A few things coincided to give me the push I needed to pick up the phone and make the brave call to a dietitian specializing in eating disorders. Reading Hannah Brencher’s “Fighting Forward” was one of those things. I’ve included a few key passages below that spoke to me… it was as if she wasContinue reading “Fighting Forward”
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Graphs of food intake
Reviewing the utter insanity of the anorexic and bulimic food intake was extremely powerful and motivating for me. I see spikes of pain, loss of control, hopelessness and self-hate in the lines jagging up and down across these pages. I see white knuckles and doubt, fists balled up so tightly you can’t breathe, and cuticlesContinue reading “Graphs of food intake”
How Did I Get Here? Brief Timeline of Chronic Eating Disorder
How did I get here? Here’s a snapshot of my rocky history with abusing food. What I now fully appreciate beyond a shadow of a doubt — eating disorders do not just away. There are no life events or external motivations, like going to college, landing a job, getting married, having a baby, that canContinue reading “How Did I Get Here? Brief Timeline of Chronic Eating Disorder”
Tasting Freedom 