Wow! It’s been more than three months since I last posted. To think that on April 15th I hadn’t even started my Cabin Crew training yet and here I am on 28th July laying in a Los Angeles hotel room at 5.11am having operated eight and a half round trips[…]
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From Binge Eating Disorder to Freedom
Keeping up with Recovery
There’s so much to say in what feels like such little time. When I started this blog, my life was slower, quieter and it was easier to identify one or two key achievements and activities that demonstrated my resolve and commitment to recovery. Now, it feels like my life has[…]
Read moreStarting from Experience at 40: Fat.Ugly edition
Last week I turned 40. It was only right that I took some time on my birthday to write about how it felt; I shared Starting from Experience at 40 on the new 4.0 musings that I’ve added to my Officially Anny website. When you’ve finished here, go have a[…]
Read moreReady for Take-Off
From the age of seven or eight I wanted to be an ‘Air Hostess’, it was the dream before the bigger dream of becoming an airline pilot. I was determined and worked hard, but by the 2020 lockdown, at thirty-eight years old, I’d faced so many rejections, set backs and[…]
Read moreMy New Year Resolution is to be human
It’s 2022 and my simple resolution reminder is that I’m a human being, not a human doing. I don’t know about you, but it takes a lot to resist the urge to think about and plan all the things I want to do over the next twelve months. We’re constantly[…]
Read moreKicking off Year Two with Good News
After sharing my story with Denzel @mymentalhealth_uk for his #TalkwithDenz series on Instagram, I received a DM from a Medical Doctor who had seen the video. After some conversations, I was encouraged to consider contributing to the Adult Eating Disorders Programme as a Lived Experience Practitioner (LXP) with Healthy London[…]
Read moreI Made it to One Year of Recovery
Six months was a celebration, one year is a relief. Recovery at six months meant something different to what it now means to me at one year. At six months I was celebrating being binge and restriction free, but now I’m relieved that how or what I eat, doesn’t determine[…]
Read moreIs BED Back?
20 months later and I started flexible-working; two days working from home and two days in the office. Lockdown is over. Office working is back. And so is my need for food. Ugh! First week back on site and I turned to food for help. It was an instinctive coping[…]
Read more3 Mind Hacks to Maintain BED Recovery
Here are three mind hacks that got me through the last couple of months when things started feeling heavy, depression knocked at my door, and my eating habits threatened to set me back. ‘No Restriction’ instead of ‘Overeating’ When I’ve eaten too much or eaten too much of the foods[…]
Read moreTo Pause or not to Pause. That is the question.
Nine months living life without bingeing. I thought it’d get easier, but it hasn’t. I keep being told to be kind and not to put so much pressure on myself. I’ve been saying the same thing too, but it’s easier said than done. There’ve been days this month when I’ve[…]
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