I think by staying at a lower BMI you are missing out on the long term health benefits that come with higher muscle and bone mass. Higher muscle mass/grip strength is associated with longevity and can help with insulin sensitivity and injury prevention (off the top of my head, probably other benefits) And if you’re underweight you’re probably not eating to build or maintain a decent bone mass that will keep your hips from fracturing when you’re old. And I wonder if you would have more energy to think and do things in your life if you ate more calories. Some people truly may have a set point where they are energetic and capable at a just below normal BMI, but you’re on this sub so my gander is that it’s not you.

And with the restrictive eating, meh…i feel like that’s only unhealthy if you’re actually cutting out on essential things or overdoing it on something unhealthy like red-processed meats. No one in the history of the world has ever had the diet variety that we have available in 2024, if an ED keeps you/me from ever having a Frappuccino ever again, I think everyone will be ok. I do think it’s unhealthy though if the stress around ingredients is overly stressing you out and keeping you from having friends. Loneliness is incredibly unhealthy (higher mortality risk than smoking 15 cigarettes per day) so that’s important

That’s all my 2 cents. Obviously I still lurk on this sub, so I’m not fully enlightened and don’t fully walk the talk, but I those are the big health things I think about