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Letting go – weight
I had been hoping for the white dove letting go elation. The release of a balloon. A ceremonial burning. I was expecting the worst. A painful wrenching. A terrifying step in the dark. It has been like...
View ArticleWeight Gains
I seem to have stopped being invisible now that I’ve put on a little weight. People are no longer looking through me or averting their eyes. I didn’t realise that they were doing this until I had a...
View ArticleHello body, meet Melissa..
Since putting on weight, I seem to have separated me, from my body. It sits, over there; whilst I stay, over here; and, never the twain shall meet. We weren’t this disconnected when I was hideously...
View ArticleThe Etymology of “Fat”
“Fat”, as a noun, is a “nutritional component of food”, and not a name for myself. Contrary to the automatic associations, “fat”, as a “nutritional component” is required for healthy functioning. In...
View ArticleA Strange Kind of Silence….
You know when you walk past a shop window and don’t recognise yourself because you’d forgotten that you were wearing your new pink coat or had just lost 4 inches of hair? I’ve just had one of those...
View ArticleBody Image: Missing A Link
Since deciding that my eating disorder was about far more than body image (which I’ll stand by); and determining that the outside was a reflection of the struggles which were taking place within (yes,...
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