30 Days Of Weight Loss Challenge: Day 24 & 25

Day 24: How do you feel about pro-ana/mia?
Day 25: Have you ever purged?

I missed yesterday, and these just happen to coincide, so what the hey! Also, I’m putting a trigger warning on this for anyone that has suffered from eating disorders.

How do I feel about pro-ana or pro-mia?

I mean, seriously? You DESIRE a disease or a sickness? You want so badly to be so thin you require medical attention? That it’s okay to be that way, in fact, you encourage it? GIRLFRAN. WAKE. UP. That ain’t you.

All the thinspiration and pro-ana/mia tumblrs around make it frustrating on us as “fitspiration” writers to express that THIN ≠ HEALTHY. Being “thin at any cost” is stupid - what’s the point of it if you’re going to die prematurely?

And, as I am sure you figured out, NO, I have never purged. I like food. I don’t enjoy throwing it back up, purposefully or not. I’m sure purgers do not ENJOY the act, but deal with it, which I could not and do not want to.

I wrote more in-depth about this and where to get help, so check that out if you or someone you know may be suffering from an eating disorder.

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