I don’t keep a journal for this kind of stuff…
Though, I should really be doing that instead of sharing this with ppl I don’t know lol.
- I guess I’ll just start it off like this. I’m gonna use this account to keep me motivated to continue this. So long story short-
..I used to be 220 lbs but I had fallen into this depression where I couldn’t stop thinking about my weight. It had gotten to a point where I had hoped to get sick just so I didn’t have to eat… I had lost tons of weight but I knew it wasn’t healthy to keep going like that once I had dropped down to 160 (my lowest weight since I was maybe 11/12 yrs old) I have a friend who’s really into fitness and he’s helped me a lot with that stuff, but Ofc I still have times where I hate myself for eating too much or eating too little when I haven’t eaten all day. It’s still an ongoing cycle for me but I’m glad to have some of the ppl around me that care about my health and safety.
It’s selfish of me to hate the body I’m in when I pretend to be so confident in the skin I wear. My mindset will take time to change but I know that admitting something like this would help me better come to an understanding of myself and how I relate healthiness to being skinny.
Honestly being on this app long enough to see the ED content and the pro ana stuff on here it genuinely makes me sick to my stomach. I hope that I can have some relation with reality and a healthier way for me to lose weight as well as anyone who sees this. Xx stay safe #bodytransformation #Lemon8Diary #mentalhealthawareness Texas
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