Ana Tips & Tricks

Please note: These tips aren't made by me nor do I necessarily agree with ALL of them. Take what you need and don't abuse yourself.

1. WATER. I can't say it enough. Waterwaterwaterwaterwater!

2. Three words: Crest White Strips. Here's the deal. You're supposed to wear these on your upper and lower teeth for 30 minutes each, 2 times a day. And you definitely cannot eat while you've got them on. You can have up to 2 hours a day without any eating! If you put them on 15 minutes before a meal, then you can't eat dinner with your family. Say you'll eat later on.

3. Ride out the hour. When you start to get hungry, just tell yourself (and others, if needed) that you'll wait till the end of the hour to eat anything. That way, you'll have time to think about whether you really want all those disgusting calories.

4. Move around! Bounce your feet, wiggle your fingers, every little calorie counts.

5. Feel your bones. Just wrap your fingers around your wrist or along your collarbone. This will help you realize that you're making progress and will also deter you from eating in fear you'll loose all your progress.

6. Pick a time for every night that you will not eat after. Most people say not to eat after 6 P.M., but if your family has dinner around 6:30, then that obviously isn't practical. Choose a time that works for you.

7. Frequent Pro-Ana sites, forums, and blogs. Do you think you'll want to eat after reading trigger-happy quotes and looking at skinny models?

8. Keep your wallet at home. That way, you can't buy food.

9. Exercise before you eat. This will give you time to really think what you want to eat, and it will make you more comfortable eating knowing you just burned some calories.

10. Get your sleep. Not sleeping will slow down your metabolism and will make you more likely to overeat.

11. Buy clothes a size smaller, that way it'll give you a small goal to work towards.

12.This tip is a little different from most Pro-Ana advice. Keep your house cold during the day, and hot at night. Sleep with heavy blankets and long sleeves. This will help you shed water weight.

13. Follow the "Thin Commandments"
If you aren't thin, you're ugly.
Being thin is more important than being healthy.
You must do anything to make yourself thinner.
Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty.
Thou shall not eat fattening foods without punishing yourself accordingly.
Thou shall always count calories.
The scale is everything.
Losing=Life, Gaining=Death.
You must become thin.
Being thin and not eating are signs of true willpower and success.

14. Save the money that you would normally spend on food to buy yourself something that you actually want, like a new scale or diet pills.

15. Focus really hard on what you're eating the first few bites. It gets kinda boring, doesn't it?

16. Work on your posture. When you sit up straight, you burn more calories than if you were slouching.

17. Leave traces of food around the house. This will make your parents think you're snacking throughout the day. For example, make yourself some toast, spread the butter, then leave the buttery knife in the sink. Then, you can leave crumbs on your plate. Throw the toast away.

18. If you're in college, schedule classes during meal times. You can't eat in class, can you?

19. Do something you enjoy instead of eating. Take a bath, play with a pet, read a book, exercise, do whatever works for you.

20. Peppermints supposedly curb your appetite. But be careful with this.. each mint has 20 calories. Some sugar-free mints only have 5 calories.