I need to talk to people who suffer from eating disorders. why?

dont take this seriously, its just for an english project. i just need to talk to people who suffer from eating disorders. could you please tell me how old you are, when you started having problems about your body image, and why you think you need to be skinny? what do you think is so good about the ideal image the media portrays? who is your role model?
since i was doing this project.. i thought i should actually talk to REAL people who suffer through these problems and hear REAL facts other than facts from authors who just have statistics.

please help me!
i will respect your privacy and not ask you other
questions other than explaining in a little more
detail what youre talking about..

thank you everybody.

I did have issues with body image and eating disorders. I grew up very skinny as a child; all my friends were chubby...around puberty i gained lots of weight and my friends became pretty. I had problems. What started as a low carb diet turned into no carbs..3 hrs a night of exercise..and eventually no food at all. I continously starved myself unless i felt weak i would eat some crackers, cheese, or drink water. I became obsessed..i lost alot of weight and looked skinny. I was still curvy not terrifying skinny, but i was getting boney. Anyway..im older now 21 and i still have issues with body image..i think once a girl or guy has an issue, it never leaves them unless they find a way to love themself. I am heavier now then i was at the time of my eating disorder..i still have issues with trying to lose weight..im working on loving myself. But i think our society makes it hard for young girls to love what god gave them and who they are.