Tag Archives: Eating Disorders

When Your Workout Becomes Your Worry: Understanding Exercise Addiction

You lace up your running shoes for the third time today. Your knee is throbbing, but you push through anyway. Your friend texts about dinner, but youĀ can’t.Ā You have to hit the gym.Ā If you miss this workout,Ā you’llĀ feel anxious, guilty,Ā maybe evenĀ panicked.Ā  Sound familiar? You might be dealing with something more serious than dedication.Ā  The Dark Side of …

Legacy Observes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It’s a time for us to learn, share, and support each other on a topic that touches many lives, maybe even our own or those of people we care about. Eating disorders can lead to serious health outcomes and can affect anyone. The good news is, help …

Is there such a thing as eating too healthily? Technically, yes.

By Barrett White Orthorexia is no joke, and it develops in gay and bisexual men more often than other demographics.   You can eat the birthday cake. You will be fine. Progress isn’t built in a day – it isn’t unraveled in a day, either. Orthorexia, the less-discussed cousin of anorexia, is an eating disorder …