I pretty much stopped eating when I was in 8th grade. Being anorexic is horrible for your health. I got to the point where if I did eat meat or anything with fat in it, I would have horrible cramps. I would get vicious stomach aches at least once a week. My side continually hurt, sometimes to the point of not being able to walk (gall bladder). I had major problems with feminine issues. And the WORST part is since I did start eating like a human being again, I gain weight easily because I managed to kill my metabolism.

It's probably part of the reason my immune system is so weak now.

The key is moderation. No one should starve themselves to loose weight. No one should feel like being thin is more important than being healthy. It's NOT worth it!

But you know what, if I didn't have a better grasp on reality, I would want to go back to that for the sake of being as thin as possible just because of the pressure society places on girls about their looks. To this day, part of me wants to have that kind of "control." I look back on photos and even at the thinnest I ever was, at the time, I thought I was huge, like 300 lbs or something. It's so weird to look back and see just HOW screwed up your body perception can be. Eating disorders are like alcoholism. There's no cure. And since food is part of life, they're one of the hardest mental issues a person can deal with.

Becky