I tried to be bulemic, really. I love to eat. Thought I could cheat by eating and purging. But I just couldn't do it. Couldn't actually make *it* happen. So I went to the other extreme. It's amazing I was able to exist on so few calories a day. But I drank a whole lot of coffee and smoked a whole lot of cigs back then. Plus the energy of youth I suppose.
I was chubby as a teenager. Got teased mercilessly in school and harangued by my mother. She finally took to me the Dr. for diet pills. It was a message that stuck with me for a very, very long time. "Fat is not good. Fat is BAD. Fat means no one loves you".
To this day I'm still a bit concernced about my weight. I still weigh in daily (about 105lbs) and get anxious if the scale inches up. I'm only 5' 1 1/2" so I don't think I'm too thin. But my point is the tape I play in my head. Thank you mom, thank you society. I'll never be at peace about my body image. So when I hear about a group in
SL promoting anorexia it not only brings back some horrible memories, it upsets me terribly. They have no idea the harm in the message they're spreading. They have no idea the power of suggestion.
Weight is a very sensitive issue and needs to be handled with sensitivity, common sense and responsibility.