today i realized that just because I am having a tough eating/brain moment doesn't mean I've lost any progress I've made. It's healing to allow myself to feel scared and angry. I actually felt stronger afterwards and like I could hold my strength and bravery because I showed a part of myself compassion that I usually don't.
(Like/reblog this in case you want to read that way. I'll be adding the latter parts soon and then i will edit this masterlist as I go)
FOREWORD
PART 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS
CIGARETTES
COFFEE (BLACK, NATCH)
DIET COKE
ADDERALL
AMBIEN
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
CHEWING GUM
SPARKLING WATER
CHAMPAGNE
PART 2: THE MECHANICS
OVERDIGESTION
BEING COLD
DIURETICS
FIBER
LAXATIVES
COLONICS
PART 3: I'M JUST TRYING TO BE HEALTHY
JUICE CLEANSING
GLUTEN SENSITIVITY
DETOXING
EATING CLEAN
SUPERFOODS
HEALTH BEVERAGES
COCONUT WATER
NON-DAIRY MILKS
BARS
ACUPUNCTURE
GENERAL ORTHOREXIA
EXERCISE
PART 4: UM, IT'S NOT A FAD… IT'S A LIFESTYLE
VEGETARIANISM
THE BABY FOOD DIET
THE AIR DIET
THE PALEO DIET
THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW CARB DIET
THE STRATEGIC STARVATION DIET
THE RAW FOOD DIET
THE ONE FOOD DIET
THE TWO CUP DIET
THE HCG DIET
THE CABBAGE SOUP DIET
THE I-CAN'T-SEE-IT DIET
THE I'M-FUCKING-RICH-AND-GLAMOROUS DIET
PART 5: HIDE IT, BETCH
BLACK
SPANX
BOHO CHIC
ONE SIZE DOWN
PART 6: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ILLEGAL
COCAINE
MDMA
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
BANNED DIET PILLS
PART 7: FODDER FOR YOUR SHRINK
COMPETITION
MODERATION
COMPROMISE
LYING
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
BEING A TOTAL BITCH
STRESSOREXIA
PART 8: ALL THAT OTHER CRAY SHIT
OCCASIONAL VOMITING
CHEW-AND-SPIT
HYPNOSIS
THINSPIRATION
PUBLIC EATING
A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS
SHARING IS CARING
COACHELLA
BOO, YOU WHORE
I'm so jealous of people my age who are naturally skinny. Everyone I know is smaller than me and they can eat whatever they want and don't have to worn about gaining and they don't dislike their bodies. Meanwhile I gain 5 pounds after smelling chocolate.
It's a different world stepping into Eds shoes again half way through life.
I don't have to worry about my parents getting mad at me
I don't have to worry about my school teachers getting mad at me
I don't have the typical teenage drama that spurred this mentality shift
I remember Ed being a call a shout for help just to be seen and cared for as a teenager. But now no one sees me, I have no watchful eyes on me. No one whispering under their breath, no parents staring at me across the dinner table as I play with a half eaten plate, no boy trouble or pubescent drama fueled by hormonal rage and indifference. I'm not doing this to impress the boy I like or try to fit in with the popular kids.
I am invisible
Except from myself.
I'm in a strange state of visible translucency. I tell people I'm fasting and they believe me, I tell people I'm too tired to come meet them for dinner they believe me.
Fuck, even my live out partner whose been here for the last 3 days who I have said the words 4norexi4 to and who has watched me consume nothing but tea for 3 days doesn't question my choices.
How different a world it is when you're seen but not seen. I am validated but I remain a shadow.
By keeping a tray full of no prepare necessary food, in the fridge it can be used to aid neurodivergent or fatigued people.
By putting food like, cheese and crackers, or whatever is a safe food for you personally on the tray, it can be taken easily to the couch or bed to be eaten from whenever you are hungry.
This prevents executive dysfunction or fatigue and any reason preventing you from eating. You need to care of yourself because everyone needs food to stay alive including you.
You deserve to eat even when on a bad brain day and are unable to prepare a meal for yourself.
If not having a full meal doesn't satisfy you, a snack may even give you the energy to make a full meal afterwards!
pls don’t flirt with me i want to be nonchalant so bad but i unfortunately crave connection so intensely that i will give you my entire soul and forgive you over and over until i’ve lost myself completely and feel like i’m drowning