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Miss Courtney
02-12-2005, 04:06 AM
I started my eating disorders when I was 14 now nearly 11 years later Im still struggling with it though Im so much better than I was.
Cianna
02-13-2005, 11:36 AM
Wow, I didn't know this happens to so many girls. I am 5'5 at 105 pounds and sometimes people have thought that I don't eat. But that's not the case, I eat as much food as I can get my hands on. I have a really high metabolism, amd small thin bones. I wish the opposite: that I could be like 15 pounds more!
Cianna
WyckedFoxx
02-14-2005, 08:17 PM
Well I have danced my entire life, so weight issues have been a major factor since I was about 11. I have always been stick thin (now I'm 5'6 3/4" 107lbs. ) When I was younger I was a full blown anorexic (I recovered through MEDA), but now I'm just too lazy to do that. I know it's bad, but I eat a lot, feel horribly guilty, then vomit it up or exercise it off. Actually, I have considered the field of exotic dancing for some time to feel more comfortable in my skin. Peace Out
Ohlala
02-14-2005, 09:00 PM
This is insane...I mean all of you are beautiful women (inside and out), and from this site everyone seems to have a great head on thier sholders...and yet, so many inner secrets. I have been bulimic since I was 12, so ten years, and now in recovery. I mentioned it in another thread. "Recovery rebellion" (RR) helped me it's an online website, to chat with other ED suffers. But for those of you (and I can tell there are many) who are still struggling, please get some proffessional help. Even your family doctor can start you off in the right direction, with referrals and tests that will check your electrolytes, and vitamin levels. Being thin is one thing, but being healthy....we all owe it to ourselves to take care of our bodies. It's like maintaing your house, we live it!
LilSweetVixen
03-16-2005, 02:08 PM
my roommate is currently bulimic. is there anything I can say or do?
secret
03-18-2005, 08:15 AM
I have and still am suffering from eating disorders. every now and then I will fast for a couple days and when I do eat I will throw up...its a constant battle everyday but I am starting to get back into exercising every day because I am trying to start dancing the beginning of the summer...hang in there everyone.
Ohlala
03-18-2005, 07:34 PM
LilSweetVixen ... I lost a good fiend of mine because she relized I was sick and tried helping me (we were roomates then)...my advice is if she is comfortable talking about it, try just listening. Eating disorders tend to be a resualt of inner pain/needs. Mention the recovery rebellion if you think she open to it? It allows her to explore and talk to others who relate to her. On the most part those who have an ED, don't recover unless they are wiling to face the emotional energy behind it...therefore, be her friend, be patient and try to understand there are probally many days where she doesn't even know why she does it??? Looking back I still can't explain it, I just know my life evolved around it.
reesexc
03-18-2005, 09:51 PM
I never had an eating disorder. When I was younger I used to be bigger than I am now (5'3 105 currently). Everyone in my familt was constantly telling me that I was too skinny. So I've always tried to gain weight..still trying and I eat a lot like Cianna said. I tend to think that out cultures have a bit of influence on how we perceive the weight issue. Being that I am African-American..we have a tendency to want to be a bit "thick". Like all my guy friends are like "we like our girls thick...reese you're pretty and I'd date you, but you gotta gain some weight" I think everyone has some issued with weight...society is so hard on us. Good luck to any of you ladies that are still battling with these issues and kudos to the ones that have gotten through them.
Celeste25
03-19-2005, 10:13 AM
Wow! alot of you have suffered from this... I cant believe it. Personally, I have never suffered from this, I'm one of the rare few that LOVES my body and my food. I've always been happy with the way I look.
Although eating has never been an issue for me, I dont gain weight very easily (I've been the same weight for almost 10 years now...), but at work i encounter a lot of girls who watch very carefully what they eat and know some who take drastic measures to do so. Cocaine, near starving when they work and the infamous bogus diets!! It makes me sad for them... I know anorexia and bulimia is a disease and it's not just something you can brush off easily... but most of the women I know who have a twisted relationship with food all have great bodies!!
My wish for all of you who suffered from this, is that you can have a healthy relationship with food and can recover the pleasure of eating again and learn to love your bodies. Live long and healthy!!