Life without Anorexia

My motto is
'Dont let the sadness of your past & the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present'

I am a generally happy girl who loves running, going to the gym and eating food!! Though my life has been very different.
I spent 5 years sick with anorexia nervosia & purging tendencies & over exercising. I was depressed and self harmed. I spent 2 years in different treatment centres.
After alot of struggles, lots of ups and downs, suicide attempts, tears, anxiety, panic and never thinking i would be healthy.
I am now declared healthy from anorexia nervosia.

I have been blogging for 4 years, and my whole journey is written in my posts. I now represent healthy and happiness. I want to show anyone struggling that it is possible to recover, no matter how hard it may seem.

I am happy and healthy and living my life. Going to school, meeting friends and trying to find myself in this world.

I write about my daily life, but also try to write posts about how it was when i was sick, advice and tips.
I am open and friendly, so dont be scared about writing a post or sending me an email at: [email protected]

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To Ruby-Tuesday.

You said you were recovering from anorexia/bulimia and you had gained weight, but you're mind set wasnt right?
  
My advice to deal with bulimia is to make a meal plan (if you dont already follow one.) Eat 5/6 times a day, then you wont feel the need to binge. Pick foods which you like, but know you wont binge on... if you binge on bread/cereal/pasteries or whatever.... then dont have that at home. Of course... maybe theres not certain foods you binge on...? But if you make the meal plan, then stay focused on following the meal plan. No eating over.
  Of course it might be hard to know exactly how much you should eat? Portion sizes? im not so sure if i can help you with that?
  But you can check this link and this link where ive written a list of snack ideas, and they're not just for ganing weight... they're typical snacks :)
   If you need help with maybe dinner portion sizes i can always post pictures of how a 'typical' dinner portion would look?
  
Te keep yourself from purging, do something... find something to entertain yourself. Entertain your mind.
  For me, when i was dealing with my purging tendencies... i tried to do something with my hands, i couldnt just sit still and watch TV or read... my mind would wander and id sit there just wanting to purge.
  Ive had a bit of OCD, so i would clean sometimes to keep my mind from purging.
  But try things like: going for a walk. Calling a friend/sitting and talking to someone. Cleaning. Doing the dishes. Finishing a project...(i.e for work/school? i dont know...?). knitting. painting your nails. go out of the house.
  And definitely dont go into the kitchen... you want to keep yourself away from food until your next meal.
 
Anorexia and Bulimia are both mental illnesses, so alot of it is in the head. Of course, being underweight/overweight doesnt help the mind either.
   So you need to focus on your meantal health, because it doesnt really matter if you're normal weight and still feel awful mentally.

Find your reason to really recover... you cant hold onto your ED. Thats not a life.... you wont be fully living, until you're completly let go. Of course, recvoery is hard, letting go of your ED isnt easy.
  You have a comfort, a protection with your ED.... but i mean, you have to realise how awful it is. How your ED holds you back from certain things.
  
1)Find your reason to fully recover.
2) Try to feel positive... look at the good things in life. Make a list of pros and cons of having an ED.... how is your life affected....
  what do you want to do when your free and healthy?
3) Tell yourself you're beautfiul, try to accept your body. Accept who you are and how you look.
 
Im not so sure how to help really, haha.... Mental health is the most important. But trying to get mentally healthy is harder then putting on weight.
  Trying to get your mind set right, your thpughts right.

But trying to think logical... like if your head tells you that you're going to gain weight because you havent purged, think logical...Normal people dont purge and they dont put on weight because they eat. Eating is normal.

You dont want to eat a certain food because you get anxiety.... You might get anxiety from a certain food, but anxiety doesnt kill. Its better to be strong, to gop against the voice in your head and deal with the anxiety... because thats what makes you stronger.

To recover you need to do things which are hard and scary...you cant keep living in your littl eocmfort zone, you wont get healthy from that.
  Each time you go against the voice in your head, you get a little bit stronger, and the next time isnt as scary or as hard... it gets easier in time. And soon you'll realise, certain things which you thought you'd never do/never eat... they'er just part of your life.
  so challenge your ED.

You know whats right and whats wrong, even if its very deeply buried.

Good luck in your recovery, and i hope ive helped somehow, even though it feels like ive just blabbered and given you useless information!! haha

2 comments:

  1. This is a really good advice page, i find that eating more times in the day helps to not binge as well, and doing something after i've eaten as to not purge. I think this blog is really good for a lot of people, well done and keep fighting x

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  2. Hi, I don't know where I can ask this so I'm just gonna post it there..
    I'm in recovery right now and it's really hard because I feel as if people are going to live me on my own if I recover. Your blog is relly helpingme so thank you so much !
    It's also gonna sound weird but I think you have a wonderful body and I wish I could have the same. I'm not allowed to do sports yet but could you tell me how you mange to have such an amazing body ? I hope I'll be able to do the same somedy...
    xxx

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