Also recovering from an eating disorder here (bulimia - with heavy restricting periods) and just trying to lose the last few pounds healthly. Basically, it's the last couple of pounds before I get back to the "beginning" i.e. before I started really messing around with food.

At risk of sounding over-protective here, it worries me, Perfect, that you'll like to lose another ten pounds otherwise you'll worry about slipping back into eating disordered behaviour. It may or may not happen to you but I know that it's all to easy to slip into that "Oh, I've reached my goal weight...not happy....I'll lower my goal weight" mindset. In other words, if you want somebody to keep you in check, I'm here. (And it would also be majorly helpful if somebody slapped me if I start doing that!).

I recovered from anorexia after having it from the young age of 12, and now i'm 18. I think the longest i went with absolutely no food (only water) was about a month. I was down to 90 lbs. about a year and a half ago and almost didn't live. I started going to 7 different doctors and now see my nutritionist regularly. When i went through the re-feeding process i binged (wasn't really my fault, my body wanted it) and went up to about 155 lbs. in a few months and felt horrible. It's been so hard but i've lost over 40 lbs. the healthy way since the summer on 1500 calories a day. I'm 5 foot 2 and want to be about 112 lbs. I feel better than ever and only have about 5 more to lose. Also something that's really important for everyone here to know, all my doctors that are trained in this area say that it's wrong to only add 5 lbs for every inch you're above 5 feet. That is what insurance companies say because they want to pay less. In reality, a person my height (5'2) should be 115, a person say 5'5 should be 130 lbs and so on. You completely have to keep in mind your menstral threshhold (the least you must weigh to keep getting your period the healthy way). Insurance doesn't even think in those terms. Eating disorder professionals can calculate this for you and majority of the time it's above what the "cliche" weight is. Unfortunately we will carry our e.d. habits our whole lives, but surrounded by the right people who support and love us and realizing how sweet life can be will keep you strong. If i can do it so can you! Good luck!

What do you mean by this? Add 5 lbs per inch to what?

People always say that a person who is 5 feet tall should be 100 pounds. Then every inch above 5 feet you are, you're suppose to add 5 pounds. So a person 5'1=105 lbs., a person 5'2=110, a person 5'3=115. But apparently that's just what insurance companies say so they have to pay less. In reality, your weight should be a few pounds more than that. At least that's what I've been told by almost 10 different doctors, and I've been treated by some of the highest ranked nutritionists in the Midwest. Hope this helps you . . . sorry if I didn't explain it well enough for you.

No, it's OK - I just never heard that before and you obviously said it expecting everyone to know what you were talking about. I understand now.

I have never been told by an insurance company what my weight should be though - LOL! I go by BMI.

Well, insurance companies don't just come out and tell you. The government is in charge of regulating health books and they publish that, so people read the charts and believe it. They don't keep in mind menstral threshhold and whatnot. Have a good day!