16 is my goal BMI and I wonder how living with it feels and looks? I really want that fragile underweight look but I don’t want to look obviously anorexic. It feels like BMI 16 might be it but I am not sure… Do people assume you have an ED at BMI 16? I want to look underweight but I don’t want to seem unhealthy… So I just wonder how unhealthy BMI 16 really is?
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BMI 16, your experience
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At 16 with an extremely low BF% I would say my 2 biggest complaints were the intense anxiety and much it hurt to sit and even lay down. Other than being miserable 24/7 and missing out on life in its entirety, it was just great.
From memory it wasn't too bad. I was tired and cold a lot of the time, yellow-tinged skin, and I could only really sit on sofas because other chairs hurt. Also random heart pain
Doesn't sound great, but I still felt invalid as I didn't display or feel some more 'extreme' symptoms, plus my actual body composition/shape looked in the healthy bmi range
Doesn't sound great, but I still felt invalid as I didn't display or feel some more 'extreme' symptoms, plus my actual body composition/shape looked in the healthy bmi range
Honestly, I don’t know. I hit BMI 16 a few months ago, (I have my ED since like a year now) and I still think I look fat (duh). Everyone sees that I’m thin and even skinny maybe, especially my family. My friends always keep telling me how slim/thin/skinny I am, but I don’t think they suspect anything. Or at least they don’t tell me that. But usually when I’m around them, I eat more. Obviously I don’t want to stay at this weight, but it’s quiet comfortable, actually. Like the previous ones said, I can see my bones very well, but still can hide my body for other people.
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