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I had a combination bulimia and anorexia.
I lost a lot of weight (120 lbs)and was a Professional Dancer.
When I was dancing I held myself to a strict 1000 cal diet. (if I ate over that limit I would gain...something that should tell you that things are out of hand)
If I went over that limit I would puke and/or exercise to ridiculous extremes. Sometimes I would fast for 3 or 4 days at a time.
When I knew I was in trouble...I sought medical help, only to be informed that as a man I couldn't possibly
have an eating disorder (only women have that sort of problem) Hey...It was the eighty's.
Injuries and Pneumonia finally led to a breakdown that ended my career. (6' and 150#)
I've been coping since then...and a little piece of me dies every time I see myself.
I am in the interesting position now of having to hold back on training now because I'm an endorphine junkie, and tend to over do it and aggravate old injuries.
Some fat people hate to exercise.
Me...I like the burn.
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Although I would not of considered myself manorexic I did go through a long phase of a physical low weight in my teenage years, although tall having a small frame and low muscle mass I became quiet fixated on the idea of "skinny fat" which was in a conflictive focus at the bathroom scales...
A 6ft 1in body should never weigh 10st3 - I ate relitivly well but excersised to extremes so was always confused why the weight never shifted to a higher number (never realising that the excering not only built muscle but burnt alot of calories).
The challange was eventually over come with resigning from a few physical hobby groups (but not abandoning them all) and I continue to eat with the ideals of health...
Sadly the lack of movement and good food is just as bad as too much (with temptation of extremes) so I am back not with a goal weight totaly in mind but a hope to achieve a genuine and harmonic body state that potrays both a psychological, emotional and physical beauty :)
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BANANABOY85
6/23/08 2:28 P
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| I am in a team for people who've delt with anorexia and asked if there were any men there, but no one has responded. So I don't think any men are there, but maybe some one will show up.
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I've never had to deal with it. Have you searched the Spark Teams yet? There is a Team for just about anything you can think of. Let me know if you ever have any questions and I'll be glad to help with what I can.
matt
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BANANABOY85
6/19/08 11:31 P
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| I had really bad anorexia when I was in high school. Are there any other former anorexic men around here. I feel so alone in that category. Seems like there should be others. I'd love to hear from anyone who might relate.
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