EDs

"Because the mirror hurts more than hunger"

Being the kind of person who talks about food constantly, and knows everything about nutrition, I feel like I should give my opinion on this.

I'll give no comment on my personal experience with it, this isn't gossip...

Please girls. I don't ever want to hear again "I'm not eating, I'm on a diet". Neither "I'm being healthy" because that's just a different way of saying you wanna lose weight.

If you're serious about it, eat less sweets, that'll get you a long way. Don't "diet" because you don't know what you're doing.

And FOR FUCKS SAKE DO NOT VOMIT. NOT EVEN ONCE. You do it twice and you won't be able to stop anymore. It'll haunt you forever. You'll be tired and dizzy and you won't even be thin because you don't get rid of all you eat, no matter how long you're at it.

You could die from it. And not from starvation, but from your organs failing.

And this thing with starving, if you don't eat, yes your body will use your fat for energy. It will not use the fat around your stomach and legs though, but the fat lining your heart, kidney, etc. and your body will be damaged for the rest of your life. Plus you'll never be able to eat normally again because you're metabolism will be fucked up and your body wont ever burn as many calories again, even if you start eating slowly.

Not to mention how you'll feel about yourself. If you eat normally your ED will make you feel disgusting, if you starve or purge you'll still feel bad because you know it's not right.

And also, realize one thing: You can't become anorexic from free will. And I've heard too many complaints from girls who wish they could make themselves vomit. You don't chose that, it finds you and traps you. Just know that it's a really big deal if you feel like taking any drastic measures to lose weight and if you feel like you want to go with it, tell someone right away.

The sooner you fix it the easier it is to fix. On average, people with EDs wait 7 years before looking for help. Don't spend the next 7 years bent over a toilet.

x

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