I'm am 24,5'8 and weigh 6 stones.Been called anorexic a few times.But the question is am I really that skinny?

I'm am 24,5'8 and weigh 6 stones.Been called anorexic a few times.But the question is am I really that skinny?

What is 6 stones? In lbs or kilograms?

Please don't be offended but 6 stone sounds incredibly skinny. I would advise you to go & build some muscle immediately for the sake of your health. What is your nutrition like?

6 stone = 84lbs

Please don't be offended but 6 stone sounds incredibly skinny. I would advise you to go & build some muscle immediately for the sake of your health. What is your nutrition like?

6 stone = 84lbs

84 lbs is shockingly skinny for your height. But it doesn't mean you're anorexic. Some people just have have lightning fast metabolisms. But you still would undoubtedly be healthier and look better with more mass. What is your diet like? And exercise (if any)?

84 lbs is shockingly skinny for your height. But it doesn't mean you're anorexic. Some people just have have lightning fast metabolisms. But you still would undoubtedly be healthier and look better with more mass. What is your diet like? And exercise (if any)?

Have you seen a doctor and perhaps asked them? You may want to rule out any medical causes. It's hard to tell just from stats, but I agree that is very low weight. Although my mother was just under 5'10" at that age and weighed ~110 lbs, healthy but with a very slight frame, narrow shoulders and really no apparent muscle. She definitely was not anorexic and, according to my grandparents, ate like a starving horse ;)

WOW! :d_eek:

I'm am 24,5'8 and weigh 6 stones.Been called anorexic a few times.But the question is am I really that skinny?

If this is a serious post, then yes, you are very very skinny. I am not a doctor by any means, but I'm not sure you can be much skinnier than that and still be alive. If you are at that weight voluntarily, then that signals a problem to me.....and if you are at that weight INVOLUNTARILY, that signals a problem to me. You are quite underweight.....and I'd suggest talking to a doctor about it. You should be a good 50 pounds heavier at your height.


:gl:

Yes this is a serious post.

Yes this is a serious post.

Can you post your diet and what exercise you do? We can help you! :tu:

Karren, please post. I just talked to my girlfriend who's almost finished her medical studies & she's very concerned. Please re-check your weight & see a doctor immediately. Post your diet & maybe a little about your past (eating habits etc).

5'8 and 84 pounds? Yes, that is extremely skinny. Way to skinny for your height no matter what your bone structure is. Do you try to put on weight and you just can't? Or is your weight intentional? Do you exercise?

You're not necessarily anorexic, but you're definitely sick, either with an eating disorder, parasites, or something worse. Get that weight up!

I'd imagine this is pretty scary for you, but this'll be an easy problem to solve once you figure out what the problem is. You have to be honest with yourself, though, and that can be tough. But we're all pulling for you.

Karren, why won't you post & answer any of our questions? Are you afraid to? I was online several hours ago & i saw you were on here also. You've responded once & it seems to me that you wrote out of frustration; is it because you think you have a problem too? Is it because you read the responses & they all but confirmed what you suspected?

The people on the site are willing to help you but we can't if you don't post again. You may have some serious physical/mental health problems associated with your weight and, if so, they need to be addressed immediately.

If you're honestly happy with the way you are then fine, don't post, but you must go and see a doctor and have a check-up ASAP; if you're not happy, & are willing to seek help, I know that there are many people on this board waiting to offer you just that. Think about it...better yet, just post!!!

Do you exercise?Yes
Karren, Why won't you post & answer any of our questions? Is it because you think you have a problem too?I guess so.

Do you exercise?Yes
Karren, Why won't you post & answer any of our questions? Is it because you think you have a problem too?I guess so.

Please answer them. We'll do all we can to help you. We'll be gentle too, I promise. If someone's not, I'll go kick their ass. j/k. Seriously though, no judgement and no insults. Only good advice.

Well then talk to us; is it a pschological problem? You mentioned that some people think your anorexic...honestly, are you?

You mentioned that some people think your anorexic...honestly, are you? No

I'm glad to hear that. You responded earlier with "i guess so" to the question i posted; what do you think the problem could be?

You mentioned that some people think your anorexic...honestly, are you? No

Do you really try to put on weight or do you think you are fine at the weight you are at? Can you post an example of your daily diet? Please be honest. No one is here to judge you, we all just want to help but you are only giving bits and peices of information so it is hard.

((((HUGS))))

Hey Karren, I know it's hard to talk about, but rest assured you're not under attack. People here really are nice and just trying to get enough info to offer helpful suggestions :) I guess what we don't know is why your weight is so low (i.e. are you eating enough? is it some illness? are you an exeptionally light frame and bone structure with some combination of the above?) so any specific info you can give would help to clarify that.

Also, do you see a doctor annually? Has she or he commented on your weight and offered any thoughts? Do you feel that people are overreacting when they comment that you are "too thin" in real life?

Hope none of those questions seem too invasive :D

I hope you don't take it too seriously when people commented you as being anorexic. Really, it's just some stupid comments people used to say (especially in a country where people used to see bigger people). I believe rather than having an eating disorder, you're just one of those few people who have a very fast metabolism (which is supposedly a good thing). You seem to know that you're having a problem, would you mind sharing them with us, I believe some of us can really help you.

Also, do you see a doctor annually? Hardly ever see a doctor.

Karren is very reserved. Too bad. Go see a doctor Karren and know that JSF and its members are here for all the support you need.

Karren is very reserved. Too bad. Go see a doctor Karren and know that JSF and its members are here for all the support you need. That, or she's just a troll.

A person who is 5'8 and weights 84 lbs is probably 40-50 lbs underweight, and bordering on death.

Her BMI is 12.8. According to this chart (and others) she is well beyond "Anorexic"

Emaciated = UNDER 15 BMI
Anorexic = Under 17.5 BMI
Underweight = Under 19 BMI
Normal = 19 - 24 BMI
Overweight = 25 - 29 BMI


So my bets on a troll. :) Unless "she" wants to provide more information.

Mike

emaciated eh. didnt realize we were that low. hmmmm....
well if she is a troll she is not a very good one.

I'm not a troll.Somebody told me people were nice on here.Then again some are others aren't.

I'm not a troll.Somebody told me people were nice on here.I think not. Then give more information. Everybody here has been very supportive and willing to help if the numbers you gave are in fact true. It simply does not add up.


Mike

A person who is 5'8 and weights 84 lbs is probably 40-50 lbs underweight, and bordering on death. I want to die anyway.

Then give more information. Everybody here has been very supportive and willing to help if the numbers you gave are in fact true. It simply does not add up.


Mike

Asshole, she'll post if and when she feels comfortable. She knows (some of us) will try to help her if she does. Leave her alone. What's it to you?

A person who is 5'8 and weights 84 lbs is probably 40-50 lbs underweight, and bordering on death. I want to die anyway.

Oy...you're making it hard for me to defend you...

I'm not a troll.Somebody told me people were nice on here.Then again some are others aren't.

99% of us are nice; the other 1% gets tossed out on their ass if they're not. This is a tightly run ship - but we're skeptical, and rightly so given the information you've posted, about what we're gathering from your posts. I'm sure you can see where we're coming from on this issue. I'll have to agree with some of the previous posters that the numbers don't quite add up in your case. 85-lbs. and 5'6" puts you so far below your idea weight that it is scarcely believable.

If you'd like to put any doubts we may have about your identity or statistics to rest, please post a pictures of yourself so we can guage visually what you look like.

-R

Sorry about that last post Mike. Mike's right about one thing, Karren. If you are legitimate and earnest, we can't help until you give us more info. I suggest we all leave this thread alone until that happens.

I'm not sure how to approach this since the thread starter isn't giving us much to work with but here goes:

First, why did you come to this forum to ask that question? What answers or support were you looking for? The answer to your question is not something we can answer for you. It's not based on opinion. If you are indeed 5'8" and only 84lbs then you are underweight, skinny, emaciated, etc. There's nothing else to it.

So secondly, you need to see a professional if you are concerned about your weight. However, since you have made it clear that you have a desire to die, you probably don't want to see one. So what it is you do want? Why did you come here to find it?

This isn't a depression/suicide support forum. We are not doctors. We are not psychiatrists. We are a community of people sharing ideas, methods, experiences, and problems. We can share, but we cannot resolve. Only you can do that.

...the more you give us, the more we can give back.

Sorry about that last post Mike. Mike's right about one thing, Karren. If you are legitimate and earnest, we can't help until you give us more info. I suggest we all leave this thread alone until that happens. I'm not sure what I did to be called an asshole; in no way did I intend to come off that way. I guess this is a sensitive topic for some people.

I just wanted to throw out there the possibility of this person not being legitimate and more information was needed if she truely needs help. I tend to not trust people who's first post, on the day they sign up for membership, is some outrageous claim. (5'8 and 84lbs - Am I skinny?)

But as others have said, if what she said is true, a Doctor is the best help she can get right now.


Mike

Sorry jsb but I have a couple of things to say before I likely leave this thread:

Karren, time for some tough love ( i apologise in advance for sounding like an @$$hole). If you're reading this, then you know you have a problem or else it's unlikely you would have returned to this site (or you are indeed getting off on worrying us); by responding previously, only to hide again, implies that you need to reach out to someone but are afraid. Why take a couple of steps closer to solving your problem, and then give up & hide? What's to fear? Is it that you think we'll judge you? Do you think we'll look down on you? Well I don't look down on or judge negatively anyone who can confront their problems head on and is strong enough to ask for help if they need it...i repect them.

I will however judge you and your character by your actions in the next few minutes; if you post with some real information that enables us to help you, then you have my respect, & you have my support. There's a difference between being afraid, and being a coward, don’t be a coward. Why did you sign up here? Why did you start this thread in the first place? Think about those questions.

There is one great thing about knowing you have a problem...you can try and find a way to solve it. You know (unless you’re f***ing with us) that you have a problem, so why not let us help you try and solve it? You must surely know that hoping it's just magically going to go way is wishful thinking at its worst. I ask again: Why did you sign up here? Why did you start this thread in the first place? More importantly, why are you wasting your own time & ours by simply responding with useless info: “I want to die anyway”?!? Bull$hit!! You wouldn’t be here if that were true. You’re either reaching out to us or f***ing with us; I don’t believe your f***ing with us.
You are going about everything the wrong way though.

Now, if you’d like some help, I suggest you actually show us respect, as well as yourself & post before people decide that you’re nothing but a troll & give up on you. Once again I apologize for sounding like a dick, but I believe it’s for your own benefit. Let us help you :nod:

I tend to not trust people who's first post, on the day they sign up for membership, is some outrageous claim. (5'8 and 84lbs - Am I skinny?)You don't have to trust me but I know that what I'm saying is true.

Why did you start this thread in the first place? To get help.

And how are you going to get that exactly unless you give us something?

So what do you think your problem could be? Do you know what it is?

You don't have to trust me but I know that what I'm saying is true. How can we help you if we don't know you are telling us the truth?

What do you want help with?


Mike

Why did you start this thread in the first place? To get help.

Nobody can help you unless you post your diet and exericse. Please do that. Otherwise, there's no point in the continuation of this post. Mike, I apologize.

Do you know what it is? No

Have you always been very underweight?

Okay Karen, you have 2 minutes to respond with something productive that we can give you advise on, or i'm one less person that's gonna be there for you right now. I don't always believe in the whole, do it when you're ready thing, because i think it's another excuse to hide behind for most people. You made the effort to sign up here and you posted, that means your ready to talk, you're just afraid i guess. However, that reason is not gonna cut it forever, if you want help, then post something productive (about your nutrition etc.) before myself, and soon enough, everyone else, leaves and ignores you and then you're right back where you started. We want to help, but you're insulting us; whether that's your intention or not, that's what you're doing. 2 minutes karren.

Meh, she is an attention seeking troll. Contacting a moderator to have the thread deleted/locked.

I also agree...it seems like she is trying to get some attention and we are all falling prey to providing her with just that. I think it would be best to either close the thread or at least not have anyone respond until we get something legitimate out of her. I tried PM'ing her to help her out and to let her know that she can talk to a female if she feels like it but again, no response there. :confused:

I also agree...it seems like she is trying to get some attention and we are all falling prey to providing her with just that. I think it would be best to either close the thread or at least not have anyone respond until we get something legitimate out of her. I tried PM'ing her to help her out and to let her know that she can talk to a female if she feels like it but again, no response there. :confused:

We should all just leave the thread alone. I'm done with it unless diet and exercise is posted. I don't like being ineffectual, and there's no way I can help unless she posts diet and exercise. If she's not a troll and is indeed legitimate and just reticent to post, then I'm sorry. But that's nothing anyone on these forums can control, and there's nothing we can do.

Have you always been very underweight?Always been a bit underweight but not as underweight as I am now.

Ok so how's your diet? what do you usually eat and how much? Do you excercise?

Always been a bit underweight but not as underweight as I am now.
So what's changed? Have you been on some sort of diet?

Have you been on some sort of diet? No

What are you eating?

Goodbye Karren

Let's declare this thread officially closed, shall we? I think it's getting on everyone's nerves.

Ok so how's your diet? what do you usually eat and how much? Normally have fruit for breakfast,toast or a sandwich for lunch,sometimes I don't have any lunch though,I often have different things for dinner each night and for supper (Don't always have supper) I have fruit.Do you excercise?Yes.

if it sounds like a troll ......
and it looks like a troll .....
and it talks like a troll .....


its a troll !!!! :spaz:

Do you eat any protein at all? Meat, eggs etc?

Steve, maybe i'm an idiot but i like to give people the benefit of the doubt; you may be right & i'm wasting my time but i don't like the idea of leaving someone who may have a problem of this magnitue to have to deal with it on their own. Karren, if this is legit, then thanks for posting, continue to do so & i'll do my best to help but be warned, any more messing around & i'm gone.

I eat eggs don't eat much meat though.

Okay well you must find a way to eat more protein; proteins contains essential amino acids which your body needs. If you don't eat food containing these amino acids your body can only get them by breaking down your own muscles to get them. The less muscle you have the more health problems you will have. It's a lot more complicated then that but that's just a basic idea. Fish, lowfat/non-fat cheese & milk products are also excellent sources of protein. Do you eat any of these?

never give people the benifit of the doubt on the internet.
+ she comes here claiming she's seeking help, yet provides almost 0 information.
+ when she DOES post, it's usually a 1-6 word response telling us nothing
+ she center-aligns everything. (drives people crazy)

Although, not being able to speak much english is possible, but i think there's translaters out there.

my vote is troll
and if not troll, then she needs to post a little more than 1 word answers for anyone to help.
she's skinny, not mute. :tu:

Okay well you must find a way to eat more protein; proteins contains essential amino acids which your body needs. If you don't eat food containing these amino acids your body can only get them by breaking down your own muscles to get them. The less muscle you have the more health problems you will have. It's a lot more complicated then that but that's just a basic idea. Fish, lowfat/non-fat cheese & milk products are also excellent sources of protein. Do you eat any of these? I eat fish.

never give people the benifit of the doubt on the internet.
+ she comes here claiming she's seeking help, yet provides almost 0 information.
+ when she DOES post, it's usually a 1-6 word response telling us nothing
+ she center-aligns everything. (drives people crazy)

Although, not being able to speak much english is possible, but i think there's translaters out there.

my vote is troll
and if not troll, then she needs to post a little more than 1 word answers for anyone to help.
she's skinny, not mute. :tu:

I said it earlier and I'm goin with who on this , this is a troll.

Sean , you said respond or I'm gone and all of a sudden ya get a 1 sentence response from "her" ..........troll ............ throwin ya pieces so "she" can keep the troll thread goin. I'm out , no more from me on this one.

Ok, so fish & eggs so far; you said you don't eat much meat, is that because you don't like it?

I eat fish.
ok, plain and simple - you need to eat more.
+ try to hit around 2000 calories a day.
+ + if after 2 weeks of this you gain no weight, bump it up to 2300 cal a day.
+ + + try to have a good amount of protien in every meal.
+ + + if this doesnt work, keep bumping it up.
+ eat alot of oatmeal, whole grain breads, etc.
+ if you're doing some kind of cardio excersize right now (running/biking/walking) ... stop. only excersizes you should be doing is resting and weight training.

keep eating more and more until you're gaining weight.
k, so that covers the case of her NOT being a troll. end of discussion either way. :gl:

I said it earlier and I'm goin with who on this , this is a troll.

Sean , you said respond or I'm gone and all of a sudden ya get a 1 sentence response from "her" ..........troll ............ throwin ya pieces so "she" can keep the troll thread goin. I'm out , no more from me on this one. I said this before and I will say it again I am not a troll.

Ok, so fish & eggs so far; you said you don't eat much meat, is that because you don't like it? Yes.

With what tiny bit of info you provided about your diet I would say....eat more. You sometimes don't eat lunch and sometimes don't eat supper and you have fruit for breakfast? You are most definitely eating under 1000 calories a day plus you are exercising? You should be eating WAY WAY more than that. My advise would be to see a doctor for you depression and then a nutritionalist to give you a good diet to put some weight back on you. Often people who are depressed know they are spiraling (sp?) out of control but are still too depressed to do anything about it (vicious cycle) You have to take that first step, Karren. With depression medicine, you will feel like a new person...a person who WANTS to take care of their body and eat. Please get help soon.

but would a troll say "i'm not a troll" when confronted?
and how would one prove they're not a troll if they truely werent?

it's an interesting science really - kinda like the witch hunts of the old days.
the only way for them to prove they werent a witch was to die drowning. (lose/lose situation)

Thank you everybody who is helping or has helped!

Thank you everybody who is helping or has helped!
Do you have any pictures?

ok, plain and simple - you need to eat more.
+ try to hit around 2000 calories a day.
+ + if after 2 weeks of this you gain no weight, bump it up to 2300 cal a day.
+ + + try to have a good amount of protien in every meal.
+ + + if this doesnt work, keep bumping it up.
+ eat alot of oatmeal, whole grain breads, etc.
+ if you're doing some kind of cardio excersize right now (running/biking/walking) ... stop. only excersizes you should be doing is resting and weight training.

keep eating more and more until you're gaining weight
You may not like his tone Karren but he's right.
Thank you everybody who is helping or has helped!You're welcome, but here is how you prove you're not a troll and that you honestly want to help yourself:

Read through these:

http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=12811
http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=16232

One is about weight loss but obviously ignore that aspect but just read the info, it'll give you some idea of how you should eat. Read it, devise a plan for yourself & follow the guides; just increase the food amounts so that you are gaining weight, not losing it or staying where you are. Once you read the links, come back to us & post a plan for yourself and we will critique it for you. As far as exercising goes, you need to find a way to build some muscle as soon as possible; there will be info about this in the links but we can help you if you need it once you post a plan. Do this and prove how serious you are :tu: .

:rolleyes: at this whole thread.

I'd appreciate it if you guys would report posts that violate the rules instead of responding to them. This is an obvious troll.

Name calling will not be tolerated. You know who you are. First and last warning.