eating disorders

When I feel FAT

January 23, 2012 dinner event

Is there a word as disgusting, taboo and feared as F-A-T? Not at this age, in this society. I can’t speak for all the women in the world, but the word “fat” isn’t in my daily verbal repertoire. But guess what? That word enters my mind pretty frequently. It happens mostly when I’m stressed out. [...]

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Weekend ED Series: How to conquer the fear of eating out

January 21, 2012 eating disorders

There are a lot of quotes about laughter. “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter,” said Mark Twain, my American literary hero. “It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart,” said Martin Luther King, Jr., my activist hero. “A great many people [...]

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Weekend Ed Series: A Trip to the Turning Point

January 14, 2012 eating disorders

**** How’s everybody’s long weekend? Mine has been perfect– it’s been the first week of school and for some reason it’s been exhausting to start using my brain in academic ways again. So for this weekend I’ve been unwinding by chilling with friends at an amazing Irish gastropub and my friend Joanna is sleeping over. [...]

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Weekend ED Series: When cooking becomes a crutch…

January 6, 2012 eating disorders

******* Oh no!!! It’s Friday, the last weekend before a new semester starts! And so ends winter break. I don’t know if I’m ready for school yet, but it sure has been a wonderful and delicious holiday. Time to sleep less and work hard again. This semester I’m gonna be busy with two internships, a [...]

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Weekend ED Series: How cooking helped my eating disorder recovery

December 30, 2011 eating disorders

******* A day and a half left till New Years! I’ve got a bottle of wine ready to pop the moment the clock clicks midnight here in Los Angeles. Not as eventful, considering that the ball in New York City would already have dropped three hours beforehand. I hope everyone is done nursing their Christmas [...]

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Weekend ED Series: Wasting time wasting away with an eating disorder

December 18, 2011 eating disorders

***** I know I’ve been lazy in updating my Weekend ED series. Sometimes I get writer’s block. Sometimes I just can’t bring myself to talk about more serious things without feeling like I’m faking it. It’s easier to slam out a post about food than it is to write about my past and eating disorder [...]

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