I should really be working on my poster presentation now, but that's a really interesting question.
I'd rather stick to a very healthy diet. I've been a vegetarian for 7 years now. I was vegan for a few months, but had to give it up when I moved into my dorm. I'm hoping to go macrobiotic once I'm out of the dorms (7 more weeks!). I feel horrible when I eat "bad" foods, but it doesn't feel so bad when physical activity is cut to a minimum. I've been so piled down with work that my only exercise has been going to class and walking from my desk to my bookshelf to my printer ; )
It almost seems like a choice between anorexia and bulimia. In choice a, you are controlling your intake, but passivly waiting to lose weight as opposed to actively trying to force weight-loss through exercise (or purging). In choice b, your intake is very unhealthy and out-of-control, but you activiely pursue weight loss through exercise. I've always thought of anorexia as being much more passive than other disorders like bulimia, COE, or self-injury because it doesn't involve immediate actions, but its more long-term damage that's done.
I'd rather stick to a very healthy diet. I've been a vegetarian for 7 years now. I was vegan for a few months, but had to give it up when I moved into my dorm. I'm hoping to go macrobiotic once I'm out of the dorms (7 more weeks!). I feel horrible when I eat "bad" foods, but it doesn't feel so bad when physical activity is cut to a minimum. I've been so piled down with work that my only exercise has been going to class and walking from my desk to my bookshelf to my printer ; )
It almost seems like a choice between anorexia and bulimia. In choice a, you are controlling your intake, but passivly waiting to lose weight as opposed to actively trying to force weight-loss through exercise (or purging). In choice b, your intake is very unhealthy and out-of-control, but you activiely pursue weight loss through exercise. I've always thought of anorexia as being much more passive than other disorders like bulimia, COE, or self-injury because it doesn't involve immediate actions, but its more long-term damage that's done.
Okay, keep the questions coming!
~Chrissy
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