Eating Disorders Quotes

• Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.

  

  Richard Simmons
  • Fun
  • Food
  • Knowing

• Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

  

  Carre Otis
  • Food
  • Treatment
  • Cannot

• What has worked for me is therapy in conjunction with nutritionist who specializes in eating disorders that I see every two weeks.

  

  Carre Otis
  • Worked
  • Therapy
  • Nutritionist