Any advice for a 40+ grandmother who has had anorexia off and on for over 30 years?

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I "purged" for 30 years by over-exercising ( 7 hours a day) and yet managed to raise four outstanding children who are now young adults. This disease almost took my life two years ago when I reprioritized my life. My family bacame my priority, not my weight. However, I am still scared to death that people look at me and think I am fat. Even though I wear size six when I look in the mirror I see a grotesque, obese body. I damaged my heart with the deprivation of food for so many years and the overexercising. Yet I still want to lose weight and burn calories by exercising. Why can't I get over this? I struggle every single day. Eventhough I am blessed with a husband of 25 years, four fabulous children, and an adorable grandson, I still worry about my weight and size. However, I must say I am in a better place than I have been since I was 13 years old. I can eat things I would never touch before, and I do eat regularly, but am always scared that I will gain weight . HELP!

Answers:
i, for one,
never look at an anorexic person and say the word fat.
dont be so hard on yourself. do this:
go out and look at all the fat people at places like walmart and mcdonalds.
then look at you. see how skinny you are? see how fit you can be if you stop worrying?
dont ever,EVER look in the mirror and say you are fat.
what you SHOULD do is look in the mirror and say, wow, my hair looks fabulous or sheesh, this dress is gorgeous, or gosh, look at how sexy these shoes make my legs look. i suggest making a list of things you LOVE about yourself. every day try to get in at least 5, and after a while raise the bar to about 20 things you llike about yourself everyday.
the most important thing is to just limit your exersising. dont hurt yourself!
also, just know that the more you worry about things like this, the more it is imprinted in your brain. dont let the silliest thing as wieght ruin you life!
live a little!

Other Answers:
u have to know u r beautiful for who you are.no one in the world has the perfect weight, size, smile, ears, hair.etc.but u must look at how much fun it is to be imperfect..take a step back and look at u through someone elses eyes.to me u sound very accomplished and like u have a great family .look to them for support in ur hardest times!! dont worry ..ilu

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