eating disorders
This picture is a postcard image of the old Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. It has since been torn down, and a park is in its place. I was admitted to a geriatric unit on the seventh floor.
Forty-five years ago, on a Wednesday after school, I walked into my parents’ farmhouse and discovered a doctor was admitting me to a hospital that night for tests. I had lost a lot of weight, and he suspected I may have diabetes.
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If the majority of your language, as it pertains to food and body size is: “I shouldn’t be eating this,” or “I need to be eating that,” or “I’m not supposed to be eating this,” or “I’m not allowed to have that,” or “I should weigh ___,” or “I blew it” or “I’ll start over” or “I was naughty”. . .you may have been conditioned by the external voices of diet culture instead of internal self-regulation.
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The summer of 2009, my body stopped losing weight after a year of eating nutrient-rich, whole plant foods. I had lost one hundred pounds of inflammatory tissues, and I felt great for the first time in my life!
My health biomarkers were excellent.
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image credit: Lofthouse Films
Several years ago, The Lutheran Foundation hosted an excellent conference on mental health and the church at the Grand Wayne Center in downtown Fort Wayne.
Speakers from all walks of faith throughout the country shared their professional expertise and lived experiences. It was a packed-out event for pastors, leaders, healthcare workers, and residents of Northeast Indiana and beyond.
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