Comments on: One Asian American Teen’s Experience With Anorexia http://www.mochimag.com/2010/01/one-asian-american-teen%e2%80%99s-experience-with-anorexia/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Min http://www.mochimag.com/2010/01/one-asian-american-teen%e2%80%99s-experience-with-anorexia/comment-page-1/#comment-7275 Min Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:21:31 +0000 http://mochimag.com/09/?p=1397#comment-7275 Thank you so much for writing this. It resonates so much with what I myself have.. or rather AM experiencing. I'm still struggling with it..learning to trust that that little bit of carb in bread or rice won't make me explode. That that extra kg doesn't mean I'm ugly or fat by any means. I don't know what happened. I used to live by the mantra you can be "fat" ( by asian standards) but fit. I took pride that even though I was overweight by asian standards, having to wear XL when I shopped in Malaysia rather than M in Australia, I could still outrun, outlift and outstretch my thinner friends and did well in my studies to boot. But somehow I caved to the criticisms along the way. To comments that " wow.. you can really eat" or.. " you're looking... well nourished..." .. from family and the opposite sex. I was encouraged by all the praise I got when I lost weight. I was getting depressed, isolating myself from social activities because that usually involved food in our culture...I thought I was gaining control over my life... but I'm learning that the anorexia is controlling me.. Each day now, I'm forcing myself not to go to the gym, to eat 3 regular meals, including bread/rice/noodles no matter how much my body tries to eschew it. It's a battle of mind over mind, and I don't have anyone to talk to who will understand, so articles like this.. help.. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much for writing this. It resonates so much with what I myself have.. or rather AM experiencing. I’m still struggling with it..learning to trust that that little bit of carb in bread or rice won’t make me explode. That that extra kg doesn’t mean I’m ugly or fat by any means. I don’t know what happened. I used to live by the mantra you can be “fat” ( by asian standards) but fit. I took pride that even though I was overweight by asian standards, having to wear XL when I shopped in Malaysia rather than M in Australia, I could still outrun, outlift and outstretch my thinner friends and did well in my studies to boot. But somehow I caved to the criticisms along the way. To comments that ” wow.. you can really eat” or.. ” you’re looking… well nourished…” .. from family and the opposite sex. I was encouraged by all the praise I got when I lost weight. I was getting depressed, isolating myself from social activities because that usually involved food in our culture…I thought I was gaining control over my life… but I’m learning that the anorexia is controlling me.. Each day now, I’m forcing myself not to go to the gym, to eat 3 regular meals, including bread/rice/noodles no matter how much my body tries to eschew it. It’s a battle of mind over mind, and I don’t have anyone to talk to who will understand, so articles like this.. help.. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

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]]> By: Mochi Blog | How to Love Yourself, Inside and Out. http://www.mochimag.com/2010/01/one-asian-american-teen%e2%80%99s-experience-with-anorexia/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Mochi Blog | How to Love Yourself, Inside and Out. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:09:49 +0000 http://mochimag.com/09/?p=1397#comment-1136 [...] been talking a lot about eating disorders lately. The constant body drama can be a little depressing, so we were happy to stumble [...] [...] been talking a lot about eating disorders lately. The constant body drama can be a little depressing, so we were happy to stumble [...]

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]]> By: Tammy http://www.mochimag.com/2010/01/one-asian-american-teen%e2%80%99s-experience-with-anorexia/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Tammy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:49:55 +0000 http://mochimag.com/09/?p=1397#comment-947 Thank you for writing this, Angela! Very very glad you shared, and I def recognize parts of my own past in your story. Thank you for writing this, Angela! Very very glad you shared, and I def recognize parts of my own past in your story.

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