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 Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:07 pm
This too is sacred
Whether it's anorexia, bulemia, binge-eating or another unspecified problem, eating disorders are a serious problem among youth and young adults of both sexes. As a Fat Acceptance and Health at Every Size guild, we accept, encourage and support those who are fighting eating disorders without judgement. This thread is to discuss your own experiences with disordered eating and to help others find their way out of that way of thinking and living.
love as thou wilt
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:37 pm
I've been told by various non-medical-professionals that my eating is disordered, although it's clearly not at a level where it endangers my life - it may be endangering my health a little bit, but that would have to be in down-the-road types of ways. Essentially I don't eat much. I have rules about when and what I can eat, although I don't look at those as part of my ED, if it is an ED. Those rules developed when I had a digestive illness for most of a year, and these were the things that helped me not be sick. They may no longer be valid, but I'm not inclined to test that.
I don't know. My outward appearance doesn't alarm people. At a previous job, I held the honour, conferred by one of the guys there, that I ate the most per pound in the office. But I don't feel good if I eat more than one real MEAL meal per day, and I get headaches if I eat big lunches. I try to minimize how many times per week I do eat an actual lunch and not a few nibblies here and there. Today I had free sample bread and a free sample piece of chicken, and a really good apple, for instance. And a granola bar, but that's part of every meal with me - again, dates back to the sickness. Fibre!
I don't know why I'm posting, even. I feel like I've been neglecting this guild lately, I suppose, and this thread was sitting here with no responses, and I felt like I might fall into the category a little.
I think the way this ties in, for me, with FA and that, is that I'm way better at accepting other people's fat than my own. It's a problem. Why should I be so special as to merit different rules? If it's ok for the next person to carry some more pounds, why isn't it ok for me? I think that's something a lot of people struggle with, holding themselves to the same standard as they hold everyone else.
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