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The holiday trio, round three: Christmas

In: Anxiety|Body Image|Charlynn|Eating Disorders|General|Holidays|Mental Health

27 Dec 2008

As far as food is concerned, my thoughts about the final food-fest of the year are, “Why did I do that?” I know all about these tips and have read them every year for the last three years so I will handle the holidays in a healthier fashion than my starve/purge default. This year was [...]

The holiday trio, round two: Thanksgiving

In: Anorexia|Anxiety|Charlynn|Eating Disorders|Holidays

25 Nov 2008

Holy crap. Thanksgiving is this Thursday. My usual holiday anxiety is lessened this year because the issue of food in gluttonous heaps is vastly reduced this year. My in-laws are going out of town for the holiday so the issue of having two dinners no longer exists. My husband and I will also be at [...]

Discussion thread: eating disorders and the economy

In: Charlynn|Eating Disorders|General|Recovery|Relapse|Treatment

11 Nov 2008

A post by Emmy at Frozen Oranges made me think about how the declining U.S. economy is affecting those of us with eating disorders. Consider the following: Rising prices are making it more difficult for everyone to afford the necessities, including food. For those in recovery, the inability to buy enough food might trigger a [...]

The holiday trio, round one: Halloween

In: Anorexia|Bulimia|Charlynn|Eating Disorders|Holidays

23 Oct 2008

Here we go again with the kickoff of the holidays that lead us into the end of the year. Like most holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are heavily focused on food. But unlike Easter and the 4th of July, these holidays are pretty close together on the calendar. Bring on the madness. First off, let’s [...]

Food blogging: Friend or foe?

In: Charlynn|Dieting|General

14 Oct 2008

Leslie Goldman’s recent article on food blogging made me think of the countless hours I would spend looking at pictures of food at the height of my eating disorder. I called it food porn because, like a typical teenage male looking for pictures of naked girls to satisfy his libido, I used pictures of food [...]

If you don’t eat your veggies and exercise, the government may (eventually) make you

In: Charlynn|Legislation

5 Aug 2008

Sandy Szwarc talks at length about health legislation in her blog Junkfood Science, so if you read her stuff regularly, none of this will come as a surprise. The Board of Supervisors in San Francisco has voted in favor of “good health” legislation that will ban the sale of cigarettes in drug stores and require [...]

Advice from an anoretic’s husband

In: Anorexia|Patrick

28 Jun 2008

The longer I live with my wife, the more grateful I am that my family had healthy eating habits as I was growing up. I wouldn’t wish an eating disorder on anyone. But, for the life of me, I still don’t understand how – or, maybe more importantly, why – this disorder works. My wife [...]

The cheeseburgers are coming, the cheeseburgers are coming!

In: Body Image|Dieting|Meg|Pop Culture

4 Jan 2008

Watch out, they’ll destroy your life. At least, according to Subway. I was quite innocently listening to the TV and making cookies when I overheard this commercial, which reminded me of why I stopped watching TV for a long time (well, one reason). Not only will eating a cheeseburger lose you your boyfriend, kill your [...]

Happy effing holidays!

In: Body Image|Charlynn|Dieting|Eating Disorders|General|Mental Health

13 Dec 2007

Life with an eating disorder is never easy, but the holidays make it especially difficult. Seemingly everywhere, people are talking about food: what they ate, what they didn’t, how much they plan on eating at the next holiday-themed food fest and whether it’s a gluttonous amount or an exercise of restraint that’s on par with [...]

Check out Harriet’s piece in the NY Times

In: Rachel|Recovery

11 Dec 2007

Harriet Brown of the blog Feed Me! has a story published in today’s New York Times. If you have a chance, check out her article, “Counting Calories, But Not to Shed Pounds,” in which Harriet recounts life in the wake of her daughter Kitty’s bout with anorexia nervosa. Writes Harriet: Part of being in recovery [...]


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This is a blog where a roster of three regular writers and several guest writers comment on the latest news about eating disorders. It isn’t just a news feed, nor a personal journal – it’s a hybrid of both. We discuss the news with our own personal spin.

We aren’t journalists or outsiders looking in. We have eating disorders. We know about this illness because we live it. Some of us are thoroughly active in our eating disorders while some are in recovery. Most are in some state in between.

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