My friend Nicole wrote this series of articles in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. I reblog them with her permission. If you missed the firs two in the series they can be found at the links below.
https://josephelonlillie.com/2016/03/01/lost-and-found-part-2-of-4/
https://josephelonlillie.com/2016/03/01/lost-and-found-2/
In case you missed the previous posts:
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My Recovery
My journey to recovery was a long one. Food had become my enemy, and I had severe anxiety at the thought of going over – what I considered to be – my daily calorie or fat limit. That constant need for control had gotten so bad that I’d eat 150 less calories after Sunday morning communion, because I wasn’t sure how many calories were in the grape juice and cracker… and I desperately didn’t want to accidentally ‘eat too much’.
I had gone from wanting to be healthy to fearing weight gain. I was afraid of food if I wasn’t sure of the calories. And if I had to eat ‘forbidden’ foods, I exercised my body to the point of abuse, hoping that I would burn off what I had eaten. (One time, I ran 2…
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Lillie-Put 
Thank you for sharing, Pastor Jay! I’ve received such touching emails from readers who are going through similar struggles, and I’m just so grateful that God used a painful experience I went through to bring encouragement to others