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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A day at the pool!

I came home after a long day in the sun an hour ago.

I met my friends at 12 and we walked to the outside pool where we were planning to spend our day. We began with jumping into the pool.... my first 'non shower/bath swim this year!' haha
  Sunbathing, talking, listening to music, watching videos, people watching etc It was soo warm, and it wasnt until 5 hours later, when we were leaving that i looked in the mirror and saw that i look like a lobster... HUGE tanlines from my bikini... atleast it shows that ive been in the sun. But yup... my shoulders and back are burnt -_- Atleast i dont have those ugly sport top tanlines anymore!!

Also, luckily i had bought lunch to bring with me as i thought that was the safest idea in case all they sold was hot dogs or something, and i figured i would buy an ice cream or something there instead.
  However, as my friends went to go buy some lunch the little shop didnt accept credit card and none of us had cash with us, and there was no place to take out cash....
  I felt so sorry for my friends. The whole while they were there they didnt eat... i mean 2 or 3 hours after i had eaten my lunch i was hungry again.. haha.
  But like i say, Fail to plan, plan to fail. Some might think its silly that i pack or buy lunch with me, but actually i think its the smartest idea. Because then i am certain that i will have food with me, and i also always pack fruit or other snacks with me... even if im just gone an hour or two . I never know what will happen, and i would rather be prepared.
   Though once i got home i was super hungry, and i dont think food has ever tasted sooo good!!

On the way to the metro from the outside pool we stopped off at an outside gym and i got to show off my talents... haha, they called me a show off, but i know they were joking!! :) I love how accepting they are that i do exercise so much.. i dont talk about it all, as i feel its my thing. I dont need to talk about it to them, but they know i do exercise. But when they saw my do pull ups, i guess they were almost a little shocked... haha.
 I even saw some guys there looking a little shocked ;) ;) Felt good!!!

I hope you have all had a wonderful day :)






6 comments:

  1. Hi Izzy I was wondering if you could make a post about the benefits of Sweden. I mean... Sweden is better than other countries right? There's no doubt! It's a stigma��so could you please tell more about that? Is it true? What's the real face of Sweden?

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    1. Hmm, i think ive written about this here: http://living-with-anorexia.blogspot.se/2014/05/difference-between-ireland-and-sweden.html
      Im not really the best person to ask about these types of things as ive only lived in Sweden 4 years..
      I mean kids who go to school get money every month from the government - a sort of incentive to study and go to school, to keep kids from dropping out.

      But i mean Sweden is always made out to be super fair, best health care, best school system, gender equality etc but i mean, really it isnt... (though health care is pretty good i guess, apart from like psychiatric hospital anyway... there the care is still sort of 80's style)
      And thats sort of what shocks me, because if Sweden is made out to be one of the best, most neutral and fair countries, but yet i still see quite alot of inequality and unfiarness, then i dont really want to know what its like in other countries... (though we've studied quite a bit on this, so im not completely unaware! haha)

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  2. Because you've mentioned that you have this taxi card and well... That's awesome how they care about you!!!

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  3. Ahaha! That's funny, that they were amazed! Must have felt really good!!! I enjoy when people are shocked at what I can do. Like when I tell them how many languages I'm learning (not bragging or anything haha) and other stuff too. Even if they're like really serious about it!
    Olivia

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    1. hhaha, yeah its a good feeling :)

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  4. You look great! Love the bathing suit ^_^

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