I bumped into a friend the
other day and she told me how she went on a diet and fitness programme and lost
weight. She said that she was extremely fearful of putting the weight back on
so she was avoiding snacks and sweets, among a long list of other things.
To cut a long story short,
this is not someone I normally spend a lot of time with so a few years later
when I saw her again, I was a bit shocked! She looked so skinny and sickly that
I hardly recognized her. I wondered if she had a problem…..
Bulimia nervosa and anorexia
nervosa as I understand it are eating disorders.
Bulimia nervosa is when someone
consumes a lot of food like a starving person, and then finds a way to remove
it from their body before it can be processed.
Anorexia nervosa – it seems
that these persons have a different view of their appearance. Even when they
are seriously underweight, they still believe that they need to lose weight.
They eat tiny amounts of food and basically starve their bodies because they
are afraid of gaining weight.
This to me is saying that
they don’t like the body they have and they don’t care about living. Because
how can the body survive if it never gets a chance to extract all the nutrients
it needs from the food? How can the body survive without sufficient food?
I love food and I absolutely
detest throwing up or otherwise. Now I am nowhere near slim but I don’t think I
could love myself if I did not have a little meat on my bones. I know that I
could lose about 25-lbs but I have decided to just eat healthy. More fruits and
vegetables and less carbohydrates, basically a little of everything and try my
best to stick to my daily exercises.
We are all born unique; some
of us are slim and wish we could put on weight while some of us are constantly
dieting and making ourselves ill in the process.
I feel for anyone who is
bulimic or anorexic and I hope that in time they can find courage; courage to love
life and love themselves for who they really are and remember that their true
friends are the ones who will accept them for who they are.
If you or anyone you know is
suffering with bulimia and/or anorexia nervosa, please get some help or help them to get help. You
can never change until you see yourself as you really are.
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