Hi! Just read your blog for the first time...you have a very inspiring story. I came upon your first post and was wondering when along your path did you fall under a healthy weight? You seem to have been doing well/looking healthy through most of the pics

  • Coco

    This question was posed 2 months ago, and I apologize for taking so long to answer! I unfortunately forgot about my formspring and thus hadn't logged in for quite some time.

    Anyway, I have been in and out of the "healthy" weight range in the past year or so. However, I unfortunately have to admit that recently I have struggled a bit more and have fallen back into the "underweight" BMI range. I am now actively gaining weight again and am shooting for a BMI of 20.

    I want to take a minute to point out, though, that even if someone "looks" healthy, that doesn't mean they ARE healthy. I know plenty of women and men who were a healthy weight but were still just as actively struggling with their eating disorders as someone at a lower weight. I happen to be someone who was always naturally on the "smaller" side for my height, which means that when I lost weight, I was almost immediately in the "underweight" zone. However, some people may be at a BMI of 21 or 22 but still be restricting, purging, and overexercising. I just wanted to clear up the myth that all eating-disordered individuals look sick, because that is definitely not true.

  • Coco