I keep going back to this list when I feel
down and eventually i put it in a word
document, here is the 280 reasons from
that thread:
1. Because it makes you breasts smaller!
2. Because you wont constantly be worring
about how many calories you've eaten.
3. You can go to family meals without
getting yourself worked up about it.
4. You can live life, and not revolve it
around food.
5. You can wear a bikini and feel good
about yourself
6. Because bones aren't sexy.
7. You wont have to wear 6 jumpers just be
be at room temperature.
8. You wont have to lie.
9. You can actually have fun on your
birthday
10. Because life can be so much more than
worrying about your shape
11. Because people wont stare.
12. Because people wont try to force you
to eat all the time.
13. Because lectures are boring.
14. Because fights are boring and
painful.
15. Because you can go out and not stare
at every single person and wonder if they
are thinner than you
16. Because there is more to life than
food.
17. Because losing friends is not fun.
18. Because seeing that look in peoples
eyes, when they know you cant go on much
longer is so so painful to see.
19) You can enjoy sociol occasions without
having to worry about food
20) You can have your cake and eat it!
21) You wont feel so tired ALL the time
22) It will be easier to consontrate
23) You wont worry and upset the people
that love you
24) Because being skinny wont solve your
problems, but being stronger will help
26. because thinking and dreaming and
being consumed by food is no fun in fact
its downright rubbish
27. feeling dizzy and ill and tired is
crap health is much better
28. the costs involved in staying ill are
seriously high and your money is much
better spent on fun things
29. Being able to buy clothes that fit
30. Being hairy is so not a good look!
31. Because you can eat
chocolate..Chocolate! CHOCOLATE
32) So you will actually want to be alive,
and be living rather than existing.
33) so that when you're sitting somewhere
you won't constantly move your legs out of
fear that if you sit still you'll gain
weight
34. So that your whole day doesn't revolve
around numbers on a scale
35. So you can go food shopping and buy
whatever you want without having to panic
at calorie content
36. Because genuine beauty is on the
inside.
37. Because you can have happy thoughts in
your head, instead of numbers.
38. Because it takes alot to get
comfortable
39. Because life can, and should be, so
much more.
40. so you can help a friend who's also
trying to overcome an ed without feeling
***** and like a total hypocrite
41) so you can sit down without your legs
going dead
42) so you dont smell of sick (ew)
43) so you dont always have to worry about
people hearing you purge
44. So you don't waste huge chunks of your
day working out how many calories you've
eaten and how you can make that less
tomorrow etc.
45. so you don't cry yourself to sleep.
46. so you can actually *smile* again.
47. so you are not afraid to go outside
because you think you are fat.
48. so you can live again,, to feel
*alive* again would be amazing...
49. so you don't waste money on food to
binge on =((
50. so you can concentrate.
51. so the people around you stop
hurting.
52. its not nice when your bum goes numb
after sitting down for 5 minutes!
53. its not nice to look like death.
54. its not nice to feel like death.
55. its not nice to put off arangements so
you can throw up one last time.
56. going out,, so that you can actually
go out and enjoy yourself again.
57. Because we ALL deserve so much more
58. So you don't get accusations that
you're pregnant because your parents have
heard you being sick
59. So that you aren't afraid of taking
flu remedies because of the possible
calories in them.
60. So that your general health is better
and you don't constanly have some kind of
flu/cold virus/
64. So that you don't feel guilty after
breaking your promises.
65. So you can actually have a
conversation, without your mind drifting
to how many calories you've consumed.
66) So you dont always have to lie to
everyone around you
67) so you can listen to songs like
courage without getting trig
6
so you dont
constantly feel like a hypocrite replying
to threads
69. So you can see how amazing you really
look, inside and out.
70) It's not much fun having to run to the
shops in your lunch break at work to buy a
new baggy top and jeans because you felt
too fat and ugly in what you were wearing,
now you've drunk that half a glass of
smoothie.
71) It's not nice being unable to read
because holding the book makes your hands
shake because you're too weak
72) It's not nice being unable to dance in
bars/clubs because you are too weak and
dizzy
73) It's not nice having to drink
alcoholic drinks you don't like, just
because they are lower in calories
74) Smiles look a lot nicer with healthier
teeth. Rotting ones haven't came into
style yet...
(luckily my teeth are still ok, but this
has always worried me)
75)because life's for living not just
existing
76)You are worth so much more than a
number on a scale
77)Its nice not to be freezing all the
time
81)You cannot live tomorrow if you die
today
82) Because crying in your room is never a
good way to spend friday night.
83) So that you get rid of that
unattractive guilty look you permenant
have in your eyes. Guilt that you have
eaten but feel you should have. Guilt that
you haven't eaten and you know you are
letting loved ones down. Guilt that you
have binged. Guilt that you have purged.
Guilt that deep down you have forgotten
how to love yourself.
84. So your bones aren't brittle and easy
to break.
85. So you don't get hunger pains while
sitting in class.
86. So the school nurse doesn't think its
cause you "ate something weird" in the
cafeteria.
87) so you dont have to clean your
room/clothes because your purging got out
of control.
8
Coz people don't
reconise you anymore because your hair is
thinner and your so skinny.
89) You can have a great summer, not
worrying about who's staring at you on the
beach/park
90) Be confident again.
91) So you don't feel like a complete
& utter hypocrite when trying to help
someone that is in the same position as
you.
92) So you can enjoy "family time" &
not worry about eating "bad food"
93) So that your first thing to do in the
morning wouldnt be running to the scales
to meassure your worth, but to actually
look in the mirror and love you for who
you are.
94- So that when you go out to eat with
family, you actually go out to /eat/.
95- So that you don't spit up after you
eat because your esophagus (sp?) is so
****** up from purging.
96- So that people don't see 'Eating
Disorder' when they see you.
97. So you're not constantly spending
money on clothes only to have to buy
another new wardrobe a month later because
you lost even more weight.
98. So you don't miss out on life.
99. Because scrambled eggs taste better
made with semi skimmed milk than water.
100. (Yay!) Because it's nice waking up
and thinking about what you're going to do
that day rather than think about what
you're going to eat that day.
101. So you can be trusted to eat by
yourself.
102. Because watching comedy is far more
fun than watching "thinspiration" videos.
103. Because it's (also) nice to wake up
in the morning with energy, rather than
waking up feeling tired from not eating or
ill from binging.
104. So that you can get up in the morning
and see, not have black vision as you try
to sit up.
105. Because hiding food and only
realising it when it smells is proper
gross
106. So you dont have to rack your brains
so quickly all the time to find yet more
lies and excuses.
107. So you can love yourself again
108. So you can show your friends its safe
for them to love you again. That you
aren't going to break.
109. So you can go shopping without
breaking down.
110. So you can eat a sandwich without
guilt and anxiety.
111. So when people say you look great you
can accept their compliment happily.
112. So you dont cry and panic when you
hear someone setting the table.
113. So that you can sit in an exam or
quiet place and not worry about who might
notice your tummy growling for food.
114. so you dont have to lie anymore to
people you love
115. so you dont have to pretend you've
eaten all your food
116. so no more food is wasted!
117. so they dont have to feel like theres
no hope for you.
118. so they dont give up.
119. So people don't get upset when they
see how ill you look.
120. So you don't have to miss out on
social engagements because you're worried
about having to eat.
121. So you can stand up without getting
dizzy.
122. So you can have enough energy to do
the things you enjoy.
123. So you can run or play sports for
enjoyment, not for weight loss.
124. So you can have a life.
125. Be able to eat something without
feeling worthless and guilty
126. Be able to sleep at night
127. Be able to go out without thinking
everyone is looking at you
128. Be able to go out with friends/family
and eat
129. Be able to walk past restuaraunts
without bursting into tears
130. Be able to go into a supermarket
feeling safe
131. Have a life and be happy
132. Because rings look more beautiful
when on your fingers than on a chain round
your neck, just because you are scared
they will slip off and be lost forever
133. So you can go to bed at night, and
actually fall asleep, not be kept awake by
hunger pains.
134. So that you don't faint and collapse
all the time, especially in class.
>.<
135. Not have people have ago at you
136. So that you dont have to count every
calorie
137. So you are not scared of going to the
doctor
138. So you dont have constant fear of
being taken away
139. So you don't have to excuse yourself
during work to purge.
140. So you can go on a date and feel
happy and not worry.
141. So that you can help others.
142. So you don't have to buy expensive
diet food which taste bad... even more so
when you purge it.
143. So you don't waste all your money on
laxitives.
144. Because EDs and lack of nutrition
feeds anxiety and it all plumets from
there..
145. Because ALL of us deserve better.
146. so you don't hate the family and
friends who care about you.
147. so you can go on that night with the
girls and not have a care in the world.
148. stop hiding behind the bagy clothes.
149. stop living a lie.
150. so your boyfriend can give you a
cuddle and say he loves your curves.
151. so you dont have to be on the scales
24/7
152. so you dont have to worry about
coving up with make-up.
153: So you can have children
154: So you can be truly beautiful, not
broken and fragile. Beauty comes from
happiness and love, EDs take that away.
156. cos laxatives arent FUN
157: Having bags of food under your bed
from chewing and spitting isnt exatly
appealing
158: so you dont nearly pass out at work
with the worst stomache ache ever of
laxatives
159: so you can actually think about
somethin else
160: save money on diet pills
161. so someone can just love you without
having to look after you too
162. So you love your self
163. because you're worth more than all of
this
164. so you can actually focus/have the
energy to go to your uni classes :\
So you can help others who are going
through this in the futher
So you can actually concerntrate in your
lessons
So that your P.E teachers will let you do
pratical..
168. So you can make spontaneous plans to
go out, and not have to check or worry if
they'll "fit in" with the eating
disorder.
169. So you can spend time having
interesting conversations with people,
without your mind wandering off to do
calorie counts.
170. So you buy clothes that might
actually fit you for more than two months.
(Half my clothes are too small, and half
are too big :/).
171. So if you decide to bake cookies, you
can actually have one or two and know you
can keep it to one or two.
172. because everyone is fabulous and
beautiful.
173. Because of advent calendars. Oh yes,
I think I'm actually enjoying having an
advent calendar this year.
174. So you don't have to feel guilty for
wasting their money on food for you when
you are only giving it away/chucking it
away.
175. So you don't get triggered when you
brush your tongue/teeth. (But that might
just be me.)
176. So you don't have to exclude yourself
from your friends (for no reason to them)
when they're eating 'cause it makes you
feel too sick.
178. so i can go out for dinner with my
dad and his girlfriend.
179. so we dont have to be watched every
meal.
180. so we can live a normal life.
181. so you don't have to take days off
work cos you feel too dizzy
182. so you don't have to keep hiding the
fact you don't eat from your family
- Because I refuse to let my greatest gift
be a smaller clothes size next Christmas.
184. because life is fab and we should all
be able to feel it.
168- So you can feel unafraid for the
first time i a long time
169. So you can have a normal relationship
with a person (bf/gf, Friends, familt
ect.)
170- so you can walk around town with a
friend without worrying about fainting
171- so you don't have to lie awake at
night worrying about the damage you're
doing to yourself
172. So you have the self confidence to
stand up for yourself and others
173. So you can get your natural skin tone
back without looking so sickly pale all of
the time
174. So you can have a meal without
thinking about where you are going to
purge.
175. So you don't have a heart rate of 120
and have to leave your classes
176. So you can have a bath or shower and
not spend agers pinching your thighs and
arse and crying over it.
177. So you dont have to weigh yourself
every time you go to the loo, just in the
vague hope the number might be down.
178. To be able to walk into boots and not
go straight to the 'suppliments' isle.
179. Cos its much nicer to relax after a
meal, rather than be curled up over a
toilet getting exhausted and sore.
180. So you can sit wherever and not have
your ears prick up when someone mentions
'calories' 'diet' 'thin' or 'eating
disorders' and hense loose track of the
conversation you were meant to be having
with your friend.
181. So you can choose what to eat on the
basis of like, rather than calorie
content.
182. For the day when you wake up and not
head straight for the scales.
183. So you dont have constant wind or
bloating (eww)
184.I can sit down and rest without
feeling guilty
185.I can have a warm shower
186.So you can go to parties instead of
staying home alone
187.Not to fear going to the cafeteria and
to feel comfortable with whatever your
friends give you
188.Not to cry after every time you step
off the scale
189.So you can clear your head of all the
numbers ,calories , pounds, inches
190.So you can have a good health
191. So you can accept a compliment for
what it is, without having to question
it.
192. so you dont have to worry about
school/college trips.
193. so you dont have to worry what people
think of you.
194. so you dont have to punish yourself
for eatting.
195. so i can go out with my friends every
week and not have to worry.
196. So you can have a bag of popcorn at
the cinema without feeling bad.
197. So you dont have to keep articles
saved cos they are about EDs (prolly just
me
)
198. So you can smile without it hurting
your jaw
199. so you can sit up for more than 10
minutes without your stomach getting to
tired.
202. So you can drink whatever you want
without panicking
203.You won't think for an hour before
allowing yourself to have an apple
204. Your room won't smell of mouldy food
205. So your bf/gf hugs you because they
think you are the most wonderful person in
there life....not to comfort you because
you cant face the thought of eating
another meal.
206. So you don't feel guilty for making
your friends cry
207. Because spending your evening hanging
over a toilet is never time well spent
208. so you can go home from uni whenever
you feel, not when your in a safe frame of
mind/at a safe weight, knowing you won't
binge on all the food thats at home, but u
wud never buy at uni.
209. so that you don't look forward to
drinking one forty calorie hot chocolate
all day, despite having eaten/drunk
nothing but tea and water.
210. so you don't eat stupid things like
uncooked pasta, or take sips of milk from
the cartoon...because u feel like
rebeling, and then throw it up
211. so you can have a bf, without having
to worry he's going to 'ruin' your ED
212. so you don't get up in the middle of
the night feelin as though you need to do
300 sit-ups before you can sleep and then
spend all day feeling tired, and ill.
213. so you don't worry about the calorie
content of a multi-vitamin
214. so that you don't cry at how huge
your thighs are
215. so you can help your friends
216. so you dont hesitate opening up cause
it means morre people'll be watching you
and making sure you're not being dumb
217. so you can watch shows and enjoy
them... not just stare at collarbones etc
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218. so you dont get triggered by random
people even if you know they dont have an
ed and theyre just naturally tiny
219. so it doesnt take such a long time to
convince yourself to eat something
220. so you dont get a bad grade in your
gym type class because you're too weak to
exercise but you dont wanna tell the prof
that...
221. So you can believe your signifigent
other when they tell you how amazing you
look.
222. So YOU know how amazing you look!
223. So you do not cause your signifigent
other to sob after telling them you have
fasted the past few days.
224. So you can look someone in the eye
and honestly say that you have eaten
225. So you can stop wearing baggy clothes
to hide the fact you've lost weight
226.You would get enough comfortable
sleep
227. So you aren't FREEZING all the time
228. So you dont end up in hospital at 3am
because your bowels are bleeding due to
your ED
229. So you don't feel constantly
dehydrated.
230. So you don't spend half your life
thinking about what to eat/what not to
eat. Let's face it...there are much more
interesting things we could think about.
231. so you dont feel like such a
hypocrite all the time
232. so you dont have to lie all the
time..
232 - because if you didnt need food we
wouldnt have shops.
233 - food is yummy
234 - you only live once?
235 - so you dont have to take hours to
find something you can just about stand to
wear outside in public
236 - so you can eat when your hungry
237 - so you can eat in front of people
238 - so you dont have to have your nan
secretly bone check your back when she
hugs you
239. so you dont have to worry about going
on a trip with college and worry people
are looking at you all the time when you
eat something.
240. so you can drink at 9:30 in the
morning with your friends and dont even
think about calories etc.
241. so when your ill and you may need to
go hospital you dont have to hind under
layers of clothes incase they see how thin
you are.
242. so you can go to work without
worrying your going to passout.
243. So you can participate in all aspects
of your degree without being a health risk
(in labs)
244. Because doing uni work is sooooo much
easier when your mind isnt constantly on
food.
245. Because spontateous meals out with
friends are fun!
246. so you don't look like an ugly scary
skeleton on pictures of you and your
friends
247. so that good memories arn't tainted
by memories of anorexia
248. so when you eat party food on your
friends birthday for appearances, you
don't frantically seek out somewhere to
get rid of it again
249. so you can eat with your boyfriend
250. Because passing out from lack of food
isn't fun at all, it's painful.
251. Headaches hurt.
252. You are the way you are for a
reason.
253. Because it's embarassing to have to
cover up the fact that you have one or
explain why your senstive around food.
254. So you can exercise for fun, not to
lose weight
255. Because scales shouldn't rule your
life
256. because you shouldnt have to worry
about what you eat with your friends.
257.So you won't panic and you feel so
worthless when you see you mum making a
cake ....
258. so you dont have to bunk of
school/college/work becuase you are
'having a fat day'.
260. So you no longer compare yourself to
others and judge on appearance
261. You will have more friends !
262. You will be happier without your ED
263. So you don't have to come up with
excuses anymore.
264. So you don't have to take yourself
out of your soccer match at halftime
because you haven't enough energy to carry
on.
265. Because curves are beautiful. And so
much easier and more fun to flirt with.
266. Because you don't have to isolate
yourself and you can socialise easier.
267. Because you don't have to worry
before you meet people (eating somewhere,
going to a restaurant, celebrate
something,...) and you can enjoy these
days instead.
268. Because you don't feel dizzy, shaky
and sick that often.
269. Because you can feel less guilty.
270. Because you can concentrate on more
important stuff (social life, career,
doing something to make the world a better
place,...).
271. Eating Disorders actually cost a lot
of money
272. So when your boyfriend tells you that
you're beautiful, you won't think it's
just cause you haven't eaten in days.
280. cause life is for living... not
suffering through
281. cause it just furthers other
addictions...
these have really helped me, i hope they
do the same for you, feel free to add
more!
