anorexia nervosa
Fasting Tips
Hello lovely Ana’s, Fasting makes me feel soooo good and strong but here are some tips to make it easier. Spin around in circles, it will make you too dizzy and nauseous to eat. Always have water with you. Drink ice cold water when possible. If you feel hungry, drink some hot green tea, the heat can suppress your appetite. Caffeine suppresses your appetite as well. Chew sugar free gum. Take a nap. Read. Clean something. Take a shower or bath. Whiten your teeth. Go for a run. Do some crunches. Stretch. Do yoga. Try enjoying hunger pangs. Weigh yourself. Look at your self naked and pinch your fat. Take a nice long walk, with or without your dog. Try 0 calorie Mio water enhancers. Look at …
Long time no see….
Hello girls, Long time no see? Bet you all thought I was dead or something. Lots of things have changed but one thing hasn’t, my desire to be the skinniest bitch anyone has ever seen. So here I am. Yes I’m back and I won’t be going away for a very, very long time. Keep sharing, keep commenting, keep starving. There’s more headed your way very soon. Stay strong, xoxo L
Speaking of diets…
Dear Ana’s, Today I am back with some not so well known diets that have been known to work in the past. Enjoy! The 3 Day Fruit Flush Breakfast: 1 piece of high-carb fruit (banana, large pear, ½ mango) total: varies Lunch:1 piece high-fiber fruit (apple, plums, ½ cup berries) total: varies Dinner: 1 piece citrus fruit (orange, small grapefruit, tangerine, 2 clementines) total: varies total: 220- 310 calories, 1 gm fat. The Russian Gymnast Diet Breakfast: Glass of either orange or apple juice Lunch: Fruit Salad (made of kiwi fruit, orange, pineapple, and peeled apples) Glass of fruit juice (from one of the above fruits) Dinner: Glass of non carbonated water Green apple (granny smith) Anyone on this diet for 5-7 days can loose between 4 lbs-11 lbs The Caroline Kettlewell Diet …
Loose Weight Fast?
Hi sexy skinny Ana’s, So recently I’ve been getting a lot of emails about losing weight fast…Ana is a commitment, it’s a disciplined lifestyle and all though we all want to get skinny super fast, it’s not the way the world works. I’m a firm believer in the idea that we can’t chose our path, it choses us. Ana isn’t a diet that you can do a week before your cousins wedding and suddenly magically fit into your bridesmaids dress. It’s a commitment. It’s a relationship. Ana isn’t something you can turn on or off. That’s why I’m not trying to promote the lifestyle. I’m just helping other fucked up girls like me …
Thinspo Crush of the Week: Alexis Ren
Dear skinny bitches, Someone reuqested a new thinspo post so I happily obliged I know most of us are guilty of stalking this skinny starlet on Instagram and wishing we had her thigh gap or skinny arms. Wouldn’t our lives be so much easier if we were thin and boys like jay were attracted to us? Keep strong ladies. This could be you soon. I love her skinny arms Stay strong. Starve on. xoxo L
Looking Good
Dear Skinny Ladies, When was the last time you didn’t buy something because you looked fat in it? Most people can say pretty recently. Trying on a cute dress in a store and realizing it just doesn’t look good on you because it’s clinging to your fat thighs or stomach. There’s this idea of perfection, looking perfect, always in the back of your mind. That’s the reason we do it. Or at least one of the major ones. So your daily dose of inspiration… It will be worth it. To see an outfit in a store and be able to just buy it. To buy something online and not even have to try it on, you’ll just know it looks good. …
Thoughts of the day
Hello ladies, I saw this image today and felt like it was something I wanted to rant about. Since when has accomplishing something been a reason to eat more? Seriously, like the picture says we are not dogs who reward ourselves with treats. It makes me so annoyed because whenever something good happens and people want to celebrate, they want to with food. Food isn’t the way to reward yourself for good accomplishments. Buying a new outfit in a size smaller, now that’s a way to reward yourself. So if I accomplish something great, you’ll find me in the nearest urban outfitters not scarfing down a fucking tray of cupcakes. I advise you do the same. Stay strong! xoxo L
How I stop myself from eating
Hello ladies, So recently I’ve been doing something that really works for me and I thought I would share it with you. Every time I’m about to binge or break a fast, I read one of these picture i have saved on my phone. I thought it wouldn’t work but after reading these messages on these pictures, I really feel less hungry and less like eating. I’ll share them in this post and maybe they’ll help some of you. Stay strong, xoxo L
Why I’d like to go into Ben’s old school to talk about eating disorders
When my son Ben fell sick with anorexia, back in 2009 when he was 15, his school was amazingly supportive. By early 2010 he was finding it increasingly impossible to be in school. He couldn’t bear being anywhere near his peers, he was regularly breaking down in lessons and in the school dining hall, he was behaving irrationally and dangerously, he was exercising like mad at any opportunity and he was spending much of his time in the school medical centre rather than in lessons. And, of course, he was eating minimally throughout the day resulting in more and more weight loss.Ben’s dad and I figured that we could get Ben to eat more if he was at home being monitored through breakfast, snacks, lunch and the evening meal. …
Why is Leeds swapping the old treatment models for FBT? I can’t wait to find out!
I’m meeting with the psychiatrist guy from Leeds NHS a week on Wednesday and I can’t wait to find out what prompted Leeds to make the changes and move from multi-disciplinary CAMHS treatment for teenage eating disorders to a specialist eating disorders service for adolescents – and to adopt the evidence-based FBT (Family Based Therapy / Treatment) instead of the methods they were using when my son, Ben, was sick with anorexia.Just think… All those months when I was pushing for FBT-style treatment as I read up about it on the FEAST website and the Around the Dinner Table forum, but felt as if I was banging my head against a brick wall as Ben was whisked off for yet another individual therapy session with …
Yay! The doctor from Leeds NHS has replied to my email.
And this is what she said: “It is lovely to hear from you and of your interest in the new children’s community eating disorder service soon to be established in Leeds. It would be very useful to involve you in our local service developments as we recognise that the involvement of young people and their parents is integral to the success of any new service plans. I’ve copied in my colleague who is the clinician leading the service model developments; I think he would be ideal to talk through our Leeds plans with as he has had a key role in identifying the evidence-base treatment to include in the service model.” This is so exciting…Following my revelations, there has been some debate online in the …
Going over and beyond the call of duty… massively.
Sister Shirley Crawford speaking at school last nightAs you will know if you’ve read my book, Please eat…: A mother’s struggle to free her teenage son from anorexia, “Sheila” the school nurse was one of the most supportive people throughout my teenage son’s battle with anorexia. I can’t begin to describe how supportive she was, right from the start. It was she who first told me about CAMHS, talked to me about eating disorders and told me to get a referral for eating disorder treatment. It was she who provided a safe haven for my son when he couldn’t bear to be in school or had broken down for some reason, which he did on most days during the winter of 2009/10.It was she who talked with …