Katie Lowes Quotes

Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.

I used to starve myself to death.

I realized I was an anorexic, a bulimic, and a compulsive overeater.

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves.

I've never personally been anorexic.

While I was never diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia at the time, I've learned that starving myself and bingeing means I had both.

I couldn't be anorexic because I like food too much, and I couldn't be bulimic because I hate throwing up too much.

Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.

I wasn't strong enough to have an eating disorder. I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that's not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.

I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.

For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which at its worst caused me to lose half of my hair and brought my weight down dramatically.

I don't think just being skinny means necessarily anorexic.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.

The story with anorexic girls - nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion.

I had a very unhealthy relationship with food that turned into bulimia.

It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic.

I think I look very healthy. You've already seen what I've eaten, so I couldn't be anorexic, and I wouldn't throw up if you paid me $1,000, so I'm not bulimic. Okay, for $1,000 I would stick my finger down my throat, but throwing up is the worst thing in the world.

Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.

I don't understand anorexia; I'm too greedy to ever not eat... I just can't do it.

I think my anorexia was to do with being a teenager, not being in films.

The reason most people get eating disorders is because they want to be skinny, but they do it stupidly, and they stop eating completely - nobody knows anything about nutrition or exercise. I think it should be a separate subject in school.