Binge eating and self-image

The following is an excerpt from an article on binge eating from L.A. Times today:

"The 50 pounds of extra weight she carries (her actual weight is a tightly held secret) is the first and often only thing that people see, she thinks, and she feels judged -- harshly. The "just do it" weight-loss advice she has gotten from friends and physicians and from the imagined looks of strangers makes her angry, even furious. But she is also complicit in their judgment.

Surely, she often thinks, no one would want to be with a person who looks like her. And rather than shout at a friend or co-worker or rant at a doctor, Silverman said, she'll go home and gorge on her fury, ensuring a new round of self-loathing after a frenzied intake of food."

When I read this, I thought, "This is me." I realized that my binge eating has more to do with my self-image that's been formed over 4 decades than the stress that I'm currently experiencing.

If anyone's interested in reading the full article, here's the link:

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Tue. Nov 24, 12:02am

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