TRIGGER WARNING! If this episode triggers you in any way please take a pass. Listen to another episode or stay tuned for the next. XOXO.

I am so very honored that Judy decided to come out and talk about her journey with food and what she has recently realized is disordered eating. Disordered eating is not an eating disorder, it isn't bulimia and anorexia. Where an eating disorder is a clinical diagnosis, disordered eating refers to abnormal eating patterns that do not meet the criteria for an eating disorder diagnosis. Someone with an eating disorder may exhibit disordered eating behaviors, but not all people with disordered eating will be diagnosed with an eating disorder.

After my first interview with Judy, we stayed on the phone for a while longer and she so bravely admitted to me that she was in a 12-step program to work on the way she thinks about food. While her years of being a professional bodybuilder were rewarding, she, unfortunately, developed a negative relationship with food that she couldn't shake even after retirement from competition. I would venture to say that most of us think of any kind of negative relationship with food is for young people, or that it starts when you're young and that is simply not the case.

Take a listen and if you find it helpful, share it with others who might be going through something similar, This is why it is so important to SHARE OUT LOUD. We help others by sharing our experiences.

You can find Judy on instagram @judy_arazoza or on her website at https://gratefulfitness.com/

Have an eating disorder or struggle with disordered eating? There is help.

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/what-are-eating-disorders

https://eatingdisordersanonymous.org/

xoxo,
Heather