Okay. Let me see if I can make this easier. Back in 1987, I successfully dumped 85 lbs. I had then and continued to have an ED. Here's what to understand. EDs come in many flavors, pardon the pun. They range from overeating, and what is euphemistically referred to as "disordered eating. " Last I checked there were twelve, although it depends on where you do your research. When I began with my food journey, I had anorexia, which morphed into bulimia pretty quickly, then into an OCD, the same one my namesake aunt had many years ago. She would chew food up and spit it back into a cup without swallowing anyrthing, which is different from many other disorders. While I ate healthy, I ruined my teeth, and lost all of them. So while in some ways you could argue that this didn't do as much damage as some, financially it was horrific, I lost decades doing this, and nearly disabled myself with loss of bone in my jaw. I also have a distinct wrinkle pattern around my mouth from years of doing just that. There is nothing you can do around disordered eating that is good. So yeah, I exercised, stayed thin, but I had what I called a C&S habit, which I finally broke forever ten years ago this month. EDs have many faces, they are all evil, and they all take a toll. I was thin, fit, and caught in an evil cycle and unable to stop it for a very long time. It had nothing to do with hunger. It rarely ever does. It had to do with internal pain from sexual assault, incest and rape. I hope that answers your question. It was wickedly hard to maintain both, but the beginning of the end for me was 1) i found out that one of my rapists had died, and 2) I was able to find my funny,. Otherwise, I'd have taken my life by now. Not a joke. This is hard work.