My fundraising time has come to an end! I have managed to raise the £2000 thanks to all you guys and I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting me and keeping me going when I thought I couldn't do it. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Don't be worrying though...the weight will continue to go on! I have more targets :-) Love from Lucy X X X
UPDATE 4th November - Just got weighed! 7st!! 7 bloody stone!!! SCARED.COM
UPDATE 24th September - Weighed! Put on more weight! I'm too scared now to look and to write numbers...so I don't look but my Mum does! TERRIFIED. Up up we go!
UPDATE 29th July - I've been weighed! I have put on 6lbs!!!! :-D Absolutely terrified and scared, but everyone is so happy and that's the main thing! Up we go!
UPDATE 23rd July - Another quick update. My weight has kind of taken a back seat, for a number of reasons. I am definitely gaining weight and when an anorexic person gets weighed, it can start to focus very much on the numbers which then makes us feel like we need to lose weight again, so haven't weighed myself, but menu is huge. Seriously...eating like Michael Phelps. Not joking. And secondly, I have a number of other health problems (namely mind numbing nerve pain everywhere, anxiety, OCD and severe depression LOL) that we are focusing on fixing because it is excruciating! But definitely gaining weight :-D Thank you for continuing to support me, and helping me raise awareness of this horrible illness and everything that comes with it.
UPDATE 24th June - Quick update! Menu plan increased again! Next time I get weighed is in a month or whenever I can get to the blooming doctors (the number of holidays they take now! LOL). Eating like a mad woman! Lots of love, Lucy xxx xxx
UPDATE 12th May - Hiya guys...Had appointment today. So the steroids I was on made me lose weight. Great(!) So I've to stop taking them for two weeks, then try new ones. My menu plan is also being increased again!! I swear to god, I never stop eating LOL. My body is just not absorbing any of the food I am eating!! My doctor was dumbfounded - she just doesn't understand it. I fear I might end up being a case study and might have lots of weird nurses and doctors looking at me like an alien haha! (Gotta keep a sense of humour...) BUT I am so angry. I am trying so hard and my body is just refusing to work with me. I am trying, believe me I am. I'm sorry for letting everybody down. Again. Lots of love, Lucy xxx xxx P.S Thank you for believing in me.
UPDATE 28th April - Hey munchkins! Having trouble getting a doctors appointment to get weighed so I'm not sure when it's happening. Waiting for more test results, but I am taking more steroids and my menu plan has been increased so I'm doing all the right things! Onwards and upwards! Sorry for not being able to give you an exact number on my weight gain, hopefully within the next few weeks I will! Lots of love, Lucy xxx
UPDATE 17th April - Hi guys! Have increased my steroids so hopefully at my next weigh in, I shall see the numbers rising :-D The date for my next weigh-in is the 28th of April (been a big break because Doc has been on holibobs!) so stay tuned for the results! Fingers crossed!! Thanks for sticking with me :-) xxx
UPDATE 31st March - Hi guys! Just updating to say that the doctors are telling me that I need to increase the amount of steroids I'm taking, so that I am doing! Thank you all again :-) P.S Next weigh in is in three weeks! Bring it on!
UPDATE 17th March - Right, well I went to get weighed and unfortunately I havent put on anything YET. I am so sorry that I haven't and was so angry that I hadn't. I feel like I have let so many people down. I promise I am trying my damnedest and will continue to. AND anyway as one of my best friends on Twitter said, I least I haven't lost anything - what a bloody achievement that is!!! Go me! To be honest my weight kind of took a back seat because now I have problems with my adrenal glands and cortisol levels. Basically my adrenals don't work and I have no cortisol levels, both of which are kind of a crucial part of being alive. So basically I was told I was dying. But never fear - steroids appear!! So if I take these steroids, I will start to feel less tired, less sore and be able to put on weight (because right now my body cant absorb any food I am eating). SO next time I go to docs (in five weeks) hopefully I will be feeling a lot better, be weighing a lot more and be living a lot better!! :-D Sorry to be so blunt. It is up to you guys whether you want to keep giving...I certainly am going to keep eating (more and more) and sure enough I will get stronger and my weight will increase, of that I have no doubt because I know I can do it. Thank you for reading my nonsense. XXXX
Hello! I just want to say first of all, thank you for taking the time to visit this page and read my story :-) SO, here I go - this is the very very shortened version! Haha! My name is Lucy Taylor, I'm 23 years old and I'm from Glasgow, in Scotland, and I have suffered from anorexia for nearly 5 years now. I have been in and out of hospitals, and seen several psychiatrists, psychologists and other therapists, none of which have helped.
Since finding Twitter (and all the great people that it reaches) I have decided to grab the bull by the horns and just go for it, and get better!! I also want to inspire and show other people that are suffering with eating disorders that with the support of others and their/our own courage, we can beat it!!
I am now on a weight gain menu plan, and although it will be slow, I have decided to aim for a starting weight of 7 stone by December 2010 (right now I am 6 stone/38kg and am 5ft 11inches tall which gives me a BMI of 11.6 ). My next weigh in is on the 17th March so stay tuned. I can't believe I'm about to write this but I can't wait - I cant weight to be weighed and see the higher numbers! Haha! Never thought I'd say that in my life - and it's all down to the support of everyone who is behind me, sponsoring me and believing in me. So thank you. I am so touched that so many people care and want me to get better.
All I'm asking for is £1 for every 1lb I gain, more if you can or even just a one-off donation (no matter how small!)! Lets B-eat it by helping me beat it!
If you want to wait until I have revealed what my weight gain is (which will be every month) then you don't have to sponsor me now, but can wait to see how much I have gained and then sponsor. It is entirely up to you! SO, if you want to sponsor me, that would be amazing and would raise much needed money for the Eating Disorder charity B-eat! Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
P.S My profile picture is my motivational picture - that is how I look when I am well, and it is what I am aiming for :-D The reason I have posted a picture of myself looking healthy, rather than how I look now, is because 1) its give me motivation to see myself look healthy and happy 2) I dont want it to be triggering for other eating disorder sufferers, and 3) frankly, it is not a very pretty sight!! LOL.Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to read this!
Love Lucy xxx xxx
