An Unfortunately Common Chronicle of a 44-Year-Old Woman Who Blamed and Punished Her Body for Her Life’s Struggles
What happens when binge-dieting cycles trigger a downward spiral into Dante’s Circles of Hell?
Nutrition extends beyond the food we eat, just as the core cause of a health-related diagnosis extends beyond our plate.
This happened to Clara, a woman who spent almost 30 years struggling with diets and weight and blamed her recently diagnosed health condition for it. With slight differences in upbringing, environment, and culture, she could be your best friend, sister, daughter, or wife.
She could be you.
She could be me.
Virtually, she could be anyone, as her story results from spending a life blaming the wrong culprits–the food we eat and the body we have — while mistakenly trying to “fit into life by fitting into skinny jeans.”
Leaving the girl behind and playing near Dante’s Inferno gates
Clara's body drastically changed between the ages of 12 and 14, to her mother’s dismay, who thought her daughter’s lack of willpower and her father’s genes were to blame for her seemingly bottomless appetite.
