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Q: I Thought I Recovered ~ want to fast ?

asked by: bibisim on November 21st, 2007

Experienced User

Hi friends,

some of u may know my story.
I have Not purged like almost a year now and real bulimic binges became strange to me.

I felt myself so self confident.

now when i am so good, have a slim, rather skinny body and healthy oriented thinking, i decided to fast-----yes FAST for 3 days and a half and my fast starts tomorrow. I tell myself i do this for cleaning my body (fast is a religious ceremony but in a popular understanding it is a food restriction, almost going without food.i mean the latter).

however i feel there MAY EASILY BE an anorexic one inside me forcing me to decide on that....u know why?---HOLIDAYS are coming and i AM TO loose those few pounds to be model skinny????????

On the other hand just 3 days fast is good for the body. BUT I DONT tRUST SUCH TEMPTATIONS ANY MORE, OR CAN I GO SAFE WITH THIS decision?

I DO NOT KNOW, WHAT TO THINK ABOUT IT, AM I BACK OR JUST MY ORGANISM NEEDS A CLEAN UP?

I NEED UR OPINION, PLS WRITE

BEST

Replies(2)

pebbles07

replied on November 30th, 2007

New User

Fasting is good spiritually and physically. Yes u should do it. Try to think u are doing it for religion and not anorexia so it has a meaning. Just think u can starve any time but for ur religion it is certain times so give this time to ur higher power. One thing to remind u is when u can eat again DO NOT overeat, eat just a little in the beginning just to ease the hunger then u'll be able to eat normal. go for it ur religion is more important than the way u look, God will love u regardless!

gerlschaf

replied on December 9th, 2007

New User

Hmm

I think since you say it is food restriction NOT religious, I would go carefully. Someone who loves me a lot told me it was really important for me to think of my body as on loan from God and I could show appreciation for the gift by taking good care of myself. Since every hour of every day your body uses energy, it only makes sense to give it some energy. I like the idea of eating lightly and healthy to keep your body looking and feeling good. May need to have a talk with the anorexic one to find out the truth for yourself if you're heading into anorexia again. Seems like you may already know, just having trouble facing it. Hang in there.

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