One of the hardest parts of getting over an eating disorder is earning back people’s trust. Lets face it, this disease does nothing to gain any friends, but rather enemies. When you truly decide in your heart that you want to get better, it is truly a gift. So how do you earn that trust [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
EATING DISORDER BEHAVIOR…BORN TO BE WILD
I have always considered myself an impulsive person. Seriously, I’m that girl they target in the supermarket when I’m at the checkout stand who suddenly has to buy 600 q tips, a cherry air freshener for my car, and a plastic dog toy in the shape of a heart, even though my dog isn’t even [...]
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHO YOU ARE
The other day I got really irritated with a friend because they were late to meet me for coffee. I kept sitting there tapping my high-heeled foot under the table, looking at my watch and thinking to myself that I had a blog I had to finish, dry cleaning to pick up, sushi to eat, [...]
I DIDN’T LOSE MY RELIGION, I PURPOSEFULLY THREW IT AWAY
Dear God, who are you? This is a question I ask on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day. I don’t know if I actually expect a voice from heaven, a miracle, or perhaps a text message. I actually deep down in my heart don’t even know if I actually want to know. [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER…LIVE AND LET DIE
The best definition I ever heard for “forgiveness” was that you don’t have to forget what someone has done to you, but you have to let go of the hope that the past can be changed. I have been hurt by a lot of people in my life, and I let that hurt start living [...]
THE FRESHMAN 15 MINUTES OF FAMINE
The pressure of being in college can be a lot for anybody, but mixing that with the pressures to have the perfect body can be overwhelming. The transition from high school to college is an overwhelming reason that a lot of young women develop eating disorders. People used to somewhat joke that a lot of [...]
EFFECTS OF STARVATION….DIET HARD II HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
Cutting back drastically on your calories may seem like a perfectly safe and innocent way to lose weight. I mean how many times have we heard someone say they can’t eat this, they can’t eat that, or they aren’t eating at all just in order to lose a few pounds. It’s simple logic actually. Your [...]
EATING DISORDER PREVENTION…THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS
It’s that question every little girl gets asked at some point. What do you want to be when you grow up? There are no limitations at the point. You don’t know about sexism and diversity, prejudice or pay class. You have no idea that very few people are handed their life on a silver platter. [...]