my new roommate said that her last roommate had an eating disorder and then talked to me about her clean eating and weight loss goals and how she buys clothes that are a little snug to motivate her to lose more
and like honestly? i have anorexia but this is why i constantly talk about the dangers of the βhealth and fitnessβ industry and diet culture bc we have essentially normalized certain symptoms of disordered eating but itβs ok if itβs under the guise of health i guess???
like how is calling it βcleanβ eating NOT a way to moralize food
how is intermittent fasting NOT the same thing as skipping meals
how come when i buy clothes that donβt fit, itβs something i have to tell my therapist about because it means i am putting pressure on myself to fit into them, but if a βnormalβ person does it then itβs just motivation for them?
where is the fucking line???
and more importantly when are we going to start acknowledging that the entire world is pro-ana but thatβs too harsh of a description so we slap some health buzzwords on it to make it palatable
when are we going to take responsibility for encouraging disordered behavior instead of labeling those of us with EDs as the crazy/imbalanced ones
your fucking Whole30 or keto or whatever βcleanβ diet youβre on is just as restrictive as the diets we create for ourselves due to our disorders. but we are the crazy ones, right
Fucking repost.
mic drop.
i will never not repost when i see this
I brought up to my therapist that I thought I was having some food related issues because I would limit myself to two or three nutrition drinks a day (at 800 to 1200 calories) or I would obsessively weigh and log every bit of food I ate.
She congratulated me on my weightloss, and said if I was still having issues once I reached my goal weight to let her know.
An eating disorder is only seen as a bad thing if youβre already at a socially acceptable weight.
