Marthe Katrine Myhre (21) has struggled with anorexia and has been hospitalized for a total of more than one year. She is now warning athletes about dieting.
– Very few cross country skiers need to lose weight. Its plain dangerous to diet, says Myhre. She knows better than most people what eating disorders are all about. She has had big problems with it from when she was 15-years old until two-three years ago. She has, at times, been hospitalized. The last occurrence was in the fall of 2005.
– I finally had to tell myself “I’m going to get healthyâ€. I’m luckily making progress now.
Marthe believes that the signals from Jan Egil Andresen (see article in right sidebar) can be misunderstood and she doesn’t want anyone to struggle with the same problems she did.
– Everything went super easy for the first two-three months (after losing weight), but gradually I couldn’t even muster enough energy to handle basic shores, says Marthe.