wow!
bulemia is bad

makes people look even more sick

Haha you know, for some reason my page gets an ungodly amount of thinspo girls.
I feel like beating them and then possibly leaving them a sandwich before I leave.

and yes head to healthyville cause partying drinking til your under the table and random sex is just so darn healthy ahah.

that was the most beautiful, heartfelt letter i have ever read. haha

This is beautifully written. It's a terrible disease.

Okay - I can understand people's reactions to "fake" eating disorders.  That can get really frusterating.  But in truth, it's really not funny.  Someone who compulsively throws up or restricts calories like crazy to the point where it controls his/her life has a straight up illnesss.

And this post - I can appreciate your plea of trying to hop on the healthy train or whatever it is...but his/her bulimia has nothing to do with you.  You may be concerned about taking him/her out or that people think you are abusing him/her - but it goes much deeper than that.  Listen carefully: if it truly is a real eating disorder - it has nothing to do with you.

And some responses of the responses are lame:

@thinkin_up_dreams@xanga - I feel like ripping the eyes out of your empty head because your comment shows what an ignorant insensitive bitch you are.

@happy_mia@xanga - fuck yeah girl :)

people shouldn't make judgements on something they know nothing about. if that girl knew what a real eating disorder was, not some 16 year old naturally tiny ass girl who is flooding xanga with crap about wanting to be skinny so they threw up once. thats not an eating disorder. eating disorders are about control, pain...and i don't even have time to get into this. but yeah, just don't go telling those with real eating disorders to just "eat a sandwich" and its all gonna be ok

wow!

@hungerx33@xanga - i agree..

Yawn. Was I supposed to laugh?

@thinkin_up_dreams@xanga -  @KimisBarbie@xanga -  "do you think someone's gonna be proud of you?
it's pretty disturbing.
and really sad"

Many people who are posting blogs with their intake are doing it as a sort of food/exercise diary (at least that's why I do it). It is nice to have encouragement when I do well (which, for me, means eating a normal amount and notvomiting it up). I will admit that there are those who post their intake as a way to get support for their disordered behavior, but this is not the case for all. Personally, I tend to overeat and I found that it helps me eat a more normal amount when I record it.

I have been diagnosed with bulimia and I can attest to how "disturbing and sad" it is when food takes over your life.

What people need to understand is that it goes deeper than just wanting to be "thin".

For me, overconsumption of food is a coping mechanism. I tend to overeat when when I am feeling a strong emotion whether it be stress, anxiety, depression, anticipation, or (sometimes) even joy. I know that it is unhealthy and I am putting effort forth to recover. Every day that I go without bing-eating/vomiting is an accomplishment for me. Most people have no idea how difficult it is for people with bulimia to stop themselves when they start to binge.

It's this strong urge that takes over you, like an addict would feel when they have been deprived of their drug of choice and then are presented with the opportunity to use it.

I think that there needs to be more focus on educating people about eating disorders. Thous would allow those who suffer from them to be better understood and therefore more likely to seek help and recover.

@thinkin_up_dreams@xanga - You only listed two categories of people with eating disorders - the ones in denial and the proud ones. There are also those who don't want to have to deal with the disorder anymore and desperately want to recover. I am in the process of recovery, and it is difficult. When something has been ingrained into you for so long, it is quite hard to just flat out stop.