Now it's a new year, and so for my teacher it means the numbering system on this will start over on these blogs. So now these blogs have to start over starting from 1. So I'm sorry about how these will be numbered perplexing. ANYWAYS, on with the blog.
Well it's about time I got to this subject. The media plays a ginormous role in ED's. They glorify the need to be thin and pretty. Take a look into a magazine and what do you see? Thin, tall, beautiful women -or- tall, muscular, handsome men. For me, by seeing a picture such as the one below all I see is how beautiful and skinny the woman is. The urge to become thin intensifies, and it's basically my ' Thin-spo ' As bad as it is, it makes me burrow deeper into my ED.
It's most definatley not a good thing to see this or strive to become it, yet it's what has got me down to 101.46 lbs. as of today. It's horrendous to know I use to be up to 140 lbs. Thinking back to how I use to look, it disgusts me to no end. I'm still very unhappy with my current weight; I want to get down to 92 lbs. But it will take some time unfortunately because I can't workout as much as I want to, due to my low blood pressure it's very easy to pass out when doing cardio (which is the most efficient way to lose weight).
Below are some facts found on www.anad.org
• 95% of all dieters will regain their lost weight within 5 years.3
• 35% of “normal dieters” progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.5
• The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females.3
• 47% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures.12
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.13
• 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991).
• 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).
There is a serious problem with the media glorifying the need to be thin, pretty, handsome, muscular. It's sickening honestly. Just know that there IS treatment for eating disorders. They do help, I'm not in treatment (since my parents haven't found out) I'm seeing a therapist for depression, and it does help. It may seem silly to go and talk about your problems, but it does help to have someone to talk to in confidentiality.
Until next time,
Alexa
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