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Current weight – 11st 4lbs

* A very disappointing weigh in. Despite eating healthily and continuing to exercise, my weight has increased.

* I have in my mind a series of ‘acceptable’ weights. 11st 3lbs is the maximum as this is the weight I reached many years ago. 11st 2lbs is desirable as it is below my previous best. 11st (or lower) remains the long term target.

* It is again noticeable how being just 2lbs above a d...

It is incredible how easily the mask slips back on.

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There are moments on the road to recovery where you feel you have taken a wrong turn. That's not a problem in and of itself. The road is not straight, the detours of life are a natural and necessary deviation. But occassionally, the path we have taken may lead us completely in the wrong direction and it is important to change course.

That is where I find myself. I have made significant progress since leaving therapy but recently have begun to take a few steps backwards, pre...

Anxiety may be difficult to understand. We all get anxious don't we? We all have moments when we get into a panic, perhaps when we can't find our keys or when we think we are going to be late for work.

But these are just moments. Anxiety is more than that. It is a perpetual state of heightened awareness. Like a kettle constantly at boiling point with no off switch. Or an elastic band, stretched until it must inevitably break. It can present itself at any time, sometimes from...