57 Reasons to be Thin, and Why They're Stupid
This list was borrowed from drugsandunicorns, though sadly I'm not sure of the original author. This list dispells the ridiculous "Ana" beliefs in cut throat, brutal honesty. It shows the prospective of someone with a real eating disorder.
For those of you unfamilliar with "Ana/Mia", below is a sample of genuine content featured on "Ana" blogs/sites/support groups across the globe. The common theme of most Pro Ana/Mia content is this; "Eating disorders are a lifestyle choice." I strongly disagree. Art is a way of life. Surfing is a way of life! One may choose the steps toward mental illness and self-harm. Yet I refuse to believe that anyone would decide to "become" Anorexic and Bulimic. The real problems stems when someone's eating disorder fuses with their idenity. A person who has Anorexia/Bulimia/EDNOS may choose to evade recovery. They did not, however, made the conscious decision to fall ill.
01. You will be FAT if you eat today, just put it off one more day.Bullshit. And I'll magically become thin if I don't eat? One day of eating won't make one fat. One day of not eating will lower the metabolism drastically, so the next time you DO eat you won't be burning those calories so well.
02. You don't NEED food.
Of course not. Just like I don't NEED to live, or NEED to enjoy life.
03. Fat people can't fit everywhere.
And you can't go anywhere because you're too self-concious of your body, so you'll stay home wrapped up in your bulky sweaters and refuse to meet friends, because HEAVEN FORBID they might be eating FOOD.
04. Guys will be able to pick you up without struggling.
Even if you weigh 75 pounds there will still be guys out there who can't pick you up. And if they do, they usually get disgusted pretty quickly with how light you are. That's partly why I got into the hospital so quickly, I wouldn't weight myself in front of my parents, but my dad picked me up, and it was MUCH too easy for him.
05. You'll be able to run faster without all that extra weight holding you back.
Yeah, you'll run really fast when your body is in starvation mode. Or when your body starts breaking down your heart muscle for energy. I had trouble walking straight because I was so dizzy and disorientated, and there are lots of girls too weak to stand up because they're so malnourished.
06. People will remember you as "the beautiful thin one".
More like "grotesquely thin, sick looking-girl with the hair falling out."
07. If someone has to describe you, they'll say "oh she weighs like 90, 100 lbs".
That's a compliment? You look like a pre-adolescent boy.
08. Guys will want to get to know you, not laugh at you and walk away.
Yeah they want to know what the FUCK is wrong with this person? And believe me, guys don't want to deal with a girl who has eyes only for her scale.
09. Starving is an example of excellent willpower.
Recovery from an eating disorder has taken the greatest amount of will power I have ever used.
10. You will be able to see your beautiful, beautiful bones.
You wanna see your bones? Go get an X-ray done. And believe me, not that many other people find your protruding bones beautiful.
11. Bones are clean and pure. Fat is dirty and hangs on your bones like a parasite.
Oh yes, so dirty. I'd rather have yellow teeth and skin, blue nails, thinning hair, and lanugo over a healthy body.
12. If you eat then you'll look like those disgusting, fat, ghetto and trailer-trash hookers on Jerry Springer.
Because EVERYONE who eats is fat.
13. The models that everyone claims are beautiful, the spitting image of perfection, are any of them fat? NO!
Everyone? What about Marilyn Monroe, a size 16, or Kate Winslet, Amy Lee. Don't forget that for the majority of history, girls we refer to as "fat" were considered the most desireable and beautiful.
14. Too many people in the world are obese.
Too many girls suffer from poor body image and are preoccupied trying to look like the airbrushed images on TV and in magazines.
15. People who eat are selfish and unrealistic.
*sigh* another sweeping generlization. An ounce of common sense will tell you this is not true. What's really unrealistic is this statement.
16. Only fat people are attracted to fat people. Do you want pigs to like you because you are one of them.
Like you'll care about friends or boyfriends or even want to hang out with them once your in the throes of an eating disorder. All you have left is your ED.
17. Anyone can have "inner beauty" but few can earn real beauty, inside as well as out.
Okay, this statement just contradicts itself. I'm not even going to bother.
18. You'll be able to move as quietly and skillfully as a spider.
Hauling around a feeding tube or an IV drip, I'm sure.
19. Only thin people are graceful.
There is nothing quite as graceful to me as a blue whale gliding through the ocean.
20. If you slap a fat person you can see a shockwave ripple over their skin. That's disgusting.
The same thing happens with a thin person...unless they're VERY muscular. Which I doubt an anorectic is, since your body starts eating away at muscle before fat.
21. Do you want people to say "for gods sake get off me you're crushing me!!!" or "you are sooo light" ???
see #4
22. Underweight aka perfect body.
aka shortened life expectancy
23. Ballerina? or beanbag?
wtf does a beanbag have to do with anything?
24. I want to be light enough so a helium balloon could lift me and carry me to the clouds.
and what are you going to do up there? let go so you can fall to the earth and end this slow torturous way of dying?
25. I want to walk in the snow and leave no footprints.
You won't ever go outside unless it is above 80 degrees, you'll be too cold, your body can't warm itself up.
26. Starve off the parts you don't need. They're ugly and they drag you down.
Like your hair? That gets starved off your head pretty quickly. Except for the lanugo all over your body, but hey, that's a good trade, don't you think?
27. Nothing cant be fixed with hunger and weight loss.
Because a starved brain can think through problems so much better?
28. Saying "no thanks" to food is saying "yes please" to THIN!!!
If by "thin" you mean depression, ketosis, and heart failure.
29. Fat people are so huge, yet people look away from them as if they don't exist.
Such as sad part of society, isn't it? Shouldn't we be taking a stand against this unjust discrimination?
30. The only time people do notice a fat person is when they get in the way of that beautiful thin girl walking by (ok that sounds really horrible i know.)
wtf..doesn't even deserve a response.
31. Have you ever seen a person NOT notice a walking skeleton.
Yeah, they're all over the tabloids, further glamourizing this illness. But I'll tell you, when your in the throes of an eating disorder you don't want anyone else's attention, just the eating disorder's.
32. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
Except for chocolate.
33. Is food more important that happiness in life? I think not!
Then why obsess over it? You are forgetting happiness in your obsession over food!
34. Eating is conforming to everyone else's expectations.
And starving yourself to look like fashion models isn't conforming to one idea of beauty?
35. When you start to get dizzy and weak you're almost there.
Yeah, almost to the hospital.
36. Hunger is your friend and it won't betray you like food.
Yes, because hunger is your cue to eat! And it stops when you are full!
37. Food is mean and sneaky. It tricks you into eating it and it works on you from the inside out making you fat, bloated, ugly and unhappy.
Now your just giving food powers it doesn't have. Self pity much?
38. Think of anorexia as your secret weapon.
Weapon of suicide.
39. If you can name one reason to be fat, I'll name a million and one to be thin.
I'm sure you could. And they will all be sweeping generlized statements or defy everything modern science has ever proven.
40. Thin people look good in ANY kind of clothes.
But all you'll wear is baggy sweatshirts because you're too ashamed to show off your body. Plus, you'll have no butt or boobs. It just looks gross.
41. Food rots your teeth.
Haha, and stomach acid doesn't? Not having enough calcium and other nutrients will weaken them as well.
42. Puffy cheeks, double chins and thick ankles-- aren't attractive.
I know, and those can be caused by binging & purging as well as water retention because your electrolytes are fucked.
43. Fatty areas stretch and sag as you get older.
So does your skin when you lose too much weight too fast.
44. Ever seen the arms of a fat person wave hello or goodbye?
Ever seen the arms of an anorexic slightly larger than the diameter of a 50 cent piece? GROSS!
45. Eating little to nothing saves you money!
Till those hospital bills come in, with most treatment centers costing somewhere around $2000 PER DAY, plus I have to pay $20 in copays everytime I walk into the clinic for therapy and weigh-ins.
46. The average (middle class) American wastes OVER $8,000 a year on FOOD ALONE...it goes in one end and out the other. That sure is a lot of fat! No wonder so many Americans are obese and overweight!
I spend a hella lot more in a year on eating disorder treatments.
47. Fat people make their country look bad.
And our obsession with thinness and the oppression of women doesn't?
48. Big people sweat more and they smell bad.
What really smells is your breath if your a binge/purger, and even anorexic once ketosis sets in.
49. Fat people die earlier.
This is actually a completely false statement. Credible studies show that people with the longest life expectancy have a BMI between 25-30, which is considered overweight by U.S. Health Department standards.
50. You'll be the envy of all the other girls.
Mmmhmm. And then as the weight continues to drop you'll be the subject of many rampant rumors and dirty looks until your eventually ostricized by the high school.
51. All of the guys will want you.
You know, oddly enough, I never had a guy express intrest in me until I was well into recovery. And really, what guy do you know is interested in pre-adolescent boy bodies?
52. You're less likely to get food poisoning.
This is the first statement on here that actually makes sense. But really, compare with all the other poor things that happen when you develop an eating disorder, I'd rather risk food poisoning.
53. You won't be exposed to all the chemicals and pesticides they put in food today.
If you're really concerned about this, go organic. But I don't believe my health has suffered at all from these "chemicals and pesticides."
54. You won't get sweaty on hot days.
Wait for the night sweats and hot flashes you'll get once your metabolism is fucked. I used to get them all the time in the hospital, it SUCKED.
55. The word fat will only apply to you in a sarcastic way.
But even when you know it is sarcastic, you won't be able to hear the sarcasm and your body hatred will only intensify.
56. No one wants to see a fat person dance.
Obviously you've never seen the music video to Mika's "Big Girls, You are Beautiful."
57. Beauty Queen? or Dairy Queen?
Mmm Dairy Queen please!
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