How can i have ED when i still have periods and my blood tests are good?

Question

when i was small i was thin ,then after college i didn't work and i gained so many weight i reached 150lb for me that was so bad because i have neat bone frame and my height is no more then 5.1 60.6inches

no one left me alone with that my friends ,brothers ,started to nag ,my uncles called me big butt, my aunt used to hunt the way i eat say Pls stop and that’s how it went till i decided to start dieting

i started dieting and worked out more till i reached 95lb and i couldn’t stop i didn’t feel i want to stop *i started to eat day and dont the other or eat salad and meat and the other day i drink water and yogurt and some fruits and veggies,

that way with work out my weight dropped until i reached 90lb

the people around me started again telling me to gain weight and i didn’t because simply i liked the way i look unless i still feel that my thighs are still fat

i started to work out harder and eat a bit less ,and knew the un fatty snacks

my weight dropped specially after i started to work out about 3 hours a day all cardio ,

i wanted to do a plastic surgery i don’t feel that my body toned enough even with much working out and toning i now lessen my cardio but its the same i want more

now my weight is 80lb and sometimes its 78lb

and my period are coming and my blood tests are good ,so doesn’t that mean i dont have anorexia

its hard when i get blamed for everything i do even when i try to be s**y

period don’t come to anaroxics,i believe that well

i want what do you think,

Answer 1

well right now you may still have your period

and your blood tests are ok

but in the long run you are damaging your health

to be too thin is not good

and to be eating so erratically, like one day alot

next day hardly anything

can't be good, your body and you need routine

if you don't take care of your health, you may

not function well in life

and it does look almost like anorexia to me

look on youtube about it, take it serious

please!

Answer 2

It is true that losing too much weight can cause periods to stop, but it is not a given because everyone is different, so just because you still get your periods doesn't mean you are not suffering from anorexia.  Your blood tests are no doubt fine due to the fact that what you are eating is really healthly food.

I'm no expert but common sense tells me that you need to find a happy medium.  So far you have gone from one extreme to the other.  For a height of 5' 1" 150lbs does seem a bit on the heavy side, but at 80lb which is only 5 stone and 10lbs that is too light.  

From what you say you are eating and also the amount of exercising you are doing that you do have an eating disorder.  When I was in hospital (Priory) suffering from depression I was initially on the same ward as the eating disorders, and the worse girl I saw was in a wheelchair because she was so frail that she did not have the strength to walk.  The main reason she was so painfully and dangerously thin wasn't due to an eating disorder it was due to over exercising, although some of the girls with anorexia were also painfully thin but just not as bad.  The feel good factor from releasing endorphins whilst exercising can make it incredibly addictive.

If you want to continue exercising you need to eat more, and eat carbohydrates such as pasta, potatoes and bread so that you don't continue to lose weight, because at the moment you are on a very slippery and dangerous slope.  I go to watch Grays Athletic play and all the footballers eat carbohydrates a few hours before a match.

Thin models and tv gets such bad press about give unhealthy role models to young girls etc but in my experience what causes people to have eating disorders is derogatory comments from family and friends.  In my opinion they do a lot more damage with their careless and critical comments than professional models.

Please try to eat more, not so that you go back up to 150lbs but so that you achieve a healthy balance ie not thin but not overweight either - life is all about getting balances.