eating disorder recovery

Parallel Lives

May 16, 2012

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in an alternate reality. Sailing down a stream that split into two some time ago. Is there another me in a parallel universe who made a different decision?

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Smoking & Dieting – the same flawed approach

May 4, 2012

I’ll end up that wrinkled old woman with grey skin hooked up to an IV trolley, with only one lung, outside in the hospital carpark lighting up a cigarette.

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You are sexier than you think

April 12, 2012

Society tells us that unless we are beautiful, young and slender, we can’t possibly be sexually attractive. By believing this lie we are giving away our power.

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What it really means to be fit

March 20, 2012

Today, on Duckfish’s birthday, he and I spent two and a half hours climbing up the mountain you see in the photo: Mt Warning or Mt Wollumbin. I’ve been back in the gym less than three months and only working out a couple of times a week.

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Cake Shop

March 8, 2012

I stand in front of the glass display counter waiting to be served. In front of me are shelves of delicious mud cakes, cheese cake and hand-made chocolates. I quite like a slice of cake on occasion but my true love is chocolate.

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The real reason why something was missing in my life

March 6, 2012

Sometimes I wondered if I had multiple personality disorder. It was like I was a totally different person depending on the situation I was in. Some of the time I was in control, kicking arse and proud of who I was, and other times I was drowning in insecurity.

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