Archive for November 6, 2010

Question : My parents aren’t really helping me with my anorexia recovery. What should I do?
I have lost about 30 pounds since December. I just didn’t like the way I looked. I’m actually extremely happy with the weight i’m at now, and think I just need to gain about 5 pounds of muscle. I told my parents that I would be happy to gain weight, if they would work with me. I asked them to buy things like chicken breast, brown rice, and fruit, instead of poptarts, cheese dip and tortilla chips, and white bread like they usually do. I won’t eat much because all they bring home is junk. But they refuse to stop buying the junk food and buy me healthy food.
This morning (on the way to my wisdom teeth surgery), my dad started yelling at me about how I only got hired at my job because my boss wants to get in my pants and said he was taking my car away unless I went to anorexia counseling.
No offense to an therapist/patients, but I think counseling is absolutely stupid. I wouldn’t need counseling if they would just buy what I told them I would eat, so I could gain healthy weight.
What should I do? I’m 19, so luckilly i’m about to go back to college in about 3 weeks at least.
I’m 5’9″ and 109 pounds, btw.
I can’t buy my own food, because I have had two major surgeries this summer and am still in recovery. Thus I have no money.
And I was a perfectly healthy weight last year in college, 120-135 pounds, because I was able to choose my own foods.
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Best answer:

Answer by Elly
I know how you feel. I want to become healthier, but my parents always buy crackers, snack cakes and ice cream, and little to no actual lunch items. The only healthy food option available is fiber cereal, and I would go nuts if I ate nothing but that. No wonder I’m so hungry by dinner time.

I hope you have a better time of it in college. Finally, you will be able to choose what you want to eat.