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drinking less water through the day leads to binging in the night

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what would u prefer

fulfilling that hunger that you feel by eating junk and feeling guilty for hours,

or waiting 20 minutes, the hunger passing and getting that perfect body you have always asked for.

i know what i’d choose

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ed tumblr has not changed in the 4 years I've had this acc

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Do you have any tips on how to eat less without my family noticing??

The will be a pain in the ass if they notice.

make fake meals, keep a trash bag in your room to throw away food, make sure you leave visible dishes in the kitchen, eat in front of them when you do

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okay here again yippeee

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how long has it been since I’ve used this account? two years? fascinating 

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I’ve rebranded and now I will work myself to death

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Eating Disorder Recovery Websites

1) http://eatingdisorderrecovery.com/index.php/home - Features a free eating disorder recovery workbook that helps you manage eating disorder symptoms. Includes blogs to help inspire eating disorder recovery. Allows visitors to post and discuss problems and questions in a forum that is monitored.

2) http://www.recoveryboat.com/ - A website that offers peer support for eating disorder recovery. This site includes a forum for those struggling. It also provides basic information about eating disorders for those suffering and those supporting a loved one who is suffering. Lastly, it provides some therapy exercises that can help overcome eating disorder behaviours and symptoms.

3)      http://www.something-fishy.org/ - An all exclusive website that provides a treatment finder, forums, eating disorder information, hotlines, and more. This site even includes resources for books and self-help worksheets to help combat eating disorder symptoms and behaviours.

4) http://www.webiteback.com/ - A pro-recovery website that exists to help others overcome their eating disorder and to combat pro-ana websites. This site provides a forum for users to post on to get advice and share struggles of their eating disorder. This site also provides an extensive resource list for those struggling.

5)  http://www.nedic.ca/index.shtml – The National Eating Disorder Information Centre. This website features all you need to know about eating disorders. It has a resource library that includes links on where to get help. NEDIC runs public service announcements and campaigns that you can get involved with in your own community.

6) http://www.eatingdisordersblogs.com/ - This site is a compilation of blogs written by different people to help inspire you to overcome your eating disorder. You can find blogs written by Doris Smeltzer, Karen Koenig, and even Jenni Schaefer. These blogs provide information on eating disorders, skills you can use to recover, and resources you can access.

7) http://www.mirror-mirror.org/ - This is a site dedicated to help promote awareness for eating disorders. It helps to educate about the dangers of eating disorders. It also has links to resources on getting support for your eating disorder. It provides information on relapses and has a relapse prevention plan. It gives a lot of ideas on coping skills to deal with the hard emotions you feel instead of using eating disorder symptoms.

8) http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ - This website is dedicated to advocacy for eating disorder recovery. It provides resources to help teach about what eating disorders really look like. This site provides resources for recovery as well. This is the organization that holds the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, held at the end of February. This site provides stories of hope that encourages others to seek out recovery.

9) http://eatingdisorderscoalition.org/ - Advocacy at its best! This site is your guide to help get legislators and representatives to hear your voice and get legal action for eating disorder help and recovery. You can find facts and information about eating disorders on this site. You can learn how you can advocate and lobby for eating disorder recovery at the federal and state level.

10) http://www.mentorconnect-ed.org/ - A website that pairs mentors and mentees together to help support those in eating disorder recovery. The purpose is to pair those who have been in recovery and those who are struggling with an eating disorder to share experiences, provide guidance and to help each other through the journey of recovery. 

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I ate a normal amount of food today and my dad called me a pig

pain

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Tips & Tricks Not To Do

1. Ice baths do not burn an insane amount of calories - being cold will actually SLOW your metabolism, because your body is trying to retain heat. You burn more calories in room or hotter temperatures. Ice baths can also be dangerous because it does lower your body’s natural core temperature, and this can lead to blood clots, heart problems, and various other complications. 

2. Ignore the 100 calories workouts. Why? Because you do not burn 100 calories. There are no universal workouts that burn the exact amount of calories for everyone. Someone who is 300 pounds burns twice the amount of caloris than someone who’s 150 pounds. And honestly, the only person who burns 100 calories on those plans are people who are over 300 pounds. Even then it’s iffy. Just don’t fall for it. 

3. Hydration. Is. Key. Just upping your water intake to the levels your body needs will be enough to help jump start weightloss. It regulates the water your body needs, help’s you get rid of excess water weight, plus it helps your body maintain a majority of it’s natural processes. It can take only 3 days to die without consuming water, don’t risk it. 

4. Don’t bother with lax or diet pills. Lax will dehydrate you and only force you to lose extra water and waste weight. Diet pills have insane amounts of caffeine. Your best bet is to use cayenne pepper extract  and vitamin b complex which naturally do what diet pills are marketed to do. Not to mention, just google diet pill side effects. 

5. Do not chew and spit. It’s not a good alternative. The moment you smell food your body starts the digestive process. Now most of the time this isn’t a big deal. However, once you chew food, your stomach is producing stomach acid. Without food for your stomach to digest, you will have acid build up cause acid reflux, stomach ulcers, nausea, and various other problems. 

6. In terms of eating disorders, fasting is never a good option. While fasting can be healthy for someone who is healthy, chances are if you’re restricting your body is already battling to maintain it’s life. Our bodies are not designed to have low intakes all the time. Consult a physician before you fast. Also, do not fast when you need to operate a vehicle or any other machine. End your fast if you feel a burning sensation in your stomach or develop acid reflux. 

7. In every health case, avoid fast food. Not only is the food insanely unhealthy for you (there are healthier options at most chains if you ever need to eat out at one) but the FDA actually allows a lot of these chains to lie about their calorie count by 20%. Most food companies can do it anyways, but fast food is the most guilty.  Supersize Me actually did expand on this so watching that will give you a bit more information. 

8. A good 90% of the so called “pro-ana” tips being spread around are complete BS. While some people may find them helpful, the reality is that most people don’t. You will find what works for you naturally. 

9. The more you restrict or fast the smaller your stomach/intestines shrink. It may sound good now, but the moment you eat more than your body can naturally handle, you are at risk for stomach/intestinal ruptures since your body is no longer used to eating regular amounts. 

10. Do not eat cotton balls for the love of God. I don’t know who even came up with this idea but cotton balls can easily cause intestinal blockages that can kill you, cause massive infection, and could end up needing to be surgically removed. I’ve also seen a few people suggest tying candy to a string then pulling it back up to induce purging? You’re going to choke to death at some point with that, or tear a hole in your esophagus which, best of luck surviving that one. Seriously, don’t follow these stupid tips. 

11. Take a multivitamin. If you restrict you lose nutrients, losing nutrients lands you in a hospital, hospital finds out you have an eating disorder and forces you to eat.

In conclusion, just use your common sense and reason. If it sounds too good to be true, or if it sounds dangerous, it most likely is. Stay safe

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just a quick reminder since some of y'all need it

it's NEVER okay to comment on what someone else is eating, when they decide to eat, or what quantity of food they chose. you might never eat cake, but that doesn't mean no one should be allowed to have cake either. you might only allow yourself a meal every day, but dont shit on someone else for having several small ones. you only have 350 calories a day? thats not enough calories to even support basic brain function, so maybe that's why you thought it was alright to bash someone else for eating 1000. oh, you never eat past 6:30? well, that's your choice, just like it's someone else's to never eat past 8:30. our rules may vary, but our suffering is still the same. basic rule of thumb here is dont be a dick.

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what did I expect

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I've only been restricting again for 3 days and the side effects are hitting hard for some reason 🥴🥴

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I think a lot of people forget to talk about how time becomes the enemy when you have an eating disorder.

Two hours to a normal person could be excitement getting off work or going out with friends when it can be total, utter agony to someone with an eating disorder. Two hours until you can eat an apple. Two hours until you have to go out to eat with family. Two hours of total panic.

A day to a normal person usually means nothing. Work. Hobbies. Or just a day reading a good book. To someone with an eating disorder it can be counting the hours until you get that 24-hour fast and listing all the things to do just so you wouldn't binge. Just don't binge, you keep telling yourself over and over again. And the day seems to last forever.

Three weeks to a normal person go by just like nothing. They go by fast if there's going to be a fun beach trip with friends and it'll be even fun. They barely even think about the passing time. To someone with an eating disorder, more panic, counting the days in agony. Counting how much weight you have to, absolutely have to, lose until that trip. How much weight you can lose in a week? How about a day? 21 completely obsessive days. You have to reach that gw in that time so you can look good in a bikini. And when it comes, you haven't reached your gw and you cry about the three weeks you just wasted, 21 days lost, and even if you did reach it, you wouldn't be comfortable enough to wear that bikini anyway. So you obsess about the next 21 days.

And so on and so on. And just like that, time has become numbers too.

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One of my biggest fantasies is being really skinny and getting a strong muscular girlfriend who’d pick me up with no problem