Elzani

[Happyheart11]

Has anyone noticed her body checking on her latest TikTok’s? Her day in the life videos in particular. She would literally be in her bra and knickers. I would reckon she would rewatch those clips and zoom into every part of her body. I think elzani is clearly struggling and it’s hard to watch. I’m rooting for her

 

[HairyBerries]

She doesn’t post a lot now in general? Sometimes I forget about her because I never see her post. How old is she? Surely she’s mid 20s?

I think most of her content is Anorexia-related so she probably wants to keep away from that now, understandably. To me Elzani comes across as the type of chick who would possibly want to take after her mother and become stay-at-home looking after kids or something. No offense but her sister Satara is a bit unhinged to me, and their sister Alisha seems to have it quite together. (Boyfriend, fit body, good job now, I believe, and has moved already?) Idk must be hard as the oldest to see your middle sibling make it before you do. I'm sure it contributes to some of Elzani's issues. Alisha should give her some advice maybe, I think if Elzani focused on counselling for other Anorexic patients or did nutrition courses treating ED she could make a world of difference in her community. (Online, and in person)

 

[HairyBerries]

It's kind of strange that she's still uploading videos with her boyfriend in when they've since broken up

maybe they're still friends ?

 

[HairyBerries]

A bit off topic. I am pretty sure her EX is called Ben king. Seen a TikTok on my for you page and it looks as though he also is in recovery for anorexia. I thought it was an interesting link. Maybe they met on the ward?

Damn that's crazy I had no idea, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least bit it's not like she could get out much with her Anorexia.

 

[LS932]

Her insta story suggests they might be back together

 

[poppyflower]

i think shes a nice girl, but what i think is wrong is how shes 22, doesnt leave the house and practically latches on to her mom and grandma, and doesnt try to get out and have a life or a job at this age, and the parents seem to encourage it. she spends so much time in the kitchen, how can she recover and get healthy if she just surrounds herself with the thing that makes her so uncomfortable, all she talks about is food or wanting to eat sed foods. she makes her life about it. you can see that this isolation has made her so out of touch with the world and a little strange socially, its not healthy. she would do so much better if she just got a job, made some friends and grew up without her family treating her that she is her disorder and not a human. everyone has their shit about them, but you dont make your life about it. I have social anxiety, but i dont let it feature me as a person, i just work around it, thats what she needs to do.

 

[Happyheart11]

She doesn’t post a lot now in general? Sometimes I forget about her because I never see her post. How old is she? Surely she’s mid 20s?

 

[macrofriendly]

Has anyone noticed her body checking on her latest TikTok’s? Her day in the life videos in particular. She would literally be in her bra and knickers. I would reckon she would rewatch those clips and zoom into every part of her body. I think elzani is clearly struggling and it’s hard to watch. I’m rooting for her

I don't have Tik Tok, do you have a link?

 

[HairyBerries]

Omg she has a new bf !

 

[HairyBerries]

I noticed that! How lovely!

They kinda look like siblings lol

 

[HairyBerries]

Her latest tiktok

Aw damn. Things were going very well for her finally, I don't know about a second run of Anorexia that's extremely hard to overcome again for most patients. If anything it can stick around for life and things turn dark, but I don't think she's anywhere near there as she's a healthy weight currently. She needs to find a career or go to school to distract herself imo, but knowing Elzani's personality she'll def take a breakup to heart, I know because I'm the same way, so who knows how she'll end up dealing with that. I pray she finds solace.

 

[Applespice]

Is it me or just she just seem 'not all there?'

Not just you. I dont want to throw around diagnosis but wonder if she is in the autistic spectrum.

 

[hrh89]

i think shes a nice girl, but what i think is wrong is how shes 22, doesnt leave the house and practically latches on to her mom and grandma, and doesnt try to get out and have a life or a job at this age, and the parents seem to encourage it. she spends so much time in the kitchen, how can she recover and get healthy if she just surrounds herself with the thing that makes her so uncomfortable, all she talks about is food or wanting to eat sed foods. she makes her life about it. you can see that this isolation has made her so out of touch with the world and a little strange socially, its not healthy. she would do so much better if she just got a job, made some friends and grew up without her family treating her that she is her disorder and not a human. everyone has their shit about them, but you dont make your life about it. I have social anxiety, but i dont let it feature me as a person, i just work around it, thats what she needs to do.

I’m not sure she could hold down a job but maybe volunteering in a charity shop a few hours a week would be a start? She’s clearly still very underweight so I imagine her energy levels wouldn’t enable to work a regular job but I would have thought something in the volunteer sector would help her regain some normality. I do agree with you I think it’s time she was encouraged to do something rather than spending all day with her mum at home. I did think in her holiday vlog that she had definitely gained weight which is of course a positive thing!

 

[Happyheart11]

This is one. There’s others as well

 

[HairyBerries]

Hi guys ! I'm so late to this thread but just wanted to add that I definitely love watching Elzani and agree with most of the comments here (a lot of them are nice towards her...great!) and think it's fabulous that you guys feel she definitely brings a lot to the table recovery wise.

I just recently came back to her channel to watch some of her recent videos where it seems she has a pretty normal/okayish body now which is awesome and so much better than when she was trying to say she was bigger but she was clearly Anorexic. The only gripe I have about her recent videos I've noticed is that she doesn't really put the camera on herself anymore and barely has herself in any clips! Has anybody else felt that? I just think that when she was Anorexic she had the camera on her face or body allllll the time and filmed as much of herself as she could.

I don't know if she was doing this to show progress or show the reality of the disease but I certainly find it odd..I hope she genuinely does love herself now and knows she can be on camera just as much as she wants with her recovered body..I know sometimes patients with Anorexia feel that's all they have and it's their identity which is truly sad and I hope she is able to fully come out of that with time.

In her older videos I didn't really like how her family judged her body and called her chicken arms and to put away her body by telling her to wear long sleeves and such...I just think they all aren't as sweet as they appear to be except Elzani. You can tell she really is a family person and just loves to be around every one of them all the time..she truly couldn't handle it in hospital being without them. Sorry if this is turning into a bit of a long comment but I also just wanted to say that yes everyone has to learn to love food but they literally eat junk all the time..flavoured milks, cookies, cakes and go out for pizza and pasta an hour later! I think it's fantastic they enjoy so much family time but as someone recovering from an eating disorder she should learn to eat a healthy amount but should also learn to have certain foods in moderation which is key! I love that Satara has lost weight she looks prettier and healthier..I do think the vibe in the house has changed and is a lot quieter now that Alisha is in uni.

The only thing I could gather from her latest vlogs is that Satara will be going to uni soon but I still don't have much of an idea of what Elzani wants to do, I know she wanted to work with her dad at one point but I'm not sure as she said that when she was still very ill. I'm hoping the best for her.

 

[unnecessary]

Omg she has a new bf !

I noticed that! How lovely!

 

[Applespice]

She seems to have posted and then deleted a vlog..

 

[hrh89]

I've been watching her for a while and I did really enjoy her vlogs until a couple of months ago. Something doesn't sit right with me when someone keeps posting videos about being in "real recovery" but aren't gaining nearly enough weight.
I can tell she's gained a bit of weight since she started her channel in November but even now, she still seems to be severely underweight, 8 months later.

I just hope she will continue fighting and gaining weight despite what's happening with her mum.

Oh I completely agree she’s clearly not recovering at the rate she should be. She’s evidently still gripped by her ED and isn’t really recovering properly right now. Her portions look very small for someone who should be eating to gain weight. It’s so sad to watch because you can see she’s trying to convince herself she’s recovering but we can see she isn’t. Must be a huge strain on her family with her ED and now her mums illness too

 

[HairyBerries]

So her Sunday morning consisted of a run, walk with her mum, gym session and a swim?
a bit much?

I'm guessing maybe she's training different areas of her body? never heard of anyone doing it in one full day; like a triathlon. I think she reached her Anorexia goals from excessive running.

 

[Witchtits]

They did just get a new puppy, she does post insta stories occasionally. Definitely no where near like she used to - and I really think that's probably a good thing. Hope she's living the life she hoped of.
Meanwhile her sister Satara is posting a fair few tiktoks of her weight loss which imo hasn't stopped and is rather concerning.

Thats what i was thinking. But she did post that she had started running and hopefully she's done it the healthy way after seeing her sister nearly die from it