Does Your Loved One Have an Eating Disorder?

Does someone close to you appear to be struggling with some form of an eating disorder? Are you confused as to your role in helping this person? Here are some things you can do to help this person.

Ilissa

It’s crushing to watch a child or family member wither in front of your eyes from anorexia, spiral into a cycle of binging and purging, or go through periods of uncontrollable gorging. Because people with anorexia symptoms, bulimia symptoms, or binge eating issues frequently isolate themselves and try to keep the problem a secret, you might suspect that you’re witnessing eating disorder symptoms and wonder what action you need to take. Read More>>>

What Fathers with Daughters Should Know About Eating Disorders

Hi dads! Did you know how much influence you have with your daughters? A strong father/daughter relationship will help her to grow into a healthy and happy young woman. If you're reading this, then you are already a great dad!

Ilissa

10 Tips for Dads with Daughters
Ten Things Every Father Should Know1) Listen to girls. Focus on what is really important--what my daughter thinks, believes, feels, dreams and does--rather than how she looks. I have a profound influence on how my daughter views herself. When I value my daughter for her true self, I give her confidence to use her talents in the world.
2) Encourage her strength and celebrate her savvy. Help my daughter learn to recognize, resist and overcome barriers. Help her develop her strengths to achieve her goals. Help her be what Girls Incorporated calls Strong, Smart and Bold!
3) Urge her to love her body & discourage dieting. Growing girls need to eat often and healthy. Dieting increases the risk of eating disorders. Advertisers spend billions to convince my daughter she doesn’t look "right." I won’t buy into it. I’ll tell my daughter that I love her for who she is, not for how she looks. Read more>>>

Events for eating Disorder Awareness Week

This year's theme for Eating Disorder Awareness Week is "Let's Talk about It". See if you can do one thing this week to help spread the word about eating disorder recovery.

Ilissa

If you weren't aware of it, this is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 21st-27th) sponsored by the National Eating Disorders Organization. There are a number of events taking place all across the country in honor of this week.

Why is this week important? Eating disorders are serious mental health issues. Even if you have not been directly impacted by an eating disorder, it's likely that you have a sister, aunt, friend or boyfriend who has been touch by them in some way. Read More>>>

The Art of Dating When You Have Kids | Love & Sex | GalTime

Are you divorced with children? Are you wondering how to date with kids? read on to learn how.
Ilissa

The Art of Dating When You Have Kids | Love & Sex | GalTime

Do You Have an Eating Disorder?

I suppose all of us has some form of an eating disorder. It just depends on the severity. Take the quiz to find out!

Ilissa

In today's thin-obsessed society, it's hard to feel confident about your body. You may overindulge in junk foods, or you may often feel ashamed of your weight. Everyone has insecurities, but these insecurities can lead some people to develop a negative relationship with food. Are your eating habits normal, or are you on the road to an eating disorder? Take the quiz>>>

How Eating Disorders Impact on Relationships

Do you or your partner have an eating disorder? Eating disorders are secretive and cause the person to feel shame. Creating safety in your relationship, allows your partner to share with you their fears and their truth. Read on for more understanding of the complexities of eating disorders and couples.

When anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa patients are married or live together with a partner unmarried, the question arises as to what impact an eating disorder has on the relationship with a partner or, alternatively, how an intimate relationship with a partner influences the course of an eating disorder.
Despite valuable implications, the marital relationships of adult eating-disordered patients have not received much attention in the form of empirical research. One of the major impressions emphasized in clinical literature is that married eating disordered patients and their partners often report a significant degree of dissatisfaction with their relationships. Read More>>>

Eating Disorders and Family Relationships

Eating disorders are a family systems problem. Read on to find out what your role has been in sustaining the eating disorder.

Ilissa


Systems theory and object relations theory correspond in the study of eating disorders. Theorists propose that the dynamics of the family system maintain the insufficient coping strategies seen in eating disordered individuals (Humphrey & Stern, 1988). Read More>>>

Eating-Disorder Signs in Your Child

Preventing an eating disorder is always better than trying to recover from one. Parents there are things you can do early on.

Ilissa

You never talk about weight. You're careful never to mention "diet" in front of your daughter. You teach your son to do his best but never expect him to be perfect.

But even avoiding all the traps does not erase the possibility of an eating disorder. There is no single cause: It's a perfect storm of environmental, psychological, and biological factors that drive children as young as 8 to the edge of starvation and sometimes tragically beyond.

The best way to protect your child is to be alert for telltale behavior and...
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February is National Eating Disorder Month

If you are concerned about yourself or someone you love who may be struggling with an eating disorder, please make this February your month to reach out for help.
Ilissa

The purpose of National Eating Disorder month is to increase public awareness about eating disorders. The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) has a list of signs and symptoms of eating disorders on their home page at www.nationaleatingdisorder.org and visits to www.something-fishy.org provides useful insight, as well. Read More...