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One of the biggest problems about recovery is the inconsistency of it.
Some days, you are a superhero. You eat all of your meals, and still find beauty in the fullness of your stomach. However, the not-so-wonderful days are the deterrent. You wake up, and cannot find a thing appealing about yourself. When beauty is no longer the goal—you just want to not hate yourself.
Then, you find yourself wishing you knew you were skinny when you were skinny. You hate that wish. It is the creepy uncle that no one likes who sits in the corner and stares at everyone at Thanksgiving. But you cannot help but think it.
You were not skinny, you were dying. You were trying to be invisible; you were trying to shrink away from life. It got so severe that you just stopped functioning, didn’t you?
You may not have known you were skinny,
but you knew you were dying.
”but you knew you were dying.
| — | Michelle K., Bad Days In Recovery |
hey:) i really want to thank you for your inspirational posts. only after i started reading it i became mentally ready to gain weight and go 100% for recovery. the doctors are really impressed with my overall progress (both physically but mentally as well) as i have gained 6kg in my first 6 weeks of recovery. without your blog though i doubt that the doctors could have moved me to really believe in the advantages of a 'healthy' life. i have still a long way ahead of me though and whenever i want to go back to my old routines i think of your blog posts:) just letting you know how much impact you actually have on individuals on the other side of the globe haha.. do you have any tips on how to increase calorie intake e.g. using half and half instead of milk, using oil and butter etc.? thank you!!!!:) have a great day
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteI am glad to hear that you have come so far and feel mentally ready! :) Dont give up!
There is a post coming up today about tips on what food choices to make if you want to gain weight :) Hopefully that will help!
And thank you for your lovely comment, it means alot to hear that i help!
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