Bulimia Nervosa Support Group

A couple months ago I read this article about how people's body image satisfaction changes when they lose weight. The article stated that before people lose weight they view a healthy fit body as ideal. But after they lose weight, they view a skinny body as ideal. I feel the article did have some validity. Before losing weight, I would have been very happy to be a size 8. But once I lost weight, I feel fat at a size 8. Anyone else have this issue. Do you think your eating disorder has changed what you once viewed as an ideal body?

I agree-but I only apply that to myself--I think others don't look good too skinny, I think I just have the ED working against me only. So I only care if I am skinny --not others...and I think a size 8 is find for others! But when I was like a size 14-12, i would have died to be an 8. But I have been more anooretic with my behaviours than bulimic lately--neither is good and my body image is so messed up.

Same with me..,I find the curvy look much more attractive.,,but hate it on myself. And my body is never going to skinny due to genetics.

My husband prefers me more curvy too...he's so upset that my boobs have gotten smaller...LOL! But I know I am not going to be able to maintain this weight for a long time.

So with ya ladies haha. When I was 14-16 I too would have killed to be a size 8. now I am a 6-8 and everyday feel so disgusting, particularly from the waist down. Funny story.... Each year I have a mammogram, and the year I lost almost 40 pounds the tech pulled my current scan and the year prior. she looked serious and asked if I had lost some weight? the pics were pitiful!!!!!

I think we try to satisfy our life problems by being thin and so we will never be thin enough because of it--that's the root of EDs usually. And yet even knowing that I can't seem to get full control of it!

I just wish that I was the sizes you girls are. I am in a size 18 and would really kill to be smaller. I see myself though as though I am much bigger though. I just want to get down to a size 12 but I am sure that won't be enough.

My biggest size was 16 when I was 16 years old. The thing is that being thin is not making us happy. It gives me this false sense of security. I wish I didn't care about my weight and I really think it is so shallow of me that I do--but then this is a disorder we have! I guess it would be shallow if I judged others that way.

Alyssa, you are wrong to think that you would be happy at this particular size. We aren't! Everything is relavent. A woman wearing size 26 would love to be an 18 ect..... We need to stop thinking of ourselves as numbers and pounds. When we beat this disease we will

I agree with rlt. Once we are happy on the inside..the outside won't matter much.

Post edited by: Lonelygirl83, at: 09/12/2011 02:08 PM