welcome....

words...what to say.... myself with an eating disorder... I think.. perhaps the best.. I can do.. is share... this.. and maybe it will help.. instead of saying "eat".. to be healthy....

sooooooo here goes.. I am 52....yet.. struggle..

about 5 years ago... a church assigned a woman to me... not my church... but at my request... a friend's church..
she volunteered her time... and I was her "project"...

I was extremely sick... at the time... just very ill...

so 2 people.... meeting the first time.. very different backgrounds.. she not even a clue.. of what an "eating disorder" meant... what an ED was...

so.. she took time out her life 2 times a month... to pick me up... go to a resturant.. to have breakfast...for an hour...


the point.. of the.. story....

for the first year... I drank coffee.. with cream... and couldn't eat... and we laughed.. and talked... and it was my "fun" for the month...

she never... not once said.. eat... eat... not once... we just laughed..

at some point I started ordering breakfast... and eating a bit... and as the years went by... I ate more... and more...

this week... 5 years later... I ate... 1 1/2 pieces of toast.. and 2 eggs...
I went to take a bite.. of the last 1/2 piece of toast and choughed... it had been enough.... so I quit..

sooooooooooo... taking it slow.. and gentle.. eating can be done...

for me.. from coffee.. to toast and eggs..

I did. it.. took 5 years... but... it can be done...

soo... take courage in hand... and try...