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good news
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Erin
I feel alive. Life isn't perfect. Far from it. I'm struggling more these days with the eating disorder voice telling me to restrict or purge. But I'm fighting it. I'm tell it, "Fuck you." I'm eating anyway. I'm not purging. Yes, I skip meals. I've drank more coffee in the past two months than I ever have in my life. I'm pulling ...
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New Book Discusses How Hormones Have an Impact on Women's Health
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Cascia T.
Dr. Alicia Stanton, the Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD, the nation's largest and fastest growing network of anti-aging physicians has released a brand new book, titled, Hormone Harmony: How to Balance Insulin, Cortisol, Thyroid, Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone to Live Your Best Life. Along with co-author and veteran health writer, Ve ...
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Q and A: Stopping the Urge
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Kelly ..
Hi Kelly,I recently read your article about restricting and binging. I am currently having trouble with binge eating. You wrote that the step to recovery is stop the binges, stop the urge. What helped you stop the urge to binge? Any suggestions would be so helpfulThank you AnnonymousYou kind of answered your own question in the question. You ha ...
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Changing the “Whack-A-Mole” Syndrome
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Lori Hanson
Addictive personalities, in the rehab and treatment community are plentiful. Individuals who latch on to multiple methods of blocking pain and “numbing out” to life. “I’m sober for 13 months now! But I’m binging and purging multiple times every day.” “I’ve recovered from my bulimia, but I’m dri ...
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Going vegetarian.
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Kim Hooper
A long time ago, I wrote a post titled "Going vegetarian?" -- with that question mark of insecurity and unease. I've taken away the question mark and put in a period. I've been reluctant to broadcast this decision in any way in my "real life," but I thought it would be good to discuss here. I'm aware that any time I make a chan ...
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Things Are Going Swimmingly
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fatgirl2fitgirl
Well not really. I’m still under the microscope with the IRS, but to counteract the stress of this whole audit process, I chose swimming as my exercise of choice last night.And I got a pleasant surprise!My gym has switched the indoor pool over to a salt water filtering system! Yay! Because I didn’t know this at first, when I swallowed w ...
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The bottom line on your protien needs.
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Richard S.
Most athletes know of the importance of eating before exercise, however, what and when you eat after exercise can be just as important. While the pre-exercise meal can ensure that adequate glycogen stores are available for optimal performance (glycogen is the the source of energy most often used for exercise), the post-exercise meal is critical to ...
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Stigma and community
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
I read this Ta-Nehisi Coates post yesterday on domestic violence, responsibility, individual agency, community, shame, isolation and empowerment. It's really stuck with me. Very heavy, heady stuff in a very short post. It got me thinking about some of the mechanisms of addiction and stigma, and the healing mechanisms of the recovering community. H ...
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