Something you ought to know about laxatives

They dont help you lose weight.period.

Yes, you might drop a little-but its water you are losing, not actual 'weight'. And taking them habitually will lead to water retention-making you feel you have put on weight, when you really havent.its a really bad cycle to get into.

Excessive use of laxatives will lead to bowel damage, and some pretty permement constipation. Rumour had it Elvis Presley killed himself due to chromic constipation. Cant be nice, eh?

From personal experience-this was a HARD habit to break. It was horrible at forst, i felt bloated, and i did put on some weight. But it all evened out-laxatives just make your weight fluctuate anyway-and it was worth it in the long run. Short term pain for long term gain. Thats your key here.

take care
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look after your teeth...

My dentist told me that rinsing your mouth out with a tiny bit of bicarb of soda, mixed into a cup of water will help neutralise the acid in your mouth from purging. And dont brush your teeth straight away after, because you will just brush the acid into your teeth.

If purging is a problem, think about getting your teeth sealed.

Dentists are also really good at spotting bulimia-the damage it does to your teeth had quite a specific pattern.

take care xxxx

thoughts about plumbing...

Ok, first things first-please read our info pages before you read our posts

we are not mocking in any way. We are a group of people who have lived through, or are in recovery form eating disorders. And there are a lot of things that noone will ever tell you about eating disorders.

and we thought that it was about time that changed.

so today, i thought id sopend a few minutes thinking about plumbing. I dont mean yours, I mean the plumbing in your house. Your plumbing was not designed to cope with the contents of your fridge, in its original food form.FACT. therefore, be aware that you should really find yourself a good plumber. I suffer with bulimia. And have yet to find anything that discusses the practicalities of recovery, and suffering with the illness. And this IS a problem. I've had plumbers out a lot of times in the last couple of years. Blocked pipes makes everything-sinks showers, toilets-EVERYTHING back up. you know you have issues when your shower turns into a bath.

I also know someone who purged a lot, and the acid from the vomit corroded the pipes in their house-something their parents could nevr get their head around.

All i can say is this-liberal amounts a thick bleach down all your plugholes, toilets etc will help.

I'm not advocating purging. Again, i shall re-iterate that this is a blog about the practicalities of recovery.

take care xxxx