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 [...]
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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 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 [...]
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 [...]
DIET HARD
If you have ever been really hungry at some point in your life, irritable, and miserable? Chances are you were on some sort of diet. One day you looked in the mirror and your thighs, your abs, your ass decided to gang up on your brain and put a truncate on any kind of regular [...]
SURVIVING AN EATING DISORDER…..DAMAGED GOODS
I remember the day I checked out of a major hospital in New York. I had been there for a year under the care of a prominent and famous doctor who treats eating disorders. I had been re-feeding for almost 350 days, half of them with the help of a feeding tube. As these nurses, [...]
BULIMIA…PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PORCELAIN GOD
Growing up, I had never heard of Eating Disorders. The first time I had ever even heard of anorexia or bulimia was in health class. We had to watch this Lifetime movie of the week kind of thing starring Calista Flockhart. I was a little disturbed watching her play this girl who would eat, throw [...]
THINSPIRATION AND ANOREXIA….THE BONE COLLECTORS
Valeria Levitin is one popular 39-year-old woman. You might not know who she is, but thousands of young girls look up to her as their role model. No, she is not a famous actress, singer, athlete, or humanitarian.Valeria is know to be the skinniest woman in the world, due to her extreme Anorexia. Pro Ana [...]
Eating Disorder Symptoms: College Stress and Bulimia Nervosa
Going to college can be an exciting time for young women. Time away from their family gives them a chance to forge an identity that is uniquely their own. College can be a time to make new friends and enjoy new experiences. However, the transition from living at home during high school to living more [...]
Celebrities with Eating Disorders: Jane Fonda Discusses her Long Bulimia Battle
When most people hear the name Jane Fonda, the first image that is likely to come to mind is that of the original fitness guru. The actress-turned-fitness queen inspired a generation to take cardiovascular exercise seriously with her once-ubiquitous aerobics tapes. However, she wasn’t always the picture of health. The 74-year-old actress revealed on Katie [...]