"Measure the size of your heart; not the size of your hips"
For me, this speaks to how easy it is to lose sight of the truly precious and important things in our lives when an eating disorder kidnaps our mind.
This is not a conscious move on our part, and it does not mean that we are vain or selfish.
What is truly important to you, and how is the eating disorder holding you back from experiencing your life fully?
I would love to hear what you all think....HUGS...Jan ♥
My ED currently has me abducted and is holding me captive from living my entire life. He has such power over me but the tables will slowly turn on him. Slowly but surely :)
Yesterday, I went for a little walk by the river. I saw a woman (about my age) crying on her own. At first, I walked past her. I then stopped myself, turned around and went back to see if she was ok. She wanted to be on her own but was really thankful that I had stopped to care. If I was still in the midst of my ED, I would have stormed past her with a head full of ED thoughts and a sole mission to burn calories - because I am distancing myself from the ED, I felt for this woman I saw and did something caring...because I am a caring person. It was only afterwards that I realised that I actually care for others. I'd been so lost in my ED that I forgot about this special quality of mine.
I made a list the other night of all the things I really enjoy doing and I soon realised that many of these things were 'blocked' by my ED - socialising, eating in restaurants - it's amazing that my ED has been stopping me from doing the things which I truely love.
I wonder how many other qualities are going to reveal themselves to me as I distant myself further from my ED.
Well said. ♥