Recovery Does Not Mean Compromise
Recovery from an eating disorder is a fantastic thing. A long, arduous, torturous, fantastic thing. It is painful and it is terrifying and it is tedious, but it is the most rewarding thing anyone with...
View ArticleAre You Listening? How We Hear the Things that People Say About Our Bodies...
My partner and I are lying in bed. He’s got his arms around me and we are a tangle of limbs beneath the sheets. Then he speaks. “You’re so soft,” he says. He says this a lot. He also says things like...
View ArticleTo The Bone: Yes, Another Review
To The Bone is the hot topic right now in the eating disorder community: amongst those who are suffering, those in remission, and professionals who work with people with eating disorders. There are...
View ArticleA Balanced Diet: What Do Those Words Really Mean?
We hear it everywhere: in order to be healthy, you need to eat a balanced diet. But what does that really mean? I’m scrolling through Google images right now trying to find an appropriate picture to go...
View ArticleSo Now We Have to Lose Weight to Get Surgery
On Sunday I read the news that obese NHS patients will not get non-urgent surgery until they lose weight. It made me want to cry. I’m a recovered anorexic who is very active and eats a varied and...
View ArticleCoping At Christmas: A Rough Guide For Those With Eating Disorders (Take 2)
I have pretty much copied and pasted my article from last year on this topic, except for some tweaks, so if you recognise this article, that’s why! Christmas is looming (how is it tomorrow already?),...
View ArticleOur Bodies and Us: The New Years Revolution
It’s approaching the New Year (another one already?!), and a lot of people will be suffering with those all-too-familiar post-Christmas blues. And a lot of those negative emotions will be coming from...
View ArticleRepel the Relapse: 8 Tips for Staying on Track in Recovery from an Eating...
It happens to us all at some point in our journey from sickness to health: we hear a comment, see a magazine article, or wake up with rose-tinted glasses that throw us back into a tirade of insidious...
View Article5 Tips For Coping With January’s Diet and Weight Loss Talk
It’s January, and we all know what that means: a total inundation of diet talk. It’s EVERYWHERE. TV advertising is filled with diet promotions, “healthy” eating, exercise equipment, gym memberships,...
View ArticleCalories: Why You Need More Than They Tell You
I’ve written about this before, but it’s so important that I decided that it is time for a refresher. It’s important because if you are following the recommended daily allowance of calories, or advice...
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Coronavirus and Self Isolation!
As I have a cough, I am blogging about my experience in isolation with my partner over at my other website, Feminist Chatter. If you are interested, go and have a read, and if you want to be notified...
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