Eating Disorders and Weight Loss/Gain
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| FlamingXbaby Thinking Happy Thoughts  Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 514 | 1. Just because it's healthy doesn't mean it isn't fattening. IE yogurt, granola bars. 2. You won't see results immediately, so don't set high goals. 3. It's not something you HAVE to do or you'll die, so don't panic. |
| rockpapersuzi. Always Born a Crime  Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 6503 | Do you think it's bad for young kids to go on diets? A diet is what you eat. That's all. But, I do think it's important to instate healthy eating habits when kids are young. That way they will eat the right things throughout their whole life and stay healthy and fit. |
| emomonkey Bleeding on the Floor Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 1581 | all eating disorders and weight loss problems are often caused by the media and even by family and friends in my opinion it's mostly a phsycological thing the thing is that we're trying to be perfect when we should just really be happy the way we are.... but sometimes family, friends, or a guy we like put us down by telling us meanful things about weight. and trust me i know how it feels most people think it doesn't affet you if you tell them something like "you're fat" but it does. __________________ no one should go on a diet unless they are on the brink of death and the doctor is instructing them to go on a diet. Half of the diets out in the world right now are not healthy for anyone half the time those diets take out the things that ARE healthy for you and then if people don;t see results in two minutes they freak out and sometimes resort to diet pills |
| Crying Blue Eyes Killjoy  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 86 | I think the best way to lose weight is to do it as a family. If you want to watch what you eat, talk to your parents about it. It can do wonders to know that your not alone and that your parents support you by helping you with appropriate meals. Encouraging healthy eating habits at a young age can lead to healthy eating habits when your 40. As long as its a healthy diet, I encourage if you want to be on a diet, talk to a nutritionist, do reasearch, something so you're educated on what your doing. I think people go on eating disorders because they need control. Life gets crazy, things happen, and it can feel like a rollercoaster. You cant help people with eating disorders, they need to HELP themselves first. We can only assist them and be supportive when they decide to help themselves. |
| FlamingXbaby Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 514 | I honestly don't think the media has any impact on anyone who isn't retarded. I mean, I've never looked at the tv and said, "holy shit. I should look like them...." How impressionable can you be? Think for yourself. |
| juggalette4204lyfe Joining The Black Parade Age: - Gender: - Posts: 228 | What do you think is a good way to lose weight? I'm trying to lose weight right now, and I spoke with a dietician about it ... eat healthy etc etc and exercise. I'm counting my calories and exercising 30-60 minutes a day. I can't tell ya if it's working or not yet because I just started a few days ago, but I think it will work well. |
| matt skiba! Awake and Unafraid Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 11053 | What do you think is a good way to lose weight? excercise more and eat junk food in moderation. I know people who eat junk food all the time, and they must be so unhealthy. Do you think it's bad for young kids to go on diets? If a diet means providing them with nutritious food rather than ready made crap full of fat, salt and sugar then yes. Why do people get eating disorders? Its different for everyone. Sometimes it can be media influences, bullying, low self esteem, anything. How do we help people with eating disorders? Therapy, supervised meals, supervised diet, regular weigh ins. Again, it depends on the individual. |
| Number 0.05 Joining The Black Parade  Age: 35 Gender: - Posts: 198 | ok,where 2 start...i get teased about weight or lack of.. to put a long story short, ive always been too thin i just cant put weight on ,im 7 st and 5'7 i eat till i feel ill some nights and nothing happens,not a ounce sometimes i just want to cry. ive left school now but when i was there i got teased so much. i mean so many people want to be skinny ,DONT GO TO FAR FOR FUCKS SAKE! i dont think no one knows how down i feel when i look at myself say before i get in a bath. to see your own bones and not be able to do anything cos you dont know whats wrong! i feel so fucking ugly i mean,theres a lot on the err other side of the spectrum 'you dont need to change' your beautiful anyway' no ones ever said that to me i just get 'your too skinny' or 'i wish i was like you' i feel ugly,and unwanted,unattractive but im seeing a pshycologist dietican soon that might help,cos right now im trying pretty much anything. i dont think no one knows how alone i feel how ugly i feel. how full of self hate it makes me. how i try so hard and get nowhere. |
| +-+-+Deathwisher+-+-+ Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: - Posts: 276 | FlamingXbaby: Exactly, you can't let tv or anyone else tell you how you should look.If you do, you're just a real idiot.I don't mean it in a harsh way, but it's the truth. |
| FlamingXbaby Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 514 | Okay. To the one who shot bambi's mom. I remember being really skinny. And my mom is twiggy. It is very aggervating to have people make observations all the time. But it's okay. Try eating late at night. But really I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not in your shoes though. It is wierd how some people are trying to lose, and some people are trying to gain, and both sides are suffering. Weight is a big thing in America. All over the world, I guess. It is a very depressing thing when one is not satisfied with one's looks, but it's really hard to imagine how appearance can make people develope things like anorexia. It's horrible, but it's something that isn't going to change anytime soon. |
| KeY_tO_cHaOs Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: - Posts: 348 | Do you think it's bad for young kids to go on diets? Yes. I do compeletely. Aren't there better ways to lose weight? (Like do exercise) Some diets don't have enough of the nutrients in the food they suggest. If some young 8 year old kid picks a diet book up, they don't know! Like, lets say the cover says " Healthy Diet". They will fall for it. And if one of their friends says it works , the kid will follow his/her friend's footsteps (more likely) It's all about the media too, eh? If their idol is skinny, they will want to get skinny too. As kids get older, they'll learn in health class things about diets and anorexia and bulimia. But if they are too young, they won't know right from wrong. I know it seems like I'm accusing kids of stupidity but I'm not. I just don't think they know the whole deal about diets. |
| OMG it's Jennie :0 Motor Baby Age: - Gender: - Posts: 975 | Is it anorexia if phsycologically you think you are fat and are paranoid about what you eat, but you are still a healthy weight? Or if you lose a load of weight rapidly, but are a healthier weight? |
| The Nightbeast. Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 2696 | OMG it's Jennie :0: Its when you starve yourself and are unhealthily underweight. Phsycologically, its the same. The healthy weight one is Bulimia-nervosa. |
| Quinn. Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 1026 | the amount of ppl goin on diets are gettin younger and younger. like i know 12 year olds goin on diets. its insane. their bodies havent even developed properly yet and they're onli ruining their bodies by doin so. i blame the media and fotoshoped magz these days. you see in the headlines either "OMGosh look at so and so...shes gained so much wait...blah blah blah". when they look obsolutely fine or "oh dear got look at her shes a stick...she need to put on weight!". the media is sending out mixed signals and it's screwin up the minds of young people these days about the "perdect figure" its stupid. so obesity is a problem these days...but i see perfectly well figured girls think they're too fat or too thin. girls that havent even reached full developement. i dont think diets should be conducted until a person is fully developed. because things can change while your body's growing!! |
| The Nightbeast. Salute You in Your Grave Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 2696 | People, including me, are only talking about anorexia-nervosa and bulimia-nervosa, and forgetting there is also Binge-eating. I think that its more common than anorexia and bulimia, but thats just my view. |
| LiveWithoutTheE Killjoy Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 80 | What do you think is a good way to lose weight? i think that the best way to lose weight is through proper diet and exercise. (like what the books say) Do you think it's bad for young kids to go on diets? i don't think its bad if you do it right and don't get super obsessed with it. Why do people get eating disorders? i read somewhere that anorexia is from a controlling family and bulimia is from a chaotic family. when someone starves themselves, its usually because of self control that is being lacked. as from bulimia, its usually to keep things out of your system that you don't want in and also if you family is a chaotic one, to have that sense of control that what you binged on (the chaotic factor) can easily be forced out. also by getting called fat and other comments about weight. How do we help people with eating disorders? i think the best way is to either talk to a therapist or to talk to a friend who will show you your good qualities and that you are worth something in life and to get your mind away from food. and listen to some mcr cuz they saved me from my e.d. (such amazing young men) |
| rooke; wears mittens Bleeding on the Floor Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 1225 | Obesity, in my opinion, is much more common in children than eating disorders. All this ‘healthy food’ companies put in stores, such as ‘Fruit Snacks’, are full of sugar, and have little to no actual fruit in them. Parents are better off buying real fruits, and cutting them up for their children to take to lunch. The sad truth is that parents would rather load their child up with junk, than spend five minutes cutting up food for their kids. These ‘Lunchables’ are possibly the worst thing out there. They’re crammed with all sorts of unhealthy things. Even the juiceboxes that they stick in there are bad for kids. Yet, parents buy these for their kids, so that they don’t have to prepare a sandwich. Kids who go on diets on their own, may not be doing the best thing, but at least they have the right intentions. |
| OMG it's Jennie :0 Motor Baby Age: - Gender: - Posts: 975 | I think people get eating disorders sometimes because they think something in their life is going wrong, and they cannot see anything wrong with themselves, so they believe it must be something on the outside. Sometimes it can be nothing to so with how they see themselves, but how they believe others see them. With sizes like size 0 (which is a size 4 in england, and not sold in any shops), it's like people see that as the ultimate size to be. It's completely unrealistic. Even an American size 2 is hard to find in British shops. Most shops here only stock American sizes 4-12, and British sizes 8-16. |
| Toro_Sex Joining The Black Parade Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 206 | my mother has an eating disorder and it is hell trying to get her to eat and gain weight. It is stuck in their mindset that they are fat and they need to be skinny. They will not be happy until they are the weight that they want to be and it makes me sick. |
| Taylor Lautner Always Born a Crime  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 6639 | i think, unless its a healthy diet, kids shouldn't really diet unless they are overweight, because the are still growing and poor nutrition can lead to diseases in the future |
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