sry a guest was viewing this thread i had to bump it coz das really funny

i was scared when I saw that I posted in her in 2009 but that post was okay

People call me anorexic because I do not want to be fat again and only consume enough food to keep me the size I like. I would be prepared to starve myself to be thinner. I wouldn't say it is a mental illness.

I think it is just another case of people over diagnosing things.

It's over diagnosing at all. It's a valid concern Charlie, because it's abnormal. That isn't the healthy way to lose weight. You might not have the illness now, but what if this is the start of slippery slope?

But I wouldn't want to be ever so skinny that it makes me ill. If I could I would love to eat loads but be like really ripped but at the moment I cant do that so I would rather be thin.
But people telling me it is a mental illness just makes me want to do it more tbh so I don;t see how it helps by diagnosing it.

Well going on a diet and eating certain foods over others would be the better way to go about it, in addition to going to the gym every so often. Cutting out food entirely isn't the best idea.

Oh I haven't done that. I eat breakfast and lunch every day. Just not dinner all the time.
And I do 6 hours of vigorous exercise a week. But if my forced exercise were to stop I would have to cut down consumption further.

Hmm. I still think its odd to cut out on dinner. It's not good for you. If your doing as much excercise as you say, then you must be burning off more than enough calories to lose some weight, even with 3 squares a day.

I agree with Niall, to obsessively control your weight and what you eat could indicate there's a psychological feeling of lack of control in other areas of your life. I think if you're consiously thinking about your food and analysing how healthy it is a lot, you just need to be aware of it.
Food and our bodies is something that is quite commonly used to give us a feeling of control

I think it's sadly a bit of a norm to starve yourself now. Like it's everywhere that you have to look a certain way. I think it mainly happens with 14 - 18 year olds though. It's sad and what's bad is that I think it's only going to get even worse.

I do think a lot of the time it's a cry for help though. Especially in the younger ages.

Exactly.

I know, I saw this woman on TV who has the worlds smalles waist, she'd worn a corset for over twenty years and has a 15inch waist....it looked gross tbh

I eat next to nothing most days. and then I have a day a week where I pig out, although it probably is binge eating its just the way i find easiest to keep weight off and im 100 in the head, believe it or not.

These are both sad problems.

I always see them on TV programmes and you wonder why people can't just start eating more and get better (I know, that's dumb) but it's such a deep issue and really scary. I hope to god no body in my family will ever suffer from these.

Could not have said it better myself Ammi. Anorexia often comes from it being one of the aspects that a person has control over in their life: and it ultimately can be one of the most damaging illnesses - and one of the most difficult to overcome.

On a side note: whilst I appreciate the thread is two years old but was bumped today by Scott - given that some members have opened up on how anorexia/bulimia has blighted them or their loved ones & that it's a serious topic - Scotts laughing smileys should be removed. It's not a topic that deserves that, and it's completly and utterly disrespectful for him to have bumped it to laugh at an ignorant 2 year old post. It's a serious discussion - clearly he has nothing serious to add to the discussion.