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smallmovesal
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trance i just want to say i am so proud of you... 
keep it up... you're getting there!
keep it up... you're getting there!
Overcoming eating disorders
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Thanks.
Rough week.
Very rough week.
But I am getting there. My scrawny-assed arms are starting to get these freaky bumps on them, do you think it could actually be muscle?
Looks kinda like someone tried to suck a gumball through a straw. LMAO
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at...
Rough week.
Very rough week.
But I am getting there. My scrawny-assed arms are starting to get these freaky bumps on them, do you think it could actually be muscle?
Looks kinda like someone tried to suck a gumball through a straw. LMAO
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at...
If you don't think that you become what you associate with let me tell you a story. I have not puked in 15 years (other than when I was ill), haven't thought about puking in 10. Last night sat down to my standard high nutrition meal and goddamn it tasted good and I way overate. When I was done I had this fleeting thought of "what have I done? I need to go puke and get rid of this before it all turns to fat" It was fleeting and almost made me laugh but it made me realize that the trigger is still there.
The point of this post though is to encourage those of you who want to heal to work on visualization techniques - do a search on self hypnosis as there are several good methods free online and I don't have the energy or the qualifications to try to teach it here. You can do this without it but it will make it much more effective.
Before you eat I want you to get comfortable and close your eyes, become as relaxed as possible and visualize eating. The visualize the food that you consume traveling thru your body and feeding your muscles. Visualize your muscles becoming bigger and as they become bigger they begin to eat the fat that is on your body.
After you eat do the same visualization, but feel the food in your stomach and use your mind to send it throughout your body to your muscles.
At some point I want you to add a visual of your body looking fit and strong and healthy.
The point of this post though is to encourage those of you who want to heal to work on visualization techniques - do a search on self hypnosis as there are several good methods free online and I don't have the energy or the qualifications to try to teach it here. You can do this without it but it will make it much more effective.
Before you eat I want you to get comfortable and close your eyes, become as relaxed as possible and visualize eating. The visualize the food that you consume traveling thru your body and feeding your muscles. Visualize your muscles becoming bigger and as they become bigger they begin to eat the fat that is on your body.
After you eat do the same visualization, but feel the food in your stomach and use your mind to send it throughout your body to your muscles.
At some point I want you to add a visual of your body looking fit and strong and healthy.
Bikini Mod
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Thank you, AGAIN Temple!
smallmovesal
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i read a lot of fashion mags... and i have noticed that since i came on elite and have been looking at fit people, when i see my mags... GOD the women are sooooo much skinnier than i ever perceived them before.
amazing isn't it?
amazing isn't it?
hardbdygrl
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This may be just me and my past,,but the way i think about Ed's is that you will always live your life with an Eating Disorder. now weather it is an active one or inactive,,that is totally up to you.
I was Anorexic for 5 yrs,,, in the back of my head i still am,,,its just at this point in my life,,,it is not as active as it was before. Even though I eat more food now,,,i only eat certain foods,,and i eat them every singel day,,,so i think that that is still a sign of the ED. For those 5 yrs i was in denial. I never believed i was too skinny,, now when i look back at pictures I can see just how skinny and unhealthy i looked. You need something to change in your life inorder for u to see that. For me,,i have realized,,that by working out,,and gaining muscle,,,i can still look good,,in fact look 100% better. But anyone with an ED knows its not about the food. So in order to overcome the ED,, you need to find out what has caused u to do this. Eating is the only thing You and I,,as ourselves can controle,,, NO one can make us eat. We have total controle over that.
I was Anorexic for 5 yrs,,, in the back of my head i still am,,,its just at this point in my life,,,it is not as active as it was before. Even though I eat more food now,,,i only eat certain foods,,and i eat them every singel day,,,so i think that that is still a sign of the ED. For those 5 yrs i was in denial. I never believed i was too skinny,, now when i look back at pictures I can see just how skinny and unhealthy i looked. You need something to change in your life inorder for u to see that. For me,,i have realized,,that by working out,,and gaining muscle,,,i can still look good,,in fact look 100% better. But anyone with an ED knows its not about the food. So in order to overcome the ED,, you need to find out what has caused u to do this. Eating is the only thing You and I,,as ourselves can controle,,, NO one can make us eat. We have total controle over that.
I too was anorexic for about 6 years. I still am a very picky eater and stress intensifies the "don't eat urge". What changed it for me was having my kids. I think my focus changed from me to them. I kept thinking my kids couldn't be without me, I wanted to watch them grow up. I started trying to think positive for my kids, and it helped me. I still have fallbacks, and I really have to concentrate and my goals. The most important thing(in my opinion) is positive influences, and stay away from things that make you unhappy or stressed. I hope this helped. I would love to chat anytime.
I just want to thank everyone for all the support and motivation. Everyone's stories and advice have inspired me so much and I think thats what i need right now. I'm happy to report that I have made it through my first day in over five months without binging and purging. A year ago i had everything planned out in my life. Since then everything has changed drastically. I feel like I have no control over anything and I do know that my ED is partly about control. I figure that everything i my life has changed so much and even though it is hard sometimes I am still ahppy with my life and who I am. Change is good sometimes and I figure now is the best time to try to get control over this ED instead of letting it control me.
Thank you for all your help and advice- you girls are so great and you are right I need to start surronding myself with strong positive people and ditch those friends that are bringing me down!
Thank you for all your help and advice- you girls are so great and you are right I need to start surronding myself with strong positive people and ditch those friends that are bringing me down!
