I'm going to do a series of posts this week for National Eating Disorder Awareness week. There's a misconception that there's a choice involved in eating disorders, as though the addiction is somehow different and has simple solutions. It just isn't - it does as much damage to the body, life, and relationships of the person suffering from the disorder as any addiction would. It is ever so much more than a diet gone awry, as the news media would have you believe.
I cannot change anyone but myself, so I have made actions of change to think of food as nourishment and not something either angelic or demonic. To balance getting exercise that I enjoy, and enough sleep. I resolved to take care of myself, and took Harriet Brown's pledge. I don't always do this well - I found myself in some old thoughts today when Lauren ate a cupcake AND a piece of cake at church - but I am trying, if not just to model healthy behavior, for my girls and myself.
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I bought new jeans today and found myself recalling the Harriet Brown pledge from your previous post about it while in the dressing room. Just like my hair will never be curly, my leg shape will never change. I gave up wishing for different hair a few years back and now it's time to let go of the the other silly wishing, too. Life is too short (and too much fun) to waste it gazing into the Mirror of Erised!
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