Author Archives: ellapat2002

Emotional eating is scary. For me, this looks like straying away from being so rigid with my meal plan… It means allowing myself to eat more than what my meal plan requires… eating what I want to eat and eating what sounds good even if I’m not necessarily hungry. Emotional eating can be eating comfortContinue reading “Emotional Eating”

This is my view tonight. Which means vacation. Which, for me, means higher levels of anxiety and discomfort… in my body and emotionally. Does anyone relate to this? Vacations are hard. Especially with an eating disorder. The food is different, you’re out of your routine, you may even have to face body image exposures. InContinue reading “Vacations Can be Hard”

To know you is to love you. Each and every one of you. Why? Because a good God who loves us with an overwhelming love calls us to do this: “Love each other as I have loved you.” John 15:12 So. I love you all. Every single person reading this message. And every single personContinue reading “To Know You is to Love You”

To all my athletes out there. Coach/athlete relationships can be so hard to navigate. For me, I had coaches who commented on my body, commented on the food I was eating… Saying things that were NOT appropriate. Such as, “You didn’t run fast enough to earn the right to each cheese.” Or even to theContinue reading “To All My Athletes”

Raise your hand if you struggle… Yep. I see you, I see you, I see you. And I see me too. Today I’m struggling with shame. I woke up and I just felt the heaviness on my chest. Do you ever feel like your struggles are your fault? Me too. But these are Satan’s lies.Continue reading “If You Struggle…”

Y’ALL! Here we go. Creating this blog has been such an exciting journey. I can’t wait for the days to come. I hope to post a couple times each week with my story, advice/tools to use, and prayer.  Let me pray over y’all right now… Dear Jesus, sweet Jesus, thank you for this opportunity toContinue reading “July 1, 2020”