January 2011
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call...”
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call...”
“I know how hard it feels to let go of something you’ve been holding on for...”
“I know how hard it feels to let go of something you’ve been holding on for...”
“The best feeling in the world is finally knowing you took a step in the right...”
“The best feeling in the world is finally knowing you took a step in the right...”
“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.”
“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.”
allyxandra asked: Happy New Year :) I hope you get to do things your way this year, and I'm wishing you so much good luck <3
“The farther you walk away from your problems, the longer the walk back to fixing...”
“The farther you walk away from your problems, the longer the walk back to fixing...”
“The best way out is always through.”
“The best way out is always through.”
“There is no person on this earth who exhibits more strength, courage, and...”
“There is no person on this earth who exhibits more strength, courage, and...”
“Being in recovery from my eating disorder is the scariest but best thing I have...”
“Being in recovery from my eating disorder is the scariest but best thing I have...”
Today
well im going out soon
this is it… its gonna be a new year in like 5 hours… and i dont feel like its going to be different
the person i asked to help me, never came through for me and actually did … not that im surprised..
Im going to still try to do this on my own .. i will eat.. i just dont know for how long..
i cant be depressed and recover at the same time.. i need my...
Sad :(
Inside a large plastic storage container, he found “tons and tons” of packages of Correctol laxatives. The packages were all empty. They were perfectly arranged, beautifully organized. For some reason, she had also kept all of the receipts for their purchase. It was a moment of profound disbelief for the 37-year-old Greenwood Lake resident. A moment when, long before the autopsy...
1. I desperately want to be accepted 2. I am afraid of not winning this battle 3. Just now I am figuring out who I am 4. I have a hard time with the concept of forgiving 5. I smile all the time because I don’t know what else to do 6. My eating disorder is not the problem; it’s the symptom of my real problems 7. Sometimes I just want you to listen, not talk, not interrupt, not offer ...
Negativity will only bring more of it: When you focus only on negativity, obviously that’s all you will see. You will not seek out positivity, and even when positivity comes into your life, you’ll look for the negative part of it.
Anger, past hurt, and suffering caused by others...
Im done forgiving people… they arent here for me anymore.. so im just losing the unnecessary ones.. and forgiving myself for wasting my time trying to get them to understand
Life is short and you can never know how long you have left. That’s why it is so important to never settle for mediocrity. Don’t settle for a loveless relationship, an unhappy marriage, a job you hate, friends you can’t stand, or for less than you could be. You always have this moment to decide. It’s painful to settle for mediocrity for one year. It’s disastrous to settle for one year and one...
If you’re always focused on the destination, life will pass you by and you’ll never get it back. There is always going to be a new destination once the old one is reached. There is always going to be deadlines, disasters to manage, and havoc to get under control. It’s human nature to never be satisfied with being in the one place.
What makes EDs so insidious is that they turn the sufferer into a slave puppet, acting out the pathology of the illness in ways that make it appear as if the puppet is choosing to exert hyper control over every morsel of food, every second of exercise, every calorie, every drop, every ounce in her universe. Worse, they convince the sufferer–at least initially–that she is in control. And she...
So, you want to be skinny? Well, you risk running into me. My initials are E.D. Everything is fine you see. You tell yourself: “I just want to look like the girls on T.V” You will start by cutting out food here and there. One day the hunger, you won’t be able to bear. You will eat your kitchen away and what luck….. you can throw your food up. You make up excuses as to why...
But, this Anorexic existence can only last for so long, until, the house of cards comes crashing down. Within the Eating Disorder recovery community we call this “The flip of the coin” where the Anorexic gets so nutrient deprived that she has lets say just one bite of ice cream….all of the sudden out of no where the full time Anorexic does a 180 and now instead of constantly focusing on...
Here’s a look at what Anorexic days look like…waking up to hunger pains which are numbed with appetite suppressants…. The ritual weighing in “How fat I am” happens right out of bed and periodically through out the day. Then there is a spin class at 5am followed by pinching her belly and arms after class to see how much more fat is still there…. Eating half an apple to calm the hunger and...
December 2010
Anorexia is a full-time, over-time, no chit chat time, no vacation time or holiday time job. If you know an Anorexic she definitely ain’t lazy. Try and imagine a slave working in a sweat shop, 24 hours a day in the blistering heat with no food, just coffee to suppress her appetite. Yep, that’s us, Anorexics…blistering and starving with a smile! Seriously though, a sweat shop may sound kind of...
“Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes”
“Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes”
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so...”
– Alexander Graham Bell
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so...”
– Alexander Graham Bell
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is...”
– Thomas Edison, American Inventor
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is...”
– Thomas Edison, American Inventor
“Every day I choose to fight anorexia, she gets weaker and I gain new strength.”
– Kate Le Page
“Every day I choose to fight anorexia, she gets weaker and I gain new strength.”
– Kate Le Page
“I’m sure you’ve got a big list of things you dislike about your body and what...”
“I know that many of us feel like our bodies are betrayers. They jab at us with...”
“Fat is not a feeling.
It isn’t. You can’t “feel” fat just like you can’t...”
“It’s your body. Respect it. Nourish it. Love it.”
“Let’s assume for a few moments that you are one of these individuals. Here is a...”
Top 10 Reasons to Put Your Scale in the Trash
Top 10 Reasons to Put Your Scale in the Trash By:Susan Albers If you have a love-hate relationship with your scale, I highly recommend that you break up with your scale once and for all. Throw away your scale. Hide it. Tuck it in the back corner of your basement. Here are ten reasons to seriously consider it. 1. Have you ever had a day when you are feeling great and then you step on the...
“::Words From An ED Sufferer::
“Because the fucking disease makes you lie...”