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Crystal C's avatar

Wow, what a powerful song! Thanks so much for sharing that:) As far as the hunger goes, I've been living on Popcorners and Halo Top ice cream. Yes, there are worse things I could be eating, but I'm definitely not giving my 53 year old body the nutrients & protein it needs. Last night I found myself having my old drinking thoughts... I'm not really in the mood for ice cream tonight, BUT I ENDED UP EATING IN ANYWAY! It's like I'm in another habit loop. Last January I did a healthy eating challenge (with a Trim Healthy Mama group) and felt fantastic! Looks like it's time to do that again and try harder to stick with the healthy eating routine. I've discovered that I'm an "all or nothing" type of girl. Moderation has left my vocabulary. Lol Thanks again for a spot-on writing. I relate to you so much. Have a wonderful holiday! :)

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Amy Brown's avatar

There is no other writer and human on all of Substack who is so attuned to my own soul, Allison. I have been so consumed by thinking about weight and diets and body acceptance in the last several weeks, actually months, and today is the day I am going to try to put all of these thoughts down on the page/screen and try to make some sense of it that might be helpful to others and share next week.

And there you are, on exactly the same page. Incredible soul symmetry again, my friend. Thank you for your own honest and vulnerable reflections (you offer nothing less, week after week) and for the Four to Follow. I know and subscribe to Ashley but don't visit often enough and look forward to reading her essay, the same for Dana, she's incredible and I look forward to reading her 3-part essay. Danielle and Tracie are new to me and I look forward to reading them.

To your list, I would add one more, Kristi Koeter of Almost Sated. She's a sane, searching, honest voice in our disordered eating and body image world, for whom intuitive eating and body acceptance--an ongoing work in progress--has helped her and inspires me.

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