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Aldolphe Quetelet, a Danish astronomer, developed the BMI in the 1830's using a cohort of French and Scottish men.
Typical of the time, these participants were lean, active, white males with unstable food supply.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Typical of the time, these participants were lean, active, white males with unstable food supply.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Quetelet's goal was defining the characteristics of ‘normal man’ and fitting the distribution around the mean.
By measuring a large cohort with their physical deviances, one would come closest to the ideal of what a human being should look like.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
By measuring a large cohort with their physical deviances, one would come closest to the ideal of what a human being should look like.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Post partum bodies! Please read full thread
Can we normalise REAL post partum bodies please. I'm sick of being asked how I am going to loose my baby weight? How am I going to get back into shape? What creams I am using to get rid of stretch marks?
Piss off.
Can we normalise REAL post partum bodies please. I'm sick of being asked how I am going to loose my baby weight? How am I going to get back into shape? What creams I am using to get rid of stretch marks?
Piss off.
I was told it would not be possible to carry a child due to the damage my eating disorder had done to my reproductive system. We are overwhelmed with what we have managed to produce.
The last thing my body needs is to be manipulated, punished and starved.
The last thing my body needs is to be manipulated, punished and starved.
My body has done an incredible job over 9 months, it needs to be cared for, nourished & loved.
I have seen so many # insta perfect post partum bodies. I am also being targeted by adverts to join weight loss programmes enticing me to hate what my body has becone.
I have seen so many # insta perfect post partum bodies. I am also being targeted by adverts to join weight loss programmes enticing me to hate what my body has becone.
A thread....
Recovery truth
I'm not going to lie. It is hard. The most difficult & most painful thing I have ever done. To constantly fight against that voice, the voice which controlled every element of my life for far too long. The tears, confusion and pure exhaustion.
Recovery truth
I'm not going to lie. It is hard. The most difficult & most painful thing I have ever done. To constantly fight against that voice, the voice which controlled every element of my life for far too long. The tears, confusion and pure exhaustion.
The voice still appears from time to time, in times when I am feeling a little vunerable or anxious. The voice will try to lure me back in, using different ways and weak spots to get to me.
The latest way it's trying to lure me in is attacking my postpartum body. Nothing fits my body is still healing, it needs time. The temptation to loose weight quickly, resort to old behaviours & the voice whispering, you have done it before, you can do it again, it's easy really.
❤️ I am giving it my all. Diet culture has reared its ugly head, I am being targeted by alll the 'post baby body' dieting ads.😮❤️My body has been through so much over the last nine months. It has changed a lot, in order to create the most beautiful gift I could ever wish for.1/3
The last thing I am going to do is put it under more stress by trying to manipulate it. ❌
👍Instead I am going to allow my body to heal, nourish my body with food and thank it for the amazing job it has done. ❤️
Our bodies really are bloody amazing 💕💕 2/3
👍Instead I am going to allow my body to heal, nourish my body with food and thank it for the amazing job it has done. ❤️
Our bodies really are bloody amazing 💕💕 2/3
So I have just learnt this is a thing! The dip in your hips is now apparently the worst thing in the world & we must do all these things to get rid of them. But it's part of your anatomy. They are completely natural and normal! You can not change your bones! (1)
Hip dips were not an issue until the diet industry got their dirty claws into it & made them into one. They're part of your natural anatomy, if you want to spend all hours fighting your natural anatomy I urge you to think. Hip dips do not make you a "good" or "bad" person,(2)
hip dips are associated with the shape of your bones, nothing more. I beg you, do not fall into this latest trap, you are not the problem, your body is not the problem, the problem is diet culture. (3/3) #bodypositivity #dietculture #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #bodypositive
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It has taken me a few weeks to process this.
Let me tell you a conversation I had with a Dr recently. Had to visit & get checked over general pregnancy niggles, they had to check my BMI.
It has taken me a few weeks to process this.
Let me tell you a conversation I had with a Dr recently. Had to visit & get checked over general pregnancy niggles, they had to check my BMI.
Dr: Oh Mrs Burnett you are measuring obese, we need to look at diet plans, I can suggest the new better health app, a calorie defecit & exercising.
Me: But I am 8 & a half months pregnant & recovering from an ED.
Me: But I am 8 & a half months pregnant & recovering from an ED.
1st of all of course I am going to be weighing more a tiny human is growing inside me, I could pop any day now. 2nd I was discharged from ed services in Jan, suggesting I diet is not a good idea. I know I would spiral quite quickly and my priority is staying well for little one
Last year I jumped out of a plane for the amazing charity @beatED raising an amazing £2200
I would not be here without their help and support I desperately wanted to give something back to the charity that helped both myself and my husband. (1)
I would not be here without their help and support I desperately wanted to give something back to the charity that helped both myself and my husband. (1)
Leaving behind ED & facing my ultimate fears. I'm scared of flying & heights, so if I can face them I can face any fear ED threw at me. I thoroughly recommend this! I'm aware things aren't exactly running normally at the min, but why not look into some fundraising for next year?
Recovery tip. Stepladder goal setting.
Full video on my insta barefootrebel1
Remember this is just my example, you may have different steps, more steps less steps different goals different starting point. It is just an example.
I used this technique when I desperately wanted to..
Full video on my insta barefootrebel1
Remember this is just my example, you may have different steps, more steps less steps different goals different starting point. It is just an example.
I used this technique when I desperately wanted to..
to achieve a goal but it seemed so far away or just too much. Breaking it down into smaller steps, I found really useful.
If you get stuck DM I will be able to help you think and develop steps for your own goals.
Try not to have to many steps though or it can get to much again
If you get stuck DM I will be able to help you think and develop steps for your own goals.
Try not to have to many steps though or it can get to much again
Just absolutely demolished fish and chips for tea
One of the best things about recovery is saying sod it, I don't fancy what was on our meal plan, I can not be bothered to cook let's just have a takeaway.
Complete freedom and a normal thing to do. No guilt or shame attached.
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One of the best things about recovery is saying sod it, I don't fancy what was on our meal plan, I can not be bothered to cook let's just have a takeaway.
Complete freedom and a normal thing to do. No guilt or shame attached.
(1)
Did I overeat? Perhaps. But we have this amazing thing called a motabalism that can cope with day to day fluctuations. Complete freedom to change plans last minute, complete freedom to have what I fancy insted of what I 'should'' have. Complete freedom to enjoy my food (2/3)
(thread) Starting to read through and edit my friends and family chapter for my book. Reading through how others perceived my ED is heartbreaking. Seeing it through someone else's eyes gives me a whole new perspective on how EDs work. Very interesting even if it did make me cry.
Reading how my husband's heart was breaking as he watched me slowly kill myself, not knowing what to do. Reading how he thought he was loosing me as I pushed him away. Reading how he never once gave up hope, and fought tiresomely to help me fight. We won my darling. We beat it.
ED can absolutely do one. Made this rolo cheesecake today, is ED present Yes hello, I can hear you. Am I going to listen to that voice and not enjoy a slice...... Am I boll***s took me ages to make! well excited to try it 😂
two years ago I would not have even tried to challenge it. Convinced I had to earn it or restrict heavily to compensate. I refuse to listen to that voice anymore.
Every time I do the opposite it looses power.
Recovery is a long process, but oh my cheesecake it is worth it!
Every time I do the opposite it looses power.
Recovery is a long process, but oh my cheesecake it is worth it!
I fight to be fully recoverED.
I might share it with hubby 😉
#edrecovery #eatingdisorder #recovery #atypicalanorexia #anorexiarecovery #osfedrecovery #mentalhealth
I might share it with hubby 😉
#edrecovery #eatingdisorder #recovery #atypicalanorexia #anorexiarecovery #osfedrecovery #mentalhealth
We are so quick to celebrate weight loss at any cost. But I want to talk about weight gain.
After a year+ treatment & many relapses, I’m officially pretty damn close to my pre anorexia weight.
Some people have found this disappointing; believing I’ve “let myself go.”
After a year+ treatment & many relapses, I’m officially pretty damn close to my pre anorexia weight.
Some people have found this disappointing; believing I’ve “let myself go.”
But every damn pound has been hard fought against my eating disorder and it’s necessary for my survival. And even more than my survival, for my ability to truly LIVE and thrive.
When someone fits the stereotype of what anorexia “should” look like, their weight gain is celebrated. Because I don’t “look” like someone who fits the stereotype of anorexia or any eating disorder, people think my weight gain is unnecessary or excessive.
#edrecovery
#edrecovery
My body has been seen as wrong my entire life. Too big, too much, disgusting, lacking willpower and self- restraint. These are not my distorted ED thoughts but the reality of what I faced on a daily basis.
I was constantly told, “You must not have tried THIS diet” or “You must not want to lose weight badly enough,” insinuating that my body size is an indicator that I’m eating too much. That I don’t know how to control myself.
The truth is that the times I’ve been most free of my ED were the times I’ve been the biggest. Imagine what it’s like trying to reassure yourself that you’re doing what’s best for u in every damn way in a world telling u that u are WRONG simply for existing in your larger body.
On Friday night, a family friend looked me up and down and said, “You? You don’t have an eating disorder! You look FINE!”
I tried to explain that eating disorders don’t have a look, that you can suffer in ANY size body, and the media portrayal of an ED is far from accurate but he just laughed and said, “I see you eat and you’re not emaciated.”
First of all, eating a crap ton of lettuce only isn’t actually ok in any way & people with Ed’s obviously eat SOMETHING or we’d die within a week. Obviously we eat (a lot of us are really good at hiding it) but it’s often not enough & with no flexibility & a ton of rules.
For #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, I wrote about an eating disorder you might not have heard of: diabulimia. allure.com/story/diabulim… @MelainieRogers @DrNesochi @WeAreDiabetes #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek #edrecovery #eatingdisorderawareness #EDAW2019 #edawareness #diabetes
Also, a reminder that if someone you love has an eating disorder, any comments about their looks (even well intentioned) have the potential to trigger them. ravishly.com/2015/02/26/5-t… @ravishlydotcom #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek #edrecovery #eatingdisorderawareness #EDAW2019
Another reminder: There's no such thing as looking like you have an eating disorder. Anyone around you could have one, and "you don't look sick" is both triggering and invalidating. glamour.com/story/theres-n… #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek #edrecovery #eatingdisorderawareness
