So...girl

[aaron]

“So, girl,” Nancy began. “You have to let me in on your diet secret.” I took a drag, exhaled and watched the smoke rise into the warm air. I was hot and sweating in my dark button up shirt and apron. I could feel the sun beating down on me and the hard concrete of the platform we were sitting on beneath me.
“My diet secret?” I asked, buying precious, precious time.
“Yeah.” Nancy said. “You lost weight and you look great. I keep gaining it. So what gives? What’s the big secret?”


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Do you think this trend continues to grow in America?

[pooker]

Ehh , yes I guess so, alot of girls at my old High School would talk about it. Wether they did it was a whole different matter. I think more woman are becoming comfortable with there selves nowadays or alteast I hope so, with the indulgence of plus sized models and the "Your fine just the way you are" motto I think it is becoming less popular.

But again what do I know :kekeke:

[TheKing]

i say let them kill themselves doing this

[dyates]

How sad, and yeah, I think this "trend" continues to grow and always will. We've all been spoiled by the "convienence gotta have it right now" syndrome. This goes for weightloss as well. Think of all the trillions of dollars spent on weight loss pills etc. We all know that single pill isn't going to change our bodies but yet people continue to waste their money on them...it's a denial thing.

Once someone gets obsessed with losing weight/changing their body there is no end to what they will do to achieve the weight loss EXCEPT work hard for it, change their lifestyle and eating habits to healthier ones etc. That takes effort..it's not an instant thing. It's really sad. I feel bad for these type people. Destroying their health just to be accepted...

[onlyme]

Bulimia is not a trend, it's a disease and I pray for everyone who suffers from it that they may find help before it kills them.

[proudtobefrompetal]

my daughter is 14 and has a friend that has been making herself throw-up for 2 years now. it's a horrible sad disease.

[amanda]

Unfortunately, yes. It's a growing trend with a horrible outcome, death. But how do you get through to teenage girls that what they are doing is wrong and to accept themselves as they are? I have not answers and pray for those who have to live this horror.

[TheKing]

Bulimia is not a trend, it's a disease and I pray for everyone who suffers from it that they may find help before it kills them.

some people think that pedophiles have a disease, others think certain serial killers have mental disease...etc etc.

personal responsibility, good decision making and not being an idiot is not a disease...its a choice

sticking your finger down your throat is a choice...not a disease

[eyescene]

Well what ever it is....it is sad!

[dyates]

Bulimia is not a trend, it's a disease and I pray for everyone who suffers from it that they may find help before it kills them.


I have to agree with K to an extent. I don't believe anyone is born with bulimia, annorexia, etc. It starts with a decision.

[proudtobefrompetal]

It starts with a single decision - then escalates. Take it from someone that has battled with weight their entire life... it becomes an obsession. It takes over every thought. I feel for the girls because I understand. It pains me to think that my own daughter could have body issues.

[Luvia]

Addiction starts with a single choice too...but you can't tell me a hardcore junkie has any control over that after a certain point.

Bulemia and anorexia are mental disorders...and they are some of the very hardest to cure. Very resistent...and something you battle for the rest of your life.

[TheKing]

Addiction starts with a single choice too...but you can't tell me a hardcore junkie has any control over that after a certain point.


you could be right to a certain extent

but the point in which i have zero sympathy and still hold them entirely accountable for their actions is because the addictive nature and the dangers of drugs has been a serious part of public education for quite a while

the day that person decided to light up or cut that line they knew very well what they were getting themselves into and wether or not they were strong enough to resist the desire to continue down that path

back to the hardcord junkie having control...i would agree with you 100% if people didnt quit that shit every day...why do they quit? they made the choice

[eyescene]

Hello my name is Eye and I'm a nico-aholic....I think I will battle this too for the rest of my life. My Son who has done cocaine said the nicotine addiction is the worst. I have to agree! S

I've been quit smoking for:
2 Months 2 Weeks 4 Days 5 Hours 30 Minutes 28 Seconds
on 11 22 07 I'll have saved $400.00

[proudtobefrompetal]

I'm proud of you, eye. My grandmother of COPD on oxygen smoking cigarettes. Take it one day at a time and you'll make it.

[Guru]

Go Eye! Go Eye! Go Eye! You can DO it.

[eyescene]

Me too Petal Me too!!!

[jkspatty]

It starts with a single decision - then escalates. Take it from someone that has battled with weight their entire life... it becomes an obsession. It takes over every thought. I feel for the girls because I understand. It pains me to think that my own daughter could have body issues.


You are a HUGE influence on your daughter. If she sees that you put unrealistic expectations on yourself, then she will likely have those same expectations. I've always heard there is a control issue often associated with these eating disorders. This makes sense in that if mommy, daddy, husband, is controlling, a person may feel that this is the only area of their life that they can control. It's very strange to me though, eating is one of the most basic of human instincts.

[eyescene]

Thanks Guru!!

[eyescene]

eating is to live but has pleasure...all animal well most will over eat...wonder why is it boredom or pleasure! and Some dogs starve themselves too. ummm and Turkeys will kill their ill.

[LipsofanAngel]

It starts with a single decision - then escalates. Take it from someone that has battled with weight their entire life... it becomes an obsession. It takes over every thought. I feel for the girls because I understand. It pains me to think that my own daughter could have body issues.


I am so very worried about when I have children... I'm definitely not the best example of being comfortable with the way my body is... always room for improvement, right? Only I disguise my "issues" as wanting to be "healthy & fit"... it's more than that though.

[eyescene]

Lips if you are female and you are, than you got body issues, all females have body issues! We were bred that way!

[LipsofanAngel]

Lips if you are female and you are, than you got body issues, all females have body issues! We were bred that way!

oh yeah i know... just never good when it's an unhealthy obsession....

[LipsofanAngel]

I didn't write this yesterday, but I feel compelled to do so...

I think the scary thing with this "trend" is that bulimia often goes unnoticed. In that article, the girl would actually be considered anorexic rather than bulimic. Anorexics limit what they eat, but when they do eat they resort to purging behaviors. With bulimia though, the girls (or guys) often don't actually lose weight. If you binge and purge, your body still absorbs calories. Because a bulimic doesn't lose a drastic amount of weight, people often have no clue when someone is going through this.

I urge parents to please please please pay attention to your children. If they seem depressed or have an unhealthy obsession with food, then find out what is wrong!

[mac]

These "unhealthy obsesssions" with weight and body image are learned from somewhere.

[LipsofanAngel]

These "unhealthy obsesssions" with weight and body image are learned from somewhere.

parents, media, peers, etc.

I first learned it in 7th grade when they taught us about anorexia. It had never occured to me that I could just not eat in order to be skinny.... until then :confused:

[mac]

parents, media, peers, etc.

I first learned it in 7th grade when they taught us about anorexia. It had never occured to me that I could just not eat in order to be skinny.... until then :confused:

Have you ever watched the show Intervention? I watched it last night, and it was about a girl who was anorexic/bulimic. She was also addicted to heroin and cocaine. Her mother was anorexic/bulimic and had been for 35 years. She raised her to be paranoid about food. The kid ended up puking and using drugs to stay thin.

I watch that show a lot and the person who's addicted to something almost ALWAYS has a mother with something similar.

I'm not saying that people can blame their parents for their problems, but I definitely think it's the job of a parent to raise their kids with an exposure to well rounded, realistic, healthy ideas about things-- not with an attitude of "Don't do this or you'll be fat" or "Eat what you want. It'll work out."

I was raised with the latter attitude, and have struggled with my weight since I was about 17. Sometimes I look back and wonder what the hell my mother was thinking. She's one of those naturally skinny people who can eat almost anything she wants. When I first got chubby, she told me to start eating the "McLean" burgers at McDonald's. :shakinghead:

[LipsofanAngel]

I've never seen the show. What channel?

I think you bring up a good point too... the drug aspect. Some people may not throw up, but so many drugs suppress your appetite, so they turn to that. Then you end up with an anorexic addict. Not a good combo...

I think you're right that you can't your parents for your own choices, but they definitely influence your eating behaviors considering they are the ones who dictate what you eat for many years.

[mac]

I think it's A & E. It's channel 46 on Comcast.