Having had intimate experience in both... don't. For fuck's sake, don't.
I'm a massive advocate of fasting and Time Restricted Eating. It can do a world of good - I've seen the research and the results. But if you have an eating disorder, you're playing with fire. Anorexia is a tricky son of a bitch. Don't open that door. You may control it now. It may control you later.
Anyone here giving advice without a full understanding of what anorexia looks like and how it manifests shouldn't be encouraging you. No offence to anyone, but you don't know what the fuck you're messing with.
You might consider TRE - but even that can be a risk for anyone with a history of anorexia - but I would not open the fasting door. You're asking for a relapse or a date with chronic anorexia.
Some people might be able to swing it, but do you want to take the chance that you might not be one of those people?
Eat well and eat healthy. Exercise (in reasonable amounts). Get outside. There are benefits to fasting, but you can get those same benefits by living an active, well-fed life.
On a side note: fuck anorexia to hell. Fuck it.
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
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.
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