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The day I became a bat mitzvah at twelve years old, my parents enforced that I take on a new challenge and religious responsibility—to fast on Yom Kippur. This holiday was the most dreadful for me. Though I understood the significance of not eating or drinking on the Day of Atonement in Judaism, fasting was an unpleasant and gloomy day. That was until I developed an eating disorder. At the time of my eating disorder, I was restricting my calories to the extreme, and grasped onto any excuse as to why I couldn’t eat—I didn’t like the food, I wasn’t hungry, I had already eaten,Read More →

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Though I recovered from my eating disorder thirteen years ago, there are still times where “the voice” reappears more than other times. One such time always happens to be during the holiday season. During the summertime, I am constantly outside, active, craving juicy fruits, and uninterested in heavier foods. I don’t fluctuate significantly, but there is no doubt I gain a few pounds each winter. With the days shorter and the weather colder, it’s much more difficult to get outside, enjoy additional walks, and be as active. Between my winter weight gain and inability to run around outside the house more, it is inevitable “theRead More →