My Name

I just want to clear something up real quick. James is not my real name. It is an alias I use to protect my identity. I would prefer if my parents don't stumble onto this blog by searching up my name. I just wanted to clear that up because I received a message about someone asking my about my identity.

Underweight Models Banned in Israel to Fight Anorexia

Wow, I have been updating a lot.

In the world of eating disorders, there are somethings being done to combat the growing problem.

Skinny underweight models are a thing of the past now in Israel. Starting in 2013, model's BMIs cannot be below 18.5. Anything below 18.5 is considered underweight. Models now have to produce medical records three months prior to a photo shoot of catwalk show. Also, the bill that was passed in March of last year stats that advertisement that are digitally altered to make the model look skinny must be identified. 

The information above was gathered from this website.

When I heard about this new law, it felt like music to my ears.  Finally, a country is doing something about the growing problem of eating disorders brought on by the media. Things like extremely thin and photoshoped celebrities should not be the meaning of beautiful.

Here is an example of what photoshop can do:





In the article, it says 5% of Israelis suffer from an eating disorder which is a relatively high number. This probably meant that body image was more important to the Israelis government than maybe the American government.

Overall I am happy with what Israel has done. I really do hope that other countries will catch on. We have to protect not only our children, but ourselves from this type of manipulation.

Stressed Out

This post is going to be very personal.

Right now I am so stressed out because of my friend Erin. I just want to say we are not dating or anything, we are simply friends. In September of 2012, I started to notice that she kept making comments about people’s weights and about how fat she thought she was. I was worried so I tried telling her that she was beautiful and didn’t need to lose weight. She didn’t believe me. I thought/hoped that it was just a phase.

I believe in November she asked me something that felt like a stake through the heart. She asked if I had any tips to lose weight. Yes I do have a lot of weight loss tips but are they safe? No! For god sakes my heart has almost stopped on more than one occasion! Immediately I gave her a hug. I can’t tell you how sad I felt. I am not joking when I say that I almost cried. I want no one to ever endure the torture that I went through. Erin is such a sweet, lovely girl and she does not deserve something evil like Anorexia.

After she asked me, I asked my mom for advice. I told her I was afraid that Erin was developing an eating disorder. My mom waved it off and told me that is her business and not to worry about it. Well what she said was not what I did. I started to watch her during lunch and noted that she ate smaller portions than she did the year before.

A few days later, I decided to talk to my teacher Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson knows that I have been struggling with an eating disorder for over a year now. I told him that Erin had asked me for weight loss tips and that she kept saying how fat she was. He promised that he would talk to Erin and not mention my name.

Call my paranoid, call my crazy but I don’t care. Anorexia took so much from me and I want no one to ever go through the hell I went through.

James

*Names have been changed to protect the individuals privacy.

New Year’s Resolutions

Yay, it’s the New Year. That means… resolution time! When I set goals, I try and make them easy to achieve. That way, I will stay motivated.

So here are my resolutions:

• Get down to 100lbs by December 31, 2013.
• Shrink my waist down to 27 inches by December 31, 2013.
• Eat less than 1000 calories every day.
• Update this blog at least once every other week.
• Get A’s in all my classes.

One more thing, happy holidays!

Stay strong

James