Forbidden Foods Set You Up For Failure and Binge Eating

Bonnie J Sludikoff
5 min readJan 7, 2022

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If your favorite foods are forbidden, you will never learn how to eat them in moderation, and you will never be able to truly enjoy them.

How do I know this? Because I spent ages 9–39 in complete fear of enjoying food. I didn’t develop a serious “eating disorder” as we understand them and I didn’t starve myself…

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Bonnie J Sludikoff

Creating healthy conversations about challenging topics. Writer, performer, activist. Trauma-informed. Founder of Thats What She Didn’t Say & Outdoor Voice Fest