i don't understand "pro-ana" people. what's the point in living if you can't enjoy a burger or some ice cream?

Why not… But the point is : models are just clothes hangers, not real people or role models for young girls…

I know that the French Gov't is trying to do the good people a favor here, but this wouldn't fly here in 'merica…no sir, we have free speech and don't you forget it.

Have you ever notice that anorexia consulters are always way over weight.They are a ana's worst nightmare . Look if you start eating you can be normal like me a fat slob.Very few anas are 60lbs and about to die
just like very few fat people are 500lbs and about to die. go back a short time in history and most people look more like a ana than a so called normal size person of today.Proana sites are LIFE STYLES SITES this is what people do not understand.

They sell that (I beat anorexia) tee shirt in XXXL

1. No, chelsea, I didn't notice anorexia consulters are always overweight.
Because that statement is innacurate. One should always avoid absoutes, but even stating a large number of anorexia consulters are morbidly obese would be a ridiculous claim. (You should try giving evidence.)Being against anorexia does not mean you support being 400 pounds. That would be backwards.
2. It's odd what you consider "very few." Anorexia nervosa is the most common type of death among people seeking psychiatric aid. In every 200 women, one to six will voluntarily starve themselves. Five to 18 percent of these women will die due to the disorder. Thanks to these "way over weight" consulters, two of my friends are now leading healthy lives.
3. Again, we are supporting healthy weights, not the also unhealthy opposite of anorexia. Even if you gave evidence supporting your statement of more people being ana that obese before, it would be irrelevant.
4. Just because something is a lifestyle, doesn't mean it is morally upright. Could someone who goes around scooping out eyeballs and slicing off nipples argue that they are not morally bankrupt because it is a lifestyle? It's not that it is not a lifestyle that makes it wrong, but that is is not a healthy lifestyle.
5. They sell "I beat anorexia" shirts XXXL as a joke.
6. I think they're funny.

sorry you will never understand. every one knows overweight is the #1 health issure in american. I'm ana. I'm not sick. A lot of people seeking psychiatric aid have a long list of problems besides ana . alot of p r brings sick people out of the wood work. Right now we have a lot of bad press so every one jumps on the band wagon. Consulers of anas have their own eating disorder overeating.Here's something to piss you off one of those proana site is mine. alot of sites are not real they say proana to get you to click on then tell how sick you are. NOW TRUST US WHO JUST LIE TO YOU.

To say you have two friends that are recovered anas
is a so what who cares.
I have friends that that were fat now they are thin so what who cares.Do whats best for you if you feel good with blubber go for it, if stick thin is your thing go for it.But one is hard to do the other is easy. SELF CONTROL IS THE KEY.
Something very few people have thin fat or normal.

Ana is a control issure not a food issure.
control taken to a extreme is when you start to have a problem.

I got to go.I'm going to dinner we are having salad of one leaf of lettuce top with three onion circles topped with four drops of vingar, two peas in chicken broth. dessert of frozen colored water

Stop stereotyping proanas . It's not what you think it is.We eat, we live, we're successful in most things we do.everyone can come up with some horrifying story but thats not the norm it's the extreme example of a life style.

did i get sucked into some talk to yourself void?

Chelsea: re: "go back a short time in history and most people look more like a ana than a so called normal size person of today"

Yeah, but the problem I see in your argument is that for everyone but the ruling class they called the "ana look" was the result of famine and/or pestilence. It caused by pestilence for the ruling class, too (or the attempts to cure it) but rulers weren't willing to be sick so they tried to disguise it as fashion. But it was, ya know…something like syphilis or tuberculosis.

that should read "…for everyone but the ruling class it was the result of…"

Honestly, chelsea. Please get some help. If you want, I can have some of my friends who recovered contact you and talk about how they coped.
My friend suffered from depression so she started starving herself to find some control. It took the focus away from her problems. This just gave her another obstacle to overcome when she started getting proffesional help.
Anorexia is a poor choice of lifestyle. There is a lot of support for you out there. I hope you get some because you are a strong, capable person.

… ok Ana is not a lifestyle and it is not about control. It is a sickness fueled by low self esteem.

That being said, watching what you eat and controlling your intake may very well be a lifestyle. I did a little reaserach before I responded to you. i got on Angels, that pro-ana web ring. Every tip off the 15 websites I looked at said to eat less than either 800 or 200 calories a day. You can not substain life on such low calories. 1200 is dieting, and will let you lose weight. 1500 or so, depending on size and weight will keep you at the level you are at. 1200 a day is control. But a daily intake of 200 to 800 is not a lifestyle and not control, it is suicide.

Thank you April. I was trying to say all of that myself but couldn't do it without severe sarcasm and probably hurt feelings involved. We all know Chelsea can get a little butt hurt sometimes.

i didn't eat yesterday because my ulcer was acting up and i was really sick. i honestly can't see how people can just not eat willingly. i feel like crap today and i feel like i'm going to pass out.

20 grams of fat

Audury Heburn TWIGGY by time I mean,40 to 100 years I don't mean the black death time.

Recipe: Anorexia
Servings: One
Note: The recipe you are about to make is an acquired taste.

Ingredients:
1 cup low self-esteem
2 cup self-control
3/4 cup determination
1 1/2 strength
2/3 cup solitude
2 Tbsp routine
3 Tbsp secrecy and lies
2 tsp jealousy
3 tsp guilt
a dash of anger
and 1/2 cup tears (optional)

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and mix in a fragile soul.

Beat until all feeling is gone.
Place in a shallow bowl and serve with a tall glass of Diet coke.
Dish is ready to enjoy - guaranteed to disappear right before your eyes!!

lot of sad sad things listed thier wouldnt` want that to describe me

where you get that from April Dr. Phil.
you people should stop getting your info from shows like Dr.Phil and the 6 oclock news.

actually.. off a pro-ana site.. pretty fuckin' sad i think.

yes you are sad April. Grow upfatso

oh yea April congrats on the dumb commie. Well deserved