When you have a headache… When you have no energy… When you’re absolutely exhausted and sleepy… When your mind feels loopy and hyperactive… Ever stop and think, that maybe you’re just hungry? Maybe you just need a nap. Maybe your body is trying to tell you something. Think about it. When your body feels off-kilter,…
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Why I binge.
by Sui Solitaire I binge when I need more: rest, sleep, food, spiritual sustenance, love from myself. I binge when I misinterpret my hungers, when I don’t honor my hungers. I binge when I’m hungry: hungry for more. Hungry for more life, more joy, more of what I know I deserve… but scared to make…
10 Lessons Learned in Recovery
By: Devyn Kerr My eating disorder took a lot away from me. It took away my friends and family, my desire to live, my dreams and hopes for the future and even started to take away myself physically and mentally. It consumed me in any way imaginable. When I finally hit bottom I learned that…
Weight Stigma at All Sizes and Eating Disorders
Written by Recovery Warrior @Icedgem27 (who also has a blog you can check out): Today, I celebrate my 30th birthday (July 27, 2011). It also marks 15 years of life with an eating disorder. This blog is about weight stigma and I guess when most people think about weight stigma it’s applied to those who fall…
Announcing Weight Stigma Blog Carnivals
Written by: Janet Zimmerman, Intern for Binge Eating Disorder Association Hello bloggers! Binge Eating Disorder Association is implementing a National Weight Stigma Awareness Week September 26-30 this year and would love YOUR help spreading awareness and sharing your thoughts/experiences on the topic. You might be asking what exactly is weight stigma? Well, weight stigma is…
That Yoplait Ad: MissMaryMax on Having Your Cake and Your Yogurt, Too
MissMaryMax is a blogger, activist, and enthusiastic chocolate consumer, who thinks you, she, and Fat Acceptance are all cooler than ED. (MissMaryMax spends a few minutes silently eating a cup of yogurt, while you, the viewer decide whether to skip ahead.) Mary: So. If you haven’t seen what is arguably Yoplait’s worst ad to-date, allow…
Learning to Mindfully Recognize and Reject Harmful Ideals About Our Bodies
I want to thank Lindsay and Lexie Kite for this quest post. Lindsay and Lexie started Beauty Redefined to take back beauty for girls and women everywhere. Please check them out! If you’ve glanced at a magazine or turned on the TV in the last decade, you’ve got a good idea of what media’s definition…
Dear Self: You’re a beautiful girl
Dear Self, I feel like I should start “dearest” or something like that since this is, in fact, a love letter. But then, when I used to write love letters (to the one I’m now married to) I never started them like that. I usually said something nerdy like, “Hey Hottie,” or “Hey Babe.” So…
It’s ok to put yourself first
Todays post is a new self love letter for the Stop Self Hate April Challenge written by Rebecca Tishman who is a wonderful artist and writer, please check out her work here. Also – in case you didn’t know, I decided to change the “Stop Self Hate” movement to “Embrace Self Love.” I wanted the energy…
Embracing Hope
Source: Sedma Todays post is a new self love letter for the Stop Self Hate April Challenge written by Sarah Groves. Dear Sarah, I’ve missed you so much in the last couple years. You are so beautiful and you’ve touched so many lives. The fact that you’ve been through this hard time does not diminish all…
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