DON'T WANT TO BE ANOREXIC.
Formerly - dontwanttobeaverage
Read below first ☺
My name's Kasia. I'm a 17 year old girl in recovery who's recovered from Anorexia. I've had Anorexia since May 2010. I also suffer from severe depression, anxiety and some OCD tendencies.
I've been in recovery since September 2010, but I only began taking recovery seriously, and wanting it for myself, in January 2011, once I realised I was wasting my life in hospital.
I went into hospital at the end of October 2010 and left in March 2011. I went to hell and back there.
I am at a healthy weight recommended for my height, but I will not discuss my weight or height because I believe any discussion of numbers leads to a disordered competition, so please do not ask.
I'm trying to lead a healthier lifestyle, whilst inspiring my followers to do the same by choosing recovery.
This is where I will write about my ups and my downs, and I hope to show those of you with eating disorders that recovery doesn't mean "getting fat". It means leading a healthy and happy life with freedom. My posts will mostly consist of personal posts, inspirational photos or quotes, research into the psychology of eating disorders, and also a few items on fitness and nutrition.
My daddy has a page on my blog called "The Gospel According to Dad" which I'm hoping will show you how much your ED affects those around you, and maybe if a parent of an eating disordered child sees my blog, they will see that they're not alone in this experience either.
Think of this as a recovery blog, but if are you triggered by talk of exercise then please read with caution as I sometimes post about my workouts. This is a place that inspires recovery, and also a healthy lifestyle.
I love giving advice, so if you need help with anything, I'm always here for you, even if it's just as a distraction. And you can always contact me by tagging a post with dontwanttobeanorexic.I answer privately if it's unrelated to me/my food posts/my blog.
•
Face•
Snippets of my story•
Posts I am most proud of•
The Gospel According to Dad•
Intake•
Recipes•
Amazon Wishlist•
Contact•
Fashion, Beauty and DIY blog•
ED Behaviours Challenge
•
Nothing you confess, could make me love you less. (Ask)
Don't want to be anorexic.
Anonymous asked: Congratulations on recovering! It is wonderful that you fought so hard and succeeded! What does being recovered mean to you? What made you realise that you'd finally recovered?
Thank you <3
I hate this question though because it’s hard to answer! I don’t know, I don’t think about every calorie that enters my mouth, I don’t feel the need to exercise to make up for what I ate, or eat less the day after I’ve treated myself, I no longer hate my body, I see my flaws and work on improving my relationship with them and I learn to pick out my good points, I don’t know, I just don’t feel like I did a year or two ago. I feel normal.
• 18 May 2013 • 1 note
Anonymous asked: cookies and cream oatmeal sounds heavenly, were you just naming it after the pb on top or did you put cookiea and cream into the actual oatmeal xx
It’s cookies and cream because that’s the flavor of protein I added but Omg adding oreos would be divine!
• 18 May 2013
Cookies and cream chia seed oats with natural peanut butter and Cookie Nookie peanut butter #heaven
• 18 May 2013 • 6 notes
shakyleg asked: Hey Kash, you seem to be handling these stupid bullshit anon messages really well but just in case they ever make you doubt yourself: you aren't up yourself at all. It is so refreshing to see someone actually like themselves and be living a normal, amazing life. Your blog actually makes me happy and I find it weird that some people are upset/jealous that you're living it. Just my ramblings at 5am xxx
Thank you ever so much for this message. It means a lot xx
• 18 May 2013
Anonymous asked: DUH anon, A lot of people like kasia. If you're jaleous, get a life
Like really, if you don’t have anything good to say to someone, why say it. Utterly unnecessary because I really I just don’t care lol.
Thank u xx
• 18 May 2013 • 1 note
Anonymous asked: God I hate you.
Again, I ask the age old question, “what do you gain from sending me a message like this?” Did it make you feel big? Did you feel powerful? Really how does this help you in anyway?
Your feelings towards me are your problem. I frankly do not care for them. If you don’t like me or what I do, simply don’t go on my blog. Avoid me. It might give you time to re-evaluate yourself as a human being, because clearly you are not a kind one.
This is the first piece of hate I’ve gotten since starting my blog almost 2 years ago so I must be doing something right. Handle that better, instead of being a little bitch about it.
• 18 May 2013 • 3 notes
Anonymous asked: Could you try and be any less up yourself? Thanks.
Actually I’m quite happy with how I am as a person, so no, I will not try to be any “less stuck up” just because some cowardly anon told me to. Kindly don’t return to my blog. Thanks.
• 18 May 2013 • 3 notes
Anonymous asked: Thankyou, that makes me feel a lot better xx
No problem x
• 17 May 2013
Anonymous asked: I think the distinction between subjective & objective binges are relevant when thinking about 'binging' during recovery. In that if it is purely physical binge (i.e. because you ARE hungry) as opposed to an emotional binge (trying to fill a gap left by the absence of something else!). The former is likely after restricting, the motivation & reasons for binging need to be looked at before saying whether it's normal or not :) There is a difference between feeding an undernourished body & binging.
Yes, that’s a fair point
• 17 May 2013 • 2 notes
Anonymous asked: I would have to say binge eating isn't "normal" and should actually be carefully watched because could end up becoming worse
It is normal in recovery actually because when you start to refeed the body you get extreme hunger. Of course you should keep a close eye on any eating habits during recovery, but it is normal.
• 17 May 2013 • 7 notes
Anonymous asked: Is binge eating normal in the early stages of recovery? x
Yes <3
• 17 May 2013
a-good-start asked: Good luck with your exams Kasia! :) xo
It’s so sweet you remembered, thank you! Xx
• 16 May 2013 • 1 note
Anonymous asked: Where do you get your clean eating recipes form? (website) xxxx
I don’t, I make them up :) I get inspiration from tumblr and Instagram xx
• 16 May 2013 • 1 note
Anonymous asked: y u so awsomeee :o
I’m not! I’m just honest x
• 16 May 2013 • 1 note
