Eating Disorders Suck #run4recovery
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Hi! My name is Adrienne and on October 13th, 2018 I will be running the Hartford Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) in Hartford Connecticut to raise awareness and funds for a charity that fights everyday for people like...me. Who am I? Well.......
I'm a Runner. I'm also a mother, daughter, sister, friend....oh and....I'm an anorexic. I say that in the present tense because eating disorders aren't just something you once had but are now recovered from. They are diseases you always carry with you, even after recovery. My battle has been long and hard. It's been filled with loss, fear, pain, frustration, danger, steps forward and steps back. There is no one way to beat an eating disorder but for ME, two things helped pave my path to recovery:
One: I LOVE to run and I could no longer run. Not the way I used to anyway. Anorexia stole something that had brought me so much joy and vibrance and health for so many years. Running had been my Church for 21 years and then....I could no longer go to church. The disease stole my body and now had stolen my faith, my soul, my passion. UNACCEPTABLE.
Two: A dear (amazingly best) friend and I traveled to Utah last May. On our journey we became close with an absolutely wonderful couple from Australia who, as it happened, have a teenage daughter who is an anorexic, and who's fight with the disease had become dire. I was in the depths of my fight at the time as well and hearing the story of this little girl, who was fighting so hard, fueled a determination in me to fight harder. To fight for her. To fight for me. To fight for every little girl who cant just #eatthecake. To fight for every mother who's had to sit in her car crying for an hour because she knows she doesn't have the strength to get out, walk to the backdoor and lift her 4 year old out of his carseat. To fight for every single man, woman and child who have ever looked in the mirror and heard the lies and the hate that this vicious disease shouts. UNACCEPTABLE.
So I did fight. Hard. And I got stronger. And I ran. And then I ran more. And I realized #foodisfuel. And I used my passion for a plant based diet to learn everything I could about truly fueling my body. And today I can say that yes, I am an anorexic, but I am now an anorexic who has entered recovery!
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. Their website can be found here:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/about-us/our-work
PLEASE consider donating $13.01, $130.01 or hey...$1,300.01 to this amazing group! And if you would consider sharing this link I would be very very grateful.
And if you're in Connecticut on the 13th....meet me at the finish line. And bring #cake.
I'm a Runner. I'm also a mother, daughter, sister, friend....oh and....I'm an anorexic. I say that in the present tense because eating disorders aren't just something you once had but are now recovered from. They are diseases you always carry with you, even after recovery. My battle has been long and hard. It's been filled with loss, fear, pain, frustration, danger, steps forward and steps back. There is no one way to beat an eating disorder but for ME, two things helped pave my path to recovery:
One: I LOVE to run and I could no longer run. Not the way I used to anyway. Anorexia stole something that had brought me so much joy and vibrance and health for so many years. Running had been my Church for 21 years and then....I could no longer go to church. The disease stole my body and now had stolen my faith, my soul, my passion. UNACCEPTABLE.
Two: A dear (amazingly best) friend and I traveled to Utah last May. On our journey we became close with an absolutely wonderful couple from Australia who, as it happened, have a teenage daughter who is an anorexic, and who's fight with the disease had become dire. I was in the depths of my fight at the time as well and hearing the story of this little girl, who was fighting so hard, fueled a determination in me to fight harder. To fight for her. To fight for me. To fight for every little girl who cant just #eatthecake. To fight for every mother who's had to sit in her car crying for an hour because she knows she doesn't have the strength to get out, walk to the backdoor and lift her 4 year old out of his carseat. To fight for every single man, woman and child who have ever looked in the mirror and heard the lies and the hate that this vicious disease shouts. UNACCEPTABLE.
So I did fight. Hard. And I got stronger. And I ran. And then I ran more. And I realized #foodisfuel. And I used my passion for a plant based diet to learn everything I could about truly fueling my body. And today I can say that yes, I am an anorexic, but I am now an anorexic who has entered recovery!
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. Their website can be found here:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/about-us/our-work
PLEASE consider donating $13.01, $130.01 or hey...$1,300.01 to this amazing group! And if you would consider sharing this link I would be very very grateful.
And if you're in Connecticut on the 13th....meet me at the finish line. And bring #cake.
Organizer
Adrienne Marra
Organizer
Canton, CT
National Eating Disorders Association
Beneficiary