I think it's the whole othorexia-or-whatever-they're-calling it thing: the obsessiveness about food in general/making random limitations for oneself.
I've got to say, since going gluten-free, I see a lot more where (anorexic in particular, not so much bulimia) people are coming from -- being "arbitrarily" strict about some ingredient, be it wheat or meat, feels kind of emotionally similar to randomly setting calorie goals...
Heh, I've actually been worried my eating was becoming odd (since I eat a lot less calories when I'm actually digesting them properly than I had previously) but noooo, noooooo, skinniness still looks pretty "gross" to me. (Not slenderness! Dude, growing up around your sister, one really can't confuse the two. Even her tiny arms look way healthier than most of the pics on ED communities.) I don't LIKE having to be constantly mindful of what the hell I'm putting in my mouth, but it definitely alters one's perceptions of food, I think.
I think it's easy for all but the most zealous of Future Farmer teens to convince themselves they're in it for the baaaaaabbbbbbby animaaaaaaaaals ommmmmmmmg. Send an urbanite to go look at the PETA site for thirty seconds, and poof! Instant "vegan" ! Whereas it really might be that it's more about "bad foods" -- that is, a milkshake is too many calories -- but one could emotionally write it off as altruism. It legitimizes the hatred of random foods.
(Actually, though, I've always kind of emotionally understood bulimia, since I do throw up a lot -- because I'll throw up pretty easily if something I ate is hurting my stomach, or even if I get constipated enough to make my stomach hurt. But the "augh, if I just throw up I'll feel better" thing... I could see how it could be an emotional, not physical, stress.)
Yah, more than likely the quickie surveys are behind the times, but anorexia questionnaires do have vegetarian/veganisn by itself, along with restrictiveness about calories. (Kind of like while in-depth evaluation of alcoholics includes exploring exact drink habits, the quick CAGE just has four questions). And if I hadn't see people do this: "No, I don't want to eat anything!" "why not?" "Because I've just become vegan!" "Okay, so what about some peanut butter toast or oatmeal or veggie burger or. . . " "No." (Yet ate pork rinds when her girlfriend visited four hours later)
Oh yeah, although I have opposite reaction than I feel more anorexics do - although I have been validated by my peers for my lack of partaking in whatever food because of my restriction, I do not feel glorified in skinniness - I pout and whine and want cake. In this circumstance, I don't feel like she was necessarily trying to utilize veganism to get people to stop convincing her of how eating is fun to do, I'm thinking it was more of the "Hey! vegans are supposed to have really low fat diets! I'll do that!" I'm guessing it is more attractive than atkins.
I've got to say, since going gluten-free, I see a lot more where (anorexic in particular, not so much bulimia) people are coming from -- being "arbitrarily" strict about some ingredient, be it wheat or meat, feels kind of emotionally similar to randomly setting calorie goals...
Heh, I've actually been worried my eating was becoming odd (since I eat a lot less calories when I'm actually digesting them properly than I had previously) but noooo, noooooo, skinniness still looks pretty "gross" to me. (Not slenderness! Dude, growing up around your sister, one really can't confuse the two. Even her tiny arms look way healthier than most of the pics on ED communities.) I don't LIKE having to be constantly mindful of what the hell I'm putting in my mouth, but it definitely alters one's perceptions of food, I think.
I think it's easy for all but the most zealous of Future Farmer teens to convince themselves they're in it for the baaaaaabbbbbbby animaaaaaaaaals ommmmmmmmg. Send an urbanite to go look at the PETA site for thirty seconds, and poof! Instant "vegan" ! Whereas it really might be that it's more about "bad foods" -- that is, a milkshake is too many calories -- but one could emotionally write it off as altruism. It legitimizes the hatred of random foods.
Just my snide little opinion.
Wah. I just want cake. :P
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Oh yeah, although I have opposite reaction than I feel more anorexics do - although I have been validated by my peers for my lack of partaking in whatever food because of my restriction, I do not feel glorified in skinniness - I pout and whine and want cake.
In this circumstance, I don't feel like she was necessarily trying to utilize veganism to get people to stop convincing her of how eating is fun to do, I'm thinking it was more of the "Hey! vegans are supposed to have really low fat diets! I'll do that!" I'm guessing it is more attractive than atkins.
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