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Happy #NEDAWARENESS week!!! Every year during this week I take some time to reflect on my progress in recovery. This usually comes at...
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Happy #NEDAWARENESS week!!! Every year during this week I take some time to reflect on my progress in recovery. This usually comes at...
Sorry I haven't written in a while. School just started back up and I am having a difficult time with time management. This semester is...
The last five days have been very challenging for me. All I can say is I am doing the very best I can at every meal. Sometimes my best is...
ED has a strong grip this time. My behaviors have not improved, in fact they have become easier to do and with less guilt. I am tired ALL...
The last week has been extremely dark for me mentally. Depression has been in the driver's seat with anorexia riding shot gun. Most days...
The holidays are always a triggering time for me and I don't exactly know why. From mid November to mid January my Timehop is full of...
It is mid December 2020 and I know we are all tired of hearing about COVID-19, and I have tried not to discuss it too much, but its...
I have mentioned before how I am a perfectionist. I have an extreme fear of failure. My brain views many things as black or white,...
The second momma telling her story is an amazing woman I have known for about 8 years. She became a mom at a young age and is the mother...
I am SO thankful for the love and support this blog and my recovery journey have received. I want to thank two lucky supporters with a...
One of Dolly Parton's famous quotes that gets me every time is "if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." I love this...
I've written before about my struggle with depression. Depression looks and feels different for everyone. For me, it is this feeling of...
A month ago I wrote a post called "On My Own" about how it felt to be essentially dumped by my treatment center after 11 years because...
I consider myself very lucky to have made it to recovery with little lasting effects from my eating disorder. However, my digestive...
In June of 2009 I was admitted into the partial hospitalization program at The Center for Balanced Living in Columbus. The few months I...
I am typically a very reactive person. Something makes me mad and I respond with verbally or physically with little time taken to...
I had no plans to write tonight, but I have too much anxious energy that I feel it is all I can do at this moment to calm my mind. I need...
The first mom to share her story is the mother to two adult females. One of her daughters was diagnosed with an eating disorder. Here is...
Big News!!!! Sorry to disappoint, no I am not pregnant. Sorry to those that had a heart attack from the post image and title. Had to get...