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Recovery Quote Of The Week: February 9, 2012

2012-02-09T06:53:00.004-05:00

No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings. Unknown picsource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/falcon1961/3811994880/in/photostream/

Eating Disorders Recovery: A Request For Help

2012-02-08T01:23:00.002-05:00

In response to several emails and comments concerning recovery, I'd like to invite you to share your recovery experience here, on Weighing The Facts, so that others who are struggling can benefit. There's so much to be gained from reading/hearing what others have been through and how they manage to survive the struggle, emotions, set backs, doubts, and fears that are so much a

Eating Disorders News and Views: February 7, 2012

2012-02-07T11:33:00.002-05:00

Integrative Medicine to Treat Eating Disorders By Carolyn Coker Ross, MD psychcentral.com Integrative medicine can be defined as “a healing-oriented discipline that takes into account the whole person — body, mind and spirit — including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of both conventional and alternative therapies.”

Possibilities: Inspirational Recovery Quotes

2012-02-02T21:55:00.000-05:00

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! Audry Hepburn Think about your future possibilities and the fact that your potential is virtually unlimited. You can do what you want to do and go where you want to go. You can be the person you want to be. You can set large and small goals and make plans and move step-by-step, progressively toward their realization. There are no

Recovery Quote Of The Week: January 26, 2012

2012-01-26T06:49:00.000-05:00

If you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round and will lead you back to your door. Robert Brault picsource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/snugglepup/4544140905/in/photostream/

Raising Eating Disorders Awareness In Memory of Sarah Fasano

2012-01-21T21:15:00.005-05:00

Eve Simonetti is on a mission to raise awareness for eating disorders in memory of her friend, Sarah Fasano. Eve says, "Over the past 8 years i have been suffering from an eating disorder that has nearly killed me and taken my life. Not many people realize just how powerful this disorder is. I have been to over a dozen treatment facilities and have met hundreds of girls/women

This Week's R.I.S.E. :What Would You Say To A Friend?

2012-01-17T14:52:00.001-05:00

This week's R.I.S.E. (Recovery Inspiration Strength Exercise) is What would you say to a friend? Have you ever noticed that when someone you care about is hurting that you're able to give support, comfort, and advice from a place of love that seems reserved just for them? Do you ever hear what you're saying and think, "why can I say this to someone else and not to myself?" For

Recovery Quote Of The Week: January 14, 2011

2012-01-14T00:01:00.002-05:00

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Helen Keller See sidebar menu for more Recovery Quotes of the Week and Inspirational Recovery Quotes picsource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4912886264/in/photostream/

Eating Disorders News and Views: January 10, 2012

2012-01-10T12:01:00.000-05:00

Binge Eating Disorder May Be Added to DSM-5 The DSM-5 Feeding and Eating Disorders Work Group is proposing a number of diagnostic changes. Here’s an overview. Criteria for “binge eating disorder,” the fruit of an explosion of research on the subject since publication of DSM-IV, are being proposed for inclusion in DSM-5. The addition of the disorder, defined as recurrent eating

15 Quotes For Recovery In This Brand New Year

2012-01-09T08:34:00.001-05:00

Celebrate what you want to see more of. Tom Peters A new year is unfolding ... like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within. Anonymous For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. T.S. Eliot We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is

Recovery Quote Of The Week: January 6, 2011

2012-01-06T14:27:00.000-05:00

It doesn’t matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn’t matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years – we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Sharon Salzberg See sidebar menu for more Recovery Quotes Of The Week and Inspirational Recovery Quotes picsource:

This Week's R.I.S.E. : Kisses In Your Pocket

2012-01-04T14:01:00.002-05:00

This week's R.I.S.E. (Recovery Inspiration Strength Exercise) is Kisses In Your Pocket. Years ago, when my now grown son was little, I gave him something to help buffer the insecurity he was feeling at the thought of the unknown ... being away from me for part of the day while he attended preschool. Each day I put on some lipstick and covered a piece of paper with kisses for him to keep in his

Eating Disorders Recovery: In Recovery ...

2012-01-04T04:04:00.001-05:00

click image to enlarge In recovery I'm learning to love myself again. I'm discovering that I can trust myself and take care of myself. I'm finding out that what I really need is to nurture my body and my spirit. Believing in myself and working my recovery is the most important step in achieving the life I desire for myself, the life that I am worthy of... the life I deserve

The New Year: Eating Disorders Poll

2012-01-02T12:29:00.001-05:00

What emotions are you feeling with the arrival of the New Year? Please take a moment to participate in the poll in the sidebar. Thank you. MrsM This poll is now closed. You can find the results here: Previous Poll Results

Happy New Year's Eve!

2011-12-31T20:13:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year's Eve! Another fresh new year is here... another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me to live each day with zest ... to daily grow and try to be my highest and my best! I have the opportunity once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs.

Recovery Quote Of The Week: December 31, 2011

2011-12-31T02:41:00.002-05:00

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton See sidebar menu for more Recovery Quotes of the Week, and Inspirational Recovery Quotes picsource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/3531573740/in/photostream/

10 Self-Nurturing New Year's Resolutions

2011-12-30T12:55:00.008-05:00

I'm not a fan of New Year's resolutions. More often than not, we set up lofty goals that are near impossible to stick to or are just unhealthy for us. When we don't manage to accomplish them we then feel guilty, frustrated, and defeated. If you're considering making resolutions for the new year why not make them something that nurtures your being and changes how you feel about yourself? 10

This Week's R.I.S.E. : Don't Hang Around Waiting For Perfection

2011-12-29T14:55:00.011-05:00

This week's R.I.S.E. (Recovery Inspiration Strength Exercise) is Don't Hang Around Waiting For Perfection. Are you waiting for perfection before you participate? Have there been events, gatherings, classes you'd like to take, a career move you'd like to make, or anything else that you've put on hold because you're waiting for the perfect time, perfect weight, perfect outfit, perfect conditions?

Today I Smile: Eating Disorders Poetry

2011-12-28T13:26:00.000-05:00

Today I Smile wind blowing peacefully music playing beautifully this content feeling … make it last, eternally slow breaths in and out any feeling of uneasiness has flown away with the breeze going far away and I’ll do anything to make it stay that way there have been times when I didn’t care to stay but with THIS day … I can’t see it any other way Finally It’s been a while

Links to Help See You Through This Holiday Season

2011-12-24T18:10:00.003-05:00

I hope you find yourself surrounded by people who love and support you this holiday season and that you all have a wonderful Holiday! Below are some links to help if you find yourself struggling: Surviving the Holidays: Links Eating Disorders Help Hotlines, Organizations, Websites Eating Disorders Christmas Survival Guide from Cambridge University (PDF download) Coping

Eating Disorder Recovery: I Refuse To Be

2011-12-23T09:36:00.002-05:00

I refuse to be defined by my past, the size of my jeans, the number on a scale, or the opinion of others. I am an amazing, unique, and worthwhile person just as I am, here, now, as I stand before you today. I am a work in progress; ever growing, ever changing, ever moving forward. I am an amazing individual worthy of respect, love, and joy. My journey is no less important

Eating Disorders Poetry: My Declaration of Independence

2011-12-22T10:34:00.002-05:00

This is my declaration of independence... from the voice that never lets me rest or says what I do or who I am is never good enough. from the sickness that takes doing anything productive as an "opportunity" NOT to eat. from the disease that tricks, not just my mind, but my body into pushing beyond the line of healthy, sane excersize. from the disorder that brings my turmoil unto my family

This Week's R.I.S.E. : Tidy Up Your Inner House

2011-12-21T00:10:00.027-05:00

This week's R.I.S.E. (Recovery Inspiration Strength Exercise): Tidy Up Your Inner House. We all carry around with us emotions, thoughts, and memories from our past. Some are positive, encouraging, and emotionally comforting. Some, on the other hand, only serve to feed our negativity, fears, and anxiety. Not all that we feel and think is rooted in reality. We may see

Inspirational Recovery Quotes: Moving Forward

2011-12-19T21:38:00.005-05:00

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. Denis Waitley Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life

Recovery Quote Of The Week: December 16, 2011

2011-12-16T12:09:00.000-05:00

One of these mornings you're going to rise up singing and you'll spread your wings and take to the sky... Summertime lyrics See sidebar menu for more Recovery Quotes of the Week and Inspirational Recovery Quotes