I posted a similar thread a ways back, a couple board-reboots ago.
Yes, they're for real.
Yes, they trade tips and offer support for (mostly) girls trying to get those last few pounds off.
Yes, it's a little scary.
The best of them have front pages warning viewers that the sites contain "triggering" material, in case you're a recovering anorexic. Some even say they know the quest for thin perfection can't last, but they're not done with it yet, so until they are, they're gonna shed pounds.
Does bring the whole idea of "will" and "self" and "mental illness" into relief.
Article against pro anorexia sites (no links that I saw).
Time Magazine article.
Plenty of links along the side.
Totally In Control proana site.
quote:*Before going to a restaurant or party, think about what you will eat. When you get there, remember your plan. Alcoholic beverages can add lots of calories. Drink a glass of skim milk or some healthy snacks before you leave.
*Don't get discouraged when you plateau. Realize this up front. Plateauing is healthy and necessary. During these times, focus on drinking more water and a little extra walking each day. Remember the three laws of success in dieting: "Consistency, consistency and consistency."
*Use visualization. Picture yourself as you would like to be and focus on that picture as often as possible. Find an old photo that you like of yourself when you were thinner. Have copies made and put one in your purse or wallet, on the refrigerator door, at your desk, on the bathroom mirror and anywhere you can think of to help you visualize your new, thinner self.
*Above all-WRITE IT DOWN. Keep an eating diary. Carry a piece of paper folded up or an index card in your pocket, purse or wallet and write down everything you eat during the day. Look up the foods in a reference book at home in the evening and add up the calories actually consumed.
*Feel your hunger..dont try to suppress it. If your hungry that means your losing weight. You WANT to be hungry. If you're not, you're not doing it right. In time you will get a wonderful high off of being hungry and thoroughly enjoy the sensation. Hunger is not your enemy! The sooner that is realised the sooner you will reach your goals 
*Use symbols. This may sound funny to some of you...or even most of you. Wear an anorexia ring. Its like any other ring but when you wear it, you can't be bad. Wear it all the time. (hint..get a ring a little too small for your fingers...push it on...you'll have a hard time getting it back off and while trying you'll realise you don't really want the food.)
These tips sound a lot like something you might read on the Magick forum here. Only with weight. Reading further down, it's no wonder....
quote:*Which brings us to a major tip. EAT MINDFULLY. Eat in the same place every day, dont do anything but eat, chew slowly, and eventually you will get bored and want to go something else, thus you eat less.
*Find a new interest fairly regularly. I like to pick a topic or an activity each week that i indulge in or research, and it helps to keep your mind off food. Ideally we should be striving to make a plan, and stick to it, without beating ourselves up alll day long, running calories and weights through our heads and promoting an obsession with food. The best way, according to NLP, to remove a fixation with something, is to become fixated with something else. Re-establish your habits.
*Another recommended way, according to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), to stop yourself eating certain foods... is association. In your mind, picture safe foods, a carrot, an apple, and then picture you at your goal weight. Or you can actually line up on the bench, a carrot an apple and a picture of a celebrity or somebody who is as thin as you want to be. Repeat this constantly, and try and do it each day until eventually it will become such habit that as soon as you eat a carrot, you feel good about yourself and inspired. Along with this of course you must picture the food you most have a weakness for, and put that next to a picture of somebody who is fat. Drill this one into your mind. Thats an important one. Eventually you are going to have it so implanted in your brain that you dont even have to think about it.
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