Having an eating disorder doesn't show ‘strength.’ Strength is when are able to overcome your demons after being sick and tired for so long. Starving is not a ‘diet’ and throwing up isn't something that only extremely thin men or women do. Eating disorders do not discriminate..Neither does any other mental illness. These are deadly diseases that are taking lives daily. So please, let's be cautious of the words we use when discussing ED's and other mental illnesses.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

Focusing on food and exercise changed my life.

One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery

You can turn your life around. You can through hell and back. It is possible. Never underestimate yourself. I believe in you.

I don't have a six-pack. Maybe I don't even want a six-pack. It doesn't sound very appealing.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.