So people don't get suspicious.
We don't do it for other people.

 

Because people try to stop us from losing weight. I personally don't lose weight so other people will like how I look- its just a compulsion. I HAVE to keep losing. And if other people knowing about might try to stop me then I have to hide it so I can keep doing it.

 

it's funny really, the more weight i lost, the more layers of clothing i wore... for the reason of hiding (but also cold).

my body dysmorphia (the ED related kind) got worse as i lost more and i didn't want people looking at my body.

 

I don't try to hide it. It's the trying to hide that makes it suspicious.

People won't ask you if you're lost if you don't look lost.

I just act nonchalant & take care of my appearance.

Though, most people aren't as likely to suspect someone male has this sort of issue.

That bit is both a blessing & a curse.

 

Because people get worried, and the sufferer gets upset, thinking that people will worry.

But never content with what they see when the layers of clothing come off, so they keep suffering.

 

I am nowhere near as low as I want to weigh so I hide it so that people don't see my disgusting fat. Also any comments about my body make me extremely uncomfortable

 

Old thoughts, old words.

 

i think its both to keep other people from worrying (as mentioned above) and then when youre not consming enough calories to maintain body heat, you feel cold all the time

 

Personally I *sometimes* show off my body (skinny jeans, vests, etc not nudes) when I am in a 'good day'.

It's mainly for me, to stop parents, friends, etc noticing more than needed and becoming a part of it and begging for recovery. My mum was always a little strange with me, she wasn't belittling, but the way she spoke about my weight loss made me feel uncomfortable.

It just makes it easier for me, when no one 'knows' and gets involved - I can just do what I please in regards to eating or not eating.

Although I admit, when I reach my GW or lower, I will be happier to show off my body via skinny jeans, vests, shorts, etc more often.

 

Because I don't want to get caught again.

 

Yea like a couple people have already said, it's basically because for the most part it isn't about other people, even it it started as such, by the time "Ana" turns into Anorexia, it isn't about anything but you and the disease and how you can please your personification of it.

However, I think Anas show their bodies off to other Anas because we'll always find one another thinness tragically beautiful and inspiring to a certain extent

Well...that's how I feel anyway ^u^

 

My family is a sort of "chubby" family and i'm the thinnest and I don't want them to get suspicious about that :/

 

Because being forced to gain all the weight back would be counter productive

 

Okay i'm gonna go with something that no one has mentioned yet.
And this was JUST me, i'm not diagnosed with Anorexia.

I got colder a helluva lot easier.
I had no reason to cover up. I am a grown adult, I don't live near my parents. I don't know anyone around here.

I covered up b/c I felt even fatter than when i first started losing weight. I was so insecure with my body I didn't want to show off my belly or just anything.
That was how fat i felt. I've always been self-conscious with my appearance, but this just takes the cake (no pun intended).
It had absolutely nothing to do with what people were thinking about me.

 

The thinner I get, the fatter I feel.
I don't want people to know I've lost weight.
I want to know I've lost weight.

 

I started off as wanting to lose weight for other people, but now it's just completely compulsive.

It would be a nightmare for someone to find out and force me to put weight on, that's the reason why I try to hide it.

 

I didnt used to understand, but now that Im losing more and more weight and I want to keep going, I totally get it... people have been commenting on my weight more often... but Im trying to just act normal about it... like I tell everyone I exercise every day, sometimes twice. But I usually dont have the energy. .. soon I wont be able to lie... so I totally get why people start doing it

 

If we're found out it'll ruin everything we've worked so hard for. Hiding weight loss ensures its continuation.

 

I am not diagnosed with anorexia either, but I mostly do it because I am cold most of the time. It also feels better to wear baggy clothes. Somehow I feel even fatter if I wear skin tight clothes. Also it keep my family from getting worried. I don't care what my friends think.

 

don't want anyone stopping you before you get to your ugw

 

I do it to stay out of the hospital and avoid concern. I wanted weight loss to be ok with myself and to take up less space in the world, so drawing attention to myself by showing my weight loss was the last thing I want to do.

 

I wear a larger size or two, but I don't really hide it unless I'm near friends or family. That's when I heavy sweaters and sweat pants.

 

Bulimics generally hover around an average weight, so when they lose, it looks good. On the downside, people often can't tell that someone with bulimia is suffering. Anorexia, however, is characterized by extreme weight loss. Not Victoria Secret "look good in a bikini" skinny. Bone skinny. And that makes their illness very obvious to other people, who then, out of care and concern, try to help them get healthy. If they don't want to be healthy, that's a problem. So they hide their weight loss.

 

I'm ashamed of my body. Fat or thin, it needs to be hidden. I'm not necessarily hiding the weight loss as much as I am the weight thats still there

 

Even though I can't bring myself to put on weight, I know I look like shit and want to hide it as much as possible. If nothing else, it helps to minimise the comments from family, friends and random strangers.

And, as others have said, it's bloody cold and layering helps!