It really depends on the person.. here’s a visual of this exact situation
On the left, I was 8lbs from minimum healthy.
I was passing out, miserable, constipated, constantly ill, cuts took months to heal,I lost more than 2/3 of my hair, and I had a hot water bottle constantly against my stomach to stay relatively warm. It was there for so long I had bruises so harsh on my stomach that the hospital questioned my unaware mother in a&e about them.
I was so unwell I couldn’t think straight. The only thing that mattered was my weight. The lower it got,the lower I got. Physically I was unhealthy but mentally was even worse. I had an accident in the February and the painkillers I had to take had 3 calories. I ‘had to choose’ between this ‘meal’ and actual food. Even then if I took them alongside my usual medication I felt so guilty and enormous I often didn’t keep them down.
This wasn’t my lowest, but it’s the only photo I’m comfortable sharing. I continued to slip into underweight but those photos are inappropriate to share.
On the right was two days ago. I haven’t weighed myself in a couple of weeks but I was close to overweight then and have definitely grown since.
For me this is much healthier, I can walk again, my eyesight improved and I’ve actually grown 4cm and a shoe size!!
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