A woman has bravely spoken out about her decade-long battle to face down her secret eating disorder.
Amy Whittle always felt she 'wasn't thin enough' to have a problem but wants others to know you don't have to be underweight to be suffering from a serious condition.
Amy, 22, from Manchester, first developed an eating disorder almost a decade ago as eating the bare minimum to lose weight meant her hair fell out.
After a year, Amy began to put the weight back on but as soon as she started university she began to obsess over counting calories.
She would go for days only consuming liquids, eating soup and cereal in a bid to fulfil her perceived need to be 'thin'.She lost four and a half stone in just six months and continued her obsessive behaviour for four years, at her lowest point Amy weighed 8st 7lbs.
It wasn't until her partner caught her forcing herself to be sick that Amy finally admitted she had a problem, despite not fully believing it herself. The next day she was diagnosed with Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS).
EDNOS covers eating disorders that don't fit the full criteria of conditions such as Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa, where Amy found herself in a never-ending cycle of restricting, binging and purging.
Experts believe this form of eating disorder is under-reported and therefore less-treated and potentially the most deadly.
Now in recovery, Amy weighs 9st 12lbs, is a UK size eight and has started a blog, EDNOS and I, and is currently writing a book to help others.
Source :- mirror
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