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January 19th 2009, 10:58 PM
I told myself I was beautiful and I ate two meals plus snacks!
She whispered to her own reflection "I will be strong."
"I am not what has happened to me.I am what I have chosen to become."- Carl Jung
"If ye harm none, do as ye wish."
Sometimes things just happen.
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January 20th 2009, 12:19 AM
Honestly... I'm having more bad days than good. i don't think I've purged less than four times this week. 
I fail at life.
February 14th, 2009; The day I set my heart free, forever.
3.17.10 7.17.10 7.27.11 7.29.11
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January 20th 2009, 02:48 PM
Taylor, you can not possible fail at life. You are here. You have a purpose. There is something that you need to do and I know you can do it. There is a reason for you being here, you just need to find it. There is bound to be something that you are good at. Throw yourself into it.
I just don't feel good today. I don't feel pretty, I want to be slimmer.
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January 20th 2009, 06:01 PM
well, i ate breakfast, and dinner, and brownies today.
and i havent purged.
and also, tomorrow i start a weekly boxing class at a gym in town! for free! i thought it would be a really good way to get into shape as well as my cycling. im really excited.
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January 21st 2009, 01:27 PM
Amanda, why don't you feel pretty? What is going through your head?
You are beautiful just the way you are.
Looking like a fallen star.
Don't listen to what people say.
They don't know the real you, anyways.
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Re: What have YOU done for recovery today? -
January 22nd 2009, 09:15 AM
I finally got my weight up to a healthy weight!
I haven't being a healthy weight since i was 7!
9 whole years!
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January 22nd 2009, 09:57 AM
I'm proud of you, Marie. I am learing how to be beautiful in my own eyes, not in ed's eyes.
You are beautiful just the way you are.
Looking like a fallen star.
Don't listen to what people say.
They don't know the real you, anyways.
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January 23rd 2009, 02:53 PM
I ate something I never thought I would be able to without doing stuff after, and I did 
Mwhaha, now I reward myself and party tonight 
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January 23rd 2009, 11:33 PM
Today I am going to tell my friend about my purging.
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want
them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
-Albert Einstein
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January 24th 2009, 06:02 AM
Today i'm going to try and eat something - Always a good way to start.
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January 24th 2009, 12:33 PM
I ate an actual bowl of cerial this morning!!!!
When I eat Cerial I usually only fill up a fourth of the bowl... water down my milk, and the cerial can have no sugar in it...
but I had a normal sized bowl this morning... with regualr milk... and IT WAS CINNAMIN TOAST CRUNCH!!! OMG I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF! my first real bowl of cerial in 2 YEARS! YAY!!!!!!!
BIG BIG STEP FOR ME!!!
Like a diet of the mind, I just choose not to indulge certain appetites; like my appetite for patterns; perhaps my appetite to imagine and to dream. - A Beautiful Mind
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January 24th 2009, 12:48 PM
I ate dinner. =]
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January 24th 2009, 04:49 PM
I ate dinner.
*Sigh*
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January 24th 2009, 06:01 PM
i ate scrambled eggs on toast for lunch! and had plenty of fruit and veg throughout the day.
feeling okay about it too!
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January 25th 2009, 01:12 AM
I didn't count calories today. [=
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want
them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
-Albert Einstein
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January 25th 2009, 04:53 AM
wow thats pretty amazing, Reid!
I told myself: forget about last night, just dont let it happen today or tomorrow
i ate breakfast with my family this morning.
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January 27th 2009, 01:16 AM
I've been eating healthier and im at a healthy weight again.
Ive also been able to feel okay about eating snacks again.
AND I told my boyfriend about my ED. 
And good job to all of you.
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January 27th 2009, 04:39 AM
I ate three meals, and I fought triggers that had come up last night. I am so proud of Everyone here! We can do it, We can Recover!
You are beautiful just the way you are.
Looking like a fallen star.
Don't listen to what people say.
They don't know the real you, anyways.
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January 27th 2009, 05:38 AM
Last night,was the worst in a couple months.
I wrote then I listened to music for hours till I fell asleep.
This morning,I got out of bed.
To Write Love On Her Arms<3
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January 27th 2009, 01:33 PM
im about to eat my third meal of the day. im keeping it smallish so i dont get too freaked out about it.
its hard to ignore the years of thinking food=fat. really hard. really really hard.
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Re: What have YOU done for recovery today? -
January 27th 2009, 10:42 PM
I listened when someone called me beautiful, well two someones, and I believed one of them.
She whispered to her own reflection "I will be strong."
"I am not what has happened to me.I am what I have chosen to become."- Carl Jung
"If ye harm none, do as ye wish."
Sometimes things just happen.
Smile through the tears.
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January 28th 2009, 12:26 PM
i ate breakfast lunch and dinner, again.
it was harder this time.
and im trying to look forward to going out to dinner with my family tomorrow. my belated birthday dinner. im scared...
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January 28th 2009, 02:35 PM
I'll try and motivate myself to go for a run.
If I don't, at least I considered it. Haha 
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January 28th 2009, 03:31 PM
My mom and I agreed to fix dinner together.
And she's throwing in something healthy for me.
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Jeez, get a life!
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Re: What have YOU done for recovery today? -
January 28th 2009, 08:02 PM
Three healthy meals. :] Woo!
Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us.
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
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January 29th 2009, 12:27 PM
i've eaten anything i've wanted to..i've had breakfast and lunch..and some junk food and an apple... and deffo going to go to an exercise class tonight. The more I restrict myself the crazier I get.
My head is so noisy sometimes.
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January 30th 2009, 07:00 PM
talked with this guy who helped me make an eating plan. And it really healthy so yay!
I finally figured out how to go about things healthily ^^ Im so excited!
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January 31st 2009, 01:42 PM
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The prettiest things can come out of the coldest night.
At one point, all you ever did... was everything you ever wanted.
Snap back to reality. <3
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January 31st 2009, 06:03 PM
i ate breakfast and lunch with my sister, and we made pink cupcakes with blue icing!
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Re: What have YOU done for recovery today? -
January 31st 2009, 07:36 PM
Yesterday i baked a cake.
And today has being a bit of a struggle,but i did eat and i'm proud of that.
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February 1st 2009, 09:46 AM
I ate breakfast. And drinking something more than water for once.
Luxury days are good ^^
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February 1st 2009, 11:59 AM
I ate tuna in sauce...without feeling too guilty....PROUD
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February 2nd 2009, 02:40 PM
I need some support. I've gone from mia, to EDNOS and now falling into ana.. just need support.
ive ended up in ER from ODing on diet pills (is that against the rules to say)
Just feel my life spiriling out of control and could use some support.
Im Katie by the way.
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February 2nd 2009, 09:49 PM
Today I went to the doctors and told the truth 
They were shit and didn't do anything but still I went.
Stupid professionals.
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February 3rd 2009, 03:04 AM
You came to the right place, Katie. What makes you go back to Ana/Mia? Is there anything going on in your life, that is making it hard to fight them?
You are beautiful just the way you are.
Looking like a fallen star.
Don't listen to what people say.
They don't know the real you, anyways.
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February 3rd 2009, 07:38 AM
I ate breakfast, but I didn't eat anything all day yesterday untill dinner, and I purged that. =[ I don't think I belong here tbh... I have too many failures or slip ups. I just can't get it right...
February 14th, 2009; The day I set my heart free, forever.
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February 3rd 2009, 10:31 AM
Of course you belong here. We ALL make slip ups, but that doesn't make us failures.. As long as you are trying progress will be made.
Okay, I'm a little nervous... I'm meeting my nutritionist for the first time at 12:30 Central time.. I'm trying to go into this with a positive attitude.. my therapist said a lot of her patients work with her and so I want to go into this with the attitude I had with Tracy, before I met her, because we've been together for 2 years, we work well great, even with our disagreements, and disappointments..
and tomorrow I find out whether or not I'm going to be a mommy.. scary and exciting, just mixed emotions all together..
So, lots of prayers and support is needed in the next few days!!
KEEP HOLDING ON
Be a Survivor, Not a Quitter
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February 3rd 2009, 12:03 PM
I'm getting over my ED I've been eating properly for the last few eeks, and I feel better now than I did when I was hardly eating. There's often a strong temptation to relapse, but so far I've managed to ignor it, and come to accept that I am beautiful just the way I am.
There's always light at the end of a tunnel, even if you have to pass a few bends to see it.
Proud reciever of a glance from Kyo xD
Mada tooi anataboshi
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February 3rd 2009, 03:28 PM
I wasn't envious of Danni's thinness First time ever!
There's always light at the end of a tunnel, even if you have to pass a few bends to see it.
Proud reciever of a glance from Kyo xD
Mada tooi anataboshi
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February 4th 2009, 01:42 PM
ive been doing really really badly these last couple of weeks. i have no idea why.
ive made myself purge 3 times this week alone. im just slipping and slipping and i cant get back on my feet....
i feel so terrible. and ive started getting nosebleeds again, from the pressure in my head. it happens every time because not enough time passes for the capillaries to heal...
ugh im so disgusted. i hate myself. and my body. i keep finding pictures from a couple of years ago when i was really bad, and i looked so good. i hate it. i hate me.
if i tell my boyfriend, then he'll tell someone (ie: my best friend), because he said he would if i couldnt stop it by myself.
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