Posts by leahttran

Yes, I think you should definitely be concerned!  I'm only going to assume she has an eating disorder because your mother's manners reflect my own to a T.  http://www.something-fishy.org/helping/whatyo ucando.php is probably one of the best sites I've found on dealing with eating disorders (whether it may be your own or a loved one's).  I wish you and your mother the best!  She's very lucky to have you as support even though she doesn't recognize that now.  

Can't say that when:

• the National Champs have been from the SEC in the past 3 years--dominating the Buckeyes (who are extremely overrated) and beating one of the much hyped, but still great Big 12 South teams (which belongs to the most current Heisman winner). 
• Most of the 1st round NFL draft picks from this year have been from the SEC.  #1 QB Stafford, #1 RB Knowshon Moreno.  Both from from UGA. 
• 4 SEC teams ranked in pre-season USA Today/Coaches Poll Top 10 -- Florida (1); Alabama (5); LSU (9); Ole Miss (10). No other conference has more than 2 top 10 teams. 
• 10 of top 40 teams in the poll are from the SEC. 
• With Georgia ranked #1 in last year's pre-season poll, this is the first time any conference has had different teams ranked #1 in consecutive pre-season polls.
• Hate to say it when I'm a Gator hater, but I will predict Florida will win it all again. If so, that will be 4 straight National Championships for the SEC. No other college football conference has ever done that before.

I can go on forever. The only other amazing conference is the Big 12 (South)--and as I said in my first point...  We still came out on top playing against them.  

This is really dumb, but a lot of random friends have nicknamed me "Lil Leah" because I'm always the smallest out of the group.  I'm afraid I'll just be plain "Leah" if I'm at a weight that is considered normal.

I'm afraid of not being pretty anymore.  A lot of people, guys especially, have commented on how small my body is and how it's perfect for me.  If I gain weight, I won't be as attractive to other people anymore.

I'm afraid of not fitting into my clothes and/or feeling I won't be able to wear them because they will not look good, therefore I will not feel good.  I have a LOT of clothes.  

Someone else said it, but I'm afraid everyone will think I'm finally OK when in reality, I'll have to deal with the mentality of feeling the need to be skinny my whole entire life.

I'm afraid of disappointing my Dad who says, "skinnier is prettier" and who also almost pulled me out of freshman year of college to move back home so he could monitor what I ate because I put on the Freshman 15 + 3 lbs.  Messed up I know.  He's gotten a lot better now and has stopped making comments about my weight and about the food choices I decide to eat.

What a weird coincidence--I went through this a couple of days ago and had the exact same question run through my mind.  I counted cranberry juice in my calorie intake, exercised as normal, and still gained.  I was a little put off, but I'm sure it's just water weight with all of the juice and H2O intake.  Go get the UTI checked out!  But for now, you can get an OTC pill called Uristat to help with the pain/frequent trips to the bathroom.