"Stressorexia" Affects Working Moms
by 5resolutions

"Stressorexia" is the latest media-invented term to describe disordered eating behavior (remember drunkorexia and diabulimia?). Experts say that stressorexics are mostly working moms who might skip lunch one day to meet a deadline, but self-starvation quickly becomes a way of coping with the stress of juggling work and home life.

And of course once the pounds drop off, the MILF talk starts--whether it's compliments about losing baby weight or praise for juggling so much and managing to look so good. Read more.

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That would be me

For more years than I like to think about, that was me. Skipping all meals because I was just too darn busy to eat. Then, my stomach would rebel when I tried to eat "normally". 10 years later, I still have problems eating "normally".

~Denise
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