Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I was modeling. My diet was really starvation. I am not naturally that thin.

I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice.

Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.