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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does "extra" mean to you? If being "terrified" of gaining weight is causing a preoccupation with food and exercise that interferes with your life, that is a good indication of an eating disorder. If friends who actually know you are concerned about you, that is also a good indication -- they have a much better perspective than strangers on the internet![/quote]

I agree. If these are close family and friends making the comments, and they are people who know her and love her, then their comments hold a lot of weight.

To this internet stranger, it's the compulsion aspect that makes it an ED. If OP feels overwhelmed with guilt if she doesn't compensate with exercise for eating more, the "terrified" aspect of gaining weight, if she is skipping out on time with friends and family in order to exercise those extra 200 calories away. If she can't relax or enjoy herself until she is able to do the "extra exercise." These are all signs that it's reached an unhealthy point.

It's normal to want to maintain fitness and appearance, but not at the expense of all else. Not if you're thinking about it constantly and it's dictating your decisions and actions.

Also "I do not look like I have an ED" shows you don't actually understand the crux of what an ED is. It's not as simple as "are you emaciated or not?"

Here is a website from the Mayo clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20353603

"After eating, due to guilt, shame or an intense fear of weight gain, purging is done to get rid of calories. Purging can include vomiting, exercising too much, not eating for a period of time, or using other methods, such as taking laxatives...

Bulimia also involves being preoccupied with weight and body shape, with severe and harsh self-judgment of personal appearance."[/quote]

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