Eating Disorders: public or silent enemy?

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Laura Lepisto is 2009 European Champion and 2010 World Bronze medalist, she collected both European silver and bronze medal in 2010 and 2008. She is medalist from both Challenger Series and Grand Prix. She works as Brand manager for Riedell skates.

https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/laura-lepistös-autobiography-published-april-2024-in-finland.111718/
- user Sylvia from FS Universe Forum translated some excerpts from Laura's book published in the article
- Laura's book was published in April 2024

https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli...oni-raiskattiin-niin-taysin/8915334#gs.9esune (article)

- "There is a lot of critical discussion about sports. The general narrative is that it's really brutal and mentally draining. I wanted the book to be realistic and unflattering, but if you think about life in general, a good life also includes bad moments. However, they do not take away from the fact that overall my experience of the athlete's path was good. It included light and shadows," Lepistö said in an interview with STT.
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Lepistö fought injuries for two years. They were known in public, but the other thing that overshadowed him was not. In the spring of 2009, Lepistö's weight had dropped so much that her periods disappeared.

"After a visit to the gynecologist, the menstrual cycle was restored with birth control pills, but later, already in my thirties and long after the end of my sports career, it took a year and a half from stopping the e-pills to start menstruating again."


I don't know how many users here are speaking Finnish and if somebody read the book. If so and there would be some mentions about Eating Disorders and other mentions about losing weight and period...feel free to write summary here.

 

[sisinka]

Ye Bin Mok is an American skater, JGP medalists, she finished at 5th place at Junior World Championships 2003, at 6th place at US National Championships 2003.

She had good and elegant presentation and good jumps.

https://youtu.be/wKM_Ci8OmVA?si=j1uGCzmTzBQ5_-Cs - her Swan Short Program at National Championships 2003.

Unfortunately Ye Bin Mok was struggling with a lot of things both on and off ice, one of them being Eating Disorders.

https://charactermedia.com/august-i...he-ice-after-struggling-with-eating-disorder/

- “It’s not uncommon for my skating peers to do that [too],” Mok noted. “After I would eat, I’d throw up. Or, I would just drive from fast food to fast food to fast food just to fill the void, and then feel bad about it.”

She became wracked with guilt, but it was guilt borne out of a desire to be perfect.

- Mok’s life became a competition. She recalled talking with other figure skaters about the number of calories she took in and the amount of time she devoted to working out. Each girl wanted to outdo the other.

- She had whittled down her daily caloric intake to a dangerously low 710. To put that in perspective, it is recommended that healthy young women take in around 2,000 calories a day. A young, extremely athletic woman could easily take in more than that because the more active you are, the more calories you burn.
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- Ye Bin Mok teaches skating and is also training to be a yoga instructor, ...

- She urges young skaters to consider the world outside of competition, and to consider skating solely for the love of it. “As a performer, I simply invite people to come to the venue, to come into what is ‘my world,’ and my goal is to simply touch and inspire people through performances.”

I am adding her to the list.