Pro-ED is a huge controversy nowadays. This site is not pro-ED, but it's noticeably comparible to those kinds of websites. I encourage weightloss, not eating disorders. In a sense it's easy to think this is a pro-ed site because I myself have one, but it's not! You see, I do not encourage eating disorders AT ALL. People who are pro-ed do. I would never want another human being to have to deal with this unbearable self-hatred and depression. This website just encourages WEIGHTLOSS and WEIGHTLOSS ONLY. Whether people with EDs go here, or people who just want to get healthy, I made this site so it can work for all kinds of people. Of course it's basically geared towards girls, but men are definately accepted and encouraged to join this community! I don't care if you're pro-ana or pro-mia. We're all different. I just want everyone to be satisfied with their bodies and love themselves, and losing weight is a big step for many people, myself included. Stay strong and get skinny!
So of course we've all heard of sites and apps that you log your food into - like MyFitnessPal, et cetera - but how many people actually take the time to write it out in an actual notebook/journal? I just started doing that. I had a MFP account before, but because their system is whack I was banned due to the fact that I have an eating disorder and I'm not planning on recovering any time soon. (I'm too fat.) My Fitness Pal helped me A LOT, but I've heard a lot of good things about writing out what you've eaten in a notebook. It's physically there, so you can't just ignore it. Because MFP is a site/application I would always forget or just be too lazy to grab my iPod and log in shit. Now I'm just writing down everything and anything I eat, adding up the calories in things and logging exercise. Everything. It's working out quite well, apart for the fact that this day was great until I binged at dinner. I'm such a fucking fatass, and since it was take out junk food I didn't know the calories and info so I just guessed. I'm assuming it was like 1000 calories. I'm fucking pathetic. BUT, having this journal already makes a difference. I'm more weary about eating because I know I'll feel bad if I have to write all that down!
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