You know you're a recovering anorexic when...

Thought it might be fun to add some humor to our quest for normalcy!

Add anything you think of!

Here's a few to get you started:

You know you're a recovering anorexic when:

--you DON'T buy something at the grocery store because it is too "low-cal"

--you can cram 700 calories into a bowl of cereal, and have fun doing it

--you dream of HAVING hips ;)

--you would request a 500 lb tub of peanut butter if being exiled to a deserted island

--you know that being able to "eat whatever you want and not gain an ounce" is totally not what it's cracked up to be

--you rue the term "fast metabolism"

--you secretly want to smack every woman that asks you your "secrets" to staying thin

--you have an ex named Ed, and you've never been married!

--you know that the term BMI for you means "Better Make (another) Increase"!!

Any others?

Skinnyrkcross: Hahah, I have a similar one:

Mum: "Teehee, Ellie, you have a little double chin!" (I was squashing my face against my neck)
Me: "You should see my butt!"

I could NOT have responded like that two months ago! LOL~

S: "Oh my god T!"

Me: (really alarmed) What?

S: (dramatic pause) You've been sitting on a chair with ONLY ONE CUSHION for HALF AN HOUR and HAVEN"T COMPLAINED ONCE!!!

... we you go out of your way to find something to eat even if none of your friends are hungry or eating

... Sis says- 'god if i ate that much i would be a size of a house' and you still know you need to eat more to gain even 0.000005 of a lb hehe

... you are the only one in a crowd of girls wanting your period to come

I tried to be inventive!!!! didnt work that well hehe

Haha, I like the period one lulu.

Original Post by lalabanana:

Haha, I like the period one lulu.

 And it is SO TRUE! All of my female friends are like, "I'd be glad to give you mine!" The same goes for overweight folks offering me some body fat.;)

Well, I can play for "you know you're a gainer when..."

-I have to get my own cereals and treats because the rest of the family eats too low calorie kinds

-I flavor my milk with coffee to get caffeine, instead of putting milk in coffee to tolerate caffeine

-drinking plain water is a waste. always juice or milk!

-a spare moment = a chance to cram in a few calories

-when I don't like something I eat it anyways because calories are my  medicine!

-I "get" to have a piece of fruit as a treat after eating the big cal foods

Best one that went around our eating disorder unit, as told by well let's call her Amy.

Amy - So I went to lunch with my mom and her friends the other day, and told everyone that I was a size 4! (most women say this when they have LOST weight)

The inpatients - Wow! What did they say?

Amy - They asked me how I managed to get to a size 4, and I said, "Well lots of Homo milk, peanut butter, granola bars, Ensure..."

I LOVE your post Theo--that is so me! And it is so nice not to be so freakin' cold all the time! Your pic is beautiful, btw.

Just returned from a shopping trip, so here's mine:

When you want to sue Walmart for only selling about 3 types of regular yogurt, none of them full-fat, and each only a measley 180 cals! :)

Keep laughing and LIVING--Life is too beautiful to miss!

Thankyou skinnyrkcross!  I love yours as well!  and I'm SO with you on the cold thing!

You know you're in recovery when:

you have freakouts in the pudding aisles of supermarkets because their desserts are too low calorie

you become obsessed with how much you do and don't poo

I had a really good po this morning....its created a little hole in my stomach i am endeavouring to refill....

Haha, Theo, I actually had a moment like that in the supermarket: "Mum, what's higher calorie, the lemon meringue or the apple pie? I need the higher one!" Mum: "..."

Ooh I have one!

When the day you get your period is marked on your calendar like a holiday.

When you spend your entire workout thinking about what you're going to eat afterward and calculating your burn so you can make up for it later!

When you freak out over LOSING weight and ask your friends if they think you look fatter. And get really excited if they say yes! 

ROFL!! I can't stop laughing!

theo- yours are so funny! I love when I poo also! I look forward to it because I'm always hungrier afterwards, it really does make space for more food!

skinny- i've been on many unsuccessful grocery trips because they won't sell full fat items! And then I have to come home angry and explain to everyone that I absolutely can't eat anything low fat.

spunky- i've had to stock my parents house with full fat products, pb, and whole grain breads, otherwise there's nothing to eat when I go visit! they get low fat everything, "light" breads, never eat pb, and get those flaky cereals with no cals.

lulu- i have to go out of my way to get food too! and i drag my friends with me, or if not i'm pulling snacks like protein bars out of my bag at the most random of times when no one else eats.

so here's another one since i did laundry yesterday:

YOu love that jeans are always tighter after being washed!!

1- you go clothing shopping w your mother +clothing actually fits! doesnt look like im playing dress-up!

2-ecstatic NOT to be a size 0 but rather range from 2-5, (altho id rather be higher!)

3- more ecstaic to have boobs and actually look like a woman and not a pre-teen in my clothes!!!

4-even MORE ecstatic that when trying on clothing my mother said the outfit i was wearing made me look FAT, and i LOVE it!!!  SO MUCH BETTER than being told i look emaciated, weak, and deathly!!!!!

best of all, i am so so very happy!

D just sent me a text asking if I wanted to go see the film about the Irish hunger strikes called "Hunger" with him....

I was like "Uh, thanks, but I think I've already seen it"

and then rolled around on the floor laughing for like HALF AN HOUR!

actually, just remembering it still made me laugh a little....

LOL Theo, I almost choked on my tea. XD It is meant to be a very moving film all humour aside. I want to see it, if I can, though I suspect it is limited release. I hope it isn't.

A new one:

A woman asked me at the supermarket: "My, you're very responsible, shopping for your family."
"Oh, no, ma'am." (Yes I still use ma'am, plus she was fairly elderly so I was being polite anyway) "This is just for me."

Oh, the shock on her face~

this one happened recently:

When you eat at a restaurant with a friend, you order a full course meal and a dessert and they order a salad and when given questioning looks by the waiter, you both respond

"I'm watching my weight"

When you get guilt from eating raw veggies

You know you're a recovering anoretic when:

- your belt collection becomes obsolete!

- you celebrate because your thighs actually touch!

- you can retire the thermal undies you've been wearing year round!

- you don't have to use your electric blanket in 90 degree weather!

- you save your money that you used to spend on magazines with anoretic celebrities on the cover to buy FOOD!

- and, in honor of Halloween, you put the TREAT back into "Trick or Treat"!

- you ask people, 'Does my butt look big in this?', and secretly hope they say yes

- eating a piece of cake is a piece of cake

- food is back on the menu!

Me: *eating my way through a sandwich and feeling thoroughly sorry for myself* ugh, I feel so fat.

R: *shaking his head*.  Not true.  You know, if you continue the way you're going, in a month or so, I would be quite happy to think about you naked.

Silence.

C: Uh, Rob, you do realise you just said that out loud, right?

Theo, that made me laugh out loud (literally)!

- You swear to gain 10 pounds by beach season to look good in a bikini.

- The only ribs you want to see are some on your plate (vegan ones, in my case!)