Recently a good portion of the world's television viewing audience was glued to their sets watching 33 Chiléan miners being rescued from the collapsed mine they'd been trapped in for 69 days. When they finally emerged, they looked pretty healthy - mainly because the rescuers above had tailored a specific diet for them (as well as an exercise regime of about an hour a day). Well, not at first....
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Hi, Liam here - I've just been given authoring rights to this fantastic blog, so I thought I'd write an article about my experience of anorexia. I met D'Arcy (@KarmaTiger) through Twitter after searching the term 'manorexia' a few months ago and stumbled across this site. I was subsequently interviewed and mentioned a few times about my disease. So let me begin by starting this post off...
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I get a lot of people emailing me asking for quick tricks for dieting. On the plus side they seem to understand that the 100 days of starvation I performed wasn't healthy, but they still want fast weight loss. The rapidity of my weight loss was part of the problem. It makes the body panic and want to store fat, which is one reason why I'd regained 20 lbs in just a few weeks during recovery. If...
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I'm biking about 46km a day now. Naturally I was pretty proud of myself, and so when a friend asked "How's that whole hungry thing going?" I blurted out "Pretty good. I'm eating daily, and biking almost 50k per ride now!' He just blinked, shrugged, and took another sip of beer. Dear friend though he is, this chap has a liver so dark and bloated it could've been cast in the movie Precious....
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A few months ago she lived with her parents in the suburbs of Toronto. When friends from Saskatchewan finished a visit, and were about to leave, she impulsively dove into their car almost literally as they pulled out of the driveway and came west with them. Taliah* came to Saskatoon with just $60 in her pocket and the clothes on her back. She quickly found work in a retail shop and couch...
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"I've been bulimic for 3 years. I was crying as I went to go purge, when my little brother grabbed my hand and asked if he could read me a story. One hour later, I found myself asleep in his bed; he was laying on the ground praying for God to make me 'happy and healthy again.' Joshie, your love gives me hope." ~ Anna P. Calabasas 196.2 lbs. So far I've done 4 stories on the differences...
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"Don't confuse: Jell-O with whipped cream for dessert and J-Lo with whipped cream for dessert." ~ Anonymous 197.0 lbs. I recently discovered I've some things in common with certain peeps in Hollywood, and not just calling myself a film maker either (to be fair, my documentaries, music videos, etc. added up might have made the revenue of one of MGM's straight to video flicks....
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Namaste and Salaam! Bonjour and Hola! Beautiful, Lovely People..I hope you had an Inspirational Earth day, this week!!! It was allllll sunshine and glorious blossoms everywhere, in my neighbourhood! Unbelievable! Om hare Om! So grateful for my safe,safe life, right now. We live incredible lives, here, in the West. Most of us, do, anyway. Im sorry for everyone who does not and it...
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"Anorexia is primarily a disorder of females. Only rarely is it found in males" ~ John L. Miller, MD. 228 lbs. The weight loss doesn't happen at a steady pace. Still, I plan to re-examine my intake and check for salt or something. Taking on a project like this can be like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get. Of course, with actual boxes of chocolate...
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