It has taken me a long time to get to a point where I can talk about my binge-eating disorder diagnosis.  In truth, I was embarrassed about it.  I felt that I was making excuses for being overweight and not owning up to the fact that I couldn’t succeed at diets and exercise.  It was as if I was letting myself off the hook and allowing myself to take the easy way out by shunning conventional diets for eating disorder treatment.

I sometimes still feel this way but I don’t let these thoughts stop me from writing my story because sharing it has turned out to be quite therapeutic and a great substitute for those conventional diets.