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Forum	Topic	Date	Replies
Health & Support	bulimia	Apr 07 2012 16:04 (UTC)	4
aren't you at a healthy weight already? if your bmi is between 18.5 and 24.5 i think you should focus more on normalizing your eating patterns than losing weight. especially if you're in the healthy range it seems sort of like not really recovering if you're still super focused on weight loss. just my $0.02
Foods	Ho Ho Ho....Christmas Food Survey! >.<	Dec 16 2011 22:00 (UTC)	8
Do you....: Have Breakfast or Brunch on Christmas day? Breakfast! Usually waffles or Pannetone plus Mimosas and Coffee Make your own Roast Dinner? My momma does Lay your Cookies and Milk for Santa? Not anymore Hang up your Christmas stocking on Christmas Eve? Yes! Make fudge/cookies/peppermint creams ect as gifts for people? Not really, I am not a baker. Have Biscuits and Cheese or Desert for afters? Not really, as a tradition Invite people over or stay at home with close family? Usually just family Go on holiday for Christmas? Recently we’ve been going to the OBX during Xmas Favorite......?: Christmas Breakfast/Brunch: Croissants, Coffee, Mimosas and Scrambled Eggs and Bacon! Oh, and Fruit. Roast Meat/Fish/Vegetarian Option (Turkey, Beef, Salmon, Nut Roast): Standing Rib Roast. Dry-Aged. Christmas Eve Supper: Bouillabaisse, Crusty Bread and Salad Christmas Coffee Syrups: I like Peppermint in my Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookie: Gingerbread! Christmas Spice: Nutmeg, Cinnamon Christmas Fudge: White Chocolate Fudge with Peppermint Christmas Pastry: Pannetone but no fruit bits Christmas Berry: Cranberry Winter Vegetable: Squash!! Christmas Dinner: Dry Aged Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts, and Popovers Christmas Desert: Hot Chocolate or Bread Pudding or Trifle Christmas Nut Mix/Flavour: Spiced anything! Christmas Drink(cold): Red Wine Christmas Drink(hot): Hot Chocolate This or That: Gravy or Plain: Hot Chocolate or Egg Nogg Mince Pies or Pate and Crackers Christmas Cake or Trifle Roasted Chestnuts or Roasted Nuts Traditional or Cultural Mulled Wine or Mulled Apple Juice: Ginger Bread Loaf or Gingerbread Men: Your ideas on....: Ways to use up Christmas Leftovers: …EAT THEM How to prepare the Christmas Dinner: Slowly and with lots of drinks How to ice Cookies: When they are cool! What to give Santa: Milk and Cookies and Veggies for the reindeer What drinks you always buy: Sparkling Shiraz Your Ultimate Christmas (pretend your weight wont be effected AT ALL!).....: Breakfast: Chocolate Croissants, Poached Eggs, Fruit, Coffee and Mimosas Lunch: BLTs, Caprese Salad and Wine! Dinner: Roast! Dessert: Trifle Drinks: Wine!!!
Foods	Thai restaurant -what to order?	Dec 03 2011 18:17 (UTC)	3
Oh wow I am so envious I love Thai food! I would definitely go with soup, as they are all mega filling and super good for you as long as you don't go for the creamier ones. I would reccommend either Tofu Noodle Soup with Lemngrass or if you're not a tofu person, Tom Yum Talay which is spicy seafood soup (broth based). Also, the spring rolls are SUPER healthy as an app, as they are not fried and filled with low cal ingredients like carrot, lettuce, celophane noodles and shrimp. If you don't want soup I would get a salad like Yam Neua Yang which is a really flavorful beef salad. Also good options are Thai chicken without nuts, Poy sian: (sauteed seafood and veggies) or Gai yang (gilled marinated chicken served on fresh cabbage) just ask for less sauce as it's pretty sweet. Have fun! Like I said, suuuper jealous ;)
Weight Gain	Gaining weigh-ins!!	Dec 03 2011 18:01 (UTC)	54
Original Post by juliek22: 23 years old~ H: 5'6 CW: 92 lbs LW: 82lbs GW: 110 lbs actually put on 4lbs in a month..omgomgomg..amazing amount for me!!! Hey, great progress so far but 110 would out you at a BMI which is still underweight, which isn't a healthy goal.
Health & Support	When do fear foods get easier?	Oct 22 2011 15:56 (UTC)	1
I think with fea foods the only way to make them less scary is to keep exposing yourself to them. once you eat X and wake up in the morning and realize that even though you might feel guilty/nervous/etc you are still alive, it lessens the power that the food has over you. the only way to get over fears is to consistently face them, deal with the anxiety and get up and do it again. IMO
Foods	winter and fall foods you're looking forward to??	Sep 27 2011 16:54 (UTC)	27
-baked acorn squash with butter and maple syrup -pumpkin spice lattes! -roasted root veggies
Health & Support	Fear food challenge	Aug 29 2011 22:47 (UTC)	294
Here's the challenge: write out all the fear foods you have (everything you can think of - think about the foods you've been avoiding... -breakfast -lunch -carbs -snacks -drinks WITH dinner -NOT purging if any of the above occur. Sooo yeah. Mine are a bit different than others, I suppose. My main fear (this go-round) is eating anything besides dinner and not purging. Also, drinking some wine (which I love, and is part of my culture) and eating, as well. Here goes nothing!
Health & Support	Anything less than 18.5 is 'unacceptable'	Aug 29 2011 22:25 (UTC)	9
I do admit that BMI is a semi-faulty way of evaluating health, buuuut I have seen way too many "recovering" EDed people try to say that their "normal weight" is less than 18.5. THAT being said, I am sure for some people, that is possible. MY marker is this: Can you sustain your weight without thinking about food all day/meal planning/counting calories/purging/exhib iting dieting behavior? If so, that is your "happy weight" regardless of BMI (under 18.5 or over 25)
Foods	insomnia... let's do a holiday food survey :)	Aug 23 2011 14:35 (UTC)	12
1. favorite chocolate bar to recieve on halloween? snickers or reeses 2. favorite fruity/non chocolate candy to recieve on halloween? sour patch kids 3. favorite halloween treat? caramel apples 4. what meal do you most remember eating before a night of trick or treating? chinese veggie dumplings 5. be honest, who still goes trick or treating just for the candy? i wish i could! 6. on a scale of 1 to 11, how much do you love oven roasted pumpkin seeds? 0, don't like 'em at all 7. the gross candy you just can't stand? licorice --- 8. favorite thanksgiving munchie before dinner? baked brie and crudite 9. favorite food at thanksgiving dinner? stuffing! 10. favorite type of pie at dessert? pumpkin with whipped cream 11. favorite thanksgiving dessert overall? pumpkin pie! 12. dark or white turkey meat? white 13. gravy or cranberry sauce? both! 14. are you a fan of stuffing? yessss 15. worst tasting thanksgiving dish? none! it's all delicious --- 16. what do you have for breakfast on Christmas morning? usually waffles or smoked salmon and cream cheese on bagels 17. eat before or after opening presents? before 18. favorite Christmas-y drink? hot apple cider or peppermint hot chocolate 19. favorite item at Christmas dinner? champagne 20. what does your family have for Christmas dinner? usually dry-aged steak, brussel sprouts, popovers/yorkshire pudding and roasted potatoes 21. favorite Christmas dessert? trifle! 22. best flavor candy cane? traditional peppermint 23. eggnog- yay or nay? yay 24. does your family still put out snacks for the reindeer & cookies and milk for santa? ;) nahh --- 25. best new years eve/day snacking foods? belinis 26. best drink for the occassion? champagne! --- 27. favorite Easter candy? cadbury mini eggs 28. biggest candy you have ever recieved on Easter? those huge bunnies 29. does your family do Easter brunch or dinner? dinner? --- 30. favorite valentines day candy? conversation hearts --- 31. in general, what holiday has the best food & why christmas because it's always very special and relaxed
Foods	picnic foods	Aug 23 2011 14:27 (UTC)	5
I love picnic! I would go for the standard, bread, cheese and chocolate with some fruits and raw veggies to round it out. Oh, and wine in a thermos! :D
Foods	favorite dairy to add to lunch?	Aug 23 2011 14:23 (UTC)	16
Eggs are protien :) As for dairy, what about a 100 calorie yogurt? Or perhaps a reduced-fat string cheese? Also, skim milk comes in little singe-serving cartons and is low fat AND has a bunch of calcium.
Health & Support	How did you challenge your ED today?	Aug 22 2011 22:54 (UTC)	869
Original Post by arielms:Huge huge challenge! Althoughh it has nothing to do with food. Anyone seen the documentary "Thin"? Well I found out last night that one woman in it had died because of her ED. And I thought about that for a while...and realized just how REAL eating disorders are. Real, serious, deadly, horrible. And then I thought, I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I started like freaking out and crying then my dad came into my room and asked me what was up, and I told him about the movie and how she'd died. He said "Are you afraid you're never going to get better and end up like her?" That was exactly it. I was absolutely terrified. And I started completely sobbing. Racking sobs. I can't remember the last time that happened! And he kept saying "you're going to get better, this is going to end, we're all here for you," and stuff like that. And I felt soooo a million times better afterwards. I'm big on journaling, so after that I wrote down a conversation with ED. I verbally kicked her butt and banished her to a jail in the middle of nowhere, where she will remain and dejectedly play sad harmonica jingles for the rest of ever. Of course I still have a long way to go in terms of recovery, but I feel like this was a really big step. I just wanted to let you know how powerful, and how beautiful this was. Congratulations on this revelation! Keep fighting the god fight, lovie <3
Weight Gain	goal weight	Aug 21 2011 21:18 (UTC)	2
Hey! Just wanted to pop in and say that I really like your attitude. It is true, at your current weight, your BMI is 19.5 which is not what it is recommended you aim for in order to repair the damage you've done to your body, and relax the rigid and distorted ED thoughts. 120-125 would give you a BMI between 21 and 22 which is perfect for anyone, especially one recovering from an ED. Low normal and healthy!
Foods	Food and non food survey!!	Aug 19 2011 19:44 (UTC)	44
1. Favorite nut? Cashew 2. Favorite style of jeans? (ex; skinny, straight, flare, etc) Bootcut 3. Your height? Your dream height? 5'6, I wish I was 5'8 or taller 4. Top 3 favorite tv shows? Dexter, Mad Men, Breaking Bad 5. Favorite way to exercise? Walking, Swimming and Weights 6. Favorite kind of bread? Baguette 7. Favorite 'fast food' place? Panera! 8. The best 'form' of potato? (ex; chips, hash browns, baked potato, french fries, etc) Roasted 9. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate? White Chocolate 10. Favorite kind of M&M? (Coconut, peanut, almond, mint, pretzel, etc) Peanut 11. Urban, suburban, or rural? Urban 12. Iced tea or lemonade? Arnold Palmer! 13. Are you a cat person, dog person, or neither? Dog 14. What color are your underwear? Not wearing any :O 15. Why did you take this survey? :) I liked the mix of questions!
Health & Support	Recovered -- do you think this is a good day of eating?	Aug 19 2011 01:15 (UTC)	5
Original Post by browneyedcolly: I Would love to have someones input besides my own about a normal day of eating and hear your opinions (too little, too much, just right). i am recovered mostly mentally and physically from an ed. Waaaaaaaaaaay too little. :-/
Health & Support	Ready To Start Dating Again	Aug 18 2011 21:26 (UTC)	4
Just wanted to pop in and say that given your sincere and thoughful advice given on this site, any girl would be very lucky to date you, Frank! If I would venture so far as to give any sort of advice it would ust be to look for common interests, that is usually what will make or break a relatoinship. You need things to talk about, to get excited about, and really someone who makes you think and gets you interested in life! Have fun!
Foods	.	Aug 17 2011 22:37 (UTC)	190
novileigh that was so creative! sort of what i was thinking when i posted, actually :D oh crap i forgot to make a dish. okay hmmm Golden raisins, red cabbage, cashews i would sautee the cabbage in red wine and olive oil to make a sort of braised cabbage salad finished with raw cashews (crushed) and raisins, with ciantro and shrimp. olive oil, green peppers and dates!
Foods	Grab a Glass of Milk and Let's Do a Survey!	Aug 17 2011 22:10 (UTC)	17
Meet-and-greet 1. Favorite type of Milk? 2% cows' milk 2. Do you like your milk cold, room temperature, or hot? room temp 3. Oatmeal: Milk or no milk? milk! 4. Do you like chocolate milk? Vanilla? Strawberry? yesyesyes! and banana milk! Slam Dunk! 5. WHat is your all time favorite thing to dip in milk? chocolate chip cookies! 6. What goes best with milk during breakfast? Lucky Charms or Grits with Sugar 7. Lunch? Peanut Butter Sandwich 8. Dinner? Oriental Flavor Ramen 9. Dessert? Brownies 10. Favorite type of cookie to dip in milk? Oreos! 11. Least appetizing thing to go with milk? Anything Tomatoey Let's Get Thinking! 12. Make me the best milk smoothie! Milk, Oreos, Peanut Butter, Hot Fudge and Vanilla Ice Cream! 13. Favorite thing to mix into milk? (Chocolate syrup, oats, peanut butter, etc.) Ovaltine! 14. Creative new milk flavor? Almond-Coconut-Fudge 15. Best milk-related dessert? Creme au Caramel Random! 16. Best season to drink milk? Winter 17. Favorite meal to have milk? Breakfast 18. How much do you like milk? 1-10 abbout a 7 or 8
Foods	.	Aug 17 2011 22:03 (UTC)	192
Original Post by beth22_x: sweet potato, peanut butter, cottage cheese Hmm... I would make the sweet potatoes into fries, then fry the cottage cheese and top the whole thing with a spicey peanut sauce, like poutine! :P semi-sweet chocolate chips, eggs, and eggplant!
Health & Support	Does your eating disorder get worse when you're in a relationship?	Aug 17 2011 21:51 (UTC)	7
In my exerience, you cannot have a healthy relationship AND an ED. An ED is a relationship. I have ruined so many romantic and other tyes of relationships because I was too consumed by Anorexia. I think that it is great that your BF is so supportive but, try to get healthy for YOU, before you commit a part of yourself that isn't yours to someone else.

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