(i didn't put this in diet and exercise because it's much more psychological than dietary.)

i guess i'm just curous how any of you who have had eating disorders managed to recover, or for those who haven't even been diagnosed with one, how you got better. i recently found a picture of myself where i was almost at my lowest weight and it's bringing back a lot of thoughts. i think it was the only one taken of me at the time 'cause i hated photos so much so i've never faced it like this.

i know a lot of people on here have had eating 'issues' but i haven't seen any threads on recovery, so i'd thought i'd try to start one.

yeah let me know when you figgure it out. my best friend is bulimic and started doing meth because it makes her not want to puke. we are still working on this one...

egh. that's horrible. sorry to hear that. there is a lot of desperation there when you get to the point when you can't stop it. two of my best friends are bulimic, plus an ex-boyfriend. the mood swings that go along with it are the worst.

i dunno. it's just really hard to stay healthy sometimes, and i rarely hear very much about people recovering. i guess 'cause there's such a low percentage that does?

There is a low percentage that actually recovers and gets the help they need. Its also never fully gone. So alot of us go back to it. Its like being addicted to drugs or alcohol. You spend your whole life running from it because its always there in your head. The temptation is so great its hard to escape sometimes.

I've had EDs, and well... yeah, they're like drugs you always have that though in your mind: "I bet, I'd be much happier if I could ___ again"

But fortunately you have people around you to support you & watch out for you, it's not quite comfortable, since you have all eyes on you and what you eat.

One of my closest friends had bulimia, and we pretty much lied for eachother, was a great method tbh, until we got discovered and went down. When you have that kind of problems all you want it's to be accepted, I guess that was went wrong with me, since people when they first found out didn't support me, they all got really mad at me and left me totally alone for a while, that's when I got worse.

Anyway, yeah it is still on my mind, and well... it's not pretty most of the time :s

Yeah, I know what you mean.
I was anorexic for about a year, when I started puking. Anorexia always seemed so much more feminine and delicate. So it always was, "Damn, I wish I could stop eating." But by that point, I had lost most of my self control.
It's been 3 years, and I'm finally getting over bulimia, I think. I'm 5'4"...at my lowest point I weighed a little less than 100 pounds. Now I'm around 117. And I'm okay with that. I still puke, just not as often. I used to puke at least 2 or 3 times a day, sometimes even 5 or 6 times. Now it's more like once or twice every week.
I don't know why it stopped. I think it might have to do with my boyfriend. After two years, I'm starting to realize that I might just be beautiful the way I am. At least he thinks so, so why shouldn't I?
Either that or I just got sick of never being good enough for myself.

I was anorexic for 3.5 almost 4 years. I still think about it all the time. At frist I started eating twice as much. Forcing more food in to make sure I didn't backtrack. I'm better now though then I was. I eat properly not too much or too little. Just enough so that I'm full. Its still hard alot of the time though. It'll always be there, keeping it under control is key. I also try to remember how bad it got so I don't ever go back.

blah. well, i've never come out and admitted it to anyone except a couple really close friends and my therapist (who i see for general reasons, not this specifically) so whenever it comes up i'm on my own. lately i've hit a rut and it's hard to not go crawling back to it.

Well, I see my therapist now & then for a non-important number of reasons... but when I first started seeing her was because of that.

Anyway, Well... I never got into mia, since I though it was much harder and worse; I don't think I ever will...