I was on my way downstairs two nights ago in the middle of the night. I needed a glass of water, and yes have this bad habit of living on the edge of walking down in the dark. The next thing I know, I tripped on something causing me to fall flat on my face. [...]
EXERCISE ADDICTION AND EATING DISORDERS….LETS GET PHYSICAL
I remember my alarm clock going off at 3 in the morning. I would get the sickest feeling in my stomach as I knew as tired as I felt I had to get up. The coldness from the winter air would hit my skin. I would stumble around in the dark looking for the light, [...]
COMPULSIVE OVEREATING: THICK CRUST TASTES JUST THE SAME AS THIN
Ever since I was little the word “Skinny” has been a major part of my vocabulary. Nowadays it’s no different because as a society we seem to be obsessed with it as well. We have Skinny jeans, Skinny Girl Cocktails, Skinny Cow ice cream. We associate that word with so much. Like it makes us [...]
EATING DISORDERS AND TRAGEDY… SAFE AND SOUND
THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO BOSTON I was talking to several people the other day in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. None of them had eating disorders but were expressing the horrible feeling they got when they heard the news. How they were just sick to their stomach and just couldn’t [...]
EATING DISORDERS RECOVERY…IT’S MY RECOVERY, I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO
I have never been a pretty crier. I am not one of those girls whose make-up stays in tact and afterwards nobody would possibly know. Nope I am an all out black mascara running down my face, swollen face, puffy eyed looking train wreck. Has that stopped me from crying my whole life?…Um No. I [...]
SURVIVING BULIMIA | EYES WIDE OPEN; MOUTH CLOSED SHUT
I was at a friend’s house the other day and she had some leftovers from an event she had thrown. I was talking to her, and without even thinking about it started serving myself some of it, and sat down and started eating. After about five minutes some other people came in and we all [...]
Eating Disorder Articles: Book Claims that Fashion Models Eat Kleenex to Stay Thin
The fashion industry has a reputation for being cutthroat. Any viewing of America’s Next Top Model shows that the pressures and rejection involved in the fashion industry can cause women to tear up. But according to former Australian Vogue editor Kristie Clements, fashion models are doing more than crying into their tissues, they are eating [...]
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPIN CYCLE
If I asked you how many times you saw an advertisement today, what would you say? You probably would lose track by the time you poured your morning cup of coffee. In all reality the average adult is exposed on average to 250-1000 advertisements per day. For children and teenagers it could be considerably more. [...]
BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS…HEALTHY BODY IMAGE FOR DUMMIES
The other day I was in a famous clothing store and fell in love with a fierce snakeskin top I saw in the store window. I went to go find it and, to my remiss, found out I was not the only person with good fashion taste as they were all sold out. With much [...]
BODY IMAGE ISSUES: DON’T ASK US, AND WE WON’T TELL
Girls we have all done it at one time in our life. Our boyfriends or husbands are sitting on the bed just having a happy relaxing day and we walk in to try something on, or to take something off, or we simply look in the mirror while we are brushing our teeth. Suddenly out [...]