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Beating Teen Bulimia

am also 23 and i went through the same thing as her when i was 17 to 21. Her story pretty much sounds like mine, the sore throat, cracked hand and everyday hoping that the next day i would not overeat or make myself puke.
I was always naturally thin, even right before my anorexia/bulimia...the problem was me was that I was 110 lbs during my highschool years and got down to 105 lbs by not dieting....just naturally came off when i was in grade 12. I thought i looked alot better since my cheeks looked more narrow, I became obsessed with that number...even a pound more i thought i looked bigger. So then food became an obsession and i started making food schedules and diaries for myself. Oneday my sister brought a McCains' cake home and when nobody was there i ate a piece, then went back for more, and more til eventually the cake was almost all gone...i felt so disgusting that i tried to puke in my parent 's bathroom...I told myself that i wouldn't ever do it again but i did...for a couple of years til finally i just learned to control my eating. My husband now who i met at 19 somewhat helped me through it cause i realized that i was wasting alot of money on food that i was only puking out...i felt guilty that i was doing that with OUR money.

Well, i am now eating very healthy, i don't weigh myself every hour like i use to...and i don't write any food schedule...if you think about food all the time it will provoke a eating disorder...just don't think about food as an enemy but something you need to survive...i have so much to write about this issue but there's no space. Goodluck to all out there.

Strawberrygirl, 23
Thursday, January 17, 2002 at 15:13:41 (PST)

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this really isnt a story... but just a warning...i had a friend who wuz a bulimic for only a short time, but becuz she wuz already so small her vomit acid burnt a HOLE in her throat, and becuz of it she had to have so many surgeries, treatments. and she need a lot of help, but she recovered and I want you all to kno that there IS help. plz realize that beauty is only skin deep, and you throwing up is only making you look weaker, and less independant. plz realize that u no long have control over yourself, and that you may not get better if you dont try NOW...if you need help, feel free to email me, i would love to pursue counceling when im older and i feel im a good listener...
-I think I can help- rubydawg13@hotmail.com Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 13:32:22 (PST) [65.137.41.35]

I am 13 years old and about 5'6" i weigh about 125 pounds and i am alot bigger than all my other friends i want to loose weight and none of the diets work. i would like to lose at least 10 pounds and anerexia seems to be the only way. I tried bulimia but i just can't make myself purge. I want to become anerexic but i am afraid that my parents are going to find out they would freak! Will somebody please help me find a way and tell me to quit eating! i just keep getting fatter!
J-me lilblondygirl@hotmail.com Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 11:26:16 (PST) [66.227.244.84]

I was surprised to see that my story got posted here. I have not relapsed at all. It is not surprising to know that there are so many asian anorexics and bulimics as it can affect all races and genders.
What you need to do is not occupy yourself with the thought of food...find something that you enjoy doing or use to enjoy doing before your disorder came along.
Sometimes when i think about it i can't believe that i actually overcame it. Nobody knew about it. But after a year with the disorder my sister read one of my older diaries which talked about my bulimic acts on a daily basis practically. Everyday it showed my food schedule, how well i did sticking to the schedule and what i ended up binging on instead which i ended up throwing up. I was horrified for her to know...she also told my bro. After when she confronted me i told them that I had stopped for many months now and they believed me. I ended up telling my bestfriend too that i had the disorder but that i stopped and she also believed me. I'm surprised that my siblings didn't see the signs that i truly wasnot over my disorder but still in the middle of battling it. My bestfriend said that she suspected that i was definitely anorexic but not bulimic.
It would be another two more years before i was totally free of my bulimia.
I would say that during the last year of my bulimia I started eating more regular meals and purging less...purging maybe once a month...only if i overate til my stomach was stuffed or if i binged on junkfood. Then the number of times i would binge and purged to once every few months, then fewer amd fewer til it just completely stopped. I still binged occasionally after i completely stopped purging but i realized by then that my face looked better and less tired when i don't purge. Although i still look young, i think that i could've looked even younger if i didn't do all the purging. Purging really stretched my skin and gave me undereye bags. My husband even said that when we first dated that he just thought that the undereye bags were part of me...but after when i completely stopped and told him about my disorder, he said that the undereye bags are gone.
So just think that each time you purge, you are making your face less pretty.
By the way, eating regular meals keeps your metabolism going and so you will burn food alot faster than you would if you starved yourself all day then ate one meal a day.
I acutally weigh the same weight now as i did during those years i had anorexia and bulimia and I eat 3 meals a day.
The number one thing to remember to help you beat your bulimia is to think that you can eat anything you want...if you have a craving, give in to it...just don't overdo it. Once you realize that you can eat anything you want without feeling guilty then you will want those foods less. Food won't be on your mind as much.
I read your posts and alot sounds like how i was. From the ratio of weight and height that you guys told me that you were doesn't sound big at all!
I know that you can overcome this disorder! Goodluck to all of you!
Strawberrygirl Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 00:00:17 (PST) [4.40.145.255]

my best friend and I are almost 18 and we both weigh around 100 pounds. I dont have an eating disorder, but i work out a lot and eat healthy. but my frined is bulimic. she eats anything she can and she says she cant even wait more then 15 minutes to throw it up. At first i thoguht she was just saying that until one day i heard her in the bathroom at work throwing up. The main reason why she is bulimic is because we are lifeguards and are constantly being looked at with our swimsuits on so our figures are noticed a lot. also because we both wear a size 0 pants, and i sometimes wear a 1 but when she tried on her old pants that were size 0 and they didnt fit because they were too small, she FREAKED OUT! she has been bulimic ever since the summer started and i am the only one who knows. i want to help her out SO BAD because she's allready SO SMALL! what should i do? SOMEONE email me and HELP BOTH OF US. im so afraid for her. i dont know what to do! AIM me: leehooray@aol.com
jamie!
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at 18:10:11 (PDT)

I been bulimic for about 3-4 months now... im 13. Im 5'8''-9'' and i use to weight 163lbs now i weight 145lbs. I became bulimic because i wanted to b like the other girls in school with the perfect bodies and a lot of it came from guys calling me "fat". I noe i wasnt but i was chubby. It was hard on me too because in 5th grade i weighted 95lbs and i was 5'3'' and over a period of a couple of months i gained all this weight and i didnt noe why. I really hate being bulimic now I cant eat nething without puking even if i eat a grape i gotta go puke it out. Its like i cant stand knowing theirs food in me. I really want help and some of my close friends noe about this and they have tried to help me but i cant and i promised that after i become 130lbs im goin to stop i mean i dont wanna b like a stick i just wanna lose enough weight to look good in a bathing suit.
SaraixXx
kissez4justinrt@cs.com Thursday, August 01, 2002 at 16:53:42 (PDT)

I don't think the majority of AM prefer skinny women, nor too voluptuous body. Rather, They like slim, athletic women. Based on my experiences, My AM friends don't like frail figures, nor the child bearing ass body. The majority don't like Kate moss body, or J.Lo body. type of body ranging from Zhang Ziyi to Britney Spears is in favor for AM. Their favoritism is not only limited to skinny and voluptuous figure.

One thing I notice is AM tend to go for the face. AM like girls w/ pretty face. They rather pick a cute girl over a hot girl.
cchinese guy
Wednesday, July 17, 2002 at 23:44:06 (PDT)

I am only 14 years old, and I think I may be just as bad as all of you out there. I began binging and purging when I was 12. I was also always naturally thin, but I had a very messed up body image, I thought I was a disgusting humungous fat whale. I would eat anything in site, but then make myself throw it all up. This went on for a year. Now that I am 14 and have entered highschool, I just don't eat anymore. I have found that being anorexic is a more sufficient way of losing weight rather than being bulimic. I am 5'4 and I only weigh 95 pounds. Everyone close to me has known about my eatind disorder ever since it began.
Michelle
Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 18:12:14 (PDT)

I'm 17-going-on-18, 5"4 and 103lbs. 34-24-32. i have not outgrown any article of clothing since i was 11. but i have been throwing up everything i eat for 4 months now. I feel the same, but people have noticed that i'm thinner now, and that sort of makes me ok with the fact that i do it. i know i'm supposed to feel real guilty, but i dont...(yet?). I don't have a skinny body, it's shapely. I'm all curves and defined muscles. i'm not athletic, but i took ballet and gymnastics for 8 years. i'm into creative writing, and art. i'm also involved in community service. i'm a pretty happy person, though i can be too intense when i'm working on something.
to be honest, the fact that i'm not scared about hurting myself scares me. I self-injure, and i'm bulimic. Yet I feel fine. and that makes me think that i'm in deeper shit than those who hurt themselves and are scared. I'm not into denial, i know what I do, and I know that it's harmful. But as long as my friends andfamily don't know the real story, i feel it's ok. What they know can't hurt them.
I don't even know why I'm writing this. Maybe it's because I want you all to know you're not alone. Maybe it's 'cause anonymity is appealing.
or maybe just because I also want to know i'm not alone in this.
bottom line, i think we do this because we can't accept ourselves as much as we accept other people.
personally, i find it sad that i can't love myself as much as i love others. But i try. Maybe one day, after so many misses, I'll hit the spot.
then i can walk away. And all this will jst be...gone.
bulletfly
bulletfly101@yahoo.com Friday, June 21, 2002 at 20:50:27 (PDT)

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