Peter Czerwinski - Anorexia: Food Is The Enemy!

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Over a year ago I was hospitalized for an eating disorder. The following article explains exactly what anorexia is and following afterwards is the story of my experience with it.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/other3.htm

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Peter has definately come a long way and I feel great that he's gotten over it. I go to school with him and workout at the same gym and it's been great to see him get better and better, it's an inspiring story.

whats goin on peter. That article you wrote is definitely encouraging since i am a recovering anorexic myself. Im 17 living out here in California so i can relate to your story. I just started weight training not to long ago cause it kinda helps with the eating problem trying to get bigger instead of smaller you know? so yeah that definitely helped out and it would be coo to hear from you so ill talk to you later.

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Don't you think one problem is being replaced by another in this situation? Anorexia is a huge problem and a hard disease to fight, however I don't think this young man has gotten over any self image issues. At least to me, it seems like the image in his head of what he should look like has just transferred to something else.

However on the flip side, I do think this new image he has is much healthier. He is eating well and exercising well and this is all a lot healthier than anorexia. I think he's done a very good job of overcoming anorexia and becoming healthier, all I'm saying is that the self-image problems have not been solved. I guess I'm not sure wether or not its ok to have self-image problems like this as long as youre healthy. I dont know. But good job with becoming healthier.

(BTW I dont want this to be taken in any negative way. This is just what ran thru my head when I read the article. my first gut reaction.)

I was recently anorexic, and I could not beleive your story was similar to mine. I have always been skinny weighing 109. My depression came from school. I just could not stand some person picking on other people or beating them up for no reason then running around the school saying " I beat them up, you should see their face." I am picked on freqently for coming from the North, therefore I am called a damn Yankee. Kids would tell others that I said something about them just to see a fight break out. I became Anorexic actually without knowing. I simply did not feel hungury. I only ate a bag of popcorn you get out of the vending machines , which only had about 8 carbs, and that was all I ate the rest of the day. Or drink half a cup of capichino. It became hard for me to even walk because my legs would get so sore. I remember seeing girls run across the gyme during a pep rally and saying"I wish I could do that." My parents took me to a docter and my weigh in was 76Ibs. I had low blood pressure and extremly low calcium.The doc wanted to send me to get help. I don't know If any one has heard of Mary Kate Oleson, but they are hospitalizing her for a month, they were going to send me away for 2 months. I finally realized my situation when it was hard to even sit because my bones stuck out so much.

I became addicted to ice cream and my parents had to by 1 GALLEN A DAY , sounds alot I know! I learn to eat more but I still keep exercising.
I did it and anyone how suffers with this can to.
YOU CAN DO ANY THING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO.
THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH POSIBILITIES.
Thanks!
Surfee

I found your story, both here and in Teenbodybuilding.com absolutely inspirational. I do not agree with the contributor who states that one image problem was replaced by another - you seem like an articulate, active and well-rounded young man. What can happen is that any eating disorder can simply creep up on you and become destructive before you know it.
Anyway, it has not destroyed you, and it won't. I suggest that you look closely at becoming a professional health worker and helping others in your former predicament.

Eileen O'Brien, Dublin, Ireland.

I thought this article was very honest and enlightening, especially since we typically only think of females as being anorexic. Thanks for the dose of reality! It took alot of courage.