ED Recovery: A Letter to My Body
Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all a couple of letters that I wrote to my body, just to show you the progression towards body acceptance. In my last post, I talked a bit about the long road to body acceptance. It certainly doesn't happen overnight. Patricia recently shared a letter to her body and I thought I would do the same. Twice. In almost every treatment center I've been in, I've had to write a letter to my body. The two I share in this video were written almost exactly one year apart.
http://youtu.be/_w04xZszzvQ
Progress. Not perfection.
APA Reference
Hudgens, J.
(2013, August 16). ED Recovery: A Letter to My Body, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 5 from https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/survivinged/2013/08/ed-recovery-a-letter-to-my-body
Author: Jessica Hudgens
Hey, have the same name as you. loved your letters. i am still on the level of the first letter but found both encouraging. Must not loose focus.
Jessica,
Thanks loads for sharing both letters - as well as your smiling face. I keep telling myself: body size doesn´t matter. I might be the opposite of you - trying to hide the lack of curves by just disappearing. Anyway, I´m still struggling to eat more - to not think of it as eating more to please others but of simply nourishing my body for health. I´m 60 years old and running out of time to keep my mind, bones, and muscle mass working in my favor. I don´t mean I´m close to my death bed - just running out of time for any meaningful body "building up". Your letters, as well as Patricia´s have been helpful and encouraging. Thanks for sharing.
Susan,
Thank you so much for sharing. Your way of thinking about eating -- to nourish your body, not to please others -- is exactly what you need to keep in mind! You have to cease to have emotional reactions to food (good or bad) and see food as neutral and fuel for a body that is awesome and lets you do cool things in the world. Easier said than done, to be sure. But you're right -- focus this time on building your body up instead of destroying it -- and those decades you have before you will be even more enjoyable!
Jess
Thank you for sharing. I'm so proud of you.
Truth takes time. Love takes time. xo
P.
Patricia,
Thanks, dear. You are an inspiration!
Jess