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Kelly Turner from b5’s Grounded Fitness sent me a fabulous link to a Newsweek article entitled “It’s Not Just White Girls“.
I really liked the way the article set about debunking (the word they use, and it’s a good one) the commonly accepted “rich white girl” definition of anorexics.
However, I would like to make one critical […]
Am I fat? Am I thin? Am I normal? Am I different? Is that bad? Is that good?
HELP!
They are questions even those without eating disorders have trouble answering, and popular culture doesn’t provide many clear-cut answers.
Let’s face it — in the same magazine there can be an article touting the newest diet fad, an advertorial spread discussing the […]
Janet Jackson plans to write a book about her endlessly yo-yoing weight. Ms. Jackson gained, and apparently lost, 60 lbs. last year. Though she doesn’t say she has an eating disorder, that math isn’t healthy on either end. She said she will share both her emotional and nutritional journey, but she is already preempting her […]
Yet another study that shows an eating disorder is an eating disorder. Fat or skinny, binging or starving, disordered eating behaviors share common psychological themes and triggers.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota polled 2,516 urban teens on diet and weight-related issues. They determined 44 percent of girls and 29 percent of boys exhibited abnormal eating […]
No one in the real world appreciates my eating disorder humor. I mean, in treatment we used to tell our Resident Advisors we’d puke right in front of them if, for example, they made us go to the weird hillbilly AA meeting we didn’t like. All the girls thought it was hilarious! Ha ha, throw […]
I’ve been meaning to do individual posts on a few recent articles related to EDs, but its seems there is always something else to write, so sadly the drafts have gone unpublished. Until today. BTM kicks off another week in recovery with updates on the world of eating disorders.
Pro-anorexia websites hurt viewers self-esteem. “After looking […]
Right now, I am blogging as therapy. It is a rainy, lazy Sunday in Austin, so instead of heading out for a hike with my dog I am stuck inside. Our DVR recorder was maxed out with Dog Whisperers and National Geographic Explorers, so I started going through the old recordings to delete the ones […]
In the diagnosis, treatment and recovery of eating disorders, professionals stress that it is not about weight and food. We have merely chosen to manifest our issues through those particular outlets. Ultimately life is not about weight and food. Part of healing is accepting that.
This morning I looked at my feed from Psychology Today and […]
The idea of hair tests make me cringe right now. My boyfriend found a great job earlier this summer, but alas he tested positive for marijuana. It was, of course, the untrickable pre-employment hair test that did him in. But a tainted chemical history isn’t the only thing lurking on top of your head. Apparently […]
“I’m sorry that us models made you feel bad about yourself and throw up.” - Derek Zoolander
It would be much easier to blame things on Kate Moss. I don’t think models are the cause of eating disorders, but the cultural glorification on thinness certainly doesn’t help. Sleek, skinny bodies sell luxury, date rock stars and […]
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