tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post4459246152537913465..comments2024-03-23T08:25:22.526-04:00Comments on ED Bites: Return to NormalcyCarrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-91026064747017840942007-02-20T23:35:00.000-05:002007-02-20T23:35:00.000-05:00I'm so glad to have "found" you! You address many...I'm so glad to have "found" you! You address many of the things I have been struggling with (in my own recovery from God-knows-what kind of disordered eating). Why IS everyone on a diet? Why IS it so threatening that I would learn to love myself at this size and not wish to be thinner? It's much harder to do these things walking against the river. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting it all out there--I feel so understood right now!! :)æhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14449465426164797433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-34755296669435213142007-02-06T09:55:00.000-05:002007-02-06T09:55:00.000-05:00Hi Carrie,I know I say too much at times. I think ...Hi Carrie,I know I say too much at times. I think I got 'Carried'away! <br />: )<br /> The ice cream works like cream and it must be tried Carrie! YUMMMMmaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476646540007179475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-74633235198284136432007-02-05T17:27:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:27:00.000-05:00Mary,
Thanks for the hot cocoa idea. Except here...Mary,<br /><br />Thanks for the hot cocoa idea. Except here it's too cold for ice cream...I think I'll just use one of those peppermint candies. :)Carrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-77718207553774967562007-02-04T08:31:00.000-05:002007-02-04T08:31:00.000-05:00It takes time to feel comfy in a changing body as ...It takes time to feel comfy in a changing body as we grow into them. For me it's age, it's menopause, it's stepping into a new phase of my life gracefully yet bravely enough to make mistakes. With an ED you have an even tougher fight, BUT I absolutely know that you can get to the point where you'll love you again, exactly as you are and it won't be a lie you tell yourself. Begin with one small part of you and fall in love with it, madly! LOL <br />Who else but you can accept you and have it make the hugest impact on your life? No one.<br /> In fact if you meet someone who says that their ability to accept you matters more than your own then I'll ask you to RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Don't let them in. Let you be the first to accept you. Others may not always understand you. It's okay. Only those who want to drag you down will attack you. No matter what happens you can get up again. <br /><br />In your wisdom to put on your climbing shoes and take your butt right out of these woods where the whispers are cruel and demeaning, you will find yourself, a very strong and intelligent young woman ready to take on the goals you've set for yourself. You deserve to live free of these messages. The new found roundness will become your energy, your warmth, and your cushy protection. You won't get too big because it's not your nature to be large. What you will be is at peace with yourself, not war. Instead of seeing lowfat on a label you'll find yourself grateful when you can eat pancakes with syrup because you feel like it. You'll give the ED what it wants by starving it, giving nourishment for yourself and letting it wither away as the malnourished voice you'll no longer listen to. It's predictable, it's boring. You'll no longer feed the ED's whims with attention. In fact you'll slam the damn door. <br />You'll proudly wear that zany outfit that strangely suits you but says that you dare to be who you are inside, regardless of the trends because you set your own trends.In fact thinking of creative ways to wear your new self will lead you through these last briars threatening to hang on to you. Bring your hedge clippers Carrie and remember to saunter and smile as you clip away at the remaining messages!<br /> You understand so well why you need to nourish your body and why your blog is about this journey right now. The day WILL come when it's about other challenges in life because as sure as you can beat this one Carrie, you'll find others. <br /> Put some ice cream on that hot chocolate! [it's cold here] Mint choco-chip is heavenly.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476646540007179475noreply@blogger.com