somewhat swimming related

I'd be SHOCKED if she always ate that much. It just doesn't seem possible for someone that thin to eat THAT much on a regular basis. But maybe she has a metabolism from GOD and can get away with it ... my guess is at least USUALLY watches what she eats.

Just want to add that tone is not detectable on boards. Sometimes things that would be funny when spoken don't translate well to only the written form. It's hard to know when people are kidding or serious sometimes ...

Originally posted by SwiminONandON I'd be SHOCKED if she always ate that much. It just doesn't seem possible for someone that thin to eat THAT much on a regular basis. But maybe she has a metabolism from GOD and can get away with it ... my guess is at least USUALLY watches what she eats. When I go to the car wash, I will ask her.

What's up with all the thin railed celebrities these days. Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Ritchie, Misha Barton - they are all becoming skeletons...and the list goes on. I don't care to see where the humerus connects to the radius and ulna! Anyone else? Don't these women know that men like meat; dogs like bones!

Skeltor was a cartoon, not a role model ... seriously it's gross ...

Originally posted by Karen Duggan Woof :) I could feed a small cannibalistic country for a year! :p No bones about it! Karen, I'll bet my right arm that isn't true.

Don't know for sure, but often people with anorexic- bulimic type behaviors often "purge" after a big meal... ....not to be confused with some masters swimmers after a 1650 free...

Actually bulimia and anorexia are more complicated than that. Typically people think of bulimics as bingers and purgers and anorexics as non-eaters. In reality usually someone with that type of eating disorder exhibits both behaviors. Bulmics tend not to be "anorexically" thin since many of the nutrients and calories are absorbed before they purge. Anorexia is defined more by weight than by eating habits as most anoreixs will binge and purge from time to time ... does that make sense?

One time in college I binged on beer. Then I purged. Does that make me a bulimic? OK, it actually happened more than once.

Originally posted by Karen Duggan Originally posted by Peter Cruise Heh, hem, cough cough. Sorry I had something stuck in my throat! I don't know, I don't think you can get any more stupid than to forget to do the most natural physiological function there is! :p I forget to breathe sometimes when I'm concentrating really hard....