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?
Reason: Moved from Weight Gain to Health and Support
LOL theo!
i love the quirky little quips that come out when you're around people you feel comfortable with (and who feel comfortable enough with you to mention it!)
[1AM, Athens airport, about to board a plane to London that is incredibly delayed - hence there is a MASSIVE queue]
Me: [eating a cereal bar] ughh, i've been standing here so long that by the time i get on the plane this will probably be digested and i'll need a poo..
[intercom]: Will all wheelchair users please board easyjet flight 103u5u32085u0 now...
Claire: [grabbing my cereal bar] Excuse me! Excuse me! This one needs a wheel chair-
Me: I was eating that.. and no I don't!
C: Shut up and look feeble. Right now you are our only chance of getting a seat at the front. Hello??? Yes this one definitely needs a chair-!
haha Theo, See!! boys really are thinking about your new sexy bod!!
Here's one thats recently been bugging me since I eat so much more than anyone else:
You're so accustomed to eating 3000+ calories a day that you're baffled by how anyone eating less isn't passing out from starvation all the time.
And this one I"m trying to feel good about:
You can go shopping in your own closet and not spend money by pulling out all the pants that have been falling off of you for months but now fit!
ugh gibbit totally sympathise with the first one - god knows how i used to eat about 200 a day and convince myself it was 'too much' as well as have a full day at school - crazy.
and you should feel good about the second. it's a sign that you're moving from thin and mad to slim and glad :)
mashed: I LOVE that rhyme - it should be a mantra: say no to thin and mad, say yes to slim and glad!
food is afraid of you instead of vice versa--you've become notorious among the food groups, and have been officially categorised as a cereal killer
Original Post by mel_ynda:
food is afraid of you instead of vice versa--you've become notorious among the food groups, and have been officially categorised as a cereal killer
Haha.
omg, i totally love you guys!!!
i am totally mental recovered. totally guilt-free eating...
(my sis making MY ensure strawberry drink for herself)
me: eh, mom said 3scoops in 1cup... 3 scoops...
dad (at the back): it's okay for her to put less...
me: she'd better!! that's my nutrition!!!
dad: ...
that day,
me: *putting MASSIVE peanut butter and chocolate cream on my bread*
mom: you're putting so much peanut butter and nutella on your bread!!! my god...
me: it's fattening~~ that's why...
mom: *speechless lol* don't tell me this is for lunch?!!!
me: nope... it's for FUN!!!
and my mom was totally speechless...
recovering currently... don't you enjoy their reaction when these things happen lol...
Speaking to mum before going to visit:
Mum: (hopefully) Is there any food you'd like to eat when you come to stay?
Me: Peanut butter!
Mum: Smooth or crunchy?
Me: At least one jar of both
Mum:......!
Original Post by ukjane23:
Speaking to mum before going to visit:
Mum: (hopefully) Is there any food you'd like to eat when you come to stay?
Me: Peanut butter!
Mum: Smooth or crunchy?
Me: At least one jar of both
Mum:......!
LOL!!!!!!!!
even though im not gaining any more, this thread is so funny, i wish i was witty enough to come up with some :(
You know you're recovering from anorexia when...
~ Your metabolism has fired up and suddenly you are able to go outside in a New York February with just the shirt on your back. And it feels refreshing.
~ Salad is no longer a proper meal unless it is dressed to the nines with everything in the pantry
~You fear getting on the scale and not having the numbers go up, more than not having them go down.
~ Your friend pokes you in the chest and says "Are those real now?" And then squeals with glee when you announce that yes, you have grown boobs. Next thing you know, everyone wants to cop a feel.
~ You have to make an extra dessert before bed sometimes because you forgot to calculate your calories during the day, and it wasn't enough.
~ You hear "I would KILL to be told I had to eat chocolate and peanut butter every day, or that I had to have extra ice cream before bed..." regularly.
LMFAO!!!
HILARIOUS!
mum: is that an empty jar of peanut butter!
me: yeah....why?
mum: I GOT THAT WEDNESDAY!
me: and......is it too expensive to buy or something...i'll cut down if you....
mum: NO! it's fine, want some cookiesncream ice cream too?
me: yes please
brother: can i have some?
mum: NO!
brother: but.....
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me: mum, can i have a banana, dinner wasn't enough
mum: um! sure!
*sreads mushed banana, peanut butter in sandwhich*
mum: HOLLY!
me: what?!?
mum: you've just had dinner!
me: and?
mum: *smiles* what happened to 'im full'
SSSOO many of those moments during my recovery :)
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~ When your having a shower and feel BREASTS! (sorry lol its true)
~ go a day WITHOUT calorie-counting
~having seconds
~NAG mum for money for another muffin :P
~go outside WITHOUT jacket! (during summer)
~you compete with your obese brother to eat more food
me: where ya going?
brother:getting ice cream why?
me: and dinner didn't fill you up, you want more!
brother:nah im still hungry! why.....you full?
me: NO!
*gives himself 3 scoops*
*i eye him suspiciously*
*give myself 4 scoops*
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~ when nuts are your favourite fruit
~ when sandwhiches become snacks not large meals
~ Your called sexy
~the bi chick in your class comments that she can now feel your ass
~ the **** kid is back to calling you fat
~you can blow into your flute for MORE than 10 seconds
~you get more than 6 hours sleep
~you forget what it's like to faint
~ you feel sorry for and want to help the thin chicks not eating breakkie and trying to loose weight
~you envy the curvy girls
~you get excited over stomach pain (from eating too much) hoping it's your period
~ freak out when you loose a kilo
~ when 2000cals is too little
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me: MUM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING
mum: Holly, i've been trying explain this, risottos NEED at least 30grams of butter, preferable 50 (or whatever it is), look im putting in less, remember your trying o gain.....
me: NO! put in a bit more, and you have't added the cheese yet!
mum: ok! you told me cheese tasted crap though.....im scared to put it in, thinking you'd........
me: mum.....it used to hate the taste of calories.......
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[went to university with mum one day]
me: mum i'm hungry, gimme food
mum: sssh!!! im listening you at like 2 hours ago anyway!
me: im hungry! gimme soe moneys
mum: fine!
*come back with HUGE muffin and yoghurt*
mum: i said you could get a snack, not....
me: this is
mum: you can't eat in here
me: >:( *the evil eye*
mum: *sigh* don't let her see you! (the lecturer)
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brother: Holly i forgot my lunch........
me:and???
brother: gimme yours!
me: NO!
brother: you usally do
me: piss off!
*he comes back from canteen*
brother: here have half my chocolate bar, wait you hate chocolate right? you kicked me last ime i offered you some
*eats whole thing*
brother: HEY! that was mine
me: mine now!
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siting in silence in car to cricket
me: oh ****!
mum: what!
me: im hungry,and left my second afternoon snack at home!
mum: you've got like 2 snack haven't you?
me:but duh mum i need 3!
mum: here's some cash :)
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[all my friends went on camp to Tasmania, on tour and made stops at suprmakets for 'stocks' all the time, wasthe most fun, especially in the ways of food]
me:aarrrggg! im sso hungry
friend1: we just atelike an hour ago!
me: kevin! (bus driver) can we stop here for stocks, we're all dry
kevin: SURE!
*everyone storms off racing for chocolate shelves*
(btw i love the way that everyone gave way to me when i was after the shelf, no one else was allowed through that easily, i was thinner so i got chocolate i suppose:P )
*i grab chocolate bar, muesli ars and shortbread cookies (packet)*
friend2: you gonna share?
me: nope :) we an trade though
omg we were always trading foods i.e. freddo frog for marshmallows, even with the teachers!
friend1: WHAT! gimme some cookies!
me: *sigh*
friend2: what hapened to ' i have a smal stomach a don't need to eat much' like you said at my pizza party
me: *eats 2 cookies at once!*
friend2: *laughs* your looking great by the way
me: thanks! now gimme some snakes....the blue ones!
Holbee - your experiences with your brother sound a lot like me and my brother sometimes lmao :P
aww holbee, you're so cute! i've had so many moments like that too! My friends cant take me out without me making us go for food or pulling out snacks.
If I go out with my friends after dinner I also have to bring snacks, yes, I am the girl that pulls out pb and j's at the bar!!
Traveling with my parents for work, my suitcase usually has more food than clothes. First thing we do is stock the hotel room with snack foods, have to cut touring short so I can get food, get home from going out to dinner and I start pulling out my snacks haha....oh so many examples!
I felt fine after the huge thanksgiving meal while all my family and friends were in a food coma from eating 1/2 as much. Then they all go to sleep and I come home and make a massive ice cream sundae!
:) thanks, it's fun remembering the times that made it so enjoyable and happy
gibbit....you didn't feel sick on thanksgiving? we don't celebrate it here in australia, heard it's HUGE though
it is, we had enough food to feed a third world country for the next 5 years lol! I did eat quite a bit at dinner, a big overflowing plate, plus a little more for seconds, but I think I"m used to large quantities of food or maybe numb to fullness. But then I had dessert and had a stomachache but not too bad....than I went for seconds of dessert and that last slice of pumpkin pie did me in :\ oh well, it was worth it!
When your libido makes a comeback. Erm, of sorts, anyway.
I went to the new James Bond movie with my parents last weekend. There was no question of whether to buy nibblies or not, but I don't like popcorn. I do, on the other hand, adore shortbread, and was craving some buttery, sugary biscuit goodness.
So in I went to watch 007 save the day, with a packet of Walkers shortbread to save mine, or at least my craving from meeting a bitter end.
My parents and I were debating whether Daniel Craig was attractive. I commented that there was no competition between who was tastier, Daniel Craig or shortbread, although I'll admit he has nice eyes.
Mum answered, 'Well, at least you're showing some sort of interest in men again; you must be getting better.'
Poor Daniel Craig, outdone by a biscuit.
omg similar here!
my bf comments i hug differenly now, im happier and he feels he doesn't need p*rn anymore!
sex drive/interest in guys/hormones decreased heaps when i was sick :(
my bf even encourages that i find other guys attractive, believing he has a 'weak' body type
:)
Your bf is very understanding. :-)
I don't have a bf, so I just have to take my feelings out on innocent bystanders like Daniel Craig.
Maybe I need a warning sticker...
Friend one: OK guys, it's my birthday on Friday, I need a really good bar.
Friend two: Definitely.. OK let me think..
Me [pleasantly surprised]: Well Larabars and Lunas are really good.
Friend one: ....*sigh*
Friend two: NOT cereal bars, Jemima.
its great to add some humour, i found that was what helped me get through :)
i knew i was recovering when:
-the first thing i looked forward to when getting off the train was going to the sweetshop to get sum peanut brittle and honeycomb :P instead of heading to tesco's to get a melon salad
-i went nuts n yelled at my brother for eating all the cadburys hazlenut chocolate lol (i started hiding the smarties cookies so he couldnt find them mwahaha)
-id look at curvy women on the street and feel jealous because instead of having sexy curves i looked like a 12 year old boy
-after gaining a bit of weight i decided to see if i could still fit into my size 6 (uk) shorts and they ripped up the butt crack wen i bent over- instead of getting upset i couldnt stop laughing!
-i could actually sit on a bench for more than 5 minutes without my the bones in my ass hurting like hell
