Are You a Closet Eater?
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.
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.
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
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.
msn.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | 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...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | 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. ...
Johann Hari | Posted 09.15.2009 | Style
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.
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
I never chose to struggle with depression, but I did choose to get better.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
A woman should have a little pooch. It's part of what makes us womanly.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
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?
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
At what age, do we stop noticing fuzz balls? In other words, when do we stop seeing the wonder in the little things?
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...
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
My challenge today is to recognize insane ways of thinking and then to move in the direction of positive change.
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 ...
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
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.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
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.
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
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.
Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
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.
Jenni Schaefer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living
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...
Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living
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.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living
Compulsive overeaters eat way past the point of full. Some I have worked with have consumed up to 60,000 calories in one day.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living
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.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living
Our society places an enormous amount of emphasis on women's clothing, weight and age. As women, we can choose to ignore this or cave and adhere to strict standards of beauty.
Lauren Cahn | Posted 02.05.2009 | Style
I don't have an eating disorder. I just take a break from eating every so often. You know, like, after I've eaten too much on vacation. Or, say ...
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Style
One of my clients recently labeled herself a bulimic shopper. She buys clothes, brings them home, and then returns them. She says it is exactly like a food binge.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living
Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.
Russ Wellen | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living
Is legislation the answer to ending anorexia in the fashion world? Europe has begun to recoil from an industry that sees "hunger to succeed" as literal.
Susan Harrow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living