Nikki

The fears of the fearless
2007-05-28 19:35:49 (UTC)

Pro-ana....

So I've been thinking a lot lately about all of these new
Pro- ana people that I have been seeing around, and I wonder
what makes them think how they do?

I understand that today's society is severely skewed in the
area of health and body image. In fact, I am an overweight
twenty something who struggles on a daily basis with this
problem. What I am curious about is if people with anorexia
know it is unhealthy and know it is killing them slowly...
why do they do it? Why not seek help?

I know that obesity is just as common, if not more so than
anorexia and bulimia but I also know that with help and a
lot of patience, I can be at a healthy weight and a healthy
frame of mind.

I see people blogging about how anorexia is such a struggle
and that binging is so terrible and blah blah blah. Why not
eat healthy foods and not binge on junk food all the time?
You wouldn't get fat, you feel good about yourself and you
don't have to work very hard to keep off access weight.

For myself, and my husband, I have begun the process of
losing a healthy 1 pound per week so that I may be my
desired (and recommended by my doctor) weight of 125. There
is a long way to go, but I've already lost in the last 2
weeks 5 pounds. I don't count calories, and I don't feel bad
if I eat a little bit of junk food, because I know that
balance is the key to a healthy life.

I have made it my goal to lose this weight before I have
children, so that they might have someone healthy and happy
for a mother. But it is not obsession for me. I am not
meticulously counting every calorie, weighing myself
everyday or even working out for hours at a time. I am
making an active decision to make the right decisions.

Hmm, random ranting. I guess that's me for you.
That's it for now.
Nikki




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