17 Year Old Boy I am a 17 year old boy that battled hard with anorexia and bulimia. I thought it was just girls that had these diseases, but I was very wrong. For my sport, I needed to be very fit. I started going to the gym three times a week, and then I started to go more and more often, it became an addiction. I used to constantly weigh myself and always wanted my weight to be lower and lower, and there was no reason for this! I was already at a very healthy weight. I started to cut down on what I ate. I exercises even more. I would sit down to every meal, but I wouldn't hardly eat anything. I was starving at times. When this got very bad, I would eat a big portion of food, and feel guilty and go and puke it up. I felt good afterwards. If I wasn't sick, I would exercise even more! This disease was controlling my life, every thought was FOOD, nothing else, this is because I was so hungry. I started getting sick even more, sometimes three to four times a day, and exercise on top. It got very serious. I was admitted to the hospital with a seriously low pulse rate of 34. I didn't realize what I was doing to myself. I hated the thought of being in the hospital because of an eating disorder. When I realized what I was doing to myself, I wanted to put a stop to it. My weight was very low, and I wanted to change. Since this problem, I had restored 6 kilos in about four weeks, and I am pretty much recovered. I eat six times a day and exercise, but not to much. I recommend that no-one should get involved with an eating disorder, it is horrible. My weight distributed at many different places, and I look physically fit now. Recovery is brilliant, and anyone else suffering, I hope this story inspires you to recovery!
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