If you have an eating disorder, all you can eat buffets are a great place to binge or a nightmare to be avoided.  Here’s a way to redefine your experience, eat well and claim your personal power.

* "Obviously, my body doesn't believe a word my brain is saying."

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The osteoporosis aspect of eating disorders doesn't seem to be a concern to people in the throes of their eating disorder. Osteoporosis doesn't hurt and doesn't show. Tooth enamel loss, hair loss, weight gain or loss, skin eruptions all show. The visual is what gets a woman's attention. Unfortunately she tries to correct the visual without addressing the deep cause of her troubles, her eating disorder.

Much material I read and hear about eating disorders concerns how a person feels and thinks about her body. But not much has come to my attention that relates to how the body thinks and feels. How the body thinks and feels may be a concept that requires a stretch for some or even many people until we open ourselves to understanding the language of the body.

Language of the Body The body has no words. Still, our bodies tell us when they need sleep or food or a change in external temperature.

Feeling like a failure requires your becoming a revolutionary Failure feelings are symptoms of eating disorders. This is one of the most difficult statements for a person with an eating disorder to believe. Negative Self Talk Have you ever said aloud or to yourself any of these sentences?

• "I failed again."
• "I binged when I promised myself I wouldn't. I'm a weak and terrible person."
• "I relapsed because I'm worthless."
• "I deserve to be punished like this."