Eating Disoreder,s/Anorexia

jqpublic · October 22, 2005

Oh my God! I,was watching Discovery Channel Show on. Anorexia, & Bulimia...

them poor, people talk about and eating disorder, they can,t help them self,s.

One, lady weighed 63 pound,s 22 year,s old, poor girl she just started throwing up to lose weight now she, can,t quit it became Physiolgical and is with all of them.

And Anorexia, is the number one killer of people age 15 to 24 Physiological problems.

Wow, the flip side of being over weight..... Id, rather be over weight then have to fight that! it was scary I ,must live a sheltered life because I, have never paided any mind to it!

maybe because I,was over weight!

well to get to a happyer note how is every one weight loss,going?

I, hope that you are meeting your weight loss goal,s.

sunnykim · October 22, 2005

Thats nuts. Too much of anything can turn into a bad thing. But i understand feeling obsessive about wieght. I know im overly obsessed about my wieght. I even think i might have "body dismorphic disorder" so i guess we all have problems.

Kim

chichigirl · October 22, 2005

John,

I happened to watch that same show last night, it was called Never Too Thin. I just happened upon it as I was flipping through the channels. I always watch any shows that look into eating disorders because I believe they are all linked in some way, including obsessive complusive bingeing and obesity. They are truly just flip sides of one another. The anorexics use no food to calm them down when they are feel stressed, something about their physiological makeup, whereas obese people turn to food to calm us when we feel stressed.

I found it very fascinating the work they are doing regarding the study of the neurotransmitters in the brain having an effect on them. Those very same transmitters, Seratonin, are responsible for depression and anxiety disorders. Interesting connection don't you think?

I don't know if we will see it in our lifetime, but I believe the research they are doing now, will lead to an answer for resolving eating disorders in the future. In the meantime, I have to use the tried and true method of lower my calories by eating healthier foods(1,200) and moving more, better known as good old exercise.

That's really neat you caught that and were able to watch it. Those poor girls were so very sad and they really didn't want to be that thin, they knew there was a problem and that they needed help. Very powerful and informative show.

Cindy