New and would like to get this group active

I think if we get this group going again we could be an amazing group. I hope We can.

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  • Mersie1
    Mersie1 Posts: 329 Member
    I agree!
  • ashleyylo
    ashleyylo Posts: 101 Member
    Yes I agree! I would also like to see this more active...which I guess means I need to participate instead of creep
  • hyIianprincess
    hyIianprincess Posts: 302 Member
    Same here! I wish this group was more active.
  • PhoenixPhaith
    PhoenixPhaith Posts: 1 Member
    Me too, mind if I add some of you as friends at all?
  • hyIianprincess
    hyIianprincess Posts: 302 Member
    Me too, mind if I add some of you as friends at all?

    Feel free to add me. Anyone can
  • Mersie1
    Mersie1 Posts: 329 Member
    Feel free to add me!
  • shvits
    shvits Posts: 249 Member
    me too!
  • Happymelz
    Happymelz Posts: 536 Member
    Me too! Although I'm recovered and actually overweight at the moment I still struggle with ED thoughts.

    I am actually working on a research project for school related to treatments for ED.
    Would any of you be willing to take the survey for me?
    I posted on the forums but got a warning. I didn't realize that it would be bad to ask for help from the community that I've been a part of for 4 yeas.
    I'm not trying to be a spam poster, but I need people to take the survey who have actually dealt with an ED.

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XTG82LV
  • JordanTerry516
    JordanTerry516 Posts: 97 Member
    I'm new also and I would love that!!! When urges to have symptoms or need of motivation, we could come to each other for help in our succes!
  • serena0616
    serena0616 Posts: 1 Member
    edited February 2016
    Yes, I would love if this group could be more active. Do we have an Introductions thread (or can we start one)?
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    add me too! I've been anorexic and an overeater. Just would be happy to not have food as my god!
  • plezzieswife
    plezzieswife Posts: 1 Member
    I just joined the group but think that is a wonderful idea. There is strength, wisdom and victory in numbers! <3<3<3
  • kms263
    kms263 Posts: 7 Member
    Hi I've only joined and I'm finding logging my eating habits on mfp has really helped me with my issues with food so far, I haven't ever taken steps to get better before so hearing how other people are dealing with similar situations might help!
  • Mersie1
    Mersie1 Posts: 329 Member
    Great to hear logging feels like it's helping! I'm not sure how active this group is, but hoping to see more pairings soon. Keep up the good work!
  • ElizabethAN2017
    ElizabethAN2017 Posts: 565 Member
    Nice to see some active members :)
  • dandelily
    dandelily Posts: 11 Member
    Hello!
  • ElizabethAN2017
    ElizabethAN2017 Posts: 565 Member
    Hi Dandelily
  • cagveg
    cagveg Posts: 3 Member
    First time ever posting! Three days in and feels by great.
  • ElizabethAN2017
    ElizabethAN2017 Posts: 565 Member
    cagveg wrote: »
    First time ever posting! Three days in and feels by great.

    Hi cagveg. Since I joined, no one has been communicating, so I think this group is not active. I'll send you a friend request in case you would like to add me. I'm leaving the group, as I haven't found anyone who communicates. Take care :). Elizabeth
  • glacierlilly
    glacierlilly Posts: 54 Member
    Hi - I introduced myself on the intro thread and thank you Mersie1 for responding to me a few days later. I would like to see this group active as well. I really need support and help in moving forward in a healthy way. Most of all I need people in my life who don't judge and who understand where I am coming from no matter where they are in their recover or where I am in mine.
  • emdarling07
    emdarling07 Posts: 24 Member
    Hey girls! I think we can absolutely make this an active group again. How can we best support each other? I can start an email thread so we can contact each other outside MFP, or we can do daily/weekly posts and updates here. I'm anxious to here about how y'all are doing.
  • glacierlilly
    glacierlilly Posts: 54 Member
    Is there not a way to be notified when people post on the thread? I only came back to look when I saw your friend request emdarling07. Thanks for the connect btw. Maybe it's just a setting I need to change on my end, but if there is not a notification then we need to remind ourselves to look often at the thread. Maybe there is another way to stay connected and communicate.
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    Logging just keeps me more conscious of what I'm eating. It seems to help.
    Meditation helps reduce stress. Low level anxiety can cause troble for me, so keeping honest with myself is key too.

    It nice to see many new people coming here lately. <3

    The email thing could help! :)
  • glacierlilly
    glacierlilly Posts: 54 Member
    the stress thing gets me too, when I'm having relationship stress I seem to deal with it via bulima. Not good. I so enjoy having other like-minded folks to talk to! Not glad you have ED but glad I'm not alone.
  • LifeInTheBikeLane
    LifeInTheBikeLane Posts: 345 Member
    This can be a difficult site to be a part of when you have an eating disorder. I have had people unfriend me because of my food log and message me about my eating disorder (rudely, if I might say).

    I've been on here since 2014 (the second time I joined) and it has been a help. I joined Weight Watchers for three months (it specifically asked if I suffered from Bulimia before allowing me to join...had to lie and say no) and recently returned here after it escalated my problems. It's hard to find a balance between disordered eating and calorie counting, that's for sure. When I found this group I was super excited but saddened when I saw it wasn't an active one. Stick together, girls!!!! :)
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    Wow, sorry to hear about the rudeoids out there. Glad u are here!
  • Mersie1
    Mersie1 Posts: 329 Member
    I check often- I don't post here often, but I do post on my profile page frequently. I'm in recovery and getting into a stronger place of recovery each day. Feel free to add me. Love a supportive community, I, probably like you all, use MFP in a somewhat different way than most. It is a challenge, but I create ways to allow it support my needs while
    Trying hard to have it support any form of ED. It is fascinating when reading other people's posts or seeing others diaries how easily I can spot ED or at least disordered thoughts/behaviors. That helps me to catch my own too!
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    Glad you are here Mèrsie, and really happy to know you are recovering. I also see so much ED among the 'normal' community here at mfp. :o
  • LifeInTheBikeLane
    LifeInTheBikeLane Posts: 345 Member
    A lot of people don't seem to realize that the way they calorie count/restrict is disordered!