WARNING: I do go into a few specifics about food and methods, which may be triggering to some recovering individuals. In honor of NEDA Awareness week, I thought I would share more of my eating disorder recovery story and the ugliness of this disease, how it took over my life […]
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Reversing the Physical Effects of Bulimia
71 commentsThis post took me a while to write, but I feel it is an important topic. I have posted a little here and there before about living with eating disorders, but never really went into the aftermath and the negative physical side effects that I am still dealing with today […]
Eating Disorders are Hard to Understand
0 commentsIt’s really difficult to understand an eating disorder unless you have had one. Unless you have experienced it, the mindset and the fact that you can’t “just stop” can be difficult for others to fathom. Or what exactly goes through your mind, and why it’s such a hard thing to beat. […]
Pain and Pride
0 commentsAs if on cue, as soon as I am starting to make some good gains with crossfit, something happens and I have to take a break. This seems to be a pattern with me in my past. I’m on a roll with whatever physical activity I’m doing, and then some […]
How Running helped me to Embrace Recovery
0 commentsIt can be both scary and liberating to get your story out. It was a difficult and long road for me until I got to the point where I opened up about my past, because for a long time I was ashamed, terrified, and not completely willing to let it […]
Dealing with Triggers
0 commentsI tried so hard for years to get to a point in life where I honestly and truly love me for me, and don’t think any less of myself because of my body fat percentage. And I’d like to think that I’m there, most days. But I’d be lying if […]
What Motivates Me
0 commentsEven though I had a little bit of a rough time in phase 2 with gaining, I have stuck with the Livefit trainer. Today will be Day 52 for me. And this makes me excited, and proud of myself! This is the longest that I have stuck with an exercise […]
Year of Health
0 commentsI confess I haven’t been very good at keeping up with this blog. I haven’t really blogged much in the past so I tend to forget to update very easily. But that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten my goals 🙂 I’ll admit, the holidays weren’t the best as far as eating […]
What Recovery Means to Me
0 commentsWhat does Recovery really mean? Just because I say I have recovered from an eating disorder does not mean I am perfect, I never slip, and I never get triggered. Anyone who has had an eating disorder can tell you that those thoughts, those triggers, those urges..they never completely leave […]