my new roommate said that her last roommate had an eating disorder and then talked to me about her clean eating and weight loss goals and how she buys clothes that are a little snug to motivate her to lose more
and like honestly? i have anorexia but this is why i constantly talk about the dangers of the āhealth and fitnessā industry and diet culture bc we have essentially normalized certain symptoms of disordered eating but itās ok if itās under the guise of health i guess???
like how is calling it ācleanā eating NOT a way to moralize food
how is intermittent fasting NOT the same thing as skipping meals
how come when i buy clothes that donāt fit, itās something i have to tell my therapist about because it means i am putting pressure on myself to fit into them, but if a ānormalā person does it then itās just motivation for them?
where is the fucking line???
and more importantly when are we going to start acknowledging that the entire world is pro-ana but thatās too harsh of a description so we slap some health buzzwords on it to make it palatable
when are we going to take responsibility for encouraging disordered behavior instead of labeling those of us with EDs as the crazy/imbalanced ones
your fucking Whole30 or keto or whatever ācleanā diet youāre on is just as restrictive as the diets we create for ourselves due to our disorders. but we are the crazy ones, right
Holy
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