• My Body Trust Before and After

    When I was struggling with food, I’d get really freaked out when I was much hungrier than usual one day. I was afraid I would gain weight. I would also get freaked out when I was less hungry some days, because I thought my metabolism had tanked. I was scared of my hunger, and I […]

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  • Why Am I So Hungry?

    I used to get really anxious when I was hungrier some days than others. I was afraid I would never stop eating and gain a bunch of weight. This was a core aspect of my eating disorder – expecting my appetite and food intake to be the same every day. As I recovered and became […]

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  • The Connection Between Emotional Attachment and Food Struggles

    Western culture teaches us to form attachments. To grip onto things. A specific university. A specific life path. A specific type of partner. And of course, a specific body type: Thin, fit, curvy “in the right places.” We get ideas in our head about what our lives should look like, ignoring what we actually want. […]

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