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I've been doing IF for a week or so now. I noticed that at first 20 hours was hard, but now my body can easily blow out over 30 hours without a problem. However, outside of the fact you look really weird to others, when does fasting become an eating disorder? At what point does it go from fasting to full blown anorexia? I've had issues in the past with being anorexic, however I feel like im just giving my body to simply not eat anymore and brushing it under the dieting carpet

I've been doing IF for a week or so now. I noticed that at first 20 hours was hard, but now my body can easily blow out over 30 hours without a problem. However, outside of the fact you look really weird to others, when does fasting become an eating disorder? At what point does it go from fasting to full blown anorexia? I've had issues in the past with being anorexic, however I feel like im just giving my body to simply not eat anymore and brushing it under the dieting carpet

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In all fairness this time around im doing a wet diet. The first round I was doing a dry diet which caused a lot of problems. However, the results were great, I was able to lose around 40 pounds in 2 months. I had to eventually stop the diet because my church effectively banned me from fasting, but also because there was electrolyte imbalances in the body causing cardiac issues. It's weird because even now, im aggressively dieting, but my body still sees a fat me. It's not that I am fat, per the scale I have a BMI of around 23 and dropping, but every part of my body looks like its just pudge waiting to be removed. And Im sure if i lose another 5 pounds, it wont matter too much, but it just seems like all i see is a fat fuck in the mirror

I also noticed that my body is increasing the window of fasting considerably. It used to be I did OMAD, but now its going into one meal every two days. In a way my body is becoming addicted to not eating, part of me feels happy not eating. But like last time, I needed an actual intervention before my body kicked out of it, and even then it wasn't pretty. The thought of eating is just something that makes me guilty, not for others, but for destroying my body. Starvation is like a salvation in a way

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Literally everything you just said raised a red flag.

Losing 5 pounds a week is not great. And it's not a diet, wet or dry. It's suicide.

In the end, you will do what you do, but you're heading into the darkness. That voice that says you should feel guilty... that starvation is salvation... yeah, it's trying to kill you. I mean that as literally as is humanly possible. Fuck that voice.

Your church intervened for a reason.

It's time to talk to someone - and not some random idiot on a forum. Please, go talk to someone.