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WHEN FOOD BECOMES YOUR ENEMY.. . There has
been an awful lot of media coverage about eating disorders recently,
with campaigners adamant that the use of thin models in magazines
encourages young girls to starve themselves.
Whatever the reason for an eating disorder, it is a complex matter
which in many cases will need professional help to recover from.
If you, or someone you know has a problem with food, please seek
help, there are some links on our links page to some excellent
sites offering information and support for sufferers.
At Calorie Counter we do not encourage you to become fixated with
food. Dieting makes us miserable. We do encourage you to develop
a healthy attitude towards food so that you can enjoy, and not
worry about what you eat and your weight.
For those with Anorexia or Bulimia, being a normal weight is not
acceptable, every moment of the day is consumed with thinking
of ways to be thinner and dramatic weight loss is seen a as a
triumph.
These are some common signs and symptoms of an eating disorder:
ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
Fear of food and getting fat coupled with excessive weight loss
and obsession with diets, food and calories
Appearance of fine, downy hair on the body and cheeks, loss or
thinning of hair from head
Enjoyment of cooking for others, but barely eating
Constant weighing and excessive exercising
Depression,denial and hiding of the problem
Physical signs like shortness of breath, stopping of periods and
heart tremors
BULIMIA:
Uncontrollable binges followed by self inflicted sickness
Swollen glands and sore throat
Ulcers and broken blood vessels on the face
Obsession with food, depression and anxiety
Getting better from a condition such as these is a long road,
and many sufferers have re-occuring bouts of their illness. However
hard it seems, listen to and accept the support of those who care
about you. When you get better and reach a normal weight, you
then realise that life needn't be so miserable. It is a wonderful
feeling to relish your food again, to able to eat a bit of what
you fancy and not worry about it - your whole perspective of life
changes and you realise how many other things there are out there
to fill your time and enjoy.
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If
you're looking for information about weight loss , how to succeed,
and the mistakes you should avoid then you've come to the right
place. There are hundreds of thousands of weight loss sites on the
internet, and the number is growing every day! The market is so
flooded with weight loss information, how can you possibly choose
the right one? Just type in the phrase "weight loss"
on the google search engine and you'll get over 67 million matches.
So out of these sites, how many are even worth checking out? The
answer: only a few of them deserve your attention ! |
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