I posted this picture on social media recently—with a caption of how it is so sad--and several individuals asked me to explain.
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The author at age five; one year before being put on her first diet.
Just Let Her Be
Be gentle with her.
She’s got a tender heart.
She may appear to be chubby to you now, but soon she’s going to grow up to be tall.
She’s going to need any extra fat to fuel her future growth spurt—and fully develop her brain and all of her reproductive organs in a few years.
Read MoreHow a Young Woman Rescued Me from Diet Culture
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Last year, a young woman from an impoverished country stayed with my husband and me for several weeks. She had no idea the impact she’d have on my relationship with food—as someone who’d struggled with disordered eating for decades as a result of lifelong exposure to diet culture. But nonetheless, God used her to heal my mind and set me free.
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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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