Saturday, October 06, 2007

Pro-Ana? Maybe

I saw "The Thin Club" on DH&H the other day and boy am I interested! YES I KNOW IT IS UNHEALTHY to lose weight that way but I think it really works! It's not that hard, I think. There is this one girl, she started at 106 lbs in the beginning of the show and at the end, she was only 98 lbs! She was soooo skinny! I am not planning to be that skinny but if pro-ana really works, then why not, right? I mean, I've tried exercising and eating right but to no avail. I think I sort of have done this pro-ana thing back when I was 14 and I did lose a lot of weight. I went from a size L to a size Xs! The thing about not eating is, once you get used to it, you won't even feel hungry! That is what I remembered when I kind of stopped eating back then. It's amazing how much weight you can lose in less than a year! It would be nice to be small again...especially when you're 20 and people are paying so much attention on how you look!

I think I'm going to cut back on my eating and see if it works for me! But I'm going to throw in some exercises everyday to speed up the process. :)

Oh, I am not going to totally follow this pro-ana thing. I'm just going to take some things that work and leave out things that might do me harm.

Oh I found the girl from the show, here she is!




Sabrina

Sabrina is a fun, sporty and active 16 year old living with her parents in Lincolnshire. She has always been slim but has been using pro-anorexia sites for four months to help her lose a lot of weight quickly.

Like many girls she's ultra-conscious about her figure. She's had a history of dieting but not anorexia. She diets alongside online friends and posts daily in her online journal with updates of her weight loss.

She admits that the majority of girls on the pro-ana sites have a higher BMI (body mass index) than her but finds the sites helpful with her extreme weight loss goals. She feels the girls on it are 'really supportive and lovely'.

Her first goal was to get from 106lbs (7st 8lbs) to 102lbs (7st 4lbs) for her prom and she looks forward to her next goal of 98lbs (7st) for her GCSE results.

Pro-ana sites seem to be making her weight loss obsession more extreme – she is now picking up tips from the sites on ways to avoid eating.

(http://www.channel4learning.net/support/programmenotes/micro/thinclub/sabrina.html)


Some info on pro-ana:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana

After looking at some pro-ana sites, I have to admit that there is more bad to it than good. BUT, I am still going to eat less because being an emotional eater than I am now is ALSO unhealthy. It is better to be thin and live up to society's expectations than to be a fat emotional eater! At least by being thin, people accept you more than when you are fat and ugly.

I think this website is quite helpful,

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/thininstead/








7 comments:

Breathing.In.Luxembourg said...

hmmm..wat if in two years, you wanna makan balik?and then,perhaps,you gain more weight pulak??but its really up to you

a friend of mine, gained 10kgs in 6months!(crazy or what)..she went to US for those 6months.its taking here more than a year to lose all the weight she gained.her weight dropped naturally as she adapted her malaysian eating habit semule..perhaps you should try the all protein diet, i was in an LRT like, last month, this guy was talking to his friend about dropping 6 sizes by not eating carbs & sugary drinks. he still eats a lot.i checked him out after that, ya he has a very godamn bod;)

RKA said...

Yes- I am aware of that. After all I did gain 16 kg lepas i stop not eating. I ate like mad! Tapi when i think about it, skarang pun I dah ada eating disorder (makan terlebih) so now i just nak tukar to not eating je. :)

Z said...

woah.. xtau nak cakap apa. whatever rocks your boat, i guess. =P

so long as you dont stop eating totally, i wont say anything about this pro-ana thing. if you're aware of the risks of the thing, then i'm sure you'll be taking precautions right? pls jaga diri bebaik while youre at it, hun.

Breathing.In.Luxembourg said...

eat healthily la..like my fren, she still eats normally..still lose weight..kena lifestyle change..n amik masa..prolly the pro ana thingy ni cepat n tak amik masa..like zaty said 'whatever rocks ur boat' ;)

RKA said...

I rasa kan...i'm not going to do the pro ana thing la. but i am going to eat less and eat healthy stuff, drink plenty of water and do sit ups everyday.

Breathing.In.Luxembourg said...

how about jogging?jogging burns fat!and best kan jogging..rasa semacam...like,rasa puas hati or sumthing..thats what i rasa la (whenever i jog, which is like, once in four years:P)

Z said...

yay for iqa!

im still impressed by how you can put up with situps tau. i still xde motivation/strength to doit XD

ganbatte kuadasai ne~~~
(do your best ok!)