Amy is the founding director of Bodywise Binge Eating Recovery Program in Annapolis, MD and Ann Arbor, MI. She is a nationally recognized speaker and writer on binge eating disorders (BED) and other related disorders.

Permission to Eat?
In a recent magazine interview, I was asked: “How is the idea of ‘Health at Every Size’ (HAES) not just permission to be fat?” As a therapist working primarily with binge eating disorder (BED) – and one who has recovered from BED herself – I begin to hyperventilate when I hear this kind of question. Usually when this happens, it means “Amy, go do some breathing and work on letting go” – or “write a blog post.” So, here we go.
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Living With “Binge Eating Disorder” (BED)
Do you remember your first diet? I remember mine. I was 11 years old. I lost about 20 pounds, after which I gained about 25. This pattern of gaining, then losing, then gaining even more, continued into my early adulthood, when I hit a top weight of about 260 pounds. I was alternating dieting for a week or two with periods of binge eating for a week or two, being very strict, then very out of control.
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