Is it normal to want to be underweight but not anorexic?

Is it normal to want to lose just enough weight to be barely underweight, but not want to be anorexic. I would not stop eating to get underweight. I know I need nutrients. If it happens, its what I want, but I won't do anything to force it to happen. Can't this be done safely? I'm 117. I don't have to lose any weight. I don't think I'm fat either. I like lightness, a safe lightness. I've seen enough anorexic images. No, I do not want to look like that. I don't want to be 100lbs either.

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  • modernism

    Anorexia isn't defined by how thin someone is. It's an eating disorder. Someone could be dangerously skinny and not anorexic. Just the same, someone could be at an average weight and be anorexic.

    Regardless, you shouldn't be aiming to be anything but what's healthy for YOU. There's no way you can be underweight and at a healthy weight, just like you can't be overweight and at a healthy weight. It's contradictory. Look at your BMI. As long as you stay in a healthy zone (specific to your height and body build), you should be alright.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Take it from someone who has both had annotexia and spent many years their life being underweight (Heck! I might still be considered underweight!) - its not always a pleasant experience just being underweight. Even if you eat healthy, If you're underweight you'll be bound to experience some form of negative health impacts. While some parts of society may still see an appeal in being underweight, I no longer can. I used to look very bizarre, to put it lightly. Then, downright ghoulish and of the living dead. I don't like the feeling of being chronically weakend and easily toppled over from a gust of wind. We both have very different ideals, which is fine so long as you don't end up developing anorexia. I just can't for the life of me wrap my head around the appeal you find in this. Be safe.

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    • annotexia? LOL! LOL!

      I'm not looking to become weak or anything like that. But, having been about 105 when I was running cross country, I really liked it. Maybe I'm confusing the feeling of really good fitness I had, instead of just weight loss to be lighter. Happy that you recovered from that. Seems like everyone I know has had anorexia at least once.

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      • Avant-Garde

        Ah! This silly phone... Lol.

        I think it's definitely a possibility that you've been confusing the two. When I recently started to care about flab and wanting to be tighter, I confused it at first, with a return of anorexia!

        Thanks. It's so sad how common anorexia has become. I think society is mostly to blame.

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