DON'T WANT TO BE ANOREXIC.
Formerly - dontwanttobeaverage
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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.
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Don't want to be anorexic.
Anonymous asked: ok, so i'm always so scared when i see the scale goes up after my meals (light meals) and drinking tea, which lead to a b/p session... I know i shouldn't weight myself every day but i can't help it. plus, after all the b/p i've been through these last 10 months (and lately up to 3/4 times a day), do you think i'll gain weight eating super healthy (because of the metabolism)? Sorry for all these questions but i'm super worried. Love your blog btw xx
Your weight naturally fluctuates during the day, and of course will go up after meals and fluids. I think you know this.
And you know you shouldn’t weigh yourself daily. I don’t have much advice for that except stop doing it. I have a very strong belief that those in recovery shouldn’t know their weight because it will always cause problems. Leave it in the hands of someone trusted, i.e. Someone not controlled by an ED.
Eating “super healthy” in itself isn’t healthy for your body. You’ll most likely deprive yourself of what you want and end up bingeing more. You need to learn a find a balance - listen to your body and give it what it wants, when it wants, without being influenced by your ED.
Stay safe x
• 5 August 2012
