Hmm, I don't think so. I've been doing this on and off for 8 years (yikes lol) and tbh, I think I've gotten better at restricting, when I want to. BUT my "set / comfy" bmi is higher than from when I was a teenager, and so restricting when I'm already underweight is harder as I'm "more underweight" for my body, if that makes sense.

 

Yeah. It's not so much about age though, but the length of time having an ED.

It's the equivalent of how easy riding a brand new bike is, as compared to riding one that's been around the block for years and is a bit rusty and dented.

 

Nope I've had an ED for 5 years now and yeah at the beginning fasting and low restricting was easier because I was at a higher weight but now close to my lowest weight it's still pretty easy and I have no problems still losing weight. But my body now has bad hypoglycemia from years of binging fasting and BPing so fasting is not safe for me anymore but restricting in General is easy. At this point I'm almost never hungry tbh I only BP sometimes because it's a coping mechanism not really because of hunger

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Imo age itself doesn't make much of a difference but yes it was easier as a teen. I high restrict since I care about my health though. It's more from lifestyle changes, mental differences, or doing it too long. As a teen there was more things out of my control that I couldn't cope with so it was easier for me to restrict. And I was way more mentally distressed. When in similar situations as an adult I don't have issues restricting but as an adult it's easier for me to improve my external circumstances or drink my cals in alcohol.
There's definitely times where I struggle to restrict but I think it's from restricting too long or too low. Or not allowing myself to fulfill cravings. Now I've held a bmi of 16.5 for years without much effort. While I was bmi 15.5 as a teen I was never able to maintain it.

 

So basically yes lol

 

Not necessarily
It depends on about 1000 factors like family if you do or dont have one, job, circumstances, environment, financial situations, ect

Age doesn't have much to do with it actually

 

Not for me, I've always struggled with it, but I find it more difficult the more you look at food. I watch Mukbangs anytime I'm awake, so the best thing is to keep yourself busy without getting food involved. I use to put a rubber band on my wrist so anytime I went to the kitchen to get only water I would flick it if I thought of getting food. I don't do that anymore, probably because I developed bulimia, but honestly water freaking works, man

 

Nah I'm fkn extinct now and it's still as easy as it was back when my ED first developed

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It's gotten much easier for me

 

Doesn't matter how old you are in years, it depends on how long you've had an active ED for. Your body accumulates trauma from starvation. I find restricting without bp impossible now at 19, but many 19yos see only now developing an ED and are effortlessly restricting to 200kcal a day. I've had my ED for 7+ years.

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I have more autonomy to restrict if I want to, but less tolerance for the negative effects and a greater voice in my mind saying “this will kill me” if I restrict too much. So in theory it’s easier to restrict, and when I’m depressed I can shift into that. But in reality my perspective is just different, especially since working and being more independent in general.

 

idk what everyone else in this thread is talking about i’ve had an ED for 18+ years and it’s so much harder now. i used to live off 300 calories a day now i get lightheaded even on high restriction.

 

Doesn't matter how old you are in years, it depends on how long you've had an active ED for. Your body accumulates trauma from starvation. I find restricting without bp impossible now at 19, but many 19yos see only now developing an ED and are effortlessly restricting to 200kcal a day. I've had my ED for 7+ years.

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Preach

 

yes, and also the longer you have an ed/how many times you relapse or weight restore. at 16 i fasted on milky tea for 6 months, from age 20-23 i just couldn't restrict at all lol finally back in the swing of it but yeah it changes sm depending on age and how hard u go​

 

i used to lose weight so fast and effortlessly but now if i don’t eat less than 500 cals i gain. i’m 21 now and developed my ed at around 13/14. really fucked up my metabolism and that’s really the only thing that’s harder. restricting still feels bearable.

 

Interesting question, in my experience I feel like now that I'm older with an ED I know what works and doesn't work, I know that if I restrict too low I pay for it later. Now that I'm older I've got a big girl job and can't afford to restrict like I did at 16 yrs old. Don't really know if it's because I'm older or just because I'm "more experienced" with an ED.

I had much less going on when I was younger i.e didn't have to pay bills, didn't have to work full-time, didn't have people around me depending on me etc, which heavily contributes to how I go about losing weight. If I were to faint or have a health scare now, everything would change in my life, I've got more things at stake now that I'm older.

If I was able to not work and just hang at home I'm sure I could get used to super low intake days like I did as a teen after awhile but it's like I genuinely can't, I got too much shit to do, I would probably be miserable too

 

Restriction is not affected by age (for me at least), but the severity of my ED, which fluctuates. Weight loss definitely gets harder, and the body declines at a bmi that was previously okay

 

I think it just depends on various factors going on in your life. I've had an ED off and on for 15 years and it's not any harder if I just stick to my plans. But when I was a teen it was so much easier to actually lose weight because I was a lot more active without having to put the effort in. So I can still restrict as easily, but my weight loss is slower because now I have to make actual effort to workout.

Also as I've gotten older (26 now) I've tried to be nicer to my body. So I won't low restrict as much as I used to

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Unfortunately, that is indeed the case. Not in the sense that its harder to stop yourself from eating, but rather that your body is less sturdy and can withstand less abuse than a teenage body.

 

My body definitely puts up more of a fight now; not only does it cling on to fat a lot more than before but the symptoms of restriction are harder to tolerate. Maintenance has dropped due to metabolic adaptation anyway and age certainly hasn’t helped matters for me, but I think it depends on the individual and maybe genetics.

 

idk what everyone else in this thread is talking about i've had an ED for 18+ years and it's so much harder now. i used to live off 300 calories a day now i get lightheaded even on high restriction.

+1
Having a full-time job and having to do adult shit is super physically and mentally draining for me. 300 cals just doesn't go as far as it used to, and stress eating is starting to become a problem for me.
When I was a teenager and college student I had much more free time on my hands and was overall less stressed so it was easier to focus on restricting.

 

Yes it’s much harder as you get older. Im in my late 30s now. I feel like my brain is less compulsive and impulsive. It’s harder to care if that makes sense. It’s harder to fight the urge to eat. I get less upset when I overeat. It’s like I’m a totally different person now than in my teens and 20s. Weight loss is a lot slower now and honestly other people my age are poor motivation for looking thin. In high school all the girls were thin and made me want to be like them. Now they are all obese and make me look thin when I’m normal. Sigh.

 

The people on here saying age doesn't matter and it's still as easy as it used to be... Seems like nobody here is 30+ and claiming for it to be as easy now as it was as a teenager. Our bodies can't handle this shit for decades without being seriously fucked up. Maybe restriction is still "easy" (ingrained for such a long time/killed hunger signals) but life with an eating disorder fucks up my body more and more each day and I'm only 25 (10 years ED). Can't imagine that I'll even be alive in 5 years if I continue to purge regularly. It used to be easy, now it's bloody and scary. Sorry ik this has been a lil off topic but yes it gets harder as you get older.

 

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Not for me. I've only gotten better and better at restricting. Though the better I get the more miserable I become.

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