1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 07, 2006, 3:08 pm PST

Hi I think perhaps I was, right at the point of my divorce, 5.5 years ago, I was 238# and 40" in the waist and after filing for divorce, in 2 mos. time I had lost down to where I was wearing my sons clothes which was a boys size 8. I was thrilled to death until I got to where I was having those fainting spells that you spoke of. It was then, I realized that if I didnt start eating again that my entire was going to gradually shut down on me. Im one of the lucky ones, i now 5.5 years later have stopped gaining and now have been at 170# and a 33" waist for some time now! But I have to admit Im so proud I didnt gain all my weight back to the point I was at! At first i said it was my nerves that caused my weight loss and to some extent i still believe that was part of my problem then. But Thank God Im o k ,now!

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 07, 2006, 3:17 pm PST

I was weighing somewhere under 100pds and people would comment on how when I turned sideways I would disappear. I contribute this to an abusive relationship and my low self esteem. I thought if I was pretty enough my husband would love me and he would never leave me. Fortunately I left him met a wonderful man that truly loved me and gained a whopping thirty pounds.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 07, 2006, 3:28 pm PST

r u calling me fat????!!!

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 07, 2006, 9:20 pm PST

I think the media has alot to do with this problem, everywhere you look we see this impossible standard of "beauty", that society holds us to,but worst of all is how so many men seen to be desirous of the 6 ft 105 pound models they see on tv, magazines, everywhere, Instead of showinghealthy, well built women, we are flooded with these images,I am of medium build myself, 5'3, around 130 pounds, and tho i KNOW i am not "fat", compared to the standards society sets i am, and i find myself struggling with my body image every day. Many men tell me they dont want a stick figure, but then in the same breath they drool over the women they see in tv and the media, so it sends very mixed and confusing signals to us women, I know the issues about being happy with your inner self, blah blah blah, and its all true, but if we are all honest who DOESNT want to look there best and be considered pretty, honestly? But What is pretty?

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 08, 2006, 7:41 am PST

I am now 39yrs old,5'1" and weigh 113lbs.When I was 20yrs old I weighed 85lbs and thought that I was beautiful.I've been blessed with good looks all my life but never saw how forrible I looked at twenty.Nobody told me I was ugly nobody said I was too thin and nobody knew that I only ate less than a 1000 calories a day.Of course no one saw my ribs and hip bones sticking out because I always had clothes on to cover that up.For 4 years I did this to myself.Selfesteme is something I had none of.Abuse at a young age gave me none.I can look back now and see where it all started and tell others it is up to u to see it. No one can do it for u.It sucks it isn't fun but in the years to come u will be so glad u did realise all that u had done to yourself.I didn't have anyone to help me because it was "my problem" not anyone eles.Little did I know that it does take others to help you on the way to recovery.It took all I had in me to admit I needed someone to help me.I still worry at times what I look like.Maybe it is part of the medias fault.Mostly it is yourself to blame. No one picture is telling you to denie yourself food to make u look like the picture.You can do that with eating good foods and exercising.It is much easier to not eat than it is to eat good and exercie.But the outcome of eating food is so much more rewarding for you,all that love you and for us a society.Thanks and good luck to all who go for it!!!!

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 08, 2006, 9:13 am PST

I'm 5'3'' weigh 97lbs..but my friends say I look fine!

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 08, 2006, 11:36 am PST

Beauty… Who defines what is beautiful and what is not? My father always told me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder… I never understood why out of all my other sisters (4) I was the big one…. I really wasn’t I was 5’7 and 125 pounds… not necessarily big! But I think a lot has to do with who you are around. The people that have the most influence on you in your daily lives. My biggest influence was my mom. She has 6 kids and for my whole life I remember her as being very thin. But she was always doing something for what she called “those last 5 pounds.” Know that I am older I see where she got that tainted image of the perfect body… Her sisters. My sister just had a baby a month ago and at a family function recently one of my aunts said, “Oh look at Sara she is soo cute. She looks like she’s 6 months pregnant, ohh her tummy!” and proceeded to touch her stomach! Me and my sisters are not like that with each other… and promise not to be like that to our nieces. I think that not only the industry of fashion models, and actresses have an effect but also your family. It is a struggle that everyone goes through I think. But positive reinforcement of the ones you love is a huge help. We have all tried to loose weight and run and do what ever it takes though for those “last 5 pounds” I wonder where we got that from?

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 08, 2006, 2:12 pm PST

i hear a lot about cinnamon being good for a lot of diffferent things. could you set me streight on some things,thank you.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 5:35 am PST

Hi I am 5'3" and am 28 yrs. old I weigh in at 140lbs. size 7 -8. I once was considered to have an eating disorder by some; the others come to find out here recently thought that I was just self centered and selfish. They didn't know about my past or what lead to that point of my life. Anyhow after having 2 beautiful boys I had gone from 105 lbs. size 1 - 3 to a wopping 240 lbs. size 22. My oldest is 5 and my youngest is 2 yrs. Here recently I'd lost a considerable amount of wieght and once again what I did in the past came back to haunt me by comments from my sister in law (who I'd really like to e-mail this page to). But I guess all that matters is my hubby believes that I am not starving myself or taking ex-lax like I used to. Any body who has gone through what I have or are going through the emothional thinking of gosh how much did I eat? Or I shouldn't have eatin' that or those who do like me go on bingies. Those people need help as well as LOVE NOT harsh hurt full words. The perfect body to go along with tryin' to be the woman is what leads us ladies to these kinds of eating disorders. Have you ever noticed that men AREN'T judged? Why is that?

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 6:50 am PST

Some people believ that you have to be extremely over or underweight to have an eating disorder. This is definitely not the case, i am neither one of these but i know i have a problem with food. This has been going on for a while now i've noticed a few repetitive symptoms which start and stop over a period of years. 1) normal eating at the beginning of cycle. 2) Sudden comments about my figure and others currently on television. 3) The beginning of a `healthy` diet. 4) Which then leads to eating less. 5) Anger and fights are used as a cover up. 6) Eating stops, only intakes are fluids(mainly water) and sometimes vitamin supplements. 7) Serious weight loss occurs. 8) Spoken to about the problem. 9) Fights stop eating habits resume until next episode which could be months and even years away, but sometimes just a few days. I speaking from experience would like to inform people about the dangers of this problem. Although, no-one seems to talk about this i believe this is a very dangerous and understated ILLNESS. If anyone has any further questions, you can contact me at dahls_bay@yahoo.co.uk or dahlia_bay@yahoo.co.uk.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 9:58 am PST

why doe girls always have to do that

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 1:22 pm PST

anyone on here ever hear of shaklee wellness company

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 1:25 pm PST

i have friend that don't eat at all.

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