:+:Reflection:+:

OHH its sad its our last blog, I relly enjoyed having this assigment. !!!!! I think my topic, Eating Disorders was one of the best topics, this is because its one of the problems i think is more common thruogh out the world. I also liked this topic because it kind of relates to me and some friends and writing about it was a good chance for me and my friends to learn from. Every time I wrote a blog I would learn something new and interesting.One thing I learned from Eating Disorders that I thought was really interesting was being able to try and keep a high self-steem and no matter how fat or skinni I am always love my self.
Another thing I learned from my topic was, how Eating Disorders affect your body emotionally, physically and socially. Living with that problem its really hard because you feel you have two persons living iside you that tells you what to do. If I was to suffer from Eating Disorders or had friends suffering, I would tell them to look for help or tell them to help me up. I think Its good to look for help before its too late because Eating Disorders is not something not to worry about. I really think ive done a really good job on this project and i would recommend everyone to read all my blogs, it has good info and pictures. Also every one is welcomed to leave me a comment to tell me their opinion or what you guys thought about my profile!!!!! I think the best blog to look at would be the Essay one plus this one!!!jaja. I dont think i missed anything related to Eating Disorders so I think everything ive done so far is good.
I feel I did everything that was asked to do, so everything is complete. I really try to have every blog done on time and finished, give much details and always stayed on track. Yey good job for me!!!!!!!! I thought it was a great idea that we had to turn in a new blog every week it was better than turning one in everyday. Having time to look for information during the week was a good chance to have it done and have good info. For me the easiest thing of writing a blog everyday was researching my topic, I think was really interesting because I was able to see lots of pictures about my topic and was really shocking.. I dont think it was hard you just had to have every blog and comments on time and try to make it interesting so that others could read it. From this project ive learned so much that now I think everything is possible. Love ya all :) Thank you for taking the time to read my blogs!!!!!

~*~When Food Is The Enemy~*~

I read an article called "When Food Is The Enemy" by Shasta Gaughen. This article tells three different stories about girls that suffer weather from Bulimia or Anorexia. Each girl tells their story on why they become anorexics and give their opinions. The first girl is Brook, she developed her Anorexia by thinking she could only feel good about her self if she was thin. She wasn't fat, she was really thin but was afraid to gain weight. Brook always thought that if she did gain she would be ugly. She also thought that when her friends would tell her to fatten up they were just being jealous.
Elenne became anorexic since she was 12 years old she became because she was a chubby girl. She never liked being a chubby girl because the kids at school were cruel to her. loosing weight became an addicton for her. " I was afraid that i would become that chubby girl again if I ate regular meals. " I never allowed my self more than 900 calories a day." she explained. She tought her heart stopped beating sometimes for that reasons she end up going to the hospital by emergency. Shes in therapy and she is glad she weights 120! "When I look in the mirror and say, "Elonne you look fat,"i can say, "Stop it. your not fat." She says she thanks God to be alive.
Denise's story was a little more difficult that Elenne and Brook. Denise's obsession become when she would watch TV where all this women would purged themselves to keep their weight down. She was chubby too and wanted to be thin. Denise says, "I was chubby and always trying to be as thin as my mom, she wanted me to be thin too, she told me "Boys would like you more if you weren't so fat." Her mom then didn't have to tell her to loose weight, Denise was already brainwashed. Everything she would eat she would throw up. Then everything got from bad to worse every time she gets disappointed she eats and then throws up. She says,"I'm not stupid. I know about bulimia. I know that stomach acid has worn the enamel of my teeth and that I'm putting stress on my heart. Being Bulimic is like being a smoker: you know its not good for you, but you cant stop it." she is really afraid to tell her parents about her eating disorder so she only gets help from friends or the Internet.
I really thought these three stories were really good exaples because each one explains their own story and tells what they think and their opinion about it. for example I really liked the last story because it is incredible how Denise knows she has an eating disorder and its afraid to tell someone. she is really brave, I really think she should tell her parents so that they can help her out.

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I chose this bar graph on who suffers more eating disorders among black women and white women. I found out that white women are more consentrated in loosing weight than black women. Black women dont take much interest in loosing weight because they have more positive self-steem.

~*~POEM~*~

Eating makes me feel I'm fat,
every time I eat something I want to throw up.
I look in the mirror I see another me.

A Person, a stranger, a monster,
a person full of confusion inside,
not being able to tell what I want.
A person that's fat in the inside,
skinny on the outside.

A person, a stranger, a monster,
a stranger I don't want to meet,
to scared to see my body die.
As days pass, i see the darkest come by,
that day my body cannot go on.

A person, a stranger, a monster,
I can hear the monster call me,
telling me your fat,
look at those big tights, at fatty chicks.
I try to ignore the monster, but it
follows me the whole time.

When Healthy eating is bad for you..........

I found an article in Google reader and i though it was really interesting because its related to Eating Disorders but has something really different. These article talks about a healthy eating disorder that can affect you or take you to Anorexia or Bulimia. The disorder its called Othorexic, people who suffer from this type of disorder eat really healthy for example fruit, a few grains, and some steamed vegetables. These people become really careful with what they eat, this is because they think junk food is contaminating them. (This is a quote from the article){"The anorexic would be going in and counting calories, whereas the person who might have an orthorexic profile would be going in and checking for artificial ingredients and things they think may be potentially harmful," says Dr Alex Yellowlees, the medical director of the Priory hospital in Glasgow, which treats various kinds of addictions and behavioral disorders.} This Eating Disorder is reffered as the "Health Food Junkie" because people eat only healthy foods. I really thought these article good because its a new disorder that its starting and confuse a lot of people. Some people can be suffering with out even knowing it.

Ps. Every body should take a look at this article it gives really good info about Othorexic!!!!!!

http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1686232007

*>>.: Survey :.<<*

I did a survey on asking people what they knew or thought about eating disorders. Some students were actually really informed about what can happend to a person with eating disorders. There was also people who did not know much info about it. Some people were teachers and other were students who came out with really good answers.

[~Ashley~] Do you think parents cant prevent eating disorders??
" I really think parents can prevent kids from getting eating disorders because they are the ones who are educating thier kids or teens and are responsible for what they eat. For example by eating healthy food or junk food."

[~Mrs. Sacca~] What do you know about Eating Disorders??
" I dont know much about eating disorders, all I can say is that girls who are anorexic see themselves as if they were fat but in real life they are super thin. I also think that its very horrible problem for some one to have"

[~Ana Casas~] Does people with anorexia or Eating Disorders find out by themselves or other people that they have this problem??
"They find out by other people because they dont realize its something bad what they are doing. Other people can tell someone has Anorexia or other Eating Disorder in the way thy look and how they dont eat also by seeing a person loose weigh easily."

[~Jose Zepeda~] What do you know about Eating Disorders??
"What i know about Eating Disorders its that it can be very bad and can kill you. Also that hair grows all over your body a lot and you get rally weak."

Who do you think suffers more of eating disorders, boys or girls and why?
"From what i know girls suffer more, but i really think everyone suffers becasue it can happen to anyone."

[~Maria Briceno~] What good nutrition guides do you need to follow to have a good nutrition after having Anorexia or any Eating Disorder?
"I think people with Eating Disorders should eat really healthy, for example healthy food like chicken, vegetables, fruit and lots of water. Also people should eat good but not gorge your self."

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