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Thread Starter Medical Follow 6 hours ago 6h ago Never been diagnosed Never spoken about it 2yrs ago I ate below 10g carbs/600cals a day. My period stopped for 5months and I reached BMI of 16.5 (underweight). I think my symptoms would have been a diagnosis of anorexia (all be it the early stage). Fortunately/unfortunately I became very ill with mononucleosis (prob made worse by my weak body) which meant my mum (who kept telling me to stop weight loss) had to cook for me, to her delight. I was too ill to care so gained back weight (& a healthy bmi) so I was disgusted. once I was better that caused me to binge on foods that aren’t too bad but that I had banned like fruit, bread, yogurt. Sometimes I’d have a 400cal day to compensate so I maintained the weight I gained when ill. For the past month I’ve finally got back to below 10g carbs/< 500cals a day. I’m losing weight, haven’t had period in 2 months & I’m ne...
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