If you must choose between these two..

Hello folk,

I was just having a warm bath, and as usuall was thinking about the weight issue,but suddenly i asked my self , I f i have to choose between being anorexic or obese ( really big !), what will I go for ??and why ..

my answer was , NAH you go first ..

???

How about working on what you have in either the upwards or downwards or maintenance direction as is appropriate to you?

Anorexic as in really thin? Or the actual disease? I'd rather be terribly thin than terribly big.... If it's the disease of anorexia or obesity... Neither! Which is why i'm here!

There are serious health risks to both.

No , IF YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE.

like you have no other options !

Are you in a position where you have to choose one or the other?

Why is that?

If you're not, then I think the Weight Loss forum is a rather insensitive place to start a debate on the benefits and detriments of being obese or anorexic.

Sara, its like an imaginary question..no one wants to be very thin or too fat..but its just a question hit my mind and wonder what would other people choose if they were forced to have this or that. as simple as that.

Original Post by water_never_dry:

 

No , IF YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE.

like you have no other options !

There are always other options.

One of the reason I hate hypothetical questions is that we don't get to choose our problems, we only get to choose how we deal with them.  I am obese, I am choosing to move more and eat less to solve that problem.  If I were underweight, I would have to figure out how to deal with that. 

If I could, I would choose to be "naturally" normal weight (and beautiful, and smart, and kind, and a better person in all ways).  Until I find the genie in the bottle, though, I will just struggle along trying to be as healthy, smart, beautiful inside and out as I can be.

Liked you answer ..

anorexic the recovery is more fun

Original Post by darkylinky:

anorexic the recovery is more fun

No it isn't, it's bloody hard work and I doubt many people who have been there would describe recovery as fun.

Stupid question, stupid answer.

kinda like asking which disease would u rather die from

I'd rather be obese.

Why can't some members just answer a simple question. If they don't like it, move on...

As a recovered anorexic, this is really offensive and pretty ignorant.

You can't choose to be anorexic. However you can choose to be obese...although for many people it isn't a choice either, it's an eating disorder as well (BED or COE).

My highest BMI was 27.3 and my lowest BMI was 10.7.

I can tell you firsthand that being emaciated and anorexic was much worse than being overweight.

You can't even begin to imagine the pain. It gives me chills now thinking about it. Being anorexic hurts. Everything in my body hurt. All the time. I was so skeletal I got bruises just from laying in my bed. I couldn't sit for too long because the bones in my butt and hip would start to burn, but I couldn't stand for too long either because I was so weak. I tried to ride a bike, and just from sitting on the seat, I bruised my tail bone so much that I had to sit on one of those donut-pillows for two months. I have permanent heart and liver damage. I will die young. Despite being only 21, I probably can't have kids. I have had irregular periods for the past three years, not to mention the two years where I had no period at all. 

Aside from the physical consequences, there are permanent mental implications too. I sometimes weigh water on my digital food scale. I sometimes weigh packaged energy bars and apple slices and creamer for my coffee. I will never have a normal relationship with food. I will never be okay with my body. I will never be able to weigh myself without freaking out to the point where I want to kill myself. I will never be able to feel upset or stressed without wanting to binge and purge or starve. I can't count calories anymore because it automatically becomes an overwhelming obsession.

My eating disorder will torture and haunt me for the rest of my life.

I think if any person bothered to fully educate themselves on what anorexia nervosa REALLY is, they would much rather be obese.

Original Post by merylwhite1:

Original Post by darkylinky:

anorexic the recovery is more fun

No it isn't, it's bloody hard work and I doubt many people who have been there would describe recovery as fun.

Stupid question, stupid answer.

Seriously. Anorexia recovery basically just involves a lot of nasty Ensure drinks (or a feeding tube) and a lot of tears. It is not the fun you think it is.

Before I developed an eating disorder, I used to say things like "I wish I was underweight, then I could eat more and gain weight, it would be so awesome". If only I knew then how wrong I was.

more fun..no way I cant imagine my self scared of eating..or hate food..cause later on i might die..

yuppie..you have to choose ..

Original Post by water_never_dry:

 

more fun..no way I cant imagine my self scared of eating..or hate food..cause later on i might die..

what?

Original Post by kiltias92:

I'd rather be obese.

 

Why can't some members just answer a simple question. If they don't like it, move on...

yeah some people like to over complicate things..!! cant do anything against them ! just ignore..

Original Post by water_never_dry:

 

yuppie..you have to choose ..

I don't think you read anything I wrote. I spent time trying to educate you.
I'll post it again. Read it this time.

As a recovered anorexic, this is really offensive and pretty ignorant.

You can't choose to be anorexic. However you can choose to be obese...although for many people it isn't a choice either, it's an eating disorder as well (BED or COE).

My highest BMI was 27.3 and my lowest BMI was 10.7.

I can tell you firsthand that being emaciated and anorexic was much worse than being overweight.

You can't even begin to imagine the pain. It gives me chills now thinking about it. Being anorexic hurts. Everything in my body hurt. All the time. I was so skeletal I got bruises just from laying in my bed. I couldn't sit for too long because the bones in my butt and hip would start to burn, but I couldn't stand for too long either because I was so weak. I tried to ride a bike, and just from sitting on the seat, I bruised my tail bone so much that I had to sit on one of those donut-pillows for two months. I have permanent heart and liver damage. I will die young. Despite being only 21, I probably can't have kids. I have had irregular periods for the past three years, not to mention the two years where I had no period at all. 

Aside from the physical consequences, there are permanent mental implications too. I sometimes weigh water on my digital food scale. I sometimes weigh packaged energy bars and apple slices and creamer for my coffee. I will never have a normal relationship with food. I will never be okay with my body. I will never be able to weigh myself without freaking out to the point where I want to kill myself. I will never be able to feel upset or stressed without wanting to binge and purge or starve. I can't count calories anymore because it automatically becomes an overwhelming obsession.

My eating disorder will torture and haunt me for the rest of my life.

I think if any person bothered to fully educate themselves on what anorexia nervosa REALLY is, they would much rather be obese.

Original Post by ilisa:

Original Post by water_never_dry:

 

more fun..no way I cant imagine my self scared of eating..or hate food..cause later on i might die..

what?

i was talking to darkylinky ..