I think i'm developing an eating disorder

You definitely have an eating disorder, maybe more than one. I can't pretend to understand what that's like, because I've never had one myself, although I know it's not nearly as simple as just eating more. You need to see a counselor or therapist. I doubt you want to, but you can't go on killing yourself like this. Best of luck! <3

You should just eat healthy, that makes a big difference. I lost 19 kg in 6 months just by changing the type of food I ate.

I agree with the above, you already have an eating disorder.

My advice is seek help. You're in the fortunate position of realising you have a problem before it's too late.

Don't worry, your weight is normal for your height but I don't expect that will make any difference to how you feel.

I can sympathise with you. I also have an eating disorder. I'm 5' 8.5" and weigh 8st 3 but don't make that think you're fat, you're not. People say I'm too thin but when I look in the mirror I think I look fine and wouldn't mind loosing a bit more.

So how did this start?

Two years ago I was unemployed depressed and a fat 12st 10. My doctor told me to loose a stone so I went on a diet. I'd done before but never kept the weight off. I cut my carbohydrates and it worked perfectly, I got down to a healthy 10st 10lb. I came off the diet but this time I decided to be careful not to put weight back on and still wanted to be a bit thinner so bared that in mind.

Previously when I'd come off other diets (I'd tried low fat and GI) I felt hungry and it was easy to eat more so the weight soon piled back on. This time I felt it easier to eat less and less. I've done a food diary, over a few days I weight everything I ate and drunk and am consuming between 1200 to 1800 kcal per day when I should have 2500 or more, given my active lifestyle.

I used to do lots off running to purge the calories but my knees packed in. I tried being sick after overeating but my girlfriend found out and we fell out over it.

I find it hard to concentrate at work and waste time reading about dieting on the Internet. I spend ages in shops looking at calories but not buying much. I'm more sensitive to the cold and wrap up with other say it's too hot.

Being a 30 year old straight male, I wouldn't have thought I'd develop an eating disorder but it happened. I used to criticise anorexic skinny girls but now I sympathise with them.

Now the doctor told me I'm damaging my health more at my current weight than when I was overweight and need to put on a stone which is easier said than done.

Like you, I need to take control before it gets too bad. I know this could kill me if I don't do anything about it.

Depends, if you have been vomiting at least three timea a week for two months its bulimia, if youre counting calories, weighing yourself excessivley and are obsessed with food, anorexia then again could be ednos. But it couls also be just wanting some attention, to lose weight? But if youre publicly posting things about it, might not be an ed becauae usually girls with ed's are really secretive and lots of the times denie having one or wanting to get help. Maybe talk to a councellor or phycologist and if youre not diagnosed with an ed then you dont have one.

sorry hun but i dont think your developing an eating disorder.. you have one.. even if you only started doing all this recently, its not necesarily the action but the mindset. Stop cause the deeper you get into this the harder it is to get out. i know exactly where your coming from. but your body loves you and takes care of you, so you need to take care of it. We take to much for granted and focus too much on looks. Think of what you have, can you see? can you hear? can you talk? can you walk? these are things i never really loved my body for, but not everyone has this. im not extactic with my size but sometimes i can manage to be happy just for being me.

Yeah, you are using laxatives, binge & purge are unhappy about your body image etc. - you have a problem. Really, you should see a doctor and get some help with this.

For our American friends a stone = 14 lbs.

first of all ur friends are jackass's secondly do workouts and pack on muscles rather then fat thirdly what the hell is the weight of a stone?
sorry if i sound stupid im an american hehe

That is scary. YOU COULD DIE. Please tell someone that can help. There are people out there that care about you, and you should let yourself receive help.

My girlfriend is heavy and she knows it bothers me. The truth is after two years it doesn't bother me anymore and I hate seeing herself tear herself apart worrying about me leaving because of it.

Your not going to change your disorder because of some comments someone puts here. You need to change yourself. Please put your picture on your profile so people can truly comment on you.

I don't understand what you stated your weight was. What is a stone for a weight scale? The truth of the matter is as I MYSELF USED TO BE RATHER FAT, is that you don't want to ever go back to that way. However, a girl who is overly skinny is even uglier than a fat girl. Although I bitch and moan about my fiance from time to time, I truly would rather be with her if she is happy as a fatass than killing herself and being miserable as an anorexic.

There is a lot more important things in a relationship than sex and just be happy with who you are and who you are with. That is more important than weight. Just relax.
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I used to be fat and I dropped the weight. It is easier to prove something than just run your mouth so please feel free to see one of my links under my profile (Scroll down, don't know why.) to see what I looked like as a messy fat guy and how I look now.

Just be happy with yourself.

Please get help before you do serious damage to your body :(
When you have an eating disorder, it can be hard to see how far things have gone because it progresses in such a way that it becomes the normality for you.
You weight it fine for your height! I'm around the same as you.

Yes, you do. You should see a doctor.