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GingerBabyJ

All this talk about eating disorders has me worried for when J becomes a teenager
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GingerBabyJ

I forgot to say if you feel like sharing, feel free

GingerBabyJ

I would love for the s/s voters to elaborate

sophabelle

i voted ss bc it wasn't a full blown eating disorder where i needed treatment or lost a drastic amt of weight.  but i definitely went through what i would call an anorexic phase where i ate very little food.  i also had and still do have a very distorted body image as well...

so i wouldn't say that i technically had an eating disorder, but i definitely had some of the symptoms.  

GingerBabyJ

sophabelle:

i voted ss bc it wasn't a full blown eating disorder where i needed treatment or lost a drastic amt of weight.  but i definitely went through what i would call an anorexic phase where i ate very little food.  i also had and still do have a very distorted body image as well...

so i wouldn't say that i technically had an eating disorder, but i definitely had some of the symptoms.  

That makes sense. Thank you!

heatherlane

I almost ss'ed, but ended up voting no.

I am a stress eater, big time. I am at pre-pg weight but barely hanging on and need to lose about 60lbs to be healthy again (I'm 5'9" and 230lbs).

Sometimes I wonder if I have one of the over-eating disorders, but then I watch a show on it and those people eat WAY worse than me.

gumiberg

i voted no, but i should have voted ss.

i have never had an eating disorder...i love food, i am a big eater.  i eat healthy, i eat dessert...

but, i have been super skinny at times (107 @ 5'6) and liked it that way.  i am a runner and liked looking elite.

but 107 is NOT healthy and the fact that i thought i looked good, i think was whack.

i am now 117 and faster than i was at 107.  i have no desire to ever be that thin again.

chucknorris11

I was anorexic. I barely ate and what I did eat was on a schedule. This is me, senior year in HS at 95 lbs (I am 5'6)

I didn't have periods for a little over 2 years, I was cold all the time and had a problem with compulsive exercise. I could have died. 

ED's are not something I take lightly. I get very worked up when they are discussed.

hisaak

Eating disorder? No.  Unhealthy relationship with food.  Definitely.  I am a stress eater and have a total love/hate relationship with food. 

To be honest, it terrifies me to think of raising a girl because of this.  Not to say DS won't run into it, but it isn't nearly the same.  I keep working to get it under control though, because I know the best way to help daughters (and or sons) avoid eating disorders is to have positive self-image and a healthy relationship with food ... and then pass it on.

JoLiz

Ahartzle I just have to say you look great now.  Thank you for sharing.  I've never had and ED but I had a really close friend that battles ED's for years.  It truly is a battle.

mfransdell

heatherlane:

I almost ss'ed, but ended up voting no.

I am a stress eater, big time. I am at pre-pg weight but barely hanging on and need to lose about 60lbs to be healthy again (I'm 5'9" and 230lbs).

Sometimes I wonder if I have one of the over-eating disorders, but then I watch a show on it and those people eat WAY worse than me.

Binge eating and Compulsive over eating are two very common disorders. TV will always show extremes, there are a lot of variations. 

chucknorris11

JoLiz:

Ahartzle I just have to say you look great now.  Thank you for sharing.  I've never had and ED but I had a really close friend that battles ED's for years.  It truly is a battle.

Thanks! It's truly an every day struggle, especially having lost all of my weight with Molly and then gaining it back this time around. When I was dieting after Molly I kept wanting to restrict more and more and more to lose quicker. I had to tell myself that I was eating so that I could feed another human being, and that my need to lose weight was less than her need to be healthy. My only hope is that it isn't something I pass on to my girls.