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Many people talk about eating disorders, finding treatment and recovery, but most don’t speak about what happens next: life after recovery. Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders by Aimee Liu is one of the first books about eating disorders written by a survivor that connects more than 40 personal stories from men and [...]
Advice on what and how much we should be eating is plentiful. Doctors, diets, magazines, friends and family all put in their two cents. In our culture, we are fed a lot of messages about food and eating. Does all this advice really help us to eat in an optimal and mindful way? Or is [...]
You Ask: I have heard about a new eating disorder, Diabulimia, what can you tell me about it? I ask because my sister has type 1 diabetes. We Answer: Diabulimia is a very dangerous, new way diabetic men and women have discovered to control their weight and it involves a potentially lethal method of adjusting their [...]
Premiering on Wednesday, October 13, the E! reality docu-series takes a look at the frightening stories of people whose lives are threatened by their distorted body images, food rituals and compulsions. LOS ANGELES, CA—E! Entertainment Television brings viewers into the often misunderstood and frightening world of eating disorders with the premiere of “What’s Eating You,” [...]
From the outside looking in, change my seem easy. However, change implies a forced state of being, with often short term results. Change often works from the outside in–perhaps a dietary regimen as a means to heal your food issues. A food plan works on the physical being, with no attempt to uncover the emotion [...]
“To be nobody but yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”~E.E. Cummings “While learning body hatred from many different sources, we absorb and adapt to the rules of what is acceptable. [...]
Former Miss America Kirsten Haglund Helps Women Get Treatment for Eating Disorders “Love Your Body, Rock The World.” Those words grace the screen at Kirsten Haglund’s website, the entry point for many seeking help in treating their eating disorders under the guidance of the former Miss Michigan and 2008 Miss America. They are a mantra [...]
How many years have you been watching your weight? Following diet rules, counting points, and measuring portions? Referring to yourself and food as “good” or “bad”? Hating your body? Many of us at midlife have been dieting since we were teenagers—the days of Twiggy and Tab. That’s a lot of years of our lives. A [...]
Many people come to yoga for the physical benefits of the practice; stress reduction, weight loss, flexibility, balance and strength yet what they get is more than they could have ever imagined. They receive an experience that changes their life. Yoga is a tool for so many women to heal and see the way out [...]
After years of micromanaging calories, an ELLE editor reconsiders her eating and exercise habits What do you mean I can’t run the stairs anymore?” I asked, confused. The girl with the clipboard shrugged: “I guess the neighbors complained and…” Before she could finish, I set out to find someone superior—someone with a headset or a [...]
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