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I have always had serious issues with overeating. To be blunt about it: I was bulimic for nearly ten years, and it affected how I consume food. While I have been able to stop constantly purging, I am presently trying to retrain myself not to binge eat, but it can be difficult when my body and mind were so used to overeating, then throwing up several times. This is even harder when I’m on vacation. More
Each week on That Girl we celebrate inspirational female athletes. This week, we are proud to feature Jill MIller, a yoga and core fitness instructor and business owner who says she is proud of herself for facing her “own body dysmorphia and healing from two of the deadliest diseases known to young women, anorexia and bulimia.” We’re proud of her too. Yoga and exercise, she says, have allowed her to nurture her body, heal it, and find her true strength and power. Take a look at Jill’s amazing inspiration: More
In recent weeks, Katie Couric, Lady Gaga, Stacy London and now, Nicole Scherzinger have all spoken out about their battles with eating disorders. Gaga confessed to suffering from anorexia and bulimia, Katie and Nicole were both bulimic, and fashion guru London struggled with both anorexia and compulsive eating. It’s amazing that these women are sharing their stories, but eating disorders aren’t a new phenomenon; especially in the entertainment industry. So I can’t help but wonder: Why? And why now? More
Could pro-ana and “thinspo” sites actually be good for women with eating disorders? A new study from Indiana University says yes. Researchers interviewed 33 bloggers from seven countries about their experiences in online eating disorder communities and found most believe these communities have been crucial to their eating disorder recovery. More
Damn the media! Former Olympic swimmer, Amanda Beard, was on the Today show yesterday and revealed just how damaging the media has been to her, causing her to become bulimic, depressed, a drug user and a cutter–all because she was trying to live up to their body-image ideals of what was perfect and thin and beautiful enough. More
When most people hear ‘eating disorder,’ they think anorexia or bulimia. But there are lots of different types of disordered eating—binge eating, compulsive night eating, obsessively health-conscious eating—and psychiatrists may officially recognize several ‘new’ eating disorders in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistic manual. The DSM guides the way psychiatrists diagnose and treat mental health patients, how insurance companies cover treatment, what researchers get grants for studying and the drugs pharmaceutical companies develop. I asked Dr. Janet Taylor, a clinical psychiatry instructor at Columbia University’s Harlem Hospital, about the DSM, new eating disorders and what these mean for mental health care. More
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We debate about body image all the time on Blisstree, and it’s our greatest hope that all of our readers feel confident and healthy all of the time. But the reality is that 10 million women and 1 million men battle anorexia or bulimia (and many millions more struggle with disorders such as binge eating and dieting obsessions). That means four out of 10 Americans either suffered or have known someone who has suffered from an eating disorder. So we’re taking the week to honor the 25th annual National Eating Disorder Awareness Week from February 26 – March 3. More
The March issue of Self is out this week, featuring Katharine McPhee on its cover, with teasers about her “secret shape-up.” The article celebrates her body, crediting her lean, toned figure to hard work at the gym and on the set of the new NBC musical, ‘Smash.’ But even if she’s putting in workouts that would benefit the rest of us, all the praise of her body—and, let’s be honest, her thinness—just shouldn’t be on a fitness magazine, or even on tv. If this isn’t an eating disorder trigger, then I don’t know what is. More
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Diane Keaton is probably one of the coolest women who’s ever been alive. She’s a gifted actor who’s taken on a diverse range of roles, has spent her fair share of time in the director’s chair, and  has a super-full personal life, which includes two adopted children, the occasional venture into real estate development, and a love of photography. She is also, according to her new memoir, Then Again, a recovering bulimic. More
We spoke with three women who have battled anorexia or bulimia about how they dealt with Thanksgiving with an eating disorder. More
According to a survey from the University of North Carolina, up to 65% of females between the ages of 25 and 45 reported having disordered eating behaviors—not full-blown eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia, but an unhealthy preoccupation with food that nonetheless hinders their daily life, creating stress and anxiety. More
Celebrities with eating disorders are often raked through the coals by the entertainment press, their every ‘scarily skinny!’ photo published and, if in recovery, their every siting analyzed for signs of relapse. That is, for a while—then we move on to the next A-list actress (slash reality TV contestant slash monarch slash pop star) who might have an eating issue (and drive tabloid sales). More
Last week, we mentioned that a young woman who underwent gastric bypass surgery was now suffering from anorexia nervosa, and we now know she’s not the only one. Chevese Turner, a 43-year-old woman from Maryland, has also come forward with a post-op eating disorder, crediting her gastric bypass surgery for her bulimia. She says the surgery didn’t teach her proper eating habits, and she continued to gorge on food, but the small size of her stomach forced her to purge and vomit. This is getting serious, folks. There is too much hype surrounding the “no diet, no exercise” weight loss methods, and you don’t want to pay for you tiny waist with your life.
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