June 17, 2011
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Anorexic Twins
Maria and Katy Campbell became anorexic when they were 11.
They overheard their father saying, “Gosh those girls are becoming young women, aren’t they? They’re getting hips.” So they began their effort to never have hips. Here is the link: Link
Have you ever been tempted to lose weight in a harmful way?
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Nope! I’m a big fan of myself, I don’t need to change OR kill myself trying to change.
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@shandilion - LMAO!
I have but I never did.
I remember really thinking that if it weren’t so dangerous I’d totally start up on cocaine just to lose weight.Thats how desperate I got. lol
I somehow was always so busy trying to keep everyone else from developing those habits to even think about developing them myself.
Yes…
*wipes off barf, hides bruises on knuckles
what were you saying?
All the time
Those women are like skeletons–it’s kind of scary to look at. Being fat is underrated. =)
this is obviously photoshopped. and it’s sad that someone would want to photoshop people to look this deathly skinny. smh.
i’m not saying they aren’t anorexic…but look at their legs….c’mon now….photoshop.
I’ve struggled with an eating disorder for over 10 years.
I already love the way my body looks (: (: (: <3
@MyFaire - lol i felt the need to say it before someone else did hahahaha
On a different note, this makes me curious about genetics and eating disorders.
I have. I chopped off my leg to lose weight. Ok, I chopped my leg to embrace my inner pirate, but the weight loss was a nice bonus.
I thought about it, but I like food too much.
Yes, I understand this mentality intimately. My grandfather used to tease me about my legs. I was always highly conscious of my weight and embarrassed, as a teenager, about even my feminine curves.
I finally got over that.
Well obvious man is obvious 75% of xanga is eating disordered.
@brrraaaiiins - you took the words out of my mouth.
Yes or course I would love to loose some weight but not that way. How sad and I wonder if they split them up if they would gain weight back easier as twins tends to feed off of each other.
I was told I worked out to much… o.O
but that was told to me by family who were obese and wouldn’t get up to get a glass of water for them selves.
I was trimming weeds with my weed whacker and looked at my stomach. I thought of using the weed whacker to cut off fat.
eh, i’ve attempted losing weight in unhealthy ways but didn’t have enough self control to really commit to it. I don’t have any interest anymore.
Depends on your definition. I’ve stacked(aspirin/depotest/6OXO(pre 07)/ephedrine(pre 04)) to lower bf% and up lean mass, but I don’t foresee needing to again.
I’ve thought about it, but didn’t think I was strong enough. I couldn’t force myself to starve.
Nah
I couldn’t get over how photoshopped that picture looked in the main piece. I guess they weren’t really going for subtlety, but the face/hair is clearly… from a different body! And the legs are like… missing parts/angles that even an anorexic would have
They have cute outfits.
Harmful way? No. In general, yes, I’ve thought about losing weight. I have lost weight on/off after periods of not exercising etc, but only by returning to working out, running, and watching my junk food intake. I’ve never wanted to lose more than a few pounds, though, I just want to stay near the weight I want.
I lost 30 lbs in a month once. I mixed a carbohydrate and calorie diet. I only wanted to lose about 60 lbs total. So at the beginnng of the second month I checked everything out with the doc. He told me I was pregnant and I couldn’t do that no more. Then a few years later I was put in the hospital for something, I forget now why but while I was there they put me on a 425 per day calorie diet. After 10 days I had lost 2 lbs. That is when they told me to watch it where I could but losing it as fast as I did the first time could cause kidney failure, liver failure and a bunch of things could be damaged. So…you do what you can do. My downfall is butter and breads, butter on vegetables, in mashed potatoes, and almost any kind of breads. So I have learned to content myself with being a short, round, grey headed German woman. Believe me, I fit the part nicely.
i had one lipodissolve treatment, and i regret it.. not knowing what long term effects are, that’s harmful. but my 21 year old self didn’t think so.
I have, but it never got so bad to where I looked like that. I was only 5 lbs underweight.
…..I was always made fun of for being to skinny…… but i never did starve myself i just wasnt a big fan of food….. but the older i get the more i like food…. idk.
Definitely no. I have an issue of wanting to gain weight instead.
I love food way too much haha
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No, I just healthily put my hands up my throat like twice a day.
I’ve never had an eating disorder, but I’ve been thin my entire life. I’m the antithesis of my mostly obese family. they inspired me to be the opposite, because they have lots of health problems and take lots of pills for their health problems. they already know their obvious problem, but it is their own choice to change. I find it offensive when they point out my skinniness when I don’t have the health problems that they have, so they are steering their insecurities as if I’m the one with the problem, so they criticize me for my weight
there were many times where I wanted to cuss them out for their hypocrisy, but waste of energy
Yeah, I have, I threw up for a while, and then I stopped, because it fucks up your esophagus. Shit happens. I’ve done much worse to myself, trust me.
@Joanna_said_SO - aww joanna, you’re not even fat. I can’t believe you did that
There are plenty of others on xanga who are actually obese, and, it be like genetic. I can’t gain weight no matter how much fat I put in my tummy. Should I eat more cake?
i go in spurts when it comes to crazy dieting.
I’m a big fan of food. It keeps me alive.
I was anorexic for a year and a couple months. I was at camp and didn’t want anyone to know that I was anorexic, so I began eating. I’ve been fighting with myself ever since. I have BDD and OCD which makes matters worse. I calorie count now, and began dancing again – which has helped me lose weight the right way (the healthy way).
@beebizzle - Umm, not to be rude or anything but you clearly have not been around sick people like this. These photos are not shopped. I’ve spent 11 months of my life in a hospital for EDs and this is entirely realistic.
Dr. Craig Johnson, an ED specialist that worked at Laureate in OK. while I was there was researching the genetic link between EDs. It’s amazing because this story is precisely what he was talking about! The mother struggled with anorexia and then the twins did. It’s also amazing that they BOTH did. For me, my mother struggled as a young woman and my mom’s step sister died of an eating disorder. I have spent the last 7 years of my life with one. I wish there was a way to get rid of them!!
To all those out there who are trying to lose weight unhealthily – do those girls look beautiful? Is this GLAMOROUS? Is losing your hair and getting early onset osteoporosis worth it? No.
@jesuisfrancaise – well you didn’t need to waste your time writing all that out because I certainly didn’t waste my time reading it. If you look at the larger photos its obvious her legs (or at least knees) have been altered.
Yep I sure have and its crazy how our minds work sometimes.
I’ve never personally had that problem, but I’ve known plenty of people to struggle with it. Those poor girls….
wow some of these comments are soo ignorant and rude…i just recovered from a 6 year battle with an eating disorder and let me tell you it is one of the worst things you can go through, i almost died twice and am still living with the damage it did to me…it isnt usually about losing weight at the core of it but it is how the problem manifests itself. and one comment like that can trigger anything if you are already in an unsteady mental condition
o_o Tempted, yes. Executed the ideas, not so much. I’m slowly but surely losing it the right way.
Yeah, but it didn’t really work out. I dropped a lot of weight in my late teens (but not on purpose) and when I gained it back I tried starving myself but I just like food way too much
well, I once didn’t eat for 3 days and a few months ago I purged every bite of food out of me after I ate it for a while. But I see now that I can’t do this all thee time so I’m doing this the healthy way now with working out and healthy food, feels much better!
I’m noy skinny, I’m not fat. Little curvy but I’d say I’m pretty much comfortable with that. The only change I’d like to make would be to get a bit healthier, exercise more, but not because I wanna be all skin and bones.
When I was 14 I was borderline anorexic… occasionally I still dabble in anorexic and bulimic tendencies. But generally, I don’t do harmful weight loss anymore. It’s really not worth it.
Yes. But I’ve never given into that temptation…
I think most people who’ve ever had an eating disorder will tell you that it never started with the conscious thought of “I want to be unhealthy and potentially risk my body’s everyday functions”… it just sort of started with an idea that ingesting fewer calories would be better, and then it just gets out of control one way or another. I’m not saying that it’s right or that it’s even an excuse/explanation, but I’m just saying that it never started out as a desire to be harmful in that way. It just… evolved.
@RulerofMasons - ur very lucky then! i wish i had metabolism like you! ya that was 6 years ago.. i weigh 15 lbs more now, and a lot happier with my appearance.. i think it was just all in my head. haha you should definitely eat more cake.. i go through 180 blocks of butter within a month.. i know how much butter goes into cakes… the calories are off the charts! i challenge you lol, see if you really don’t gain a pound from eating a cake a day!
Not really. All of the eating disorders seem so unpleasant. I hate throwing up, and I hate being really hungry.
@Pink_TeaCups - all the time? I hope you don’t! you’re beautiful already.
@sassypenguin - same.
The methods I considered were unhealthy. But I’ve never aimed to be skinny, just less fat.
I used to starve myself when I was younger, but t never worked because I’m still fat! And the starving would only last a few days before I’d give in and eat something. Though, remarkably I eat less than most people “my size”, and I’m still incredibly overweight. Probably because I’m not very active.
P.S. That photo looks horribly photoshopped. Just sayin’.
Omg they’re walking skeletons.
I can’t look at this anymore; it’s scaring me.
It’s completely sad and a waste of life, but I have. I started to lose myself when I was really young, like 10 years old. Getting ahold of diet pills, fasting and barfing when I could 29 and still going…what am I trying to reach? I don’t know.
I was diagnosed bulimic (with anorexic tendencies) at age 12. Even though I’m almost 22, have been in rehab plenty of times, and am now back on the wagon, I still go back to that mindset. I think that you never really lose that part of you once you are in a recovery state.
That’s freaking disgusting. Well i hope they feel sexy now. Sorry if i sound a little mean, guys, i’m not taking it back.
Anorexia is really starting to piss me off lately. How do these girls not see how gross looking they are?
I think a majority of woman probably have, I have.
@StopAllClocks - because it is a mental disorder, they have a distorted self-image
@CambumboKid - no need to say you’re sorry if you’re not taking it back.
This is depressing. When I was fifteen I dropped from 149 lbs to 109 lbs over the course of two months. I became a size 00 and was ridiculously bony, even though my weight wasn’t even that low. My hipbones stuck out even while I was just standing up and when I laid down in the bath I could keep water in my stomach like a bowl. One of my guy friends put his hands around my waist once and with his thumbs touching on my stomach, his fingers overlapped on my back. That was sort of a wake-up call.
I wasn’t trying to be thin, I just felt like my life was completely out of control and it was the only thing I had power over. When I saw 109 on the scale I was kind of scared and wondered how low I was going to go, and I decided that I could control and maintain a healthier weight and ended up being 125 for the next few years.
Then I went through another unhealthy phase where I dropped from 159 to 115 in a couple months.
Now I’m 155 and I’d like to lose weight but I’ll never do it in an unhealthy or obsessive way again…I hope.
It’s hard but I’m glad that it’s not a constant struggle. I don’t really ever feel bad about the way my body looks, I just get really stressed out and feel like I need to control something and that’s when my exercising and not eating comes into play.I’ve never puked up my food though because I hate puking.
@CambumboKid - It’s a disease, what is wrong with you?
@StopAllClocks - Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
I’ve thought about it… but I really enjoy food, so that would leave me with bohlemia and I HATE puking…. so… yeah… the reason my ass is big.
I’ve had eating disorders since I was about 5. My dad was really abusive about me weight especially, so I always ate differently than everyone else. I actually didn’t even know my actions weren’t normal until people started commenting on it at school. I still have problems with it, but I’m trying to work things out. It’s crazy that such a simple comment could cause something so serious…it doesn’t even seem like he said it maliciously.
@MangoWOW - I actually once thought about meth…. never did it but it was a thought I had when I was younger…
I’ve tried cleansings, and different wraps and even gone to the point that I would stop eating for days… And nothing ever worked… :/ Even did exercise and ate healthy… I’m just doomed…
Not to lose weight, but other ways of course. I don’t do any of that anymore.
@brrraaaiiins - Lol, right? I could never force myself to starvation. I love food wayyyyyyy too much.
how old are they now? they look disgusting.
its sad they’ve had problems since such an early age and never got help, that’s not sending a good message to teens with the disorder, they’re probably thinking “see, I won’t die if I do it”
I’ve had ED-NOS (bulimic and anorexic tendencies) for almost 10 years. I’ve fucked my body up and I’ve thought about meth because then I’d lose weight faster but it never worked out that way.
That’s so stupid. How does someone saying, “Oh, you’re growing up! 8D” make you want to be anorexic? At least they can’t have kids- darwinism in action, and amen for it.
Yes, when I was younger. I was dealing with other problems and found temporary, false relief in losing weight.
i couldn’t, even if i tried. i love food too much..
i think i love my curves too much. (: i feel really sad for people who think that’s beauty. beauty is believing that no matter what you look like you matter. it’s not measured in pounds.
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I’ve been diagnosed with eating disorders, but this makes me sad. Those girls are always going to feed off of each other. If one is anorexic, the other will be too. They must feel so trapped.
But I like my hips. And the hips of others.
Yes
Being one of the 74829271 people on xanga: I certainly have thought about losing weight in an unhealthy way. All too frequently. It’s a bitch.
Having met lots of other men and women with eating disorders, there’s definitely a genetic link. I know a lot of twins with anorexia or bulimia, or a fun combo of both. It’s fascinating but sad.
Also, while I’m sure this story is at least based on fact–somebody definitely did some photoshopping.
I always thought anorexic “thinsperation” was a good motivator to work out and eat right. But I never once considered losing weight or getting in shape in an unhealthy way or a way that would ultimately harm myself.
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