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Three Fitness Habits

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Does this sound like an eating disorder?

I am a 17 year old female. I am overweight but i acknowledge my eating habits are not normal.
I often go on diets that are drastic as I am able to lose over 10 kgs in 3 days. During these times i eat around 250-500 calories a day. I can go on these diets for up to three weeks at a time, losing around 15kgs. Then i get bored and sick of it. I then go and eat whatever I want but then purge after every meal, gradually putting the weight back on. So then the cycle starts all over again.
I do around 10 hours of exercise a week, so I have a high level of fitness.
I also suffer from mild OCD, Trichotillomania, frequent anxiety, panic attacks and suicidal thoughts.

I was wondering if this sounds like I have an eating disorder and if i continue to do the drastic diet only (without the purging part etc.), will it cause me to lose a lot of weight?

OMG! YES you do! I am a recovering anorexic and I also compulsively exercised (Like 6-8 hrs a day, like I went to school, came home, and exercised and went to sleep! WOW, I had NO life!) 10 kg in 3 days actually sounds pretty impossible and unhealthy, so there is an obvious problem! SO is the 250-500 calories! You start out by lowering by a bit, and suddenly, you keep lowering and lowering! My initial caloric intake goal was 1500, and that somehow became like 100 in the long run!

Chances are you won't lose any weight permanently, and you will slow your metabolism in the long run! There is no chance that you will be able to not eat for so long without giving up and binging, and if you can, that's a problem because it means you are anorexic!

It sounds like the beginning of an eating disorder, but not a full blown one! DO NOT let this continue! Solve your problem before it starts! YOU DON"T want to be put on bed rest with a tube stuck in your throat to force feed you like I was, and like millions of girls have to suffer through to stay alive! If you are concerned of having an eating disorder, it's clearly not a full blown one because most eating disordered girls think their behavior is normal, or they try to hide it or they deny it! It seems like you want to get better which is a GREAT STEP in the RIGHT DIRECTION!