Bulimia

A New Year's Resolution: Making Each Day a Time for Change

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

This year my New Year's resolution is to stop making New Year's resolutions. Each moment is a time for positive change, not just the beginning of the year.

How To Avoid Binge Eating During The Holidays

Geneen Roth | Posted 12.20.2009 | Living


Geneen Roth

The most painful thing about using food to comfort ourselves during the holidays (or any other time) is that it is only a temporary solution. After the food is gone, whatever you ate about is still there.

Ralph Lauren Boycott: Retaking Beauty

Greg Archer | Posted 12.08.2009 | Style


Greg Archer

While touring with "America The Beautiful," Darryl Roberts says he has met more than 100,000 young women, the vast majority of whom have eating disorders or think they are ugly.

When Women Hate Their Bodies Men Suffer Too

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

When you start to change the internal dialog the external reality changes and a new, more positive shift in experience happens.

Is Binge Eating A Psychiatric Disorder?

latimes.com | Melissa Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Psychiatrists must decide whether "binge eating disorder" stands alongside anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as a separate psychiatric condition --...

Are You a Closet Eater?

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Continuing to associate the pleasure of companionship with the enjoyment of food gives me those same good feelings I had with my girlfriends -- filmy, fluid and fun.

Shopping At Home: Life After An Eating Disorder

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

After Ed (aka "eating disorder") and I broke up, I have to admit that I splurged a little. I am not usually much of a shopper, but I was so excited about my life without Ed that I wanted to explore some new things.

Anorexia Sites Draw Criticism From Psychiatrists

msn.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Psychiatrists say 1 in 10 girls look at pro-eating disorder Web sites repeatedly, taking inspiration from celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hil...

Frank Bruni Discusses Bulimia On Colbert (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books


Former New York Times food critic Frank Bruni discussed bulimia, secret eating and his new book, Born Round, on The Colbert Report, Thursday night. ...

Why Have We Stopped Raging Against the Sick, Sick Fashion Industry?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style


Johann Hari

Women have replaced the prison of the kitchen with the prison of an unachievable body shape. The more powerful a woman is, the more likely she is to be bulimic.

It's Okay to be Happy (Some Thoughts and a Song!)

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

I never chose to struggle with depression, but I did choose to get better.

Muffintop: The New Feminine?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

A woman should have a little pooch. It's part of what makes us womanly.

Hide Your Body, Hide Yourself

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

If you're always looking for ways to not be seen, how do you speak out? How do you move through the world if you have an invisible cloak that has no magical powers other than to keep you in your own shadow?

Fuzz Balls: Gratitude in Everyday Life

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

At what age, do we stop noticing fuzz balls? In other words, when do we stop seeing the wonder in the little things?

Eating Disorders In Middle Age

Anorexia | Randi Hutter Epstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living


Margie Hodgin, a nurse in Kernersville, N.C., had struggled to lose weight since she was a teenager. But it wasn't until she turned 40 that she finall...

Don't Text Spencer: Using Eating Disorder Recovery Skills in Everyday Life

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

My challenge today is to recognize insane ways of thinking and then to move in the direction of positive change.

Stephanie Pratt Bulimia Battle Rages On

The Post Chronicle | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home


The Hills star Stephanie Pratt has opened up about the bulimia battle that has dogged her during her time on the reality show. GET THE LATEST NEWS ...

Letting Go: In Life and Recovery

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

These days, I give the airlines a big thank you for giving me the chance to practice the important concept of letting go on a regular basis.

Why Are We Americans So Fat? (Part Three)

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Not only do bulimics get the dopamine high, they also avoid the inevitable weight gain their high calorie binges would produce if they didn't purge.

Dating Real People (After An Eating Disorder)

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

I don't have to do anything except be myself and trust the process. If it doesn't work out with someone, I will learn something for the next time around.

She's Anorexic, and You're a Bad Mother

Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living


Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh

I was told in 2002 to stop feeding my child. She was anorexic and her young body was failing. They were wrong, they're still wrong, and they're still saying it.

Hello Me: Finding Myself after an Eating Disorder

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

I am recovered from anorexia and bulimia. "Recovered," as in, I no longer have an eating disorder. (Period.) Instead, I have a life filled with joy an...

Size 9 With a Life-Threatening Eating Disorder

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living


Rachel Kramer Bussel

Nicole Johns suffered severe damage to her body, including exercise-induced asthma, irregular heartbeat, and hypotension, and had to be hospitalized to be treated... while a size 9.

Are You a Compulsive Overeater?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Compulsive overeaters eat way past the point of full. Some I have worked with have consumed up to 60,000 calories in one day.

The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living


Ali A. Rizvi

Vegetables give you gas and require vitamin supplementation. Cannibalism is illegal. And I'm too self-conscious to take my jiggling torso to a public gym.