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Bailey Gaddis: Celebrating the Honest Postpartum Body
I don’t mind this new body — it birthed my child and I will forever be in its debt — but I want to figure out how to be at home in the new structure. Read more: Body Image, The-Honest-Body-Project, Motherhood, Postpartum, Post-Baby Body, Postpartum Body, Women and Body Image, Mothers and Body Image, Parents News
Wendi Nunnery: In Defense of ‘Pretty’
There’s a story going around that telling our daughters they’re pretty will only ensure a lifetime of dependency on the superficial value of good looks. This story makes moms like me hesitate when we want to tell the girls we know that they’re beautiful. Read more: Self-Confidence, Women, Girls, Self-Esteem, Parents-Moms, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Parents News
Valerie Albarda: Women, Aging and the Badges of Midlife
My veins are angry,” I thought, their blueish-green tinted pathways bulging under caramel skin that I think belongs to my mother, not to me. But these hands are mine. Read more: Midlife, Helen Reddy, Aging, Women Loving Ourselves, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Fifty News
Weight became my obsession and, in short, after a really harsh period between purging and not eating, I now am really skinny and on constant…
Don’t apologize darling. Unfortunately we can not make ourselves have a certain body type. Just as you can’t spot reduce when exercising, you can’t spot reduce when dieting. Your body is going to lose and gain weight in the way it can, not in the way you want, unfortunately.Losing more weight will not make you happier. Look at the message you wrote me, the time in your life that you loved your body was when you were curvy. When you had curves you were happy. To gain those curves back, you would need to gain weight. Losing weight will be the opposite of what once made you happy. Taking your individual self-happiness out of the picture, losing more weight in general will just make you
I’ve only been purging for about 2 weeks but the last few days I’ve noticed blood in my spit/vom when I purge. It’s not a lot and bright red but I…
The blood is not what is abnormal, it is the purging behaviors. Our bodies are not meant to purge up the food we eat (unless it is a natural reaction to being sick or eating something that does not agree with our body). If you see blood while you are purging it may be a sign of a ruptured esophagus or other internal bleeding, especially since it is not bright red. The only advice I have for you is to stop purging and seeking professional help. If after two weeks you have purged enough to make yourself bleed, that is a significant problem. Purging in itself is a significant problem. Please seek the help you need. A professional can help you recover and discover a more adaptive
I have really irregular and unhealthy eating habits and I’m scared that it’ll get worse and develop into an eating disorder. I restrict daily and…
I think you should talk to someone love. Your behaviors are clearly maladaptive and if you don’t already meet criteria for an eating disorder, you are on you way too, which it sounds like you are aware of and don’t want to happen. Research has continuously shown that early intervention leads to better outcomes in recovery. It can be scary at first to admit you have maladaptive eating behaviors, but find someone you trust to confide in. I would also really encourage you to get professional help from someone who specializes in eating disorders so instead of going backwards, you move forwards.Jessica
I just read your blog and think it’s amazing there are people like you. I recently started recovering from atypical anorexia. It has been a month and…
First of all, I am so proud of you for being a month and a half in recovery; that is amazing! Keep up the amazing work. I also want you to realize though that although a month and a half is amazing progress, you shouldn’t expect to be fully recovered in such a short time. Recovery is a process, and a hard one at that, but it is worth the journey.So to get to your question about self-control, the answer you get depends on who you talk to. There are certain people that are fully recovered from their eating disorder and never deal with ED thoughts again. There are others, like myself, that feel one is never “fully” recovered from an eating disorder. From personal
The Sorority Fight for Women’s Right…To Party!
By Kiana Henry, Senior at USC The collegiate Greek system has been around for hundreds of years and is a prized tradition in many elite universities around the country. Every year thousands of men and women go through the rush process to be initiated into this prestigious system in hopes of finding a home away […]
Female children of service members more vulnerable to eating disorders, obesity than civilians
Adolescent female military dependents may be at higher risk than civilians for eating disorders and associated problems, according to a study that gives insight into the additional vulnerabilities of adolescent female military dependents. The study shows that they reported more disordered eating and depression than civilians.
Forever and Always Your Momma
To my beloved children, I prayed for you for years and now I don’t remember a world without you. My heart bursts with gratitude that God picked me to be your mother. Motherhood is the messiest, most stressful and life changing gift, not a job, but a gift that I cherish. Thank you for teaching […]