Adventure, authenticity and 2011.
Last night I went to a 1930s ball. I wore a long black dress, red lipstick and a furry shrug. There was laughter and music and dancing and human slinkies and it was exactly what I want 2011 to be like....
View ArticleIgnorance and irresponsibility
This month’s Grazia suggests that the ‘on/off’ diet, otherwise known as ‘Alternate Day Fasting’, is the perfect solution for those who find staying on a diet a mission, and following a “month of mince...
View ArticleIf it doesn’t work, try something else, and other lessons…
I have been quiet over here recently. It’s partly because I haven’t been able to find the words to say what I am feeling; and partly because I’ve had to change my get-back-on-track strategy. I am...
View ArticleSo this is the plan….
Last year, a friend said that I would have to step away from Finding Melissa at some point. I knew that she was right because it pushed the ‘this is true but I don’t want to hear it’ button. Her...
View ArticleChecking In
I am just checking in. It feels important to do this, although it has been less than a week. I am aware that I have a tendency for flitting between things. For jumping so quickly that I cut myself off...
View ArticleEating Disorder Awareness Week 2011
I started writing a post about Eating Disorder Awareness Week. I stopped because I am not sure, yet, what I’d like to say. That, of all psychiatric disorders, Anorexia Nervosa has the highest premature...
View ArticleUnbinding
I need to check in over here. I wondered whether this belonged on Finding Melissa or my new blog. If I was splintering off from myself again by reverting back. I don’t think I am. This post is very...
View ArticleFinding Melissa. Again.
It has been 15 days since I last threw up. I think I have broken the cycle. This is the longest I’ve managed since my relapse started, and I have no intention of going back. I didn’t know if I’d be...
View ArticleThe Causeway
Some posts come already written. This one has felt like pulling teeth. It has been drafted – and then redrafted; started and abandoned a dozen times. Some versions have been too painful; some detached;...
View ArticleFinding Melissa. Yet again.
Now that I can honestly say the eating disorder is behind me and I can happily guzzle a box of chocolate seahorses without being paralysed by guilt or getting sucked into hours of calorific...
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