Should I drop the weight?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend is freaking out cause he caught me making myself throw up (been doing this for a week). I mean I'm 18 so I'm legally adult and its not like I'm killing myself. But he nags at me because "hurting" myself and he doesn't want to be like his sister (she had bulimia for 2 years) He won't let me leave the house without him weighting first. He even told my parents that I have a "problem". I been trying to get into modeling and I might have a deal if I loss some weight (im 105). Should I drop the weight?

[ggazelles]

1. I have a stomach disorder (different from an eating disorder - I have issues digesting food properly) and have been throwing up for years. At first it was every day, and now I know what to avoid eating, so I only boot about once every few weeks. Last summer, I went to the hospital because I thought my appendix was bursting. As it turns out, my esophagus is eroded from throwing up too much and I can never again take aspirin, drink hard alcohol, or puke, no matter how sick I feel. It may not feel like you're hurting yourself, but trust me, you are. When people throw up consistently, they eventually erode their epiglottis and begin to vomit involuntarily, like when simply bending over too far. It's not pretty.

2. Regardless of what it's doing to your insides, throwing up will slowly destroy your teeth, thanks to the acid in your stomach that eats away at the enamel. It's disgusting. Also, your skin will become sallow (yellow) and you will likely develop dark circles under your eyes. It is not a good look.

3. 105 is very skinny, unless you're a midget. You say that you want to model, so I'm going to assume that you're 5'7" or 5'8" minimum. This makes your BMI 16.0, which is dangerously underweight. If anything, you should be gaining weight. Your boyfriend is right to be concerned.

[ggazelles]

Also, here are some photos of what eating disorders will do to you. It's gross.

https://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3334/anorms9.jpg

https://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s159/thesophisticatemag/anorexia1.jpg

[Anonymous]

please please PLEASE don't! I'm 16 and I weigh MORE THAN YOU!

your 18 and you weigh less...that should tell you someting, seriously. That is kinda embarrasing on my part saying that on the internet...but its for a good cause : )

this is leading up to a horrible life ahead with health problems, even though you may feel fine now.

let me tell you a story...i tried to loose weight when I was in 5th grade because I though I was fat. My best friend was a stick and I wanted to be like her. I stopped eating..and you know where that got me..nowhere with a stomach problem. I have to take daily pills because I threw up and somehow I have a virus that makes me lactose intolerant.

^^my story isn't nearly as bad as what could happen to you by making yourself sick. please please don't do it. Your boyfriend is looking out for you, and he sounds like a keeper if he's trying to help you ; ) I hope you take this advice, and God bless <3

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for the best answer!! I hope everything is well : ]

[Daniel92]

Don't do this. It's a dark path leading to the wrong road. I think modeling is the most idiotic occupation in the world ( don't argue with me about this please ). They pressure their slaves ( models ) into doing what they want you to do, not doing what you want to do. Wear this, wear that, lose weight, don't eat that. Seriously, 105 is too skinny. Any lower and you'll weigh less than a 4th grade schoolgirl. If modeling is what you want to do, fine, but realize there's other things you could do that you love that allow you to do what you want to do. If you don't realize how bad this is, record yourself throwing up, and realize how horrible it is.

[rocksongwriter]

"...and its not like I'm killing myself..."

Yeah, you kind of are. You're just doing it slowly...

[Anonymous]

Don't drop the weight. I'm 5'6 and weigh around 120-125, and people call ME skinny. Models are typically taller than 5'6. If that is the case, then you must already be a stick. If you should do anything, you may stand to gain weight. Forget for a second bulimia could eventually end in your death...do you know what it does to your teeth? That would be lovely to model with eroded teeth and messed up gums. What agency would want a model like that? Your boyfriend cares about you and is worried. He already had to watch his sister battle this terrible disease and you wonder why he's so upset, saying he's "nagging" you. Maybe it's annoying, but you should consider yourself lucky for finding someone who cares enough to stick around and won't just watch you kill yourself.

Find another agency. There must be some out there who want healthy, real models. If there are plus sized models, there must be normal models too.

link << A 21 year old Brazillian model who died of anorexia. She was 5'8 and 88 pounds when she died. Bulimia can have the same result, though it may take a bit longer. Not everyone dies, but you could. You should stop now before it gets worse.

link << One of the tamer pictures of what bulimia can do to teeth. Please don't do this to yourself anymore..

[Anonymous]

Don't drop the weight, you don't need to girl! Your boyfriend is looking out for your best interest. Full blown eating disorders start out little by little, just like what you're doing. Please stop making yourself sick. He sees his sister in your actions. If you keep it up you are on the road to being burdened with the same sickness as her.

I don't know if you even need to drop the weight (being less than 105 may not even be healthy for you, IDK). If you want to lose do it the healthy way. Don't look at using bulimic tactics as a quick fix because it won't work.

How tall are you? 105 sounds super small anyway. You could do glamour modeling without even having to get down to an excessively low weight. They might even tell you to put some on

[Babiegurl43]

i would say that its a bad idea been down that road and NEVER going back it hard to get out of and besides if your only 105LBS then NO you should be losing weight you sound underweight and your boyfriend cares a lot about you and besides if you think you need to lose weight then go to a plus model and they will tell you that you are to skinny to even be a normal model trust me

[Reeses-pieces777]

if you talk to anyone who is a medical professional, health worker or scientists, it's definitely going to have detrimental (bad) effects on your internal organs because you're not getting enough nutrients and it may cause death. it's scientific fact, so many studies out there, that this is NOT HEALTHY

[adorkabletmtm]

It's not only hurting you it's unattractive. He's with you because he loves you, why do you need to throw up? 1. It shows your insecure. 2. Why kiss someone who throws up? 3. "he doesn't want to be like his sister (she had bulimia for 2 years)" 4. You're already at that point if you're throwing up dear.

[chica1]

You are lucky to have someone who cares about you. You might not be killing yourself today but you are on a path that could definitely lead to that. Please be careful.