely guilty about eating afterwards, but I just kept forcing myself to eat a little more every day until I started eating normal again. And also, it's very tempting and becomes a habit to look at food labels all the time for calories and fat, but if you just don't look at labels at first, it helps a little bit. Just don't force yourself to eat a lot or anything unhealthy, just small amounts of healthy food. It's also important to not listen to yourself when you tell yourself you need to be a certain weight or look a certain way to be loved and accepted. Tell yourself your weight doesn't matter as long as you're healthy and happy and doing your best to serve Christ. And I also talked to one of my pastors about it, and he supported me through it and helped me get through it.
I hope those tips help you. I'll keep you in my prayers!
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Not exactly an eating disorder but I've learned to control how much I eat. It's really a full-blown mental thing. Like starting off your day, you plan what you'll eat & how much you'll eat & not go beyond that. Or lock away the extra stuff that could make you binge. It's not always easy but planning what I'd eat for the day helped me quite bit.
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Thank you both, i will take your advice on board and see what happens from there 
God bless you both
Xxx Kirsty xxX
God bless you both
Xxx Kirsty xxX
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I used to be anorexic and do bulimia too. I asked myself after twenty five years of it why I was doing it. The answer that came to me was to please other people namely men. So I stopped doing it and my weight was normal for quite some time. Now I have a problem with overeating and am asking myself why I am doing this. It seems boredom and lack of better habits. I am praying to Jesus to take this away from me and help me to be more creative again, maybe get back to my drawing and exercising.
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thanks nate.
i was doing well for a while, but now i seem to have lost the want to eat, and im also getting seriously depressed, i just feel so lost and i dont know what to do x
i was doing well for a while, but now i seem to have lost the want to eat, and im also getting seriously depressed, i just feel so lost and i dont know what to do
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Seems like my calories are getting fewer and fewer, really need help and prayer please.
my hearts breaking and my body is aching from not having any energy, but i cant bring myself to eat i feel as if no one cares, like im unloved, unwanted, just a fat worthless glitch in this world
my hearts breaking and my body is aching from not having any energy, but i cant bring myself to eat
i feel as if no one cares, like im unloved, unwanted, just a fat worthless glitch in this world
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Kirstey,
Hi Sweety,
I've noticed you are 15? May I ask, who do u live with?
Have they not noticed you are starving?
I know for me, and I am ALOT older then you, but when was in that state it was quite noticeable !!!!
If your body is aching bc of lack of food, honey that is SO not good!
I have been there, you are not what you say you are... Those are lies from satan.
Oh God, I have been down this road... It's long.... Lonely.. And if you don't get help now you will battle it for years.....
It's all lies from the enemy, YOU are a Child of the Living God!
Live!!! You are a light on a Hill!
It does not matter what you've been through, what has been done to you, because, You ARE SEALED by God....
Hi Sweety,
I've noticed you are 15? May I ask, who do u live with?
Have they not noticed you are starving?
I know for me, and I am ALOT older then you, but when was in that state it was quite noticeable !!!!
If your body is aching bc of lack of food, honey that is SO not good!
I have been there, you are not what you say you are... Those are lies from satan.
Oh God, I have been down this road... It's long.... Lonely.. And if you don't get help now you will battle it for years.....
It's all lies from the enemy, YOU are a Child of the Living God!
Live!!! You are a light on a Hill!
It does not matter what you've been through, what has been done to you, because, You ARE SEALED by God....
Seems like my calories are getting fewer and fewer, really need help and prayer please.
my hearts breaking and my body is aching from not having any energy, but i cant bring myself to eat
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i live with my mom, dad and little brother, they ask what i eat but i lie saying ive eat more than i have, and yes i am 15.
my mind doesn't let me eat more than 1000 calories, i try to because i know i should eat more, but when i go i get overwhelmed with guilt and don't anything the next day.
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Yes, I know all about that voice in your head that tells you bc you ate that little bit of whatever it was yesterday, .... Although it seems like such a huge amount to you or the noise in your head... But if you LOGICALLY thought about it, it makes absolutely no sense!
But the noise still wins... So you wil obey it, and not eat?
So what you have is anorexia!
If u are not yet bones u will be! The heart problems, kidneys, hair loss, cold all the time, and if you get low enough the u get that fine long body hair that grows all over to keep u warm!
See your parents will figure it out! They must love you so much! If they are already asking?
So why not tell them? A friend maybe? Youth pastor? Someone?
You came here, u must be looking for help?
Tell them you need them now more then ever!
If you were mine, I would be so glad you did, I would be by your side every step of the way!
But the noise still wins... So you wil obey it, and not eat?
So what you have is anorexia!
If u are not yet bones u will be! The heart problems, kidneys, hair loss, cold all the time, and if you get low enough the u get that fine long body hair that grows all over to keep u warm!
See your parents will figure it out! They must love you so much! If they are already asking?
So why not tell them? A friend maybe? Youth pastor? Someone?
You came here, u must be looking for help?
Tell them you need them now more then ever!
If you were mine, I would be so glad you did, I would be by your side every step of the way!
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I remember those days!
How are you doing?
Can I ask, since you posted in here, you were looking for something?
Do you know what it is?
That can be a hard question?
For me I always wanted someone to love me....
But I never would let anyone in, or I felt unlovable, or hey didn't love me they way I needed to be loved....
When you really look at that picture, I would not allow anyone to love me...
How are you doing?
Can I ask, since you posted in here, you were looking for something?
Do you know what it is?
That can be a hard question?
For me I always wanted someone to love me....
But I never would let anyone in, or I felt unlovable, or hey didn't love me they way I needed to be loved....
When you really look at that picture, I would not allow anyone to love me...
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loverules,
I might not know exactly how you're feeling or what you're going through, but I also struggled with anorexia for a while. All those things you mentioned you were feeling, like no one cares, unloved, unwanted, fat, I felt all those things not too long ago. I finally came off my anorexia around the end of last year, and it wasn't easy. I was also in a situation where my family didn't seem to really notice or care that I wasn't eating much. I think the fact that they didn't try to help me in my anorexia problem made me feel even more unloved and unnoticed. I was never really diagnosed with anorexia, but I displayed the symptoms of having it.
It wasn't at all on my own that I overcame my anorexia. I finally just desperately talked to God about it. I surrendered to His love at last. Almost immediately, I began to find strength to eat even when my mind told me not to. It was hard, but it was worth it. I'm now eating normal again.
I'm praying for you every day. I know that God can heal you of your anorexia and heal your broken heart.
You can message me anytime if you ever need anything or need to talk.
I might not know exactly how you're feeling or what you're going through, but I also struggled with anorexia for a while. All those things you mentioned you were feeling, like no one cares, unloved, unwanted, fat, I felt all those things not too long ago. I finally came off my anorexia around the end of last year, and it wasn't easy. I was also in a situation where my family didn't seem to really notice or care that I wasn't eating much. I think the fact that they didn't try to help me in my anorexia problem made me feel even more unloved and unnoticed. I was never really diagnosed with anorexia, but I displayed the symptoms of having it.
It wasn't at all on my own that I overcame my anorexia. I finally just desperately talked to God about it. I surrendered to His love at last. Almost immediately, I began to find strength to eat even when my mind told me not to. It was hard, but it was worth it. I'm now eating normal again.
I'm praying for you every day. I know that God can heal you of your anorexia and heal your broken heart.
You can message me anytime if you ever need anything or need to talk.
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I started struggling with anorexia when I was about fourteen. I've gone through periods of remission, I guess it would be called, but then some trigger gets it started again. The last few years I've gained a bit of weight and finally decided to do something about it. At first all was going well. I was not going overboard; just losing slowly. Then I wanted to ramp it up a bit. I suppose old habits die hard though because I've gone back to old ways and have lost a lot more than I should in a short amount of time. I know it's not healthy but I can't stop myself from obsessing over it. Here I am forty years old and I keep telling myself that this is a disease of teenagers and college students. And that I need to just grow up already! But it's not that easy.
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