After Ana

How I overcame an eating disorder and found vital health

Archive for May, 2008

Doctor Louise

May 25th, 2008

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Well, it seems it's another case of Louise self-diagnosing! On Friday was my first visit to my new naturopath, Dr Robyn. We had an appointment for one hour, but I was there for two! She's very interesting. Kind of quirky... she's got long straight brown hair with a blunt fringe, red ... MORE...

Candida is lurking…

May 22nd, 2008

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For most of my life I have been tired. Tired when I wake up, go to work, get home, go to bed, wake up. My husband commented the other day: "You have to get your candida under control, you've got to stop feeling so tired! It's not normal!" I have to ... MORE...

Hormones and health

May 20th, 2008

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Thought I'd share a rather interesting effect of my natural traditional diet. Well, my husband thinks it is. Bigger boobs. Yep you heard me. At first I thought I was imagining it, but a few weeks after my diet changes, my bra is fitting differently. They are definitely much fuller. Hmmm... I'm ... MORE...

Red wine - Succulent or a sin?

May 13th, 2008

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Don't you just love traditional foods? I do. Especially when enjoyed with a lovely glass of peppery red. Mmmm. The French have got it so right. Well, so do most established cultures but French people seem to exude lashings of class. They linger ... MORE...

Beauty is not a state of body. It’s a state of mind.

May 11th, 2008

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Here's a great recovery site called We Bite Back. The thing I love most is their post-it revolution. Imagine you've been shopping all day for the perfect suit and had no luck, in every shop you're a different size. You're tired, feeling frustrated and the fluro lights are ... MORE...

Gruesome!

May 9th, 2008

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Yesterday I did something a little different. In case you don't already know, I'm a vegetarian a lot of the time, I sometimes eat fish (once or twice a week) and almost never eat meat, it has the 'ick' factor when I'm eating it (poor widdle animals, I love 'em). That ... MORE...

Recovery and contributing factors

May 6th, 2008

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Here's a couple of Joanne's questions: How long did it take you to feel as though you’ve fully recovered? I guess 2 years from the point when I decided I wanted to get better. That being said I don't know if you ever fully recover. It is something that stays with ... MORE...

Anatomy of an ED

May 5th, 2008

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Let the discussion begin... Joanne raise quite a few interesting questions in her comment so I thought I'd go through them one by one. Can you tell us about the length of time each of your stages occurred? That is a difficult question because it was such a slow an isidious process. My Father ... MORE...

Where I came from

May 4th, 2008

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Let me introduce myself. My name is Louise. I work as a graphic designer. I've been married for seven years and my husband has recently qualified as a personal trainer. From the age of fifteen, I followed a vegetarian diet, with shocking results. I developed an eating disorder and shrunk to ... MORE...

nour·ish (nûrsh, nr-)
  1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
  2. To foster the development of; promote: “Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects” (V. Gordon Childe).
  3. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.

Originating from Latin Nutrire which means to feed or suckle

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