I am a 28 years old woman, I lost 10KG and I feel sexy.

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I am not 100% if this is an eating disorder as i'm not that bothered about my weight however since being diagnosed I only feel happy if I am controlling every carb that goes into my mouth and I know exactly how much insulin to take, it makes me feel obsessive about food as I dream about what I can eat/cook that doesn't involve carbs going into my body, it feels like an eating disorder and I feel really guilty or down if I eat crisps or anything that I know will cause my spike my sugar levels even though I am injecting but I just get so worried about my levels rising all the time and I feel like i'm constantly on edge to get it right - does that fall into an eating disorder category ?

Yes I think this is definitely under the category of disordered eating, with e.d's the criteria is when the thoughts about food are interrupting your day to day life and especially the guilt aspect. Are you able to ask your diabetes specialist for a specific e.d person to talk to? It's really hard and if you want I can probably offer more advice from more information if you wanted you can message me?

I know how difficult both diabetes an controlling eating thoughts are.

Hope you are ok x



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