ACI – Vancouver

Currently,I am waiting to start a college course next september,and I am unemployed.I have been offered a chance to go on a work experience placement to Vancouver or Montreal at the beginning of Febuary.Its a great opportunity.Flights and accomodation paid for,and a qualificatin in IT,and the chance to choose what I would like to do as experience there.

The problems are,I am struggling with anorexia/bulimia,which my mum vaguely has an idea about,because of noticeable weight loss,and Im basically just not very well.I have struggled for 4 and a half years now with this and for the past seven months I ate 200-700 calories a day,and exercised a lot befor that.Most days 500 calories.The past two days I have made (another)effort to start eating,but binged and purged massivly yesterday,and I ate breakfast,but am now thinking how to exercise it off and am terrified of gaining weight.I know canada will be very cold at the time I want to go,and as it is I am freezing a lot of the time in the uk.Am I well enough to go?I really,really want to.

I also feel terrible about what Im putting my family through with my eating,but they don’t exactly know,although my mum is worried.

If you can get some intensive help with this now, maybe by February you will be healthy enough to go to Vancouver. This certainly could be a very motivating goal for you to work towards. If you go to Vancouver it would be important to make sure you are still receiving treatment for your eating disorder. I hope you will be feeling better so you can pursue this goal. Good Luck.