I honestly don't think that most people in Ana spaces are Ana at all. Some of em preach really healthy shit and it's like "Are you actually mentally ill or just sad about your body?"
Cuz no real Ana eats 1000 cal and feels good. No real Ana talks about all these healthy weight-loss methods and acting as if we are all stupid for skipping salt or not wanting to eat cheese or protein.
"AcTuAllY - eAtInG lEsS tHaN 1200 cAlOriEs mAkES iT hArdER tO lOsE weIGhT!!!!!"
Bro. Be fr. You aren't Ana. You are fucking Jessica and need to get off our tags. No disordered mind tries to preach healthy eating methods and acting as if its something they "learned along the way". Stop lying.
It's especially annoying when people are all like "I'm not pro anything!" Okay then get off and go get help. I am pro аnа for adults. I am. If you are doing this knowing full well of the consequences then go you. Under 19? Yes, I am pro recovery. But if you are a grown adult doing this shit then you are pro and you need to own it.
These fakes are as bad as ones who say they lost 20kg in a week without exercising.
Edit. So many fakers got revealed and a few who do have Ana but don't think they do for some weird reason.
1. "Who made you the calorie police?" No one. But if you eat a healthy amount of cals (1200-1000) then that's just a diet, not Ana. Idk what you want me to say. I did not decide this, doctors and scientists did.
2. I don't care if you went from 500000 cal to 1000 cal. Good for going down to a healthy weight loss cal limit? Idk.
3. Ana is characterized by weightloss. If you lose weight at a normal rate, you aren't Ana. Cuz that means you are getting enough cal intake not to absolutely fuck up your body. If you aren't absolutely healthy, then you may have another thing that's not Ana.
4. I can't see who said this either but apparently I am jealous that people can lose weight while eating more than me? I am not a very competitive person tbh. If people can lose weight while eating 1200 cal then good for their functional diet. I am happy for them. They just aren't Ana. It's that simple.
5. Some of ya'll are clearly not Ana cuz all you got is "bUt mY fEEELINGZZZZZ SaId I hAvE aNa sO I DOOO YOU FUCKING BITCH". Again, if you have ana then the scale should be going down like a fucking landslide and you should be heavily restricting and you should be feeling dizzy and like shit. If you have Ana but are recovering, or have recovered, that's a whole different story. But obviously, not who I am talking about.
Ana is not a spectrum. You can't be staying fat and have Ana cause the whole point with Ana is that you are at such a calorie deficit that your body is starving. And you are obsessed with Ana. You can't just feel bad about your body and say you have Ana. Going on a diet that's working for you is not Ana. Having body issues is not Ana. Ana is a very particular disorder with a very clear definition.
Even if you aren't exercising, if you have Ana, you WILL be losing weight. Exercise just makes it go quicker.
