I asked volunteers to guess: “Which one of these pictures am I struggling with anorexia?”
100% of the responses were image #5.
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Days before flooding my body with nutrients and calories in the summer of 2008. For the first time in my life, my focus was on eating—instead of NOT eating. As a result, my health biomarkers significantly improved within twelve months.
Do You Struggle with Uncontrollable Urges to Overeat?
This morning, I listened to The Diet Rebel Podcast by Bonnie Roney.
Bonnie is a Registered Dietitian, Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Eating Disorder Recovery Coach.
She shared the findings of a study done in the 1940s called "The Minnesota Starvation Experiment."
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This is the age I was put on my first diet; an age when my brain and organs were still developing. In no way do I fault my mother. She herself was a victim of diet culture.
Why I Removed the Transformation Art Exhibit from My Website
Several days ago, I knew deep within it was time to remove the Transformation Art Exhibit from my website.
It had been online for sixteen years.
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.
Not Much Has Changed
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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