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In all honesty, I've always avoided online groups: I've had nothing but negative experiences with them. I know i'm making an assumption in saying that, but I'd much rather get to know people one on one, and have them on my homepage here, you know? :c

Starvation mode is not a myth, because if it were a myth people wouldn't die of starvation. Starvation mode is very much so 'a thing', but people tend to not really comprehend what happens to the body in such a state, which is why they use it fluidly with the notion of a slowed metabolism. That being said, starvation mode…

To me, somebody's soul and mind mean more to me than their body hair.

......or just life is better when you're healthy. When you actually get into the habit of exercising, GOSH do you feel it! The first week or two is hell, but once you start to reap the physical benefits, you start to look forward to it. At least, that's been my experience, and the experience my friends have had. It's just…

A broke fit hose will have enough confidence and self respect to steer clear of any student claiming that she needs to be wined and dined. WHO SAYS LESBIAN HOSES DON'T EXIST?!

ALL DOSE HOSES ARE SO BROKE BRO. SO BROKE THAT THE CREEPER CAN OBJECTIFY THE HECK OUT OF THEM AND PERFORM TRAININGS ON 'DEM! Perhaps work a bit on spelling if you actually contemplate picking up gullible ladies. Hrmm.

Be careful, because that black and white mentality feeds into binge eating. I've never heard of somenbody struggling with it 'giving it up overnight', but I have experienced (and heard of) that exact mentality feeding into binge eating. Why don't you instead make it your lent goal to gradually work on your binging? The…

The way to stop the cycle is simple - stop dieting. I struggle a lot with disordered eating, and I've come to find that attempting to diet always ends up triggering a relapse in Anorexia for me. Knowing how bad my physical and mental health can get during those relapses, I try to just avoid dieting all together. I really…

Think about the associations you have with various body shapes/sizes, or the weight that you find yourself so scared of. Chances are that if you're continually sabotaging yourself, something is rather not balanced in your mind, or body. <3

I'm a food addict as well. Technically diagnosed as Binge Eating Disorder, but my patterns of eating, relationship with food, etc. resembles an addiction more than anything else! It's horrific how this struggle plagues our minds, and ravishes our health. <3 What's helped me the most has been focusing on my health, more so…

THANK YOU. I know a few people who have had Dr. Oz as a part of their treatment, since he practiced in my state. To be quite frank, from what I've heard, he sounds just like every other surgeon. I don't understand why anybody with a brain would take his show seriously. Yeah he's a surgeon....but by no means does that also…

This is what bothers me about Dr. Oz - the things he recommend are rather exaggerated, and/or incredibly biased interpretations of crappy studies. He tends to take an idea, and RUN with it. (A good example of this, is the part of 5HTP the OP mentioned. 5HTP helps people's DEPRESSION, which is often tied to their APPETITE.…

Killer gorgeous eyes!

This would be my best guess as well. Don't let other's struggles or negative comments ruin your efforts though - you know whats the healthiest for you, in both your mind and body. Pursue that, to the best of your ability! "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind".

I know it's not considered a diagnostic requirement, in the DSM-5 (GRRR it drives me nuts that they insist on using the number instead of the roman numerals). I never claimed that it was, and I should of been more clear in my fluid usage of the terms in case others are not really sure of such. For me, the numerous health…

This really could be debatable, since I'm merely an undergraduate psychology student, with a small obsession with neuropsychology. I'm trying to get into my school's biopsychology track, so that I can actually study neuropsychology, before I graduate in the fall (being a psychology major, none of my courses really cover…

I've seen numerous dietitans and I've taken courses in nutrition. I know plenty about nutrition, but for me it's about the emotional/behavioral/etc. component, more so than the nutritional. It's not a dietary problem (if I were under-eating then binging it would be, but that's not what happens), and more so the compulsion…

I just gladly discovered that I could add animated smileys to my responses, so herrow! :drinker:

I'm not a health professional, nor will I claim to be, so no worries there! I'm just pursuing a career in neuropsychology, so I tend to read up a lot on these sorts of things, in my personal time. :c Really? Where did you read that the abnormal brain activity is not involved with any specific channel? I've always read…

I once used a food scale. It was around 13-15, depending on how large the carrots were. So, I'd say about 15 is the general standard for 3 oz of baby carrots! :)

It's actually really interesting, learning about the off-label usage of medications, isn't it? Medicine is not an exact science, and if anything is more of an art. So, i'm open to trying new medication options, within reason. Why do you question them? They are ironically enough the most qualified mental health professional…

If you have a panic disorder be VERY careful with Wellbutrin. It works on your norepinephrine receptors, which would just make your panic/anxiety much much worse. Wellbutrin is an atypical antidepressant. Like somebody else mentioned above, it's your hunger that tends to change when you start taking anti-depressants (since…

I am literally going through the SAME. EXACT. THING. right now. I developed Anorexia for a bit, and when I entered recovery, I returned to the Binge Eating Disorder I had before the Anorexia. I'm gaining massive amounts of weight and it's terrifying, but remembering one thing has helped me: health. Like somebody else had…

Coffee = 95% of what pumps through my veins these days. Y'ALL INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE. COFFEE IS DELICIOUS.

I only drink coffee, yerba mate, and b12 (i prefer the liquid form). I try to monitor my intake of those things though, to make sure that my caffeine intake doesn't get out of hand. A good way of really ODing on caffeine is to down one of those energy drinks. ;P There are energy drinks like Scheckter's lite, if you insist…

I know it's hard, but try to ignore what other people have to say about your body. Deep down, looking at your habits and your lifestyle, you know whether or not you're being healthy. Besides, one's body size doesn't matter - it's what lies in our brain that matters. As long as you're physically and mentally healthy as can…

Your weight is your mass' relationship with gravity. It doesn't describe your health, physically or mentally. Anorexia is a mental illness, and it has criteria outside of drastic weight loss (such as a preoccupation with weight/fear of gaining weight). So, if you find yourself upset by weight loss, keep that in the fore…

Same here: vodka and juice! Yummmm! ^.^

EXACTLY.