One week ago I was hunched over in the ER with a 102 fever, waiting to be admitted and fearing the unknown. After posting Red, Hot and Angry Boob, my fever quickly spiked and the next several days were a blur.  I finally made it to a hospital room at 2am with little rest to […]

Tell us about yourself! My name is Sydney Engberg (she/her) and I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), MS, LD, CPT (Certified Personal Trainer), at The Emily Program’s Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Atlanta, Georgia. I have been with The Emily Program since August of 2021. What would you like people to know about the […]

Below is important new information. Previously it was thought that bone problems associated with Anorexia weren’t a problem until people got older. This new research indicates that it is an immediate problem. I can’t say I am surprised since I have current patients with a broken pelvis, ankles, and split tendons. Press Release: Increased Fracture […]

Sometimes, when you’ve been looking for a solution for a longstanding problem, like emotional eating or binge-eating, nothing will move. And you’re tired. Frustrated. Judging yourself. In these moments, it’s reasonable to ask yourself if this is something you *really* are willing to put in the time and effort towards. Do you really want to […]

Eddie Huang Gets Real About Male Body Anxiety (Also, Being an Underwear Model) “I’ve never been that comfortable with how I look, or my body. When you’re a dude, you’re not really asked to talk about that. You hear women talk about their bodies, their appearances, and how they’re uncomfortable […]

Image via: Art by K O K E T I T ? SHIRA BARZILAY By Jori Hamilton Addiction is a rough beast, but it’s even meaner when you’re trying to survive a pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has upended virtually every aspect of our normal daily lives, from the ways we work and learn to how […]

One of the questions I’m often asked has to do with how “pure” one’s recovery must be. Part of eating disorder recovery involves a paradigm shift from attacking one’s body to body neutrality or acceptance. For some, perhaps the more black-and-white thinkers of the bunch, this means that anything we might want to do to […]

Yesterday I tried putting on a real bra – not like an actual bra with an underwire, that would just be absurd. (I stand firmly in the Athleisure Pandemic trend – no wires, no buttons) I attempted to put on a real sports bra and it did not go over so well. Literally. It did […]

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Some of you may have seen the documentary Fed Up, which tells us “everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong.” We respectfully disagree. Before we well you why, here’s the premise of the film in a nutshell: Made by director Stephanie Soechtig, executive producer and narrator […]

~Your ship comes in over calm seas. When you feel like something important is missing in your life, and go into the wanting,and the not-having, and the questioning of why it’s not there, and all your old beliefsfrom your core wound start to play out in this arena and all of the others… It’s important […]

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