[shannonmb]

Really think about what you are saying. I am going to stuff myself to the point of misery, and now that I don't really like that misery anymore, I'm going to put my finger down my throat, sit down next to the nasty toilet, put my head in there, and bring it all back up. ON PURPOSE. I'm going to set out to literally make myself sick with food and then make myself sick it up.

That doesn't sound unhealthy and disordered?

[saef]

I worried about this post after only reading the title: "selective" purging. I had a feeling of what I'd be in for. As if being "selective" about it makes purging okay. (Any time someone renames something or sticks an adjective in front of it to minimize the plain blunt impact of a noun, beware.)

By now, you have the general idea that none of us think you ought to go anywhere near this behavior, even though it seems so seductive by promising to "get rid of" or cleanse you in some way. And a lot of us who've been through this **** are calling out warnings to you.

I'll add my voice to theirs, if it helps at all. You don't want to get trapped in this cycle. You just don't. It leads to physical & emotional suffering. Who needs more suffering in their life? Seriously. It's hard enough being fat. Why add being bulimic to being fat?

[doinit200]

True, why should I knowingly add a destructive behavior to my already destructive eating habits. That is definitely adding crap upon crap. Thank you all for the information and bluntness as to how much I shouldn't do this. I know a post of this sort can bring up many emotions and personal experiences, thank you for sharing.

[Ruthxxx]

This was a very good thread and I hope it has altered your thinking.
You've received good advice and I'm going to close this thread now.

Please come back and continue to post. It seems that the chicks who have been the most successful are the ones who post the most. (I'm a major exception to that! )