Tue. Oct 20, 2009 | 4:02 PM
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Dangerous diets...

These eating disorders can have especially dire results for women who admit to starving themselves for a specific reason... we'll meet ladies who save their calories so they can drink and party all night! Then, a woman so fearful of her boyfriend leaving her due to weight gain, she restricts her calories to a bare minimum and pushes the limits of working out... while pregnant! Later, we'll meet Brooke, star of the new TLC show "Child Frozen in Time." Brooke looks and acts like an infant... but is actually 16 years old. Plus, a guest who is so obsessed with being on top of the latest trends -- she actually wants Tyra to shave off her eyebrows for her!


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this is terrible. eating disorders affect everyone around the disordered. as a person recovering from a disorder i can see exactly how this woman feels. this isn't someone who is 'dieting', this is someone who is hurting psychologically. it doesnt make it any less harmful to her unborn child but its like being addicted to heroin and getting pregnant. you can just all of the sudden eat like normally one day and be normal for 9 months. it hurts, a lot. the stomach acid feels like its eating your insides when you eat. sometimes you cant stop yourself from purging or spitting the food back out. if she was being selfish, she would be out partying wrecklessly pregnant, or horseback riding, this is a psychological condition. instead of being condescending, tyra should have gotten her to a clinic and had them give her a feeding tube for the rest of her pregnancy.
Posted by Erin 11/19/09 1:22 PM
 
I am so disgusted with that pregnant woman, how selfish are you? She obviously will not be a good mom, she lacks common sense and maturity. For one she is worried about some jerk and what he thinks and she is abusing her baby. I have had an eating disorder for 10 years and I still find NO excuse or sympathy for her.
Posted by Stacsi 11/19/09 9:02 AM
 
I have to agree with Megan here. Anybody with an eating disorder who stumbles upon this thread will be offended. Nobody on this thread seems to be acknowledging the fact that having an eating disorder is a genuine psychological addiction, much like heroin and alcohol dependency. Anyone in the psychiatric community will tell you that usually, like drug and alcohol addictions, it often has roots in anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, and trauma issues that manifest themselves in self-esteem problems. Some people have obsessive-compulsive disorders that make them turn lights on and off thirty times when they enter a room, and some have the type of OCD that makes them obsessively weigh food and count caloric intake. Several studies have been done on the drug-like effects that disordered eating can cause in a person and the chemical changes that happen in a "starved" brain. Look them up before you are so quick to judge these women. Just like any other addiction, it will creep up on someone and act as a crutch when they cannot deal with the reality of very stressful situations (i.e. losing a job or a loved one), a person will starve/binge/purge themselves and fall off the wagon just like an alcoholic might. It takes months and sometimes years of treatment to deal with and eradicate this problem, and you cannot turn it off like a light switch. Megan, my thoughts are with you and I hope you stay strong!
Posted by D.S. 11/18/09 8:09 PM
 
I really dont understand how you can starve your own child just to "look good". Being pregnant myself I can understand the feeling of "oh god im fat" its hard not to feel that way somedays but then you remember why and i just call it "fake fat". But I do have to say that if her boyfriend is low enough to leave her or something just because she would be taking care of their child properly then he doesnt deserve her and hes just a pig to not find her all the more beautiful. I think pregnant women are absolutly beautiful, what isnt beautiful about producing a life?
Posted by ashlee 11/18/09 8:02 AM
 
Aloha! yek
Posted by Gundosuve 11/16/09 4:08 PM
 
i jus want to put a little knowledge into some people....first of all i sufer from an eating disorder...its not something you jus aquire out of the blue. its a mental disorder...secondly you have no right to say 'oh jus eat something its not that hard' well until you know wut its like to have an eating disorder dont put ur advice all over the internet. it isnt something you can jus turn on and off wenever u want to. the girls in this episode obviously need help, but they dont need the "help" and "advice" you believe you are offering. ive been to a recovery center n it sucks n its really scary, so i dont blame these girls for not seeking help. stop trying to "fix" girls like me, you have no right to n dont hav the authority to thanks
Posted by megan 11/13/09 7:22 AM
 
Women who do this are just selfish. There is no reason in the world to deprive your baby of the things it needs just so you won't get fat. That is beyond ridiculous! I, myself, am 6 1/2 months pregnant and I've gained 20lbs... do I look any different? Yes b.c I have a belly that my beautiful baby is growing in!!! My face, arms, and legs look no different. These women who starve their babies need to realize that their mothers didnt do this to them so they do not need to do this to their babies! It is just so cruel and wrong.
Posted by Candida 11/09/09 6:07 AM
 
Aloha! hdb
Posted by Gundosplw 11/09/09 1:54 AM
 
I HONESTLY HATE WHEN PEOPLE THINK THAT OMG IM GONNA GET FAT AFTER THE BABY SO LET ME NOT EAT RIGHT AND STAY IN SHAPE, AND THE WORST THING IS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IT LIKE IF ITS A JOKE!! ITS NOT A JOKE!!!!! I ANT BELEIVE THAT THERES PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THAT ONLY THINK ABOUT THEIR SELVES..... IM 18 I GOT PREGNANT WHEN I WAS 16 HAD MY FIRST CHILD WHEN I WAS 17 AND GOT MARRIED AT AGE 17.... I TOOK CARE OF MY BABY LIKE I'VE NEVER TOOK CARE OF ANYTHING BEFORE. ONCE YOUR PREGNANT YOUR BECOME A MOM THERE!!!! SO WHEN I SAW THIS SHOW I WAS SO MAD.... ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT GOOD LUCK AND BE A BETTER PERSON!! AND MOTHER!!!!
Posted by jennifer cruz 11/07/09 1:48 PM
 
Aloha! fvc
Posted by Gundosphu 11/05/09 6:25 PM
 
first things first women know that u r carrying a creation of God. he is the one that gave u life so u better love child the same way that he loves u. as 4 that woman u better start eating n let Ur baby grow n then u can do whatever u want to do to yourself after the birth of your child. to women -pleas be natural in whatever u do n be proud ."health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth,faithfulness the best relationship by Buddha
Posted by perpetua 11/04/09 2:20 AM
 
Aloha! dxb
Posted by Gundosuix 11/03/09 1:36 PM
 
Aloha! cgw
Posted by Gundosqha 11/01/09 10:47 PM
 
I cannot believe that Pregorexic women! That is ridiculous, and its not illegal? Why wouldn't she just NOT HAVE A BABY if she didn't want to loose her figure? Also if she wasn't anorexic before she got pregnant then thats even more messed up. When I was watching this episode, I got so upset, I wish I was there, I'm sorry Tyra, but I would have interrupted the show to yell at her. She was murdering her child in the womb, so she wouldn't gain weight, does she not have brains or a heart? Like I said if you don't want to loose your figure than DON'T GET PREGNANT! What type of person would do that, and I still can't believe that's not illegal.
Posted by Taylor Chebro 10/30/09 11:24 AM
 
i cant believe this selfish women would go that far and starve her baby just so she could stay skinny...its just 9 months she can get over it i hope she gets her baby taken away so that her baby can live with someone that cares about he or she...that is ridculos she should feel ashames of her self!!!!i have never seen anyone so selfish and she does not deserve to be a mother im only 15 and im sure i could do a better job!! anyways i love you tyra ur an inspiration to me i watch ur show everyday after school :)
Posted by haley paige 10/30/09 8:43 AM



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