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Eating Disorders and Anxious Attachment – What’s the Relationship?

Have you ever been “that girl” who was so in love with “that boy…” the one who you were going to marry and make babies with? You loved him so much that you thought of him all the time.  You couldn’t stop talking about him… you checked your phone constantly to see if he’d texted you. And […]

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Haven't Lost Weight

Q & A Friday- I’ve Stopped Binge Eating but I Haven’t Lost Weight- Help!

Today’s question comes to us from Pamela in New Jersey.  This is a super common and difficult question that comes quite often in ED recovery.  Question – Hi Leora, I have an ED therapist and ED nutritionist and I’ve been seeing them for over a year. I’m also in a weekly ED recovery group. I

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Round Up of ICED 2016

Round Up of ICED 2016

It’s been more than a week since I’ve returned from the International Academy of Eating Disorders annual conference (though returned is really a silly word as it was only 12 miles from my house this year), and I’m finally able to sit down and gather my thoughts about it. If you’ve never been, even if

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Promises You Weight Loss

When Somebody Promises You Weight Loss, They’re Totally Lying

(Trigger warning- weight, BMI and numbers discussed here) When someone over the Internet promises  you that they can help you lose weight, click away. Click FAR, FAR AWAY!  There is not one person who can guarantee you weight loss. Do you know why? Because they don’t know you and they’ve never seen you and they

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I Feel Fat!

What “I Feel Fat!” Really Means.

Do you ever wake up “feeling fat?” You just feel gross. Your body feels like it has too many layers, you’re uncomfortable in your skin, you feel bloated, your clothes don’t fit, you just want to go back under the covers and go to sleep for  a year… and then you hear the words, “Fat

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Skinny and Other Myths

Intuitive Eating Will Make You Skinny and Other Myths

This was a guest post that I originally wrote for the wonderful and supportive blog from the  BingeBehavior Community. He stood on the scale with wide, nervous eyes as the doctor shook her head and tsk tsked. “He’s overweight,” she told me, “you need to put your cat on a diet.” “But I don’t believe in diets,” I

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Myths about Fat or “Obese” Women

Top Ten Myths about Fat or “Obese” Women

I’m really sick of hearing people talk about how if so and so knew what she was doing to her health, she would just stop eating and start exercising, or why can’t so and so stop eating, or so and so is setting such a bad example for her children.  Let’s set the record straight.

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