Anxiety and food

[Anxious2befree]

I am finding I'm not wanting to eat. I have no interest in eating but I force myself to eat. Anyone else ever had this before? I need some help as to how I can get back to eating normally again as I'm feeling pretty Light headed as I'm not eating enough.

[asianspirit]

Hi Anxious2befree,

We’re on the same boat. It’s like your just forcing yourself to eat for the sake that you need to eat because you must and you can’t miss a meal.

I was like this from months ago, and I lost heaps of kilograms (from 84 down to 66). My ideal weight is 58-72kgs. What a great way to loose weight isn’t? But no no no! I felt scared and so what I did was to eat small amounts of food from time to time. I usually eat 7am - 9am - 12nn - 3pm - 6pm and even have midnight snacks. Eventually, I re-gain my appetite back. I am now 69kgs.

[Anxious2befree in reply to asianspirit]

Thank you so much I was starting to think there was something wrong. Xx

[asianspirit in reply to Anxious2befree]

You’re very much welcome!

[Indigojoe]

Don't worry about that one at all. It's almost impossible to have "failure to thrive" as a big person. You will get hungry again.

In the mean time, try things that smell really good to you. For 6 months I could not get anything down me, more than a fried egg and cheese on toast in the AM and Chicken noodle soup at dinner. I was able to take vitamins.

When I got my thoughts to calm down, I got hungry again. The first [ real?] food I ate { again} was an {entire pecan chocolate chip pie from Cracker Barrel) and then I was back to eating ............everything

[Anxious2befree in reply to Indigojoe]

Thank you so much for replying at least I know I'm not alone and that its ok that nothing terrible is wrong with me. Xx