Comments on: Orthorexia nervosa http://www.actboldly.com/2006/03/07/orthorexia-nervosa/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:17:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: susan http://www.actboldly.com/2006/03/07/orthorexia-nervosa/comment-page-1/#comment-157 susan Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:20:53 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/?p=118#comment-157 Two years ago my dh and I separated for several months. I had no appetite and I started exercising to get into shape and deal with my stress. I lost so much weight so quickly that people worried about me. I didn't care because I was a fit size four/six. Woo hoo. I still thought I looked fat in pictures. I only ate healthful foods, very little fat, and felt guilty about eating a tiny piece of cake on my own birthday. My exercise addiction escalated to the point where I had a bicycling accident and broke my leg into 45 pieces. Needless to say, I regained 26 pounds when I could no longer offset my bingeing with exercise. There can be too much of a good thing -- that's for sure. Two years ago my dh and I separated for several months. I had no appetite and I started exercising to get into shape and deal with my stress. I lost so much weight so quickly that people worried about me. I didn’t care because I was a fit size four/six. Woo hoo. I still thought I looked fat in pictures. I only ate healthful foods, very little fat, and felt guilty about eating a tiny piece of cake on my own birthday. My exercise addiction escalated to the point where I had a bicycling accident and broke my leg into 45 pieces. Needless to say, I regained 26 pounds when I could no longer offset my bingeing with exercise. There can be too much of a good thing — that’s for sure.

]]> By: little miss ess http://www.actboldly.com/2006/03/07/orthorexia-nervosa/comment-page-1/#comment-155 little miss ess Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:28:12 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/?p=118#comment-155 One of my friends dated this woman for a couple of years who was obsessed like that with healthy food. She had been a ballet dancer and had been an anorexic while she was dancing to keep the weight down. It had been years since she had given up dancing because of injuries, but she was not able to leave behind the disordered eating. She was no longer anorexic, but was obsessed with buying and eating only "organic" foods, and ate a strict microbiotic diet. Going out to eat with her was a nightmare. It was all she ever talked about. She was also addicted to exercise. One of my friends dated this woman for a couple of years who was obsessed like that with healthy food. She had been a ballet dancer and had been an anorexic while she was dancing to keep the weight down. It had been years since she had given up dancing because of injuries, but she was not able to leave behind the disordered eating. She was no longer anorexic, but was obsessed with buying and eating only “organic” foods, and ate a strict microbiotic diet. Going out to eat with her was a nightmare. It was all she ever talked about.

She was also addicted to exercise.

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