Part1 of overcoming my dieting issues with Banana Girl
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I've watched quite a few if your videos before regarding veganism/raw veganism and exercise and what not, I've been vegan properly for about 4 months now. Not including the slip ups I've had these past two weeks but I know how you feel. I was diagnosed with anorexia when I was 13/14 years old and then it progressed to full fledged bulimia when I turned 16/17.
I'm 18 now and I'm struggling quite a bit and I still try and restrict on my vegan lifestyle and I binge on a lot of it because I try to restrict. It's not easy but I really hope I'll get there. I've decided to become a raw vegan considering i already eat a lot of veggies and fruit we'll I try too anyway. Is it weird that when I first started watching your videos that I suspected you of having a history with eating disorders? Not being rude but I can definitely relate to you 100%.
C'mon guys, she's not lying to us or anything. Orthorexia is a type of ED but I think she's just helping people and educating people on this lifestyle if raw vegan/veganism and by telling basically the whole world that she had an ed is very brave and she shouldn't be ridiculed for it at all.
Go free lee!
Date: 2020-08-08
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Cass
No, it does not cure eating disorders. I was talking to my own therapist today about this and she says it's very very difficult to fix the way you think and feel about yourself with a diet. It trades in one obbsession for the other. In my treatment facility, you aren't even allowed to be on a vegan or vegetarian diet while in treatment. I know that if I was to go on a vegan diet right now, it wouldn't end well. It still seems like an obbsessive diet. You can only eat fruit and certain complex carbs. What happens if you eat something other than fruit? You're gonna feel like shit about yourself. Maybe this diet worked for you, but it doesn't work for most people with eating disorders. It isn't all about the weight, otherwise I would have stopped at some point after losing so much weight and been like yea, I like how I look now so I'm gonna stop. No, the eating disorder doesn't go away once your body looks better. Stop making people feel bad for eating the things that they eat. It's especially detrimental to people who are still suffering when you make them feel bad for what they are eating.
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No, it does not cure eating disorders. I was talking to my own therapist today about this and she says it's very very difficult to fix the way you think and feel about yourself with a diet. It trades in one obbsession for the other. In my treatment facility, you aren't even allowed to be on a vegan or vegetarian diet while in treatment. I know that if I was to go on a vegan diet right now, it wouldn't end well. It still seems like an obbsessive diet. You can only eat fruit and certain complex carbs. What happens if you eat something other than fruit? You're gonna feel like shit about yourself. Maybe this diet worked for you, but it doesn't work for most people with eating disorders. It isn't all about the weight, otherwise I would have stopped at some point after losing so much weight and been like yea, I like how I look now so I'm gonna stop. No, the eating disorder doesn't go away once your body looks better. Stop making people feel bad for eating the things that they eat. It's especially detrimental to people who are still suffering when you make them feel bad for what they are eating.
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MsSilentH
I think a lot of people confuse Freelee's videos about counting calories and showing how much fruit she eats in a day for her having an eating disorder. She's doing this for people to have information about this lifestyle. In the beginning, you really need to count calories until it becomes second nature. Breaking a 20+ year habit and creating a new one is HARD. I'm still learning myself, so I do use cronometer on days where I just am not sure if I got enough calories, but now I don't think much about what I eat. 10 banana smoothies become just what I enjoy in the morning. I don't have to plan out all of my meals, I just make them. This is just her showing us how to start, how to stay on track, it's not an eating disorder. Some raw vegans may have an eating disorder but I doubt Freelee does in her personal life. She knows what to eat and how much. She does more than just think about food.
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I think a lot of people confuse Freelee's videos about counting calories and showing how much fruit she eats in a day for her having an eating disorder. She's doing this for people to have information about this lifestyle. In the beginning, you really need to count calories until it becomes second nature. Breaking a 20+ year habit and creating a new one is HARD. I'm still learning myself, so I do use cronometer on days where I just am not sure if I got enough calories, but now I don't think much about what I eat. 10 banana smoothies become just what I enjoy in the morning. I don't have to plan out all of my meals, I just make them. This is just her showing us how to start, how to stay on track, it's not an eating disorder. Some raw vegans may have an eating disorder but I doubt Freelee does in her personal life. She knows what to eat and how much. She does more than just think about food.
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Armanda
Great video! Showing your vulnerability, letting go of negative thinking: sounds like you've overcome your eating disorder. Now that I eat loads of fruits I do feel more balanced and peaceful. Thank you so much for your motivational videos, you are a wonderful and inspiring, beautiful person. And I can see the love in your lives, it's lovely!
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Great video! Showing your vulnerability, letting go of negative thinking: sounds like you've overcome your eating disorder. Now that I eat loads of fruits I do feel more balanced and peaceful. Thank you so much for your motivational videos, you are a wonderful and inspiring, beautiful person. And I can see the love in your lives, it's lovely!
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beans&tomatoes
I wonder if you ever eat in any social events, like with your family and friends, on a normal outing, in a normal cafe or restaurant or cafeteria. Nope, I don't think so. And nope, I don't think you overcame your eating disorder. Yours is compulsion in the name of health. Stop being in denial. get some real help.
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I wonder if you ever eat in any social events, like with your family and friends, on a normal outing, in a normal cafe or restaurant or cafeteria. Nope, I don't think so. And nope, I don't think you overcame your eating disorder. Yours is compulsion in the name of health. Stop being in denial. get some real help.
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mana269
I have been battling anorexia for seven years and I am experiencing what you refer to as newtons law. I am so incredibly depressed, but your videos give me hope! I am at a healthy weight now and I hopefully will be able to lower my weight so I can be lean and healthy like you!
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I have been battling anorexia for seven years and I am experiencing what you refer to as newtons law. I am so incredibly depressed, but your videos give me hope! I am at a healthy weight now and I hopefully will be able to lower my weight so I can be lean and healthy like you!
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Nicole
Thank you for sharing this. Most people don't want to talk about this. Don't listen to the people who tell you that raw vegan is an eating disorder. It's what's right and good for your body. I appreciate your honestly and openness. Keep it up. :)
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Thank you for sharing this. Most people don't want to talk about this. Don't listen to the people who tell you that raw vegan is an eating disorder. It's what's right and good for your body. I appreciate your honestly and openness. Keep it up. :)
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Mariah
This was my life. The anorexic part. All my teen years revolved around starving and pigging out and hating myself and it was so miserable. So good to see someone thriving that went through the same crap. Thank you for sharing!
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This was my life. The anorexic part. All my teen years revolved around starving and pigging out and hating myself and it was so miserable. So good to see someone thriving that went through the same crap. Thank you for sharing!
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Aravinda
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miranda
That's a load of bull and you should know that. You're brain cells fatty acids to function. And as far as anorexia goes I've known vegans, vegetarians that have become anorexic and or bulimic.
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That's a load of bull and you should know that. You're brain cells fatty acids to function. And as far as anorexia goes I've known vegans, vegetarians that have become anorexic and or bulimic.
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