From Kate, Age 15 - 08/09/01 - IP#: 12.79.37.xxx Click here to reply
Several people have posted messages about eating disorders, and I'd like to say my piece, as well. After being aneroxic (as well as purging food when I was backed into eating) for three years, I have finally started on the road to recovery. Some people seem to think that being aneroxic or bulimic means being thin and nothing else. During my years of severely restricting my food intake and forcing myself to throw up what I did eat, I lost so much more than weight. Whenever I went to brush or even touch my hair, it would come out in huge clumps in my hands due to a protein deficiency. I am very into singing, but purging so often left my glands swollen and my throat sore. I have the beginnings of osteoperosis which has no cure and it will only get worse as I get older. Because of this, I am no longer allowed to swim on my school's team- something I greatly enjoyed. When my parents finally realized that I had an eating disorder, they took me out of school so I could go into treatment at a hospital. I missed months of important education, and when I finally did go back to school people didn't stop gossipping for weeks. This is the norm for an eating disorder patient- I was no exception. Now that I am recovered and have reached a healthy weight, my life has changed completely for the better. Although I'm sad about the things I lost because of my eating disorder, I'm grateful that I was able to recover. So all you people who think aneroxic is cool, I think you need to ask yourselves: how cool is it to have permanent bone damage, lose hair, and finally leave school in the middle of the year to get treatment? Obesity isn't healthy, but aneroxia and bulimia are just as unhealthy. If you are overweight and it is affecting your health then of course its good to lose a few pounds THE HEALTHY WAY. Which is not skipping meals and forcing yourself to throw up.
Reply from Kate, Age 15 - 08/09/01 Hey, in response to the last message. I'm so glad that you were able to stop being aneroxic and bulimic! And yes, what your sister and friend are doing isn't healthy. Restricting food intake while excessively exercising is damaging to the body, especially the bones and even the brain (the brain is primarily made of fat, and it shrinks the brain if someone doesn't eat enough fat). You could show your sister and friend what I wrote and I hope it helps them realize that what they're doing is really unhealthy. If you need any more help, plesae feel free to email me : Littlestar0816@hotmail.com Love, Kate
Reply from Cree, Age 16 - 08/09/01 Hi, ummm I have some friends that are trying to be anorexic, and I know its not healthy.I was anorexic, and bulimic a couple months ago,and it got bad. I wouldn't eat, if I did I would throw it up, I was always getting sick, I would throw up at school just because I felt that I needed to. Then I went to my doctor and talked about it, I mean that is after my mom found out what was happening, because of one of my friends was worrying about me and she told my mom that i needed help. I thought that i was bad, not i know how much worse it can get. Now i am back to being big again, and ive tryed everything to loose it again, but i will never go back to the way it was. Reading your story made me think, and i was wondering if you would reply to my sister, and my best friend and tell them what they are doing is wrong. It would be a big help to me, and to them if they would only listen. They both have lost a lot of weight. My best friend crystal, she is 16, and she weighs 162, and shes 5'9 1/2". And my twin sister is Samantha, and she is also 16. she is 5'6", and she weighs about 153, and just the way they are doing it is bad, and i know they know they have a problem but they won't admit it. With my sister lying to our oarents and telling them that she eats all the time when she is at a friends house, she is really just sitting around and exersizing. I have a question for you... If you are doing what they are, and not eating, and then wanting to throw it up if they do and then doing exersises isn't that bad? i mean can't they really hurt themselves bye not having any food in them, and then exersizing? doesn't it hurt your boned, and stuff? well thanx for the styory it has helped a lot, please... do me a favor and tell them, they need to know what they are getting into, Thanx a lot.
