Re: food issues/moms--Kimmah

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Kimmah,

We are related, apparently. My mom would do that to me, too. I know

she was doing her best, and we really are good friends now, yet to

this day she's never apologized or, I think, come to the realization

that what she did hindered rather than helped me. She was dealing

with her own body image issues, and she didn't want a " fat "

daughter. Instead, she has an obsessive daughter who's spent most of

her life dealing with one eating disorder or another. To be fair, I

don't believe my mom is the sole reason I've had these issues, not

even close; she's one infulence, along with peers, magazines, the

media and my own perfectionist personality.

Dani

> > Reading the talk about food addiction has been facinating for

me.

> I

> > don't believe I am addicted, but I have had issues. I have an

8 yr

> > old daughter and a 7 month old daughter. (also a 4 yo son) It

is

> my

> > daughters I worry about. The other day I bought some skin fold

> > calipers. I went in my room, shut the door and was measuring

when

> my

> > 8 yo came in and asked what I was doing. I told her I was

> measuring

> > how much my muscles have grown. I want to send positive

messages.

> > Any advice from those of you who struggle and feel you have a

food

> > addiction.

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