u/-justabigail-

The title might be weird/kinda confusing (like why are you proud of yourself for eating pizza?), but I’m 16 year old girl and am in the process of recovering from an eating disorder(anorexia). I’m still underweight, but I’m slowly getting to a healthier weight. The goal is to be healthy, not unhealthily skinny. I’ve been doing really well with eating recently, and one of my fear foods was pizza. I had two pieces for dinner yesterday. I’M PROUD OF MYSELF :)

I’m a 16 year old girl. I have a brother who’s 18. We usually get along really well and do joke around with each other a lot, but I feel like there are certain things you shouldn’t say to people. I’ve been actually eating a more normal amount lately instead of restricting myself. I’m still underweight but am working on getting to a healthy weight. I’m also going to start going to go to the gym and start lifting weights so I can look healthy and fit instead of unhealthily skinny.

When I eat dinner or even just a snack, my brother sometimes will be like “you’re gonna get so fat” jokingly and comment about how I’m eating a lot (even though I’m eating a normal amount or even less than I should be). I told him that this bothers me and to stop saying it, and he said “it’s just a joke. You’re being so sensitive. You’re obviously really skinny and have never been fat in your life” and acted surprised that it even bothers me. He feels like these are okay things to say/jokes to say since in reality I am really skinny but in my mind I struggle with body image and am hard on myself, wanting to be as skinny as possible.