Pro-Anorexia

Anorexia is a serious condition. Not only physically, but mentally as well. I've seen friends suffer from this and it was devastating. It was destroying me that there was nothing I could do to help other than stay away because I am so thin, naturally, they saw my size as ideal. My weight was major health concern, but I was healthy, just didn't look it.

The only thing I suggest to people who wish to lose weight is to avoid potatoes, bananas, pasta and eat regular meals, don't miss them. Your body stores fat if you miss meals. Just eat healthy and low carb meals, and make sure you have 3 square meals a day. Even if you are only having a salad with no dressing. Just make sure you are getting all the nutrients that your body needs and that you aren't starving yourself in any way at all.

Be sensible with weight loss, because if you aren't, you will suffer for the rest of your life.

I have an idea exactly which PSAs you saw, and which chat room you viewed, as a matter of fact ...There’s only a few active ones around anymore. For a long time, actually, I held a rather respected position in a pro-anorexic chat room, having suffered from the disorder for four years now. Just this December did I part ways and now I’m in a partial-recovery.

So many people turn to starvation as a means of losing weight, but it’s far more likely that one would stay the same or even gain weight (after a period of starving, one tends to binge on anything she can get her hands on). It’s a disease that can turn deadly quickly. I’ve lost three friends because of this, and it very nearly cost me my own. Even if it isnt fatal, it’s lasting. One of my best friends used to handle marathon runs. He is now just able to run to the end of the street.

People so often see anorexia nervosa as a physical disease, and that’s how it’s treated. GAINWEIGHTGAINWEIGHTGAINWEIGHT, then we dump you, heavier and unhealthier than ever. Anorexia is a psychological disorder with physical and emotional side effects, not the other way around. It’s always been my philosophy that recovery must come with mental recovery first –forcing food on a person who is absolutely terrified of it is absurd; if you help them want to eat, the process will be much more effective and much less painful.

I reach out constantly to those who want a little stability in their lives and teach them how to live a healthy life. With health comes happiness, trust me.

You say you want to lose weight. An expert in the area (knowledge of proper nutrition and fitness DO go hand in hand with this disorder), I suggest you eat often with less calories per sitting. Try six meals a day, three hours apart, with 250-300 calories per sitting. That’s 1500-1800 calories a day. Eat fiber –it’s essential with weight loss. My favourite fiber food is FiberOne cereal; one serving gets you 57% of your daily intake if you eat 2000 calories a day. Bananas, apples, oranges, carrots, YOGURT. Yogurt has live cultures essential with weight loss. These cultures cannot be obtained any other way, so eat your yogurt. I suggest Yoplait YoPlus Vanilla or Raspberry flavour. Exercise no more than an hour a day, and alternate between strength and cardio. You can lose up to two pounds in a day. That’s not unhealthy at all, contrary to popular belief. Aim to lose about 10 pounds a month at most, though. Any more and you’re probably eating too little and / or exercise too much, which can lead to significant problems. Blood sugar goes mad, organs in a state of shock...

Good luck with your -healthy- weight loss.