Don't Know What To Do

#1 by :o) on 12/02/2007 11:40:02 (id-469).
Please don't feel like you need to do that to yourself. Bulimia is a psychological eating disorder that can be physically harmful to your body. If you get stuck on that road it can be difficult to get off because it's usually something much deeper than weight that causes people to not like their bodies. As a result many bulimics end up dangerously underweight and with rotten teeth from the vomit.
You say you want to be slim and sexy but those two don't necessarily go together. The most attractive thing in people is confidence, like being ok with your own body. Size 12 is not too big.
If really want to loose weight you can. But it's much better to do it naturally. It can be hard and it can take time but with a reasonable diet (I don't mean temporarily not eating much; that doesn't work. I mean generally changing what you eat in the long run to make it healthier) and a bit of exercise (walking, swimming or jumping on a bouncy castle) you can get there.
I know there is a lot of pressure for young people to look and act a certain way to fit in but there so much more to life than that. If you ever don't know what to do about something, obviously asking for advice is good, but you can also take control, educate yourself and look at things from a different point of view. People shape society; don't let society shape you.
Good luck

#2 by holly on 12/02/2007 15:27:54 (id-471).
dont even think about it girl, i was around a size 12 wen i started that awful thing, it doninates yor hole life and buggers up yor digestive system, rots yor teeth , bad breath, intergestion all the time. and if u think well yes its worth all that and u go ahead and manage to lose some weight, and after time u think yor slim enough and decide to stop it , yor digestive system will be all over the place and youll put on more weight than wen u started. let me tell u that from experence.!! i was bulimic for 10 yrs then i decided to have children, so i stopped, coz the doctor told me it would make i very hard to have children doin wot i was doin, after a few weeks of stoppin i started to gained and gained the weight and now i am still childless and extremely overweight. wot i wouldnt give to be a size 12 again!!!!!!!! THINK ABOUT

#3 by Sarah on 14/02/2007 18:43:08 (id-472).
Please, Please don't try to make yourself sick. I have had a short experience with Bulimia for the feeling of being inadiquate and all it did was make m feel tired, starved and 10 times more upset. At this point i just wanted to finish it. Don't do this to you. I'm a size 6 and i can promise you that I would die 9 times over just to be normal, eat normal and be the average, a 12. Do you really want to drop weight so it becomes an addiction like mine and you have nothing left, still don't feel good, constantly tired and heres the best bit, always uncomfortable - I can feel my bones all the time. You may say that you won't let it get that far but this is what happens. You become addicted to looking right. Be proud of yourself for being normal.

#4 by Aether on 01/11/2007 02:04:29 (id-754).
Thank you Sarah for your words, I'm Bulimic and Anorexic and its a terrible prison. I would give anything to go back in time and sought out help at the first sign of the problem. Now I'm stuck in this control game...I'm 5-6 at 95 lbs at best...I hate it, hate the ED, hate me, ashamed of what I've become and what I do. I isolate myself for my habit, I've stolen food for my habit...don't do it my dear- its not worth it. Get help to feel better about your self first, love yourself first and then lose the weight, if necessary the right way.

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