I'm in the process of creating an educational website about bodybuilding and eating disorders, since there are literally NO resources out there about it out there.  My goal is to inform others about the eating disorders that primarily affect bodybuilders, how to recognize the signs, and offer ways to find help.

Couple of questions:

1) If I post ( Read more... )

Hi. I'm new here and hope it's okay to post this.

( I'm looking for advice on how to get yourself back on a regular eating schedule. )

( trigger warning for BMI numbers mentioned )

Interesting read for anyone that's interested:

It is in my public dropbox folder (and I uploaded it to the shared eating disorder folder - RE previous post). 
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5676472/Keel-2011-Empirical%20Classification%20of%20EDs. ( Read more... )

Last night I came across a very disturbing article posted by a woman (the founder of The Fighter Diet) on Muscle & Fitness Hers' website. They're a website geared towards women interested in fitness, figure, and bodybuilding. She basically claimed that if you diet smarter and train harder than other people, you have an eating disorder.

( Full article behind cut )

Hello, I'm back again, with another question, again mainly born out of just morbid curiosity.

I was wondering, if you are eating disordered, what is your relationship with numbers?

I often find myself 'blaming numbers' for the development and continuation of my ED. I’m not sure how ridiculous/rare this is, or if it even makes any sense.

( Some points about my ED/relationship with numbers- I don't think it could be a trigger but I'm a terrible judge of these things so just to be safe... )

I've always wondered -- if you have been recovering for a long time (say 3+ years), have the thoughts in your head ever died down or gone away?  I'm referring to the thoughts or "voice" in your head that might say you're too big, you need to restrict or fast, you can't eat more than a certain number of calories otherwise you'll gain weight, etc ( Read more... )

After a particularly frustrating PD lesson at school today (PD being an acronym for 'Personal Development' and a terrible non-period where we 'discuss ethics' and 'learn about ourselves' and 'think about what it means to....' etc. etc. It wouldn't be too bad if my class wasn't full of the most ignorant, under-informed people I've ever had the ( Read more... )

We all know that a lot of people go through times of bulimia, overeating and anorexia in turns and that the lines between eating disorders blur a lot of the times. However, I suddenly find myself thinking "am I really bulimic at all?" since learning that I've got a metabolic disorder and can't lose weight normally/quickly/hardly at all ( Read more... )

Does anyone else have issues with restricting your sleep?  I think about sleep all the time in the way I used to think about eating when my ED was out of hand the most-- the "I'm not worthy of the same amount as everyone else," "how could I spend the time sleeping (or eating) when I could be using that time to do something else that's more useful ( Read more... )