Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’

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What I want in 2009

In: Charlynn|Holidays|Medication|Mental Health|Pop Culture

1 Jan 2009

Happy 2009, everybody! Welcome to the peak of diet pill advertisement and gym membership discount season. As we all know, at the top of countless peoples’ lists of New Year’s resolutions will be “lose weight,” “eat right and exercise,” or something of that nature, accompanied by quitting smoking and getting out of debt. By March, [...]

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 [...]

Thoughts from a girl stuck in bed

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

23 Nov 2008

This post will surely be full of whining because, sigh, I’m siiiiiiiiiick! Sorry, but that’s about as informative as the news content will be in this post. I have a stupid flu bug thing. Any time I stand up, I immediately feel dizzy and run to the toilet and empty my stomach’s contents. Even worse, [...]

Halloween how-to’s, eating disorder style

In: Charlynn|Eating Disorders|General|Holidays

31 Oct 2008

Stolen from Rachel at The-F-Word, About.com has some helpful tips on how to handle Halloween when you have an eating disorder. Have a look. Whatever you’re doing tonight (if anything), be safe.

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 [...]

It’s that time of the season

In: Charlynn|Depression|Eating Disorders|General|Mental Health|Relapse

1 Oct 2008

News has been less than inspiring lately IMHO, so here’s an open question to y’all: Are certain times of the year more difficult for you in terms of your eating disorder? For instance, do certain times of year bring back memories that are difficult to deal with? Does SAD let your eating disorder strenghten its [...]

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 [...]

Mr. H4H is a friggin’ genius

In: Anorexia|Body Image|Charlynn|Eating Disorders|Recovery

28 Nov 2007

While news services spew the same, horrible crap on holiday binge eating and/or dieting like they do at this time every year, Hungry for Hunger has an amazing post on how to survive the holidays, eating-disordered style. This is a must read – you hear me? – must read for friends and family of those [...]


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