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Yes, that is literally impossible. However, she looks just awful. I find this to be heartbreaking.
Julia Antipova seriously ill
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Yes, that is literally impossible. However, she looks just awful. I find this to be heartbreaking.
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I admit, I'm no good with weights that are given in anything other than stone. So, I just took the story as being correct.
But, whatever weight she is, it isn't enough.
Please do all you can to get well, Julia
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Her parents told that she's still not allowed any real food, only some special liquids and 30 gramms of her favorite chocolate. I wish her all the best with all my heart!
One thing I would point out is that those pictures look like the same as that was on the Russian TV special a month or so ago.
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Poor girl, and she's not the only one who has dealt with that in the sport. I feel so bad for her, and wish her the best.
I'm not sure what you mean by "point of no return", but as a former anorexic, my experience is that the longer it went on, the harder it was to lose weight. That's partly because the body starts to slow down to conserve energy (slower metabolism, lower body temperature, etc.) and partly because your weight influences your daily caloric requirements, and the less weight (and less muscle) you have, the fewer calories you need. Plus, to some degree, your body starts to adapt to a lower weight.
I really hope she gets the help she needs. I know from personal experience that it's a long road back, but like another poster said somewhere in the thread, it is possible to re-program the brain. And that's exactly what it is.
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I can't either. Sounds awful. I remember her now, from Worlds last year. How terribly sad. I repeat your prayers, Sam-Skwantch.
She is looking thin, but she's also growing, and people often look like rails until they fill out enough to catch up to their height. A couple of years ago I was looking through some old pics, and was really surprised to see how thin I looked when I hit my growth spurt. But within a few months, I started to fill out.
No, Elena is ok, she is only very young, she has not fully developed, I would be worried if she still has that body at 20 years old, same with Polina.
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If you think that how she looks is in any way normal and healthy for a 16 year old, or if you think that how she looks is just as if she is going through a growth spurt, I honestly do not know how to help you. I highly and sincerely suggest that you seek some help gaining perspective on what people at a healthy weight (even VERY thin people at a healthy weight) actually look like. Your perception is extremely distorted.
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FWIW...I think Peg was referring to Radionova and not the picture of Julia.
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Yes, so do I - somebody upthread mentioned Radionova, and it was a response to that.
