coming to peace with yourself success

taryn_09

just a little vent but this past month has been such a break through for me. being 20 and a personal trainer its tough knowing that here i am preaching to my clients about the right and wrong nutrition / workout guidelines and yet here i am being the underweight "unhealthy" person.

HOWEVER, this past week i have NOT made myself sick once, which im really proud of. also im finally at peace with myself. about 4 months ago i dropped from 115 to about 100 normally with my past i would have embraced it saying i look great im skinny..
this time was different (in such a good way) i took control saying this isnt right.

from reducing my 2 times a day 8 mile running cardio crazy routine, ive now dropped to only running 3 mile sprints (making my cardio about 18 min) a day, and have been doing strength training.
im now at 108 (goal is to get to at least 112 -115) however it feels amazing to know im shutting that voice out of my head. im finally taking my own advice, being a skeleton is not appealing no matter what tv might show.

we are our biggest critics, its time to stop comparing ourselves to everyone in hollywood and learn to love who we are.


anyone else have success stories?! :]
or break through

littlemili

You are doing truly fantastic! I'm really happy for you and I bet your body is loving you for it too.

My achievement?
Today marks one month of eating 2000+ calories every day. In that time I gained 14lbs, my weight is now pretty well stable, I have just hit 'healthy' BMI, and I have also been lifting heavy weights for a month and returned to my career and college degree. I literally turned my life around overnight and I am determined to continue to sustain it.

taryn_09

thank you! its really tough, i mean ive gone from eating 900 to daily i can hit about 1400 calories im still not in healthy bmi and i need 1580 it says just to maintain really where im at. realistically i should be at about 2100 cal per day as well but i mean coming from not eating to saying here eat basically everything is tough!

thats really great for you as well though!! i feel like things are definitely getting better, and i know it only continues to get better from here !

littlemili

thank you! its really tough, i mean ive gone from eating 900 to daily i can hit about 1400 calories im still not in healthy bmi and i need 1580 it says just to maintain really where im at. realistically i should be at about 2100 cal per day as well but i mean coming from not eating to saying here eat basically everything is tough!

I switched overnight from eating less than 500 to over 2000. I think it was kind of a good way of doing it. I also didn't get weighed for quite a while when I increased my cals which certainly helped me to manage it every day. You can do it. If I can do it then you definitely can.

taryn_09

thank you! its really tough, i mean ive gone from eating 900 to daily i can hit about 1400 calories im still not in healthy bmi and i need 1580 it says just to maintain really where im at. realistically i should be at about 2100 cal per day as well but i mean coming from not eating to saying here eat basically everything is tough!

I switched overnight from eating less than 500 to over 2000. I think it was kind of a good way of doing it. I also didn't get weighed for quite a while when I increased my cals which certainly helped me to manage it every day. You can do it. If I can do it then you definitely can.

so very true. im really glad i found this group, none of my friends/ family really know and the 2 that do dont grasp whats it like to deal with it!

EllaScarlet

YAY I am so happy to read positive success stories in an ED discussion forum... just shows that there is always, always light at the end of the tunnel and you just have to keep on fighting.

My achievement is that I have finally reached a weight that I am really happy with. I was anorexic for 3 years, then became totally screwed up in recovery, severely bulimic and piled a load of weight on and felt totally miserable. Now I have managed to lose it - slowly and healthily - and am SO happy

taryn_09

YAY I am so happy to read positive success stories in an ED discussion forum... just shows that there is always, always light at the end of the tunnel and you just have to keep on fighting.

My achievement is that I have finally reached a weight that I am really happy with. I was anorexic for 3 years, then became totally screwed up in recovery, severely bulimic and piled a load of weight on and felt totally miserable. Now I have managed to lose it - slowly and healthily - and am SO happy

AWESOME! i think so many people focus on just the negative sides to it. we really need to embrace any positive strides we take, because its such an achievement. its such a remarkable feeling finally being able to be happy with yourself. its like for the first time i love who i am

HiKaren

Yeah Taryn!!!!! Thats such great news.

This is my second year of not purging.. I'm feeling better... Although I'm not at the goal I want to ultimately be.. I'm on the way... And haven't been sick for sooo long now...... And It feels great. And its nice knowing there are other people out here, that can appreciate such milestones and accomplishments. And can pat you on the back, and say "I'm proud Of You. Because I know how hard that can be." I wanted to say something, but I was afraid it would sound like I was bragging about it. But darn it, I am proud about it.

I'm glad you came out and told us of this good news. I'm happy for you.

taryn_09

Yeah Taryn!!!!! Thats such great news.

This is my second year of not purging.. I'm feeling better... Although I'm not at the goal I want to ultimately be.. I'm on the way... And haven't been sick for sooo long now...... And It feels great. And its nice knowing there are other people out here, that can appreciate such milestones and accomplishments. And can pat you on the back, and say "I'm proud Of You. Because I know how hard that can be." I wanted to say something, but I was afraid it would sound like I was bragging about it. But darn it, I am proud about it.

I'm glad you came out and told us of this good news. I'm happy for you.



i think everyone should celebrate an accomplishment, and way to go for you as well. its tough starting out and im not where i need to / want to be either. i was afraid to post something in the beginning cause not a lot of people know my situation but its nice to see others in the same boat, plus maybe itll help someone else out as well. ! like you said though we're on our way to getting to where we want to be. and i can say where im at now is way better than where i was .