My second Thanksgiving sans ED!!(M)

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My second Thanksgiving sans ED!!(M)
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Mon, 12-01-2003 - 1:35pm
I just wanted to check back into this board. I posted here about 9 months ago while I was pregnant with my twins.

The short story...after battling with anorexia then bulemia and compulsive over exercising for 17 years (I'm now 34), I am finally healthy and have been for over a year. I stopped binging and purging "cold turkey" the middle of last September, 2002. I counted the days, then the weeks, then the months that I had kept it together. I took every day at a time, tried to stay positive, walked and walked and walked....did yoga...cried, had temper tantrums at times...but didnt relapse.

Then, when I conceived my twins in December, I knew it was more important than ever to stay healthy. I ate a ton of healthy foods all through my pregnancy, didnt worry about my weight except that I was gaining *enough* to sustain a healthy twin pregnancy, and really, it helped me develop incredible respect for my body and what it could do!

I gave birth to two healthy beautiful babies July 24 03. I've now been breastfeeding them since birth -- exclusively. I continue to exercise moderately every day, and eat three square meals plus healthy snacks. Occasionally I feel disgustingly fat (I'm down to 126/7 -- I was 175 with the pregnancy!!!) and sometimes pine a bit for my super thin, pre pregnancy (113, I'm 5.7) days. But, I know that the most important thing is my health, for my childrens health and well being.

I am writing this because two years ago, and for years and years before that...I thought I'd never be able to stop. I tried over and over. Sometimes I'd make it a day, sometimes a week, but I'd always lapse. I now feel I've beaten this...finally. There is hope and I know you guys can all get there too.

Happy Holidays!


MM, and twins born 7/24

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Mon, 12-01-2003 - 3:53pm

Hi There!


Thank you for posting and I do remember you posting a while back. Congratulations on the birth of your twins, too.

Love & hugs, Kristina

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Mon, 12-01-2003 - 5:13pm
Don't give up hope! Honestly, if I can do it (so far so good for over a year!!!) then really anyone can. It just takes time, repeated effort and cutting oneself a heck of alott of slack!