(Warning: the mentioned video clips may be a trigger, but not the ones I linked to) Experimental band Xiu Xiu turns difficult times into strong music. In the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Xiu Xiu released last month, the band takes on some tough topics – like depression and bulimia. The title …
I guess she thought it was a secret and that no one would ever find out. But aside from hearing the whole thing, it was a complete shock. Have you ever heard those people in the bathrooms that you think are just throwing up because they feel a little sick; or how about those teens …
In my twenties I operated under the assumption that I had to earn love. I had to be good enough to merit the respect and care of others. A part of me figured it was just a matter of time before people started realizing I wasn’t nearly as good as I seemed. Once they did, …
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has just written a book detailing her struggles with binge eating and bulimia since her childhood. Geri admitted in the past that she has always been insecure about her looks and body shape and this consciousness about her weight and body issues forced her to survive on binge eating. Talking …
With Paula gone and Ellen getting ready to join a cranky Simon, American Idol fans are all a flutter as a new season begins. Just in time, former Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee bares her bikini body for the February issue of Shape, which will be released on newsstands Monday. In the magazine, she speaks frankly …
I am mom to three girls. A women’s health writer. A wife. BFF. An infertility consultant and advocate. I am passionate, funny, happy, creative and a pretty tough cookie. I am also a recovering bulimic. Not typical – but not so atypical, either. Bulimia has lots of different faces across both genders, all ethnic groups …
One of the less favorable side effects of letting go of bulimia is that water retention can sometimes occur. In an article in Eating Disorders Today, An Interview with C. Wayne Callaway, MD (Winter 2002 Volume 1, Number 2 ©2002 Gürze Books), Dr. Wayne Callaway talks about fluid rentention and recovery from eating disorders. “When …
Male Bulimia: My Dark Demon is a powerful, firsthand account of author Scott Simon’s triumph over a lifelong deadly disease—bulimia. After developing bulimia while participating in school sports, Scott learned how to hide his disorder. He continued on a downhill slide into drugs, alcohol, and excessive eating. At the age of thirty-two, Scott finally admitted …
An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers. Rather, girls who are African American are 50 percent more likely than girls who are white to be bulimic. An analysis of the survey results reveals: • Black girls were 50 percent more likely than white girls to exhibit bulimic …
Is it just me, or are stars more willing to admit their battles with anorexia than with bulimia? I admit it – bulimia just isn’t as attractive as anorexia. In terms of eating disorders – they are both deadly, but somehow the image of a thin waif who cannot force herself to eat isn’t quite …
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