Why are girls trying to be anorexic?

I suffered with anorexia for quite some time, and have been in and out of rehab, and I will tell you right now, anorexia is definitely NOT for lazy people. I don’t think you understand how much self-discipline it takes to see your favorite food sitting right in front of you, and refusing to eat it, because you’re so scared that one bite will make you gain a billion pounds. And I actually acquired anorexia because I was actually on a “normal” diet. I was eating healthy, and I began to get obsessed. First, I started counting calories. I allowed myself 1,500 a day, which is a perfectly healthy amount for a teenage girl. But then, I began to obsess even more. 1,500 was too much.. and soon 1,000 was too much, 500 was too much… This went on until I was eating 100 calories a day, and was at 89 pounds. I was 15 years old, and 5’2”. Now if that sounds lazy to you, you must be some athlete. Because not only was I dieting and restricting my caloric intake hardcore, but I was also working my butt off in the gym EVERY DAY. I would burn off more calories in the gym than I even ate that day. I would be there for hours and hours running until I couldn’t run anymore. And when I was too tired to work out anymore, I would go and sit in the sauna, so I would sweat a lot and lose some water weight. So next time you decide you’re going to talk badly about a certain kind of person, make sure you know the facts. Because obviously, you didn’t do your research.

I hope you know that there are just as many anorexic MEN as there are woman.

It’s more prominent in FEMALES on this site, and you know it. And most of the girls who ask about it, don’t even KNOW what it means. They seem to think its a ‘trendy’ way to lose weight, not a mental illness.

I hope you know that there are just as many anorexic MEN as there are woman.

and you’re dumb, saying that people who suffer from anorexia are lazy. it takes so much discipline and self-restraint to not eat the foods you only wish you could.

it’s a disease, and it destroys and even kills. anorexics DO have problems that need medical attention, put making stupid posts on the internet that are just about YOU putting anorexic people beneath you is just stupid.

get a life, and go to oprah.

people who dont have it, dont understand