What do you think about Anorexia

Man it is nasty looking. But I do understand where they come from. When I was 15 years old I weighed in at 196. I was heading down that road. So I just stopped eating and I worked out 3 times a day. By the end of the school year I weighed in at 115. My friends and family saw what was going on and I went to see a counsler. It did work for me bacause I understand the need to food in my body. But to this day... 11 years later, one kid and being married I weigh in at 125. I still think I am huge tho. I most likly will for the rest of my life. But that is something that I have to overcome. I also know now I have to remain healthy for my child! I wish that every one would see it like this.

Anorexia is a very real, naturally-happening, devistating disease. I suffered from it when I was in high school and got down to the high 80s before I was helped. I HATE when girls call it is a "lifestyle" and purposefully want to be anorexic. It is almost an insult to real anorexics who don't know how they got there and don't know how to stop. I didn't realize I was anorexic. I was not fat before hand!!! I was always a naturally skinny girl, 5'5'' and about 105-115 pounds at my natural weight. Then over the course of a summer I just wasn't hungry anymore, so I only ate one meal a day and when I did eat, it was comfort food like hotdogs or peanut butter and jelly. Finally, right before I graduated I got down to the 80s and my friends started talking to me about it. I still felt fine and didn't know I had a problem. Finally I saw a doctor but I wasn't hospitalized because I was already scheduled to go into the Marine Corps in a couple weeks. The Marines cured me because I had to eat 3 square meals a day and finish everything on my plate. At first I thought it would feel strange to eat that much but we were constantly exercising so I was super hungry at every meal. When I left bootcamp I was 124 but I settled back down to 115 and stayed there.

I know you people are going to think I am a terrible person for this, but i really find girls that are super skinny very attractive. I went out with a 19 year old girl that weighed 93lbs. The mental problems these girls have are weird, I can't relate and I am not even going to try.

I think it's extremely sad that a person would have such a screwed up body image to do that to themselves.Bulimia isn't any better or healthier.There's something wrong with a culture that praises youth and thinness to the point women starve,throw up or use surgery to obtain that ideal.When are we going to realize that not everyone was meant to be thin and learn to except ourselves as we are?

i think it is when you cross the limit.

People with anorexia typically have serious self-esteem issues. If they come here and see people using words like "nasty" and "ugly" and "ewww" and "ick" it will not help them. Please try to be at least a little bit more sensitive, people.

I think it is very sad that People put themselves through that but I guess it is also a bit of the mental side that is causing it like insecure, thinking you are worthless and main thing thinking you are fat when you are not I feel sorry for these People and I really hope they get help

i think it's a very great problem especially for young girls, and it's difficult to help them

very beautiful and mysterious place! i hope i willgo there onday to visit~

I think that it is horrible. I dont understand how people can see themselves that skinny and think it looks good or want to be any skinnier. However I do admire the willpower of anorexics!

i think its something that can be cured. its mostly in peoples minds. its a sad disorder because it can be fully preventable...and todays society doesn't help the young girls (or boys) with the way we think a prefect body should be.

its a very nasty disiese I think young people that get into that point dont really know what they are doing with their lifes. Starving to be ugly! What a silly ideia! I totally think that being to thin is being to ugly!

I think the disease warps how you see yourself. I look in the mirror now and I'm almost at my heaviest weight ever but I do not look fat in the mirror. But when I weighed 92 pounds and was nearly admitted into a treatment facility, I thought I looked like I weighed 200 pounds in the mirror.

Very dangerous.

This is terrible.Its something I dont understand.

I am sad for people who have anorexia. I've never had that myself, but I see many who do. Especially women who starve themselves during pregnancy. These women do not provide the necessary nutrients to sustain a healthy pregnancy, nor are they providing enough nutrition for their preborn baby to grow and develop to genetic capacity. The placenta suffers also. Placental insufficiency is one example. Adherant placenta is another example. Premature birth is an example. Low birth weight and very low birth weight are other examples. Toxemia and preeclampsia are also examples. Please visit my website, Auntie Natal 911 http://www.auntienatal911.com

my goodness that's ghastly...thanks for the info...

Wel... Its really deadly...

if i could do it, i tell u, i would. i have a problem loosing weight and it's affecting my shopping spree! lol! i cant buy clothes coz they dont fit my size. i dont know what else to do, but i am desperate. if i can only do that or be bulimic, i will. but i cant

Anorexia is a disease. It needs to be treated. The craze for thin models has fueled this. We need to change the perception of beauty.