What I Wish My Family Understood About Dieting with Binge Eating Disorder

Mary Ellen Quigley
Nov 4 · 6 min read
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I have been overweight for most of my life. The weight piled on somewhere around 5 years old after a bought with rheumatic fever, and I was never a normal weight again. Childhood was a living hell as I became the focus for every kid who wanted to be a bully. I still don’t know how I survived most days.

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Mary Ellen Quigley

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Writer, YouTuber, Ovarian Cancer Survivor. Lover of good books, iced coffee & Jesus. Indiana girl. Find me online via my Linktree https://linktr.ee/maryquigley

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