[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] I had a dream about eating salmon. Thick, grilled, juicy salmon. I ignored it, but a few weeks later, I had t...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] My dietitian usually weighs me each time I see her, which is every two weeks. Now, because of COVID-19, our s...

"What did you do that was so bad?" he asks. "I bought appetite suppressants," I answer, almost proudly. I know I just wasted money on apple

Eating disorders are illnesses that cause serious disturbances to one's diet. These include anorexia, characterized by extreme food restrict

Back in college, I used to eat lunch alone in my dorm room, if I decided to eat at all. That way, no one could tell me I was eating too much or not enough. N...

During week one of the California state-mandated social distance order, I did what I normally do when unduly stressed, and slipped right back into my eating ...

This is my third week of living in self-isolation. The world is chaotically chugging on, and many lives have been devastated. As of April 2, 2020, the Americ...

Once, I took an online quiz (like this one) that told me how introverted/extroverted I am. My results were "you are more of a public introvert and private ex...

Mary Cain. Hannah Fields. Amelia Boone. Lauren Fleshman. Rachele Schulist. Molly Seidel. All incredible athletes. All suffered from disordered eating. And th...

"I ate a wafer cookie, and it was delicious, and I didn't die," I wrote to my dietitian. She responded, "Best email ever to start my week, thank you for your...

Every other week I meet with a dietitian who teaches intuitive eating. Because of my long and fraught history with an eating disorder, this type of approach ...

Have you heard of Consumer Reports? My parents receive hard copies of the magazine in the mail, and when I was home for Christmas, I got positively hooked. T...

Our identities are shaped by a countless factors: age, race, sex, gender, location, physical health, mental health, socio-economic status, education, culture...

Primarily because, diets don't work. As one of my good friends likes to point out, if diets worked we wouldn't need to keep starting them.

There are words like "independence" and "rugged individualism" and "capable" that mean a lot to certain people. There are also words like "anxious" or "depre...

[An audio version of this podcast is available HERE]. I used to weigh myself every morning. Usually, I weighed myself every night, too. And if I was home dur...

What has been found, over and over again, is that traumatic events or traumatic childhoods are often precursors to mental illnesses.

[An audio version of this blog can be found HERE]. As I've dipped my toe back into the wild world of dating, I've noticed a striking pattern in the comments ...

[An audio version of this podcast is available HERE]. *Pinterest boards full of recipes and photos of rich foods I never allowed myself to eat. *Cooking dinn...

I lay flat on my back on my drenched yoga mat, breathing deeply. Not worried about how many calories I burned or how working out might change my body. I was ...