February 2012
92 posts
Anonymous asked: are you allowed to exercise?
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Day 2: Hope Challenge
LIST THREE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BEAUTIFUL: I really, really hate to be negative but until this question was posed, I didn’t realize that I never feel beautiful, or would use the word “beautiful” to describe myself. And honestly, that’s just pathetic.
I might have moments where I feel pretty or fit or strong or good-looking, but beautiful? No.
I’ll try to...
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds...”
– (via daisychainrecovery)
I added the Meal Ideas page.
But I would love honest feedback. If any of you have any suggestions or thoughts about it, I’d love to hear from you. I’m feeling quite uncertain about it at the moment, but I hope it helps or gives someone an idea for a food they want to try. I also added ways to challenge food-related behaviors at the bottom of the page.
I wasn’t sure what types of things any of you were...
Anonymous asked: I told my friend today that I'm anorexic. I've been in recovery this past year, and have gained 10 pounds. Despite my weight gain, I'm still apparently underweight... or so I've been told. Now I'm starting to question it again! Because after I told them, all they said was, "You don't look anorexic." After that, I played it off as a joke. I feel like such...
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Day 1: Hope Challenge
WHY DO YOU WANT TO RECOVER? There are so many reasons behind my desire to recover, but I’ll try to sum it up. My eating disorder will never, ever make me happy. It will never give me what I want from life. It has made me feel far worse than I ever imagined I could feel. I want to accomplish more than thinness. I want to feel my emotions rather than numb them. I want to live, not just...
Research funding per individual: Alzheimer’s $88,...
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I’ve seen quite a few posts recently about people in recovery not having ideas about what to eat, being unable to come up with balanced meal ideas or to think of different foods to eat. Since I have a tab on my blog about meal plans, is there anyone who would find it helpful if I made up a post or a tab about ideas for meals and snacks?
I believe any food is okay to eat and it’s...
I think I’m going to do the Hope Challenge (http://bestrong-seetheworld.tumblr.com/hopechallenge) for the next two weeks, so I’ll be making a few posts about that. I think that there are quite a few good challenges that are listed there, so I’m going to try it.
Running away from your problems is a race you'll...
“For example, joking that you need to starve yourself after Thanksgiving or that...”
– - Tumblr staff on the new up-coming policy
Really? It’s fine to even joke about those things? No. No, I don’t think so. I think you’ll find it’s incredibly offensive to those that actually fight daily with eating disorders, self-injury and suicidal thoughts/ideations. So please, don’t even joke...
Anonymous asked: I think you should look at this save-our-blogs(.)tumblr(.)com/
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Staff Post about Self Harm Tumblr Blogs
I found this article on the staff blog discussing banning blogs which promote eating disorders, self harm or suicide: http://staff.tumblr.com/post/18132624829/self-harm-blogs
It’s interesting and I’m still trying to figure out my perspective about it. I’m glad that they’re acknowledging that blogs promoting eating disorders are a problem on tumblr, and at least creating ...
Look to the day: Things that EDNOS is: Eating... →
languidlimbs:
keepcalmandrecover:
Things that EDNOS are not:
Eating Disorder Not Worth Diagnosis
Not A Real Eating Disorder
Failed Anorexic
Eating Disorder Not Worth Treatment
No Longer A Proper Eating Disorder
Never Was A Proper Eating Disorder
No Longer Worthy Of Help
Never Was Worth Of Help
If you have EDNOS, by definition you are suffering from an Eating Disorder. And you are no...
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“You have a whole day to yourself.”
For a second, she didn’t answer,...”
– Just Listen, Sarah Dessen
This quote is perfect.
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The college I attend has over 17,000 students.
There is not a single service directed at eating disorders on the campus. Not one. Yes, there’s the counseling center and a campus dietician, but nothing that is specifically aimed at eating disorders.
I walk across campus and on any given day, I see at least a few girls who must have eating disorders (or else some metabolic/medical...
greentea-lovely replied to your post: Why can’t anyone ever write a book about someone…
Purge: recovery diaries. she isn’t underweight, she’s essentially an anorexic, b/p subtype, who doesn’t meet the weight for it and is thus EDNOS. Read it, it’s not triggering or wasn’t for me at least!
Thanks! I definitely will have to read that one. It sounds like an awesome book.
happynessinajar replied to your post: Why can’t anyone ever write a book about someone…
Purge: Rehab Diaries by Nicole Johns. She’s never truly underweight. She’s above or average weight during most of the biography. It’s also really good.
Ooh, I’ll have to check that one out! I just looked it up on amazon and it looks like a good book.
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emergingsoul replied to your post: Why can’t anyone ever write a book about someone…
Is it a good book? I was debating reading it or not.
It’s a good book for entertainment value, but not if you’re looking for one about eating disorders. I like it so far (except for the cliched way eating disorders are presented), but I’m only 60 pages into it.
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Why can’t anyone ever write a book about someone with an eating disorder who isn’t underweight? Even in fiction, they always write about how emaciated the person is and how they dropped weight so fast.
I’m reading Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (which, aside from that, seems to be a good book), but it’s not just this book: it seems like all books that involve eating...
like-nobodysfuckingbusiness asked: In your recovery meal plan thing, what's refeeding syndrome?
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Low Bodyfat isn't Necessarily a Good Thing
Low bodyfat has become the ultimate fitness aspiration for many, but to believe that low bodyfat is healthy is a misguided notion. Bodies are supposed to have fat, especially women’s.
Most people know that aiming for an extremely low weight is dangerous, but fewer people are aware of the impact of a low bodyfat percentage. Low body fat may be it’s less drastic and less apparent in...
“I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain;...”
– Sylvia Plath (via 972love)
“It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their...”
– Rollo May (via elysium)
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For those who are struggling to get inpatient...
this article http://edtreatmentreview.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/appeal-treatment-is-not-impossible/ is extremely helpful and offers a variety of options which could get you access to inpatient treatment.
52 ways to love yourself (I love this idea!) →
There are some awesome ideas here.
post tenebras lux: tangledinthought: I don’t... →
thoughtsdontend:
tangledinthought:
I don’t understand why recovery blogs list their low weights, current weights, and goal weights. If you’re recovering, shouldn’t you be moving away from being obsessed with weights? It’s really off-putting to me when I go to someone’s “recovery blog” and the first thing in…
because even though we are recovering, first of all everyone will be asking us and...
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The reality of recovery
Recovery is not fun, it’s not easy, it’s not even simple. Your motivation wavers. Everysinglefear you ever had is suddenly staring you down. You find yourself to be in possession of more emotions than you even knew existed, and none of them feel very nice. You realize that you have no idea of how to function in the world without an eating disorder. You are a mess, maybe just on...
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“The DSM sort of supports the idea of Ralph Lauren ads and anorexia being paired....”
– the-f-word.org