How I Became the Binge Eating Dietitian

I don't talk about my own history with binge eating very often. Partly because it is deeply personal. My relationship with food, my body and myself is so intertwined with who I am now that it feels strange to pull it apart and put it on the internet.

But there's another reason too. I don't believe that becoming an expert makes my experience more important than anybody else's.

My story is just n=1. It is one person's experience, and it doesn't tell us what binge eating is like for everybody. In my work, I want the focus to remain on the people I work with, rather than continually bringing it back to me.

But I also think there is something useful in knowing that the person talking to you about binge eating has been there too.

So here's my story.