My own fitness motivation

Pro-Ana Expectation vs. Eating Disordered Reality

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:39:36 -0700

Expectation: Wake up one day, weigh yourself, and feel extremely happy, accomplished, and satisfied because you hit your "UGW"!
Reality: Wake up, weigh yourself, see that you are now ten pounds less than your original "UGW" and cry because you still see yourself as fat.
Expectation: You will be beautiful, thin, and look like a model naturally.
Reality: You might be thin, your hair will fall out by the handful, your skin will be dry, and your nails will be chipping.
Expectation: You will feel strong and in control when you walk past the kitchen and say "no" to food and "yes" to "Ana".
Reality: You will sit in front of a miniscule amount of food, on the brink of passing out for hours and hours debating whether or not to eat it. Crying, feeling weak, and in fact very out control.
Expectation: All the boys will want you and you will be the skinny friend.
Reality: You will lock yourself in your house and ostracize yourself from society. You will have no friends to be skinny in comparison to and you won't care if the boys want you or not.
Expectation: You will be perfect.
Reality: You will be far from perfect. You will become a number: your weight, your BMI, number of servings, grams of this, ounces of that, number of cups, amount of tablespoons and teaspoons, calories, hours until next allowed "meal", inches, centimeters, pounds, kilos, dress size, pant size. You will be obsessed with the unattainable: happiness and satisfaction.

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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:31:38 -0700

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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:07:20 -0700

At the gym last night I did a biceps and back day. By the end of my workout I thought my arms were going to fall off! They are sore today but nothing compared to the last b&b day… That’s progress right?

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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:05:33 -0700

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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:04:31 -0700

“I’m never going to starve myself for a part… I don’t want...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:03:31 -0700

“I’m never going to starve myself for a part… I don’t want little girls to be like, ‘Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I’m going to skip dinner. That’s something I was really conscious of during training, when you’re trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong- not thin and underfed.”

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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:44:36 -0700

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Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:09:03 -0700

Why we should be friends.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:05:41 -0700

Why we should be friends.

davestrider: why are clothes so expensive? i should not have to pay this much to not be naked....

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:49:43 -0700

davestrider:

why are clothes so expensive? i should not have to pay this much to not be naked. people should pay ME to not be naked

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:45:34 -0700

Jon Stewart, explaining to young people why books are awesome.

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:17:12 -0700

Jon Stewart, explaining to young people why books are awesome.

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:22:10 -0700

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:22:01 -0700

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:57:16 -0700

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:53:07 -0700

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Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:29:12 -0700

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Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:25:02 -0700

That moment...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:24:36 -0700

You didn’t realize how hard you worked your legs and when you try to use the stairs…

I feel like I've gained a million lbs...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:59:04 -0700

I know that I’ve gained but in all reality it shouldn’t be as much as the scale says… Maybe I’m binging more than I realize? Idk but I feel like a whale. My mind is not in a good place right now I need to go see someone.