Pro Anorexia on MFP....

ETA: some parents will place their anorexic children in hospitals/clinics where they are force fed, I've not heard of any parents sending their obese children to similar places to lose weight.

I went to a couple of different fat camps growing up. Then, there wasn't much education to it, just feeding you less and making you active (even if it was only for a month). Now, there's actually a boarding school for overweight children. http://www.wellspringacademies.com/ I googled boarding school overweight kids and had 212,000 hits. There's a TV show about this school. Can't remember what it's called though.

I was on pro mia/ ana sites when I was a teenager. ( Mia = Bulimia Ana= Anorexia ) and they aren't all bad. The girls ( and guys ) find support, but generally when one of them goes too far the others will take care of them, and try to get them "better" .
I'd rather see girls on here with people that know what's going on, than have them do it all alone. And don't say they wouldn't do it if they didn't have sites for support, I was sick for years before I found such a field.
It is sad when I see it, but I know the way their minds tick and have both sympathy and anger towards them. But guess what!? You are on the internet! No limitations.

Pro ana means a person is for anorexia and influences others to join them, and in a way they embrace anorexia. So you are encouraging anorexia.

Many anorexics hate pro ana's because anorexia is a devastating disease and would not wish it on anyone.

AND remember, the people suffering from an ED cannot control it all. So do not judge them for eating so little. THEY CANNOT CONTROL IT.

I was on pro mia/ ana sites when I was a teenager. ( Mia = Bulimia Ana= Anorexia ) and they aren't all bad. The girls ( and guys ) find support, but generally when one of them goes too far the others will take care of them, and try to get them "better" .
I'd rather see girls on here with people that know what's going on, than have them do it all alone. And don't say they wouldn't do it if they didn't have sites for support, I was sick for years before I found such a field.
It is sad when I see it, but I know the way their minds tick and have both sympathy and anger towards them. But guess what!? You are on the internet! No limitations.

yet your "inspiration" is your 15 year old self and her 100lb weight loss in 9 months...

*waits to see if someone is going to call Mod for this one*

Because my fifteeen year old self was self destructive and weighed 230 pounds, silly...

Can everyone just please realize that not all people with eating disorders think everyone else should have the same eating habits? Most people I've met who suffer from eating disorders recognize that they are, in fact, suffering. It becomes more about control than weight loss, and it is a mental disease. Uncontrollable. Also, their calorie intake is their business and while of course, I hope that they can maintain a healthy lifestyle, it's up to them to do so and is none of your business. Someone who is a part of their life should guide them to the right resources. A stranger online saying "you need to eat more" won't do anything.

1) I have suffered from an addiction that nearly killed me.

2) Had to cut out everyone who was still active in that lifestyle.

3) Can now accept - to varying degrees in my life - people who are ACTIVELY in recovery.

The latter part of number three being absolutely, non-negoitably, imperative.

Just because someone judges another with a disorder does not mean they don't understand. Often, we are doing it because we, ourselves, cannot afford to be drug back into those hellish waters.

I can't. Several of my friends on my list can't afford that, either. We are all positive towards each other encouraging our RECOVERY from our disorders. I have cut out/defriended people and will continue to do so active anas or dysfunctional people. MFP is a safe space for me to talk about weight - I will not have that compromised. Not on my friends list and as much as I can help it, not here on the forums, either.

If I judge you as ill because of your eating habits, do not think I am damning you. I am saying you are sick and I am trying not to get sick again myself.

Well yes there are loads and recently they keep requesting me...someone on my FL pointed out it's because I have 'skinny' as part of my username. I soon realised they all know each other and add the same people.

I really did try and be supportive, but of course they're not going to listen to me and to be frank I found it really depressing reading their status' .

This has happened to me recently too. while I tried to be positive, there is only so much you can do online. I wanna be supportive but this site is for me and my health and having people on here eating so little is not supporting my health.

Weight loss and fitness sites will always suffer from these problems. The problem is if the people around them in real life can't get them to get some medical help then this just adds fuel to the fire because now they see the actual numbers they're putting in. Though to those that understand how Anorexia works and knows the dangers it can be a very helpful tool to help them lose weight and keep it off while staying healthy at the same time. Its a double edge sword.

On the Fitness side it seems quite tame. Though 90% of the site is used for dieters I'm convinced.

It'd be nice if MFP would put more information to ED on the site where its easy for everyone to see. Namely with links and numbers to support groups that can help save a life.

I love that suggestion! Great idea.

Weight loss and fitness sites will always suffer from these problems. The problem is if the people around them in real life can't get them to get some medical help then this just adds fuel to the fire because now they see the actual numbers they're putting in. Though to those that understand how Anorexia works and knows the dangers it can be a very helpful tool to help them lose weight and keep it off while staying healthy at the same time. Its a double edge sword.

On the Fitness side it seems quite tame. Though 90% of the site is used for dieters I'm convinced.

It'd be nice if MFP would put more information to ED on the site where its easy for everyone to see. Namely with links and numbers to support groups that can help save a life.

I love that suggestion! Great idea.

ETA: Sorry I missed it, a moderator already posted info on getting help for eating disorders. If you suffer from one, seek help!

I have an MFP friend with some ED issues and it breaks my heart.

ETA: some parents will place their anorexic children in hospitals/clinics where they are force fed, I've not heard of any parents sending their obese children to similar places to lose weight.

Sure they do, because anorexia and bulimia can kill someone relatively quickly. There are tons of medical complications that come with these disorders. You don't have to be underweight to die from them. When someone is force/tube fed, there's a compelling medical reason for it.

Parents with children who have eating or medical disorders that cause them to eat uncontrollably or to eat non-food items do have to go to unusual measures to help their children too, including locks on refrigerators or even bedroom doors. If a child were uncontrollable and was gaining weight so rapidly his life were in imminent danger, I would hope his parents would seek whatever kind of medical intervention, including hospitalization, were necessary to save him.

I believe I've accepted some requests from such individuals.

I have no idea why they request me except that they still want interaction with different people. I'm hoping they will learn that you can eat and stay thin. I don't delete them because they aren't influencing me, though, I hope I influence them. They're people too, and I just hope they overcome the ED if they in fact have it.

I think the main thing we all need to remember is being overweight or underweight can kill. We are here to help ourselves and, hopefully, support others from, a recovery from lousy living to good living. Its hard, really hard. Too much food will kill some, too little food will kill others. I think MFP is a perfect place for people on both sides. Glad its here for me.

I had a boyfriend always tell me that then when i broke up he goes oh no u look good the way u r???? dont listen as to ur pic u look awesome some people need to watch what they say!!!!!!! And sometimes no matter how much weight we loose we dont see how good we look because a lot of people r hard on there self.

I agree that this is one any dieting site but even if they put links the girls and guys would not click them.